EDMUNDS STORMS TO ANOTHER VIADUCT WIN
168lb of carp to 8lb seals victory for in-form angler
BAIT-TECH VIADUCT FISHERY SPRING LEAGUE (SUN) Campbell, Cary & Lodge Lakes (54 pegs)
THERE’S no stopping Craig Edmunds at Viaduct, the Browning/Spotted Fin man following up victory in the recent Guru Festival with top spot in this round of the league.
Peg 130 on Campbell Lake gave him 168-11-0 of carp to 8lb. Craig fished waggler and pellet shallow, pellet at 6m and meat in the edge.
He finished a couple of fish clear of Toby Burrell at next-door peg 129. He stuck to pellet shallow at 14.5m for 156-7-0 of carp to 8lb. Result: 1 C Edmunds, Browning/Spotted Fin, 168-11-0; 2 T Burrell, Foster’s Team Army, 156-7-0; 3 G O’Shea, Bait-Tech, 152-0-0; 4 T Rixon, Mosella, 145-0-0; 5 R Shipp, Ivy House, 132-14-0;
6 R Hardiman, Avon Angling, 129-10-0.
Silvers: R Shipp, Ivy House, 45-11-0.
MILTON KEYNES AA TEAMS OF FOUR SPRING LEAGUE (SUN) Grand Union Canal, Milton Keynes (36 pegs)
The Browning Northants Red side saw their league lead cut back to two points after their Grey counterparts won this round. Top rod was Steve Ross who found two bream backed by skimmers using chopped worm and caster at 12m for 12-9-0. Result: 1 S Ross, Browning Northants Black, 12-9-0; 2 I Young, Tackle Hub, 10-4-0; 3 S Wright, Royal Oak, 9-2-0.
Teams: 1 Browning Northants Grey, 27pts; 2 Tackle Hub, 26; 3 Maver Milton Keynes Black, 24. League: 1 Browning Northants Red, 69pts; 2 Browning Northants Grey, 67.
MONK LAKES TEAMS OF FOUR SPRING LEAGUE (SUN) Lakes 2 & 3 (48 pegs)
After winning at Larford Lakes the day before, Pete Upperton switched his attentions to Monk Lakes and topped the shop again with 181-14-0 of carp to 9lb and F1s from peg 86 on Lake 2 where he caught on pellet at 5m and 13m and meat and pellet over groundbait in the margins. Winners: A section: J Capper, Otters, 129-0-0.
B section P Upperton, Guru, 181-14-0.
C section: T Molloy, Drennan Bordon Angling, 174-0-0. D section: R Easterling, Otters, 148-0-0. Teams: 1 Otters, 14pts; 2 Guru, 18; 3 Meatbashers, 20; 4 Sensas Oakwood Angling A, 21; 5 Drennan Bordon Angling, 22; 6 Guildford Bait-Tech, 24. League: 1 Guru, 71pts; 2 Otters, 81; jt3 Meatbashers and Drennan Bordon Angling, both 82.
NORMAN STERRY OPEN (SAT) Bait-Tech Viaduct Fishery (38 pegs)
Mosella man Steve Shaw topped the double ton to win this one as he tackled peg 110 on the Campbell Lake with pellet long in the margins to bank 202-15-0 of carp to 10lb. Result: 1 S Shaw, Mosella, 202-15-0; 2 G Cochrane, Hereford, 156-12-0; 3 G O’Shea, Bait-Tech, 156-4-0; 4 D Cochrane, Weston-Super-Mare, 155-1-0;
5 R Morgan, South Wales, 151-9-0; 6 T Davey, Newent, 138-7-0.
Silvers: M Bendall, Viaduct, 55-9-0.
SENSAS KENNET & AVON SPRING LEAGUE (SUN) Kennet & Avon Canal, Hungerford-Marsh, Church, Tavern & Upper & Lower Dunmill (90 pegs)
The Drennan Bordon Angling Blue side sealed this league by winning the final round thanks to a 30 points score. Top weight went to Paul Giddings of Matrix Talisman Yellow as he netted six big skimmers backed by perch for 13-9-0 from Lower Dunmill fishing chopped worm and caster at 13m.
Result: 1 P Giddings, Matrix Talisman Yellow, 13-9-0; 2 A Pickett, Matrix Talisman Purple, 12-4-0; 3 A Gregory, Drennan Bordon Angling Blue, 11-13-0; 4 P Phillips, Matrix Talisman Purple, 10-7-0;
5 A Donnelly, Daiwa Dorking, 10-4-0; 6 S Drew, Drennan Bordon Angling Pink, 9-7-0. Teams: 1 Drennan Bordon Angling Blue, 30pts; 2 Daiwa Dorking, 29; 3 Drennan Bordon Angling Pink, 25; 4 Garbolino Blackmore Vale MG Marine, 24 (section countback); 5 Sensas A4 Black, 24 (section countback); 6 Sensas West Sussex, 24. League: 1 Drennan Bordon Angling Blue, 104pts; 2 Daiwa Dorking, 100; 3 Garbolino Blackmore Vale MG Gold.
