Avalon, 22 August (16 pegs)

A cracking draw, corner peg 23, spelt good news for pastehead Mike Smith, who needed cheering up after spending the whole of the previous day moving house.  On the downside though, nearly 115lbs of fish wasn't going to do his knackered back much good!
Mike fished his now standard line of attack (paste at 13m) and finished up with 104-2 of carp and also the top silvers weight of 10-12.
Not far behind was Rich Jones on peg 13 with 102-2.  Rich (pictured top right looking as cheerful as ever) caught mainly on paste at 14m with a few fish taken on the straight lead / pellet combination fished to the island margins.

Third place went to Ryan Jordan who was keen to make up for a disastrous performance at last Sunday's Avalon open where he fished like a twat and got absolutely battered off the next peg Stu  Riddle take note
Ryan, on the golden peg (5) also fished paste at 16m for a total of 91-5.
Just out of the main pools was Paul (Beaver) Elmes with 88-1 from peg 20, however Paul's 5-2 of silvers was enough to secure him 2nd in the silvers money by default.






The Avalon weighing in team's efforts were appreciated as always, even if their adding up wasn't that special for some reason nobody seemed to mind too much!


Pictured below, Stu Riddle was forced to wear the PSV "wooden spoon" fat-suit. Normally the property of Paul Reed and Stevie Wynne, but after one of the most dismal displays of match fishing in the history of the club it now has his name well and truly sewn on it.

Overall Result:

1. Mike Smith ..... peg 23 ..... 114-14
2. Rich Jones ............ 13 ..... 102-2
3. Ryan Jordan* ......... 5 ....... 91-5
4. Paul Elmes ............ 20 ..... 88-1
5. Mark Radford ........ 17 ..... 85-13
6. Chris Szakacs ....... 10 ..... 66-11
7. Derek Lucas .......... 22 .... 63-15
8. Steve Burgess ....... 11 .... 52-11
9. Mike Wilson ........... 19 .... 23-12
10. Eddie Wynne .......... 6 ..... 21-3
11. Adam Caswell ......... 9 ..... 21-2
12. Ade Crawley ........... 1 ..... 20-11
13. Ryan Radford ......... 16 .... 19-3
14. Paul Reed .............. 7 ...... 17-7
15. Steve Wynne ......... 3 ...... DNW
16. Stuart Riddle ......... 12 .... DNW**

Silvers:

1. Mike Smith ..... 23 .... 10-12
2. Eddie Wynne ... 6 ...... 6-3
3. Paul Elmes ...... 20 .... 5-2
4. Steve Burgess .. 11 ... 5-0

*golden peg
** yes, the same Stuart Riddle who in conversation with Chris Szakacs before the start of the match was going to "whoop some PSV ass"!

Total Match Weight = 788lbs 14oz
Average weight = 56lbs

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Changes to the Match Calender

The match scheduled for John's Lake at Landsend (5 September) has been changed to the Specimen Lake as the members at the last meeting decided they would prefer to fish a match on a lake with fish in it!
Also, November 14 at Cider Farm has been cancelled however, I am hoping to fill the gap with a match at either Boyd or possibly Westerleigh so you can hone your skills in time for the Christmas match!
The Match Calender has been updated and a copy can be downloaded here.

Trinity, Woodlands Lake, 15 August (13 pegs)

Trinity venue expert Darren North made it his second win on the trot on the in-form Woodlands Lake.  In fact, Darren was so confident of a win that he even put three nets in before the match had even started!
Fishing from peg 16 Darren alternated between fishing 6mm pellet shallow at 11m out into open water in front of him and the same bait down his left hand margin taking fish steadily through the match and despite a relatively quiet last hour managed to weigh in a total of 104lbs 14oz which included 17lbs of silvers.
It was by no means an easy victory though as it turned out to be the closest frame of the season so far with only 2lbs separating the top 3 positions!

