Viaduct, Campbell, 23 May (21 pegs) & Knockout Results

Following on from the return to winter over the past month or so the sun finally shone and the carp decided to "get it on" ...... which didn't stop Trigger from smashing Alan Healy's club record by 46lbs with 270lbs 12oz from peg 124!
It wasn't so long back that a ton was unheard of in a club match so it just goes to show how the fish have grown (the anglers are still crap!)
Trigger caught by donning Paul Elmes' polaroids and mugging cruisers at 16m with a long line.
Second place went to Neil Mercer, nearly a ton behind, but with a still impressive 178-4 from 112 using the same method as Trigger but with his own polaroids!!
Mr Consistent took the third spot from 135 with 109-7 and Chris Szackacs managed to avoid the silvers on peg 123 and take 4th with 82-9.
Top silvers went to Bob (the tench) Warren with 21-10 from 119 (next time I draw that peg I know how to fish it ...... cheers Chris!) and the second silvers place went to Paul (beaver) Elmes with 8-11.
With one match left in the Committee cup, Adam (two-nose) Caswell retains the top position with 128 pts with Alan Healy and Chris Zaks close behind on 123 & 122 pts respectively so the result could be anyone's at Sedges next week.
In the knockout (first round) Adam Caswell, Simon Belcham, Alan Healy, Bob Warren, Paul Elmes, Darren North, Mike Smith, Neil Mercer, Steve Hutch and Ryan Radford all go through to the second round with Derek Lucas, Trigger and Steve Burgess also going through (by default)*
Mark Radford and steady Eddie Wynne drew their match 1-1 but tied on points so will have a "fish-off" at Sedges.  Mark will need to pray to the fishing gods for a decent draw as Eddie Wynne is guaranteed one.
The second round of the knockout and first round of the "plate" (losers knockout) will start at Viaduct on June 6th with the draw at the meeting on Tuesday June 1st.
Also at the meeting will be the draw for the pairs which will follow last years format ie: finishing on the match previous to the Christmas match and with a £5 entry fee.

* Their respective knockout partners didn't fish any of the three qualifying matches.

Overall Result:

1. Craig Edmunds ....... 270-12 ... peg 124
2. Neil Mercer ............ 178-4 ........... 112
3. Darren North .......... 109-7 .......... 135
4. Chris Szackacs ........ 82-9 ........... 123
5. Eddie Wynne ........... 78-3
6. Mark Radford ........... 75-14
7. Adam Caswell .......... 65-7
8. Alan Healy .............. 61-13
9. Steve Wynne .......... 58-6
10. Steve Hutchinson .... 51-11
11. Paul Elmes ............. 37-11
12. Bob Warren ............ 34-1
13. Mike Smith ............. 29-6
14. Mike Wilson ............ 19-10
15. Simon Belcham ....... 19-7
16. Yan (Colin) ............. 14-8
17. Derek Lucas ............ 13-13 (unlucky for some)
18. Ade Crawley ........... 10-0
19. Adam Woodland ...... 6-0  (sunburnt)
20. Paul Reed & Rich Jones ..... DNW

Silvers:

1. Bob Warren ......... 21-10 .... peg 119
2. Paul Elmes .......... 8-11
3. Simon Belcham .... 2-12

Total match weight = 1,216lbs 14oz
Average weight = 64lbs

Cider Farm, 16 May 2010 (19 pegs)

As expected on Cider Farm's Dabinett lake the top three places were taken by the usual form pegs on the gap between the islands.  Venue regular Mike Smith took the top honours and his first win since joining the club this season with 73lbs 5oz from peg 6 all caught on paste.

Second place went to Mark Radford on neighbouring peg 7  with 68-3, again all taken on paste.  It seems as though Mark has finally shaken off his run of crap draws and returned to form having framed twice in two matches.
In third place, despite drawing the hottest peg on the lake, peg 21, was "rock steady" Eddie Wynne with 57-5 caught on pellet.  It's rumoured that since Eddie started match fishing (many years ago) he has never drawn a bad peg!

