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12 pages of open and club match results & analysis
netful of skimmers, roach and
perch, giving a winning total of
44-4-0 for Steve Hall. The sweep
took place on Lake 4 and Steve
fished from peg 18 with the pole
ranging from 10m to 13m using
worm over choppie and caster
feed.
RESULT: 1 S Hall, Middleton, 44-4-0;
2 G Terry, Little Lever, 25-0-0; 3 J Clayton,
Bolton, 21-8-0.
Brookside Fisheries (Tues)
Snake Lake (22 pegs)
NORTH
MIDWEEK/SATURDAY
Barnsley DAA Stones Cup
Worsborough Reservoir (29 pegs)
The new platforms proved to be a
good draw, and from peg 54A
Dave Pearson took the day’s top
weight of 18-6-0. Using maggot
on the groundbait feeder Dave
banked a pair of bream and a
dozen skimmers.
RESULT: 1 D Pearson, Barnsley DAA,
18-6-0; 2 R Reah, Wakefield, 11-0-0;
3 D Kaye, Honeywell, 10-9-0; 4 D White,
Honeywell, 10-4-0; 5 M Jackson,
Rotherham, 9-14-0; 6 S Morris, Barnsley,
9-5-0; 7 R Cunliffe, Hemsworth Angling,
7-7-0; 8 D Micklethwaite, Barnsley DAA,
7-0-0.
Blundell’s Fishery Rover
All lakes (43 pegs)
Mark Lucas is enjoying a good
season and even had that
necessary touch of luck with a 3oz
winning advantage when
weighing in 96-6-0, which just
squeezed Gary Whalley, Bait-Tech,
from top spot. Mark polefished
peg 43 on the Trio Pool with
banded pellet over a shallow bar
where he landed carp averaging
2lb apiece.
RESULT: 1 M Lucas, Mosella, 96-6-0;
2 G Whalley, Bait-Tech, 92-9-0;
3 A Musgrove, Edgeley Sports, 76-3-0;
4 A Mellor, Vale Royal Angling, 74-2-0;
5 M Hall, Rod ‘n Reel, 73-7-0; 6 S Carroll,
Leigh Tackle & Bait, 63-4-0; 7 A Howarth,
Leigh Tackle & Bait, 63-0-0; 8 T Green,
Cheshire Angling, 62-8-0.
Blundell’s Fishery Rover
(Weds)
All lakes (33 pegs)
Lee Addy is one of the best
all-round matchmen in the region
and is constantly moving around
the fisheries, and his latest win
was with 129-2-0 from Trio Pool
peg 28. It was an all-carp net with
a biggest fish of 2lb and Lee
caught them fishing at 12m with
4mm pellet over groundbait and
micro pellet.
RESULT: 1 L Addy, Drennan NW, 129-2-0;
2 M Hall, Rod ‘n Reel, 94-4-0; 3 D McGuire,
Mosella, 87-3-0.
Blundell’s Fishery (Fri)
Trio Pool (16 pegs)
This was the launch of a brand
new match – Friday afternoon
2 o’clock until 7 o’clock, and it took
a ton to win. It was a straight draw
match rather than a rover, with
everyone on the Trio Pool, where
Adrian Wood bagged 106-1-0
from peg 49 polefishing at 3m
with soft pellet to catch carp to 3lb.
RESULT: 1 A Wood, Hazel Grove Angling
Supplies, 106-1-0; A Mellor, Vale Royal
Angling, 81-13-0; 3 T Green, Cheshire
Angling, 79-0-0.
Bradshaw Hall Fisheries
(Weds)
Lake No 4 (21 pegs)
A little worm was just the job for a
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What a way to get the
matchfishing week off to a start
– with 102-10-0! Gary Baugh isn’t
one of the regular winners at
Brookside, but made it look easy,
putting together this net of carp
up to 3lb on 12m pole and pellet at
peg 45.
RESULT: 1 G Baugh, Chester Tackle
Locker, 102-10-0; 2 D Williams, Garbolino
Elton, 74-6-0; 3 K Smith, Royton, 71-4-0.
Brookside Fisheries
Snake Lake, Meadow & Kingfisher
Pools (57 pegs)
A fish or two could have turned
the top three weights upside
down, but Wayne Kearney did the
business while working on
Kingfisher Pool peg 10 in swirling
winds. Most of the fish came off
the 14m pole line where he took
carp to 3lb on soft pellet to weigh
in exactly 71-0-0 and pick up
£120.
RESULT: 1 W Kearney, Tri-Cast Rochdale,
71-0-0; 2 M Benson, Widnes Angling
Centre, 69-14-0; 3 J Gilbert, Gilder’s
Tackle, 63-14-0; 4 P Little, Edgeley Sports,
50-6-0; 5 D Edwards, Rochdale Angling,
49-4-0; 6 P Jones, Bait-Tech, 48-10-0;
jt7 S Conroy, Kamasan and D Williams,
Rochdale, both 42-4-0.