Right up Darren's arse (figuratively speaking)
and cementing his place at the top of the league leaderboard was Chris always in the frame Szakacs with 103lbs 8oz.
Fishing from corner peg 18, Chris fished paste to an overhanging bush and down his right hand margin.
Unfortunately, Chris was plagued by a frustrating succession of foul-hookers, any of which could have easily won him the match and was probably a result of fishing the last two hours of the match with his hat off!
Meanwhile Alan Healy, in bottom corner peg 5, despite moaning about his crap peg at the start, fished similar methods to Chris and somehow managed to weigh in 102-11 from a peg with "no water in it".
Funnily enough, Alan wasn't moaning at the end of the match when he was collecting his pound coins.
In fourth place, and another corner peg (22) was Mark Radford who after a completely crap year is finally returning to form and finding some decent draws (thanks to his boy Ryan who draws for him). Mark fished similar methods to Chris and Alan for 90-3.
Top silvers not surprisingly went to "silvers maestro" Bob Warren with 18-15 from peg 8.

Overall Result:

1. Darren North ...... 16 ..... 104-14
2. Chris Szakacs ..... 18 ..... 103-8
3. Alan healy .......... 5 ....... 102-11
4. Mark Radford ...... 22 ...... 90-3
5. Adam Caswell ..... 28 ...... 85-7
6. Mike Smith ......... 26 ...... 84-5
7. Bob Warren ........ 8 ........ 63-10
8. Paul Reed ........... 30 ...... 36-15

Silvers:

1. Bob Warren ...... 8 ...... 18-15
2. Darren North .... 16 .... 17-0
3. Simon Belcham . 32 .... 12-6

Golden peg was Ryan Radford on peg 20
Total match weight = 804lbs 15oz
Average weight = 67lbs
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Viaduct, Campbell, 08 August (16 pegs)

Hundreds of hours of practice throughout the year on Campbell for dynamic duo,  Rich Jones and Stevie Wynne, finally paid off today in style with Rich taking top honours and Steve close behind him in third place.
With a good draw, peg 116, Rich started off fishing a paste-wrapped pellet on the tip before switching to the pole with paste at 13m into open water and down his right margin to finish the match with 157lbs 6oz and a clear win.
Trailing Rich by over 35lbs was in-form badger baiter and rabbit skinner, Alan Healy, with a paste caught 121-14 from peg 127.
A rare visitor to the frame, in third place, Stevie Wynne decided to avoid breaking his new Map TKS pole and chose to fish the pellet wag from peg 110. But even so, he still managed to break his landing net handle on the way to his 120-6 total!
Fourth place went to Simon Belcham on Campbell's hottest peg (132) with 114-8.
Simon chose to target the silvers fishing luncheon meat at 6m and later paste but found carp instead although he still managed second in the silvers pool with 22-10.
First place in the silvers was taken care of by Psv's resident silvers maestro, Bob Warren, with 34-15 from peg 126.

Overall Result:

1. Rich Jones ........... 116 .... 157-6
2. Alan Healy ........... 127 .... 121-14
3. Steve Wynne ........ 110 .... 120-6
4. Simon Belcham ..... 132 .... 114-8
5. Mike Smith ........... 111 .... 97-10
6. Stuart Riddle ........ 117 .... 96-8
7. Mark Radford ........ 114 .... 94-11

Silvers:

1. Bob Warren ....... 126 ...... 34-15
2. Simon Belcham .. 132 ...... 22-10
3. Ade Crawley ....... 115 ...... 15-3
4. Paul Reed ........... 123 ...... 11-3

Total match weight = 1338lbs 14oz
Average weight = 83lbs

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Rood Ashton, 01 August (20 pegs)

Although the match was unusually hard going for many, Knowle West's very own "Johnny Kingdom", Alan Healy made no mistakes when he drew the end peg flier, peg 20 from the bag.  Fishing paste firstly in open water and then down his left margin he caught carp steadily all day for a total of 132lbs 2oz.
Almost 40lbs behind, in second place, was Neil Mercer who despite suffering an early ear-bashing over the phone from a rather unhappy wife (no surprise seeing as he had spent the previous night trawling Bristol's lap-dancing establishments until the early hours!), still managed to net 94lbs 6oz.