With the lake split into two sections, 1 to 14 and 16 to 28, another "paste-head",  Chris Szakacs took the first section from peg 3 with 41-4.  With nobody on peg 2 Chris was gifted another empty peg next to him when Alan Healy thought he had drawn peg 4 but in actual fact had drawn 14.  Alan practically skipped up the lake to peg 14 but only managed to weigh in 10-12 so in hindsight he probably wished he'd stayed put on 4 and saved himself a few pound coins!!
The second section went to Adam Caswell on peg 22 where, despite losing a shedload of fish in the infamous Cider Farm reeds, he still managed to foul hook 33-8  and put himself at the top of the PSV year totals!
In the knockout Adam Caswell goes through to the second round after beating Ade Crawley in 2 out of the 3 legs of the first round as does club junior member, Ryan Radford after beating Steve Wynne twice.
Adam Woodland and Simon Belcham face a decider at Campbell next week with Simon having a 3 point advantage. And Eddie Wynne and Mark Radford also face off next week with Mark ahead by just 1 point!
Mike Smith goes to Campbell with a 17 point lead over Yan, the flying Dutchman, and Steve Hutchinson and Ryan Jordan also meet again next week with Steve Hutch ahead by 5 points.
One-off battles at Campbell will be between Bob Warren and Paul Reed, Neil Mercer and Rich Jones and also Mike Wilson and Alan Healy


Overall Result:

1. Mike Smith ........ peg 6 ..... 73-5
2. Mark Radford ........... 7 ..... 68-3
3. Eddie Wynne ........... 21 .... 57-5
4. Chris Szakacs ........... 3 ..... 41-4
5. Adam Caswell* ........ 22 .... 33-8
6. Steve Burgess ......... 16 .... 25-2
7. Adam Woodland ....... 20 .... 20-13
8. Darren North ........... 19 .... 15-1
9. Steve Hutchinson ...... 9 ..... 13-12
10. Ade Crawley ............. 1 ..... 13-3
11. Alan Healy .............. 14 ..... 10-12
12. Rich Jones ............... 8 ...... 10-10
13. Stuart Riddle ........... 12 ..... 9-12
14. Ryan Jordan ............ 18 ..... 8-13
15. Paul Reed ................ 25 ..... 5-4
16. Yan (Jan / Colin) ...... 16 ...... 5-0
17. Derek Lucas ............ 27 ...... 4-7
18. Ryan Radford ........... 17 ..... 0-4
19. Steve Wynne ........... 28 ...... DNW

*golden peg

Avalon, 9 May (14 pegs)

New Dad, Ryan Jordan celebrated the birth of daughter Maddie in style winning comfortably with 10lb to spare.  Fishing mainly with paste at 16m from peg 17 Ryan weighed in 58lbs 11oz.
This capped off a busy week for Ryan who has had to juggle breast-feeding Maddie through the night whilst delivering parcels during the day to such far-flung places as Oldland Common and Soundwell and in between managing to fit in four practice sessions at Avalon to make sure he made the frame on the match day!

Following up a golden peg win at Landsend last week, the runner up was form man of the moment, Adam (2 nose) Caswell who managed 48-9 from the top corner flier peg 17.  Adam fished long down both margins with paste and pellet to record an all-carp weight of 48-9 which was just enough to push his idol, Mark Radford into third.

Mark, a pipe-bender through the week, made a rare appearance in the frame having weighed in 47-6 from peg 3.
Just out of the money by 2lbs was Rich Jones on peg 13 with 45-5.
Rich (below) looks shocked and slightly embarrassed by the ease with which the fish in his peg were happy to snaffle his pellets!

Top silvers went to new member, Ade (creepy) Crawley with 6-4 from peg 21 followed by Adam Woodland, just 2oz off with 6-2 and Steve Burgess with 4-7.
The golden peg remained safe from harm with Derek Lucas who could only manage one fish for a total weight of 3lbs.
Cider Farm next week, if you are fishing please bear in mind that Mark is now insisting that nets should be bone dry before arrival.

