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I cannot believe it is festival season already; it seems like only two minutes ago we were hanging up our weighing in gear at the end of last season. It has been a busy winter, I have been busy planning for the festivals, which have all been a sell out for a number of weeks already, the boys have been busy out on the lakes making sure they are in tip top condition. Platforms have been repaired, pegs been numbered and the islands have had some serious trimming!The Van Den Eynde festival is always the first on the calendar and remains our only pellet free festival. White Acres has been undergoing some big development projects over the winter one of which that has had a knock on affect to the festivals but, we feel, in a positive way.
This year sees Jennys replacing Trelawney in the festival. The banks behind Trelawney are being developed and will soon to be home to our new contemporary lodge accommodations, because of the horrendous winter weather we have had this work is slightly behind schedule and we would not want the anglers being disturbed so we have replaced the lake with Jennys. By putting Jennys & Python together we believe we now have a fairer section as Trelawney used to dominate the section with the wining weights this years it will be a lot closer as the anglers on Python have more chance to fish for overall daily money opposed to just section wins. Other lakes in the festival have also seen work done to them over the winter and have proved to be fishing well. Bolingey does not get fished much over the winter but on the few matches that have been held there positive reports have been flooding back, so those that will be taking to the banks this week will be in luck as there are plenty of hungry mouths to feed and boy are they feeding! Charlie at Gwinear has done his best at trying to restore the lake to what it once was but only time will tell if he has done enough, there has been some re-stocking done and the recent local matches have thrown up some good weights on the usual pegs but there is a difference in having a couple matches a week with a dozen anglers to having a solid 5 days fishing with 36 anglers each day we will know soon enough if it is living up to it’s nickname!
The weather over the weekend leading up to the festival has been grim to say the least, only a few brave souls dared to brave the weather to practise on Saturday, most people seemed keener to re-acquaint themselves with the Anglers Arms! Sunday seemed a slight improvement with more taking to the banks for a practise and some declining due to the previously mentioning of their re acquaintance with the pub! I shall do my best to keep you updated with the action during with week to let you know how the first White Acres festival of 2008 is going.
DAY ONE For some anglers this is their first time with their kit for 2008 for others this has been in planning for months with rigs tied for every possibility. The draw gets done before the anglers arrive so they know in what rotation and section they will be fishing at the first draw of the week is always a lively, and also somewhat nervous, event. After a reminder of rules and information the draw is on, read on to find out which draw bags are stating the week of with a bang and who is banking on a there dropped result!
A SECTION POLLAWYN
In recent Rover matches the lake has been producing the top weights but unfortunately on pellet, those that did have a practice on Sunday seemed to struggle slightly making the wrong choices so today proved a difficult dilemma for some today with what approach to take. One angler who defiantly made the correct decision was the lake winner Grant Albutt on peg 25, Grant fished three strong lines giving him a victorious of 139lb 7oz he fished meat to the island, meat shallow on the long pole and also on the waggler to the island with meat. Adey Lindsay took second on the lake with 127lb 6oz; Adey was on peg 21 and caught on the bomb with meat. Third went to Russ Parsons on one of the points at peg 18, facing the high bank Russ fished up to the aerator on the meat feeder to give him a weight of 99lb 5oz. The next best weight came from Trevor Conroy on peg 27, Trevor weighed in with 96lb 4oz caught on the feeder and waggler both with meat.
SECTION WINNERS
GRANT ALBUTT 9 POINTS PEG 25 139LB 7OZ
ADEY LINDSAY 9 POINTS PEG 21 127LB 6OZ
SHAUN SYLVESTER 9 POINTS PEG 45 57LB 4OZ
DARREN COX 9 POINTS PEG 7 57LB 3OZ
B SECTION JENNYS/PYTHON
Jennys is being fished from 1 – 21 and amongst those numbers are some previous “Parkdean Master” producing pegs, many of the anglers are unfamiliar with fishing the lake but with well documented match reports they have a strong idea of what to expect. The lake winner today was Darren Kempson on peg 9, Darren landed a decent sized carp to add to his winning weight of 74lb 3oz caught on the straight lead with meat. Over on the wides of Python it was a closely fought battle for second overall. Stewart Lister on peg 15 and Ken Oldham on peg 14 both fished a great match with Stewart narrowly took the win to pick up the section and to come second with a weight of 55lbs caught on the ground bait feeder with double red maggot, Ken was third with 53lb 8oz caught on the tip with maggot. Our current Parkdean Master Des Shipp also picked up a section win and had the next best weight with 49lb 8oz, Des was on Python peg 36 and caught on meat and corn at 13 meters.
