VERULAM ANGLING CLUB

MATCH RESULT

 DATE:           19th October 2008

VENUE:         Alders Farm

TROPHY:        Championship 9

 

Commentary by Nick Darke:

 

With the sun shining brightly and with one of the warmest days in a long time, it looked promising for a great days fishing. Alders Farm was the venue which is one of the most popular commercial fisheries in the country so it wasn’t a surprise when 34 anglers turned up to fish.

 

We couldn’t wait to get started. The lake was looking good and fish were showing everywhere!!

 

At the draw we all wanted pegs 1, 2 and 4 as they were the flyers!! Paul Bangs was fortunate enough to draw peg 1, Joshua Blavins drew peg 2 and junior Sam Beasley drew peg 4.

 

As the whistle blew it didn’t take long for fish to come into our nets. Quite a few of us caught within the first few minutes but things soon slowed right down. The fishing was tough with a lot of people struggling to put fish into their nets at regular intervals. Only a selected few caught well for most of the match.

 

As expected, pegs 1, 2 and 4 produced big weights. At the weigh in Martin Adams (Guest) won the match with 105lb 7oz. Paul Bangs on peg 1 come 2nd with 103lb 1oz. Joshua Blavins on peg 2 come 3rd with 85lb 15oz. Nick Darke on peg 9 came in 4th with 83lb 3oz and junior Sam Beasley came 5th with 81lb 5oz on peg 4 which was a new junior match record. Brian was on far bank flyer peg 38 and in the shallow clear water he could see the carp shying away from his 0.16mm line. A swap to 0.12mm brought bites and 6th place overall.

 

Overall a very disappointing days fishing considering the stature of the fishery and the fact that several 200lb + bags were recorded the previous weekend. But hey, that's fishing!!

 

 

  

POSITION

NAME

WEIGHT

POINTS

COMMENTS

1

Martin Adams

105.7.0

 

Guest

2

Paul Bangs

103.1.0

100

 

3

Josh Blavins

 85.15.0

95

 

4

Nick Darke

83.3.0

90

 

5

Sam Beasley

81.5.0

85

Jnr match record (Bronze peg)(4)

6

Brian Lakin

79.0.0

80

 

7

Bob Scott

68.10.0

75

 

8

Memhet Kayim

63.0.0

 

 Guest

9

Naj Kayim

58.56.0

 

 Guest

10

Martin Funnell

56.10.0

70

 

11

Colin Earle

56.8.0

65

 

12

Graham Holt

55.2.0 

60

 

13

JayMareacheale

51.1.0

55

 

14

Peter Mooney

43.6.0

50

 

15

Ivan Coleman

43.2.0

45

 

16

Malcolm Felgate

39.0.0

40

Silver peg 22

17

Ken Nevelle

36.11.0

35

Golden peg 28

18

Kevin Wilder

36.3.0

30

 

19

Kevin Laird

36.1.0

25

 

20

Dave Beasley

34.10.0

20

 

21

Brian Bangs

32.11.0

15

 

22

Cliff Myers

31.1.0

10

 

23

Kevin Hawes

26.13.0

5

 

24

Connor McGrath

22.4.0

1

Junior

25

Steve Burfoot

21.0.0

1

 

26

Neil Anderson

20.10.0

1

 

27

Matt Young

16.11.0

1

Junior

28

Andy K

11.1.0

1

 

29

Roger Smith

9.13.0

1

 

30

Adelle Beasley

8.0.0

1

 

 

Total Weight

 1416lb 3 oz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Fished

34