Overall:

1. Ryan Jordan ...... peg 17 ...... 58-11
2. Adam Caswell .......... 23 ...... 48-9
3. Mark Radford ........... 3 ........ 47-6
4. Rich Jones ............... 13 ...... 45-5
5. Alan Healy ............... 11 ...... 32-8
6. Simon Belcham ........ 7 ........ 26-15
7. Ade Crawley ............. 21 ..... 25-8
8. Darren North ............ 12 ..... 21-14
9. Adam Woodland ........ 1 ...... 18-14
10. Paul Reed ................. 19 ..... 17-5
11. Ryan Radford ............ 5 ....... 17-2
12. Steve Burgess ........... 10 ..... 15-7
13. Steve Wynne ............ 16 ..... 10-4
14. Derek Lucas* ............ 9 ........ 3-0

*golden peg

Silvers:

1. Ade Crawley ...... 6-4
2. Adam Woodland . 6-2
3. Steve Burgess .... 4-7
4. Ryan Jordan ....... 1-9
5. Steve Wynne ...... 0-12
6. Paul Reed ........... 0-11
7. Ryan Radford ...... 0-4

2010 Knockout, Format & 1st Round Fixtures

As discussed at the May meeting (yes, there was one) the 1st round of the knockout will be run over three legs (Avalon, Cider Farm & Campbell) with the results being decided by "best out of three".
If a fixture is drawn 1-1 or if neither angler meets at one of the three matches then the result will be decided on total points scored.
Losers from the first round will go into the knockout "plate".
The 2nd round of the main knockout and the "plate" will be fished by the same format over the following 2 matches (Sedges, 30 May and Campbell, 6 June).
After that all fixtures will be fished over 1 match to be arranged to suit everyone involved.
The pairs competition will be drawn at the June meeting and, as last year, will be run up to the match prior to the Christmas match. Cost will be £5 each (winners take all).

Round 1 Fixtures:

• Adam Caswell  v  Ade Crawley
• Adam Woodland  v  Simon Belcham
• Alan Healy  v  Mike Wilson
• Bob Warren  v  Paul Reed
• Brian Shanks  v  Derek Lucas
• Chris Szakacs  v  Paul Elmes
• Trigger  v  Stuart Ashton
• Darren North  v  Stuart Riddle
• Eddie Wynne  v  Mark Radford
• Mike Smith  v  Yan
• Neil Mercer  v  Rich Jones
• Ron Hardiman  v  Steve Burgess
• Ryan Jordan  v  Steve Hutchinson
• Ryan Radford  v  Steve Wynne

Landsend, Match Lake, 2 May (17 pegs)

Overall Result:

1. Adam Caswell* ...... 59-13 (peg 3) no bait, all foul-hooked
2. Brian Shanks (r) .... 52-14
3. Chris Szakacs ........ 47-14
4. Eddie Wynne ......... 45-3
5. Alan Healy ............ 37-12 (only fished last hour)
6. Darren North ......... 34-0 (only fished first hour)
7. Mike Wilson ........... 33-15
8. Bob Warren ........... 33-8
9. Paul Reed............... 31-7
10. Ron Hardiman ........ 30-13
11. Mark Radford (u) .... 29-4
12. Stuart Riddle .......... 26-0
13. Steve Hutchinson .... 25-10
14. Ade Crawley ........... 20-7
15. Adam Woodland ...... 20-5
16. Simon Belcham(d) ... 11-3
17. Mike Smith ............. DNW (wasn't at Cider Farm)

*golden peg
(d) disabled
(r) ringer
(u) useless

Silvers:

1. Mike Wilson ...... 23-15
2. Chris Zak ......... 17-3
3. Eddie Wynne ..... 16-10
4. Brian Shanks ..... 14-6
5. Simon Belcham .. 11-3
6. Bob Warren ....... 9-11
7. Steve Hutchinson .. 9-5
8. Ade Crawley ....... 8-15
9. Paul Reed .......... 7-7
10. Stuart Riddle ...... 6-9
11. Adam Caswell ..... 5-6 (foul-hooked tench)
12. Alan Healy ......... 4-10
13. Adam Woodland .. 4-4
14. Mark Radford ...... 4-3
15. Ron Hardiman ..... 3-13
16. Darren North ....... 2-9

 League Totals:

1. Chris Zak ....... 91pts .... 271-5
2. Alan Healy ...... 90 ...... 217-7
3. Adam Caswell .. 84 ..... 270-11
4. Stuart Riddle .... 72 .... 244-3
5. Steve Burgess .. 69 .... 209-7
6. Bob Warren ...... 68 .... 233-14
7. Paul Reed ......... 63 ... 204-6
8. Adam Woodland . 57 .. 167-13
9. Derek Lucas ...... 53 ... 137-4
10. Neil Mercer ....... 51 ... 360-12
11. Paul Elmes ........ 51 ... 322-11
12. Craig Edmunds .. 50 ... 258-6
13. Mark Radford .... 50 ... 246-5
14. Simon Belcham .. 49 ... 184-6
15. Steve Wynne ..... 38 ... 119-4
16. Mije Wilson ........ 30 ... 140-9
17. Darren North ...... 27 .. 80-14
18. Brian Shanks ..... 26 ... 72-9
19. Rich Jones ......... 25 ... 106-14
20. Mike Smith ........ 25 ... 71-5
21. Yan .................. 24 .... 28-1
22. Ryan Jordan ...... 23 .... 114-14
23. Stuart Ashton .... 21 .... 20-13
24. Eddie Wynne ..... 14 .... 45-3
25. Rom Hardiman .. 8 ...... 30-13
26. Steve Hutchinson 5 ..... 25-10
27. Ade Crawley ...... 4 ..... 20-7

Sedges, Brick Lake, 25 April (17 pegs)

Fishing the tip ..... a method enjoyed by numpties and employed in times of desperation in order to avoid a "blank" when all other normal fishing methods have failed to produce.
(see also "fishing the paste")




As always at the much improved Sedges fishery we received a warm welcome from owners Denise and Jamie. With all nets provided and collected from the bank, the weigh-in taken care of and free refreshments before and after matches there's little left to amuse the moaners.
Unfortunately though, the fishing didn't quite match the quality of the reception as the lake appeared to be having an "off" day for some!
The best of the action was to be found at the top of the left hand bank, away from the worst effects of the wind and tow where Simon (disabled when it suits) Belcham on peg 10 fished paste and 4mm pellet at 11m to weigh in 60lbs 13oz and take top spot and a £65 payout.
Next to Simon, in peg 9, and only 4 ounces behind with 60-9 was the ever-consistent Caig Trigger Edmunds.
Trigger fished hard pellet on the deck at between 14 and 16m and also managed one of his better fish on the pellet waggler out towards the centre rope.
Third place went to self-confessed Sedges expert, Darren North on peg 6 with 46-14 followed by Paul Elmes on peg 4 with 36-15.
Paul Reed continued his decent run of form by taking 5th place and the best weight on the right-hand bank with 31-10 from peg 12.The Silvers honours went to Bob Warren with 17-13 of skimmers taken on soft pellet at 12m on peg 2.

Overall Result:

1. Simon Belcham ....... peg 10 ... 60-13
2. Craig Edmunds ......... 9 ......... 60-9
3. Darren North ............ 6 ......... 46-14
4. Paul Elmes ................ 4 ......... 36-15
5. Paul Reed .................. 12 ....... 31-10
6. Adam Caswell ........... 11 ........ 25-6
7. Adam Woodland ....... 8 ........ 24-11
8. Bob Warren ............... 2 ........ 22-13
9. Brian Shanks ............ 15 ........ 19-11
10. Chris Szakacs ........... 16 ........ 17-1
11. Yan* .......................... 18 ........ 8-0
12. Derek Lucas .............. 11 ........ 3-2
13. Alan Healy ................ 5 ......... 2-15
14. Steve Burgess ............ 14 ......... 1-2
15. Ady Crawley .............. 3 ......... dnw
16. Mike Smith ............... 19 ....... dnw
17. Ron Hardiman ......... 17 ........ dnw

Silvers:

1. Bob Warren ........ 17-13
2. Chris Szakacs ...... 13-3
3. Craig Edmunds ... 13-0
4. Brian Shanks ....... 12-8
5. Simon Belcham ... 10-3
6. Adam Woodland .. 4-6
7. Yan ....................... 3-7
8. Alan Healy ........... 2-15
9. Adam Caswell ...... 1-15
10. Paul Elmes ........... 1-14
11. Steve Burgess ....... 1-2
12. Derek Lucas ......... 0-8
    

Sedges & Curry Night

We currently have 18 down to fish at Sedges this Sunday so I won't be taking any more bookings.
If this remains unchanged I will be leaving out the two end pegs nearest the carp park, pegs 1 and 20 (I think!). Payouts will be top 3 overall of £65, £55 and £40 with the top 2 silvers weights at £45 and £30. The golden peg now stands at £80. Draw at 9am and fishing from 10 till 4.
Keepnets and landing net are supplied at Sedges but fish over 10lb must be weighed, recorded and put back.
I have booked up the Curry Night for the next meeting on Tuesday May 4 at Bollywood Spice (as before). The table is booked for 8:30 for 16 people (to be confirmed) so if you're not booked in for the curry and want to stay on please let me know as soon as possible.
Please note that priority for match places will be for members who book in at the monthly meeting.
See you on Sunday!