Fishing from the opposite bank on peg 4 Neil (pictured right) caught all his fish on 6mm soft pellet at 13m.
Never out of the frame, Chris Szakacs took third spot with 82lbs 9oz from peg 18 fishing pellet on the method feeder and later paste on the pole line.
Last in the money and only 8oz behind Chris was party animal Craig Trigger Edmunds with 82lbs 1oz from peg 15.
Section winners (by default) were Mike Smith with 39-6 from peg 3 and Mark Radford with 67-0 from peg 19.


Some competitors unfortunately struggled for bites all day ......

Ryan Jordan












Adam Caswell

Simon Belcham

Bob Warren







Overall Result:

1. Alan Healy ..... peg 20 ..... 132-2
2. Neil Mercer ......... 4 ........ 94-6
3. Chris Szakacs ...... 18 ...... 82-9
4. Craig Edmunds .... 15 ...... 82-1
5. Mark Radford ...... 19 ....... 67-0
6. Paul Elmes .......... 12 ...... 55-10
7. Mike Smith .......... 3 ....... 39-6
8. Darren North* ..... 7 ........ 30-14
9. Brian Shanks ....... 14 ....... 28-0
10. Ade Crawley ........ 8 ......... 26-1
11. Steve Burgess ...... 2 ........ 18-9
12. Stuart Ashton ...... 16 ....... 17-12
13. Ryan Radford ....... 1 ........ 17-1
14. Bob Warren ......... 12 ...... 15-8
15. Adam Caswell ...... 5 ........ 15-7
16. Ryan Jordan ........ 6 ......... 14-0
17. Derek Lucas ........ 17 ....... 10-3
18. Paul Reed ........... 9 .......... 8-0
19. Adam Woodland .. 10  .... DNW
20. Simon Belcham ... 11 ..... DNW

*golden peg
Total match weight= 754lbs 9oz
Average weight= 42lbs
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Trinity, 25 July (13 pegs)

Overall Result:

1. Darren North ...... 156-5
2. Brian Shanks ...... 154-11
3. Chris Szakacs ..... 79-10
4. Mark Radford ...... 71-3
5. Simon Belcham .... 62-3
6. Mike Smith .......... 53-15
7. Alan Healy .......... 50-2
8. Ron Hardiman ..... 45-8
9. Adam Caswell ..... 39-5
10. Derek Lucas ........ 36-12
11. Adam Woodland ... 33-14
12. Ryan Radford ....... 28-0
13. Paul Reed ............ 11-7

Silvers:

1. Simon Belcham .... 18-0
2. Mike Smith .......... 11-3
3. Chris Szakacs ...... 9-10
4. Alan Healy .......... 6-2
5. Darren North ....... 4-12
6. Ron Hardiman ...... 4-6
7. Adam Woodland ... 4-4
8. Paul Reed ............ 3-3
9. Mark Radford ....... 2-0
10. Derek Lucas ........ 1-13

Total match weight= 822lbs 15oz
Average weight= 63lbs

Viaduct, Campbell, 18 July (18 pegs)

Overall:

1. Craig Edmunds ..... peg 119 ..... 186-0
2. Chris Szakacs ............. 116 ..... 125-4
3. Ryan Jordan ............... 118 ..... 119-11
4. Rich Jones .................. 115 .... 119-9
5. Paul Elmes ................. 114 .... 102-14
6. Mark Radford .............. 131 .... 91-10

Silvers:

1. Bob Warren ...... 127 ...... 34-10
2. Neil Mercer ....... 123 ...... 32-10
3. Mike Wilson ....... 125 ...... 30-1

Total match weight= 1364lbs 8oz
Average weight= 80lbs

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