STAFFORD MOOR FISHERY MAY FESTIVAL (MON-FRI)
Tanner’s, Woodpecker, Pines, Oak & Willow (75 pegs) The festival honours went the way of Gareth Lennox after he scored five points with his worst score dropped. He kicked off with a second in section with 113-12-0 from peg 16 on the Tanner’s Lake before scoring section wins on days two and three with 43-13-0 from Pines Lake peg 20 and 141-0-0 from peg 11 on the Woodpecker Lake. Thursday served up a second in section with 51-7-0 from Willow Lake peg 20 before he signed off on Friday with 136-10-0 off Oak Lake peg 15 to notch up his third valuable section win.
Result: 1 G Lennox, Stafford Moor, 5pts; 2 D Green, Matrix Image/Hinder’s Bait, 6 (429-2-0); 3 C Cameron, Middy/Bait-Tech, 6 (415-11-0).
TERRY BRUTON MEMORIAL (SAT) Todber Manor, Hill View, Ash & Homeground (52 pegs)
There was a clear winner as Drennan RAF man Steve Hutter put together 193-4-0 of carp to 8lb plus skimmers from peg 60 on the Hill View Lake as he fished Method
feeder and pellet and then pellet at 5m. Result: 1 S Hutter, Drennan RAF, 193-4-0;
2 J McMahon, Bristol, 176-12-0; 3 M Rayet, Bristol, 164-12-0; 4 S Trevett, Salisbury, 163-10-0;
5 A Tomkins, Tackle UK, 162-4-0; 6 D Shipp, Preston Innovations, 161-8-0.
Silvers: R Shipp, Ivy House, 66-0-0.
TIM O’DONNELL MEMORIAL (SAT) FENNES FISHERY, ASH GROUND LAKES (34 PEGS)
Over £600 was raised for Diabetes UK after this match and Bill’s Tackle anglers featured strongly in the frame, Dean Fields winning and Simon White taking second. Dean weighed in 39-8-0 of carp and F1s using Method feeder and wafters. Result: 1 D Fields, Bill’s Tackle, 39-8-0; 2 S White, Bill’s Tackle, 36-4-0; 3 F Lewis, Braintree, 31-0-0; 4 M Banks, Bill’s Tackle, 29-8-0; 5 S Cox, Cariers RAPS, 29-0-0; 6 J Collop, Bill’s Tackle, 25-8-0.
TODBER MANOR FISHERY (WEDS) ASH & HOMEGROUND (29 PEGS)
Des Shipp got the nod at the scales with 155-10-0 of carp to 6lb as he drew peg 79 on the Homeground Lake and fished Method feeder and pellet, pellet at 14m and meat at 5m.
Result: 1 D Shipp, Preston Innovations, 155-10-0; 2 M Rogers, Todber Manor, 142-10-0; 3 G Manton, Preston Innovations Thatcher’s, 135-14-0; 4 B Robson, Todber Manor, 129-0-0; 5 C Timms, Todber Manor, 119-12-0. Silvers: D Willmott, Todber Manor, 54-14-0.
WHITE ACRES DYNAMITE BAITS FESTIVAL (MON-FRI)
Pollawyn, Twin Oaks, Trelawney, Jenny’s, Trewaters, Porth Reservoir & Bolingey Lakes (143 pegs) Finishing on 32 points, former Parkdean Masters champion Kev Wadge took the title ahead of Paul Holland on total weight. Kev kicked off with a section win on 113-14-0 from peg 49 on Trewaters using pellet feeder and pellet in the edge. Porth was next and Method feeder with pellet from peg 19 saw him bank a fine 37-12-0 of bream and skimmers for another maximum. Bolingey Lake peg 37 was next and Kev took his third section with 136-5-0 of carp on paste at 5m and in the edge. Thursday served up a mixed bag with a third in section from peg 19 on the Pollawyn Lake but he bounced back to win his section on Friday from peg 4 on the Twin Oaks Lake with 183-3-0 of carp using worm in the margins.
Result: 1 K Wadge, Mosella/Spotted Fin, 32pts (dropping six points – 510-15-0); 2 P Holland, Guru/Blake’s Baits, 32 (dropping six points – 483-4-0); 3 S Collett, Guru/Dynamite Baits, 31 (dropping seven points – 601-10-0); 4 A Power, Preston Innovations, 31 (dropping seven points – 583-14-0); 5 C Barley, Dynamite Baits, 31 (dropping seven points – 398-1-0); 6 T Edwards, Frenzee/ Dynamite Baits, 31 (dropping six points).