Viaduct, Campbell, 18 April (20 pegs)

Bright sunshine and still conditions plus a big weight open on Saturday meant the odds were against us for Campbell Match Lake to show it's true potential.
Not so however for folically challenged Avon Angling superstar and part-time porn actor Craig Edmunds. Drawn on peg 116 and sporting the latest psv trend of a dodgy limp (as perfected by Simon Belcham and imitated by Ryan Jordan), Craig fished hard pellet on the deck and shallow at 14 and 16m catching steadily throughout the day to easily win the match with 133lbs 4oz of carp and skimmers. (5lbs fell foul to Viaduct's 80lb per net rule)! Over 30lbs off the pace in second place was new dad Paul Elmes. Paul pegged opposite the winner on peg 125 fished similar methods to Craig to weigh in an all carp total of 99-1 although between the two of them there was another 50lbs of bullshit flying backwards and forwards across the lake in the form of "The Trigger and Beaver show".
At one point Craig was admitting to six carp and when questioned why yards of his elastic had been stretched out for most of the day he put it down to foul-hooked skimmers!

Third place with 96-7 went to Viaduct specialist, Chris Szakacks. Pegged near the top of the Campbell / Cary causeway on 116 and sandwiched between Steve Burgess and Mike Smith, Chris took carp early on the bomb before switching to the waggler but caught most of his fish on the deck at 14m.

Over in the opposite corner, in "silvers heaven" peg 123, Derek Lucas fished between 13 and 16m up the margins with luncheon meat and later with paste to easily win the silvers pool with 40-5 of quality tench and skimmers while topping up his tan at the same time.
Today's entertainment was provided this time by Mark Radford when his tip rod was dragged into the lake, the rod and reel were a Christmas present from his wife but luckily for Mark it was later hooked by Mike Wilson saving him a proper kicking when he got home!
Also by a very red Alan Healy (was that Sunburn, embarrassment or a combination of both) who had to hand over pound coins to Steve Burgess and Paul Reed after his dismal dnw from aereator flier peg 131!
Pictures from www.toppegplus.co.uk
Overall Result:

1. Craig Edmunds .... peg 116 .... 133-4
2. Paul Elmes ................ 125 ..... 99-1
3. Chris Szakacks .......... 118 ..... 96-7
4. Neil Mercer ............... 113 ..... 85-9
5. Stuart Riddle ............ 115 ...... 84-8
6. Adam Caswell ........... 129 ..... 81-15
7. Steve Burgess ........... 119 ...... 80-8
8. Ryan Jordan ............. 128 ..... 77-6
9. Derek Lucas .............. 123 ..... 77-2
10. Simon Belcham ........ 130 ..... 68-12
11. Steve Wynne ............. 126 ..... 64-1
12. Paul Reed .................. 132 ..... 63-6
13. Mark Radford ............ 111 ..... 53-13
14. Mike Wilson .............. 110 ..... 53-3
15. Rich Jones* ............... 124 ..... 43-10
16. Bob Warren ............... 114 ...... 31-4
17. Adam Woodland ....... 127 ..... 28-3
18. Alan Healy .............. 131 ..... dnw
19. Mike Smith ................ 117 ..... dnw
20. Yan ............................. 112 .... dnw

*golden peg

Silvers:

1. Derek Lucas .......... 40-5
2. Craig Edmunds ..... 27-7
3. Bob Warren ........... 23-6
4. Steve Burgess ........ 13-4
5. Ryan Jordan .......... 11-2
6. Adam Caswell ........ 7-5
7. Paul Reed ............... 7-4
8. Stuart Riddle .......... 6-6
9. Mike Wilson ........... 3-8
10. Mark Radford ........ 2-9
11. Chris Szakacks ...... 2-6