SECTION WINNERS
DARREN KEMPSON 9 POINTS PEG 9(J) 74LB 3OZ
STEWART LISTER 9 POINTS PEG 15(P) 55LB
DES SHIPP 9 POINTS PEG 36(P) 49LB 8OZ
PETE WILD 9 POINTS PEG 19(J) 48LB 14OZ
C SECTION GWINEAR
Today saw some good weights and some not so good weights, across all of the sections the weights were fairly tight and in some only a couple of pounds separating the weights. Danny Wynn took the day one lake win with 82lb 8oz, Danny was on peg 25 and caught on the pole at 16 meters with meat. Second on the lake went to Paul Barnard on peg 13, Paul dished on the pole at 4 meters with corn for a weight of 80lb. Gary Hamilton weighed in 76lb 3oz to take third, Gary was on peg 19 and caught on corn at 5 meters and also had a few on the feeder. On peg 27 Paul Carnwell had the next top weight with 64lb 1oz, Paul caught on the straight lead and meat across.
SECTION WINNERS
DANNY WYNN 9 POINTS PEG 25 82LB 8OZ
PAUL CARNWELL 9 POINTS PEG 27 64LB 1OZ
DEAN FISH 9 POINTS PEG 43 37LB 6OZ
PAUL MEDCRAFT 9 POINTS PEG 57 18LB 8OZ
D SECTION PORTH
It was a tough day for those anglers on Porth with the lake being virtually colourless, despite rain over the weekend there is no sigh of the desired chocolaty appearance, one can only hope that as the week goes on the colour changes slightly to add to the weights. Taking the lake win today was Adam Wakelin who drew peg 84; Adam fished the groundbait feeder and maggot for a weight of 15lb 7oz. Leon Seabright picked up second with 14lb 9oz, Leon was on peg 89 and caught on the feeder & worm. Third went to Tom Dabowa who caught on the pole and feeder with double red maggot for a weight of 10lb 8oz from peg 86. Paul Cannon fished the feeder with maggot from peg 71 to pick up a section win and have the next best weight on the lake with 9lb 6oz.
SECTION WINNERS
ADAM WAKELIN 9 POINTS PEG 84 15LB 7OZ
PAUL CANNON 9 POINTS PEG 71 9LB 6OZ
DEAN LOCK 9 POINTS PEG 32 6LB 11OZ
MARK TOMLIN 9 POINTS PEG 16 5LB
E SECTION BOLINGEY
Well, one never knows where to start with Bolingey and it never ceases to amaze how this lake performs. One section of 9 weighed in more than most of the other lakes put together! Will Raison got off to a fantastic start to take the lake win with a whopping 223lb 4oz; Will was on peg 22 and caught on the meat feeder and meat down the edge. Second on the lake was Harry Billing on peg 20, Harry caught on the pole at 18 meters with meat for a weight of 193lb 4oz. Steve Ringer took a section win and also came third with 184lb 3oz, Steve caught on the meat feeder from peg 17. Jay Davis had the next best weight on the lake with156lb 3oz; Jay was on peg 27 and caught on the pole with meat & corn. Simon Gould recorded the first biggest fish of the week with a stunning Ghost carp at 21lb 7oz.
SECTION WINERS
WILL RAISON 9 POINTS PEG 22 223LB 4OZ
STEVE RINGER 9 POINTS PEG 17 184LB 3OZ
SIMON GOULD 9 POINTS PEG 47 117LB 1OZ
GARY GIBSON 9 POINTS PEG 44 88LB 15OZ
So that was day one and here is how the top twenty looks.