Copthorne Fisheries
Match Canal Lake (16 pegs)
Bob Watson, Ted Carter Preston,
had to fish here, there and
everywhere at peg 16, but it was
good fun with a few silverfish, but
mainly carp to 1lb 8oz, on pole and
soft pellet.
RESULT: 1 B Watson, Ted Carter Preston,
73-8-0; 2 S Barker, Highfield Fisheries,
67-8-0; 3 R Yates, Ted Carter Preston,
42-8-0; 4 T Clark, Ted Carter Preston,
38-8-0; 5 B Longthorne, North West
Worms, 38-2-0; 6 P Casson, Lostock Tackle
Box, 27-10-0; 7 J Rigg Jnr, Ted Carter
Preston, 24-8-0; 8 J Rigg Snr, Ted Carter
Preston, 23-0-0.
Fishing Republic Winter
League (rnd 9)
Messingham Sands, Island Pond
(36 pegs)
Rob Billham scored an easy win at
peg 53 where polefished corn and
meat in the margins brought a
good response from skimmers,
chub, tench and carp, and at the
close of play he had a
commanding 76-12-0 in his net.
RESULT: 1 R Billam, Angel, 76-12-0;
2 M Humphries, Fishing Republic, 46-9-0;
3 A Chipchase, Fishing Republic, 42-1-0;
4 D Neal, Angel, 39-9-0; 5 M Stainsby,
Fishing Republic, 36-12-0; 6 S Hays,
Highgate, 33-5-0; 7 P Taylor, Team Daiwa,
33-3-0; 8 N Owen, Yorkshire Baits, 31-2-0.
Highfield Fisheries
Oak Lake (23 pegs)
Strong winds stirred the lake and
produced a surprising string of
weights consisting entirely of
skimmers nudging 2lb.
Paul Griffiths seized the
opportunity well and from peg 33
found a 43-4-0 haul while
polefishing with caster and
chopped worm at 4m.
RESULT: 1 P Griffiths, Highfield Fisheries,
43-4-0; 2 P Hartley, Ted Carter Preston,
MATCH OF THE WEEK I LINDHOLME LAKES
97-7-0 PUTS ROTHERY
IN MATCH THIS FINAL
A happy Steve
Rothery after
making it into the
Match This Final.
A steady flow of
carp to 2lb seals it
A star-studded field was on show during the
Maver Match This qualifier at Lindholme
Lakes, but it was venue regular Steve Rothery
who sealed his place in the money-spinning
final after he hauled out a 97-7-0 catch.
ANGLER
FACTFILE
Name: Steve Rothery
Venue: Garbolino
Lindholme Lakes
Hookbait: Expander and
hard pellets
With top anglers travelling from all over the
North of England for a shot at the glory, it was
anyone’s guess who would eventually come out
on top, but fishery-backed Steve stole the show
with a fantastic display from peg 14 on Oasis to
catch carp to 2lb steadily throughout the match.
After starting off on a soft pellet, he was
plagued by bits, but a switch to a small cage
feeder and a 6mm hard pellet helped bring the
better fish in. Rather than sit and wait for the tip
to wrap around though, Steve kept pinging
pellets over the top in the hope of catching
shallow late on.
With two hours remaining Steve grabbed
the up-in-the-water rig and went in 12 inches
deep and was into fish instantly and never
stopped catching for the remainder of the
event.
Incredibly, Steve nearly didn’t enter the
competition after having all his tackle stolen
from the back of his van a month ago, but a late
decision to buy a ticket from another regular
who had to pull out due to other commitments
proved more than worthwhile.
“It’s a great feeling to get to the final and I’m
looking forward to giving it my best shot and
hopefully walking away from the final with a big
cheque in my back pocket,” explained Steve.
Second-placed John Kelly opted for a
completely different approach from peg 6 on
Oasis, and his Method feeder with a 6mm
banded hard pellet almost matched the winner
fish-for-fish, but he fell just short with an allcarp 90-10-0 netful.
41-0-0; 3 F Yardley, Ted Carter Preston,
37-10-0; 4 R Buckley, Fisherman’s Way,
36-10-0; 5 S Shepherd, Ted Carter Preston,
33-8-0; 6 I Martland, Ted Carter Preston,
24-0-0; 7 J Kenyon, Ted Carter Preston,
22-4-0; 8 M Reed, Highfield Fisheries,
22-2-0.
Lingmere Fisheries
Match Lake (17 pegs)
Alan Dewhurst has certainly had
his money’s worth after winning
the Thursday sweep on Ling Mere
with 85-0-0 of carp, rudd and
roach and then walking off with
the cash for first place on
Saturday from peg 20 with
100-4-0 of carp and barbel.
RESULT: 1 A Dewhurst, Fisherman’s
Tackle Birkenhead, 100-4-0; 2 J Howson,
Maver, 62-8-0; 3 S Openshaw, Fisherman’s
Tackle, 52-4-0; 4 A Moran, Vine Baits,
44-6-0; 5 J Power, Hoylake, 41-0-0;
6 T Moran, Vine Baits, 39-0-0; 7 J Oulton,
Upton, 35-0-0; 8 D Woodworth, Wallasey
Tackle Box, 34-3-0.
Meadow View Fisheries OAPs
(Tues)
Lark Pool (17 pegs)
Denis Ockwell was king of the
seniors this week after winning
both of the OAP sweeps. His best
net was a bulging 70-6-0 from
peg 7, where he found carp up to
5lb while switching between soft
pellet and corn at 12m.
Two days later he was back, this
time on the Thrush Pool, where he
swept into top place with 35-0-0
of carp to 4lb, polefishing at 11m
off peg 16 with corn and pellet.
RESULT: 1 D Ockwell, Leigh Tackle & Bait,
70-6-0; 2 L Gibbon, Tasker’s Angling, 19-12-0;
P Barwell, Widnes Angling Centre, 18-6-0.
Mill House Fisheries
Mescar Lake (21 pegs)
John Raby, Leigh Tackle & Bait,
clinched a double-header at Mill
PROF I L E
TACKLE USED
(Shallow rig)
Float: 4x12 Malman
Line: 0.12 Garbo Line
straight through
Hook: Size 16 PR36
Elastic: Garbolino solid
double 5
Feed used: 4mm hard
pellets
Species: Carp to 3lb
RESULT
1 S Rothery, Lindholme,
97-7-0; 2 J Kelly, Lindholme,
90-10-0; 3 M Pillay, Maver,
83-11-0; 4 S Cameron,
Lindholme, 78-13-0;
5 A Richards, Browning,
74-11-0; 6 P Blinkhorne,
Trafford, 71-15-0;
7 N Machin, Garbolino,
70-10-0.
W E IG H T W H E E L
97-7-0
1ST
HOUR
35LB
2ND
HOUR
12LB
5TH
HOUR
3RD
HOUR
23LB
15LB
4TH
HOUR
26LB
House with a winning 57-0-0 on
Wednesday, and then a
staggering 91-10-0 taken into a
facing gale as winds whipped in
off the Irish Sea.
It was tough going but John
stayed short on the 6m pole line
at peg 6 with soft pellet on the
hook to land 31 carp to 8lb.
RESULT: 1 J Raby, Leigh Tackle & Bait,
91-10-0; 2 S Harris, Kirkby, 25-6-0;
3 I Cowey, Kirkby, 22-14-0; 4 K Dooley,
Liverpool AS, 19-8-0; 5 D Cheetham, Ted
Carter Preston, 17-10-0; 6 P Gradwell,
Liverpool AS, 17-0-0.
Oaks Lakes
Cedar Lake (36 pegs)
Saturday’s open saw Mark Calvert,
of Garbolino Elton, record 102-13-0
for another victory. Drawing
peg 64, chopped worm and caster
fished short at 2m and long at 13m
to the island took a mixed bag of
carp, ide, barbel and chub.
RESULT: 1 M Calvert, Garbolino Elton,
102-13-0; 2 I Bowman, Ultimate Barnsley
Blacks, 87-14-0; 3 I Exley, Daiwa Dons,
83-5-0;4 C Hall, The Oaks, 81-11-0;
5 C Waddington, The Oaks, 65-10-0;
6 M O’Keefe, The Oaks, 63-6-0; 7 I Bailey,
Cleveland Angling Centre, 62-6-0;
8 B Smith, Yarm, 58-3-0.
Partridge Lakes
Covey Canal Lakes (33 pegs)
Winner of last Sunday’s
50-pegger, Liverpool builder John
Turner hammered the small carp
and F1 hybrids by staying close in
at windy peg 58 and working the
nearside ledge with 5m pole and
corn.
RESULT: 1 J Turner, Ray’s Tackle, 68-5-0;
2 D Sixsmith, Drennan, 54-9-0; 3 S Parry,
Dynamite Baits, 54-7-0; 4 S Hall,
Middleton, 48-14-0; 5 J Corless, Tong
Moor, 47-15-0; 6 S Beswick, North West
Worms, 44-9-0; 7 D Pimlott, Garbolino
Elton, 44-2-0; 8 M Kemp, Partridge, 41-0-0.
Partridge Lakes (Tues)
Covey Canal Lakes (29 pegs)
Ian Burley coped well in the severe
spring winds and turned up an
80-2-0 top weight from peg 53.
He chose a short pole line and
presented red maggot on the
nearside ledge to catch a mixture
of ide, small carp and F1 hybrids.
RESULT: 1 I Burley, Leigh Tackle & Bait,
80-2-0; 2 R Rawsthorne, Partridge Team
NW, 75-9-0; 3 M Reed, Highfield Fisheries,
69-8-0.
St Helen’s AA (Mon)
Carr Mill Dam (25 pegs)
The ‘sunshine’ pegs facing the
boathouse continue to produce
skimmers, and Wigan’s Len
Stringfellow won the match with
17-3-0 of them. He was on peg 76
and used groundbait feeder and
single red maggot on the hook.
RESULT: 1 L Stringfellow, Wigan DAA,
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