Tune in tomorrow for the action from day two. Cheers, Kirsty
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Name |
Weight |
Points |
| 1st |
Will Raison |
223lb 4oz |
9 points |
| 2nd |
Steve Ringer |
184lb 3oz |
9 points |
| 3rd |
Grant Albutt |
139lb 7oz |
9 points |
| 4th |
Adey Lindsay |
127lb 6oz |
9 points |
| 5th |
Simon Gould |
117lb 1oz |
9 points |
| 6th |
Gary Gibson |
88lb 15oz |
9 points |
| 7th |
Danny Wynn |
82lb 8oz |
9 points |
| 8th |
Darren Kempson |
74lb 3oz |
9 points |
| 9th |
Paul Carnwell |
64lb 1oz |
9 points |
| 10th |
Shaun Sylvester |
57lb 4oz |
9 points |
| 11th |
Darren Cox |
57lb 3oz |
9 points |
| 12th |
Stewart Lister |
55lb |
9 points |
| 13th |
Des Shipp |
49lb 8oz |
9 points |
| 14th |
Pete Wild |
48lb 14oz |
9 points |
| 15th |
Dean Fish |
37lb 6oz |
9 points |
| 16th |
Paul Medcraft |
18lb 8oz |
9 points |
| 17th |
Adam Wakelin |
15lb 7oz |
9 points |
| 18th |
Paul Cannon |
9lb 6oz |
9 points |
| 19th |
Dean Lock |
6lb 11oz |
9 points |
| 20th |
Mark Tomlin |
5lb |
9 points |
DAY TWO
Well day one got of to a great start and the Cornish weather seems to have settled (for a while!) as day two turned out fine with clear skies. Those that started of their festival campaign yesterday with a section win will be looking to follow that perfect result – but have they? Read on to find out all of the catch action from day two and how our top twenty is looking.
A SECTION JENNYS/PYTHON
Despite the blue skies it was a blustery day for those that drew up on Jennys, as it is one of our most exposed lakes, because of the wind some anglers were not able to hold the pole at the desired length and looked to other methods whilst others took the chance and persevered. The section weights were extremely tight today and although Jennys dominated for the daily lake prizes the weights on python were still close. Wayne Sharman took the lake win from Jennys peg 19, Wayne fought with the wind to fish the pole but changed tactics to the bomb and meat to give him a winning weight of 64lb 8oz. Second went to Ian Russell with 61lb 20z, Ian was next door on peg 20 and caught on the straight lead with meat fishing out into the open water. Steve Clark took third with 58lb 7oz, Steve caught on the feeder with double corn on the hook from peg 15. The next best weight, and the top weight from python, came from Tommy Pickering with 57lb 10oz; Tommy was on Python peg 16 and caught 61 reasonable sized F1’s on the groundbait feeder with double maggot on an 18 hook.
SECTION WINNERS
WAYNE SHARMAN 9 POINTS 64LB 8OZ
TOMMY PICKERING 9 POINTS 57LB 10OZ
MICHAEL CHARALAMBUS 9 POINTS 32LB 1OZ
JOHN PANTRY 9 POINTS 30LB 4OZ
B SECTION GWINEAR
Unfortunately the lake still remains fairly peggy which is fine for those that can draw but for most they know the outcome before they even arrive at the lake. It was a great winning weight for the day with Mick Lees on peg 24 weighing in with 137lb 10oz, Mick caught down the edge on meat. Ken Oldham took second on the lake with 86lb 11oz, Ken was on peg 25 and caught to the bar on the tip with double red maggot and also had 5 carp down the edge on corn. Third on the lake went to Mark Brown on peg 20, mark caught on the tip with maggot and also on the pole with corn and maggot for a very close weight of 86lb 10oz. Simon Fry had the next best weight on the lake, Simon was on peg 28 and caught down the edge on worm & caster and had a few stcokies on meat for a weight of 81lb 4oz.
SECTION WINNERS
MICK LEES 9 POINTS 137LB 10OZ
SIMON FRY 9 POINTS 81LB 4OZ
DAVE CAMPBELL 9 POINTS 41LB 1OZ
PETER BOWLES 9 POINTS 36LB 2OZ
C SECTION PORTH
Porth fished fairly hard again today with still not much sign of colour in the lake. The winning weight today came from Cliff Mills on peg 71; Cliff fished on the waggler, 9 meter pole and feeder with caster and worm for a weight of 12lb. Ben Leach was second on the lake with 11lb 13oz, Ben caught on the pole and a feeder both with red maggot catching 30 plus small skimmers from peg 23. Third on the lake went to Skip McCabe, Skip caught on the groundbait feeder with red maggot from peg 89 for a weight of 10lb 7oz. Paul Carnwell had the next best weight with 10lb, Paul caught on the feeder with maggot and worm from peg 74.
SECTION WINNERS
CLIFF MILLS 9 POINTS 12LB
BEN LEACH 9 POINTS 11LB 13OZ
SKIP MCCABE 9 POINTS 10LB 7OZ
NEIL MACHIN 9 POINTS 9LB 10OZ
D SECTION BOLINGEY
Well Bolingey just seems to get better and better, with 14 weights recorded over 90lbs today and some in the high 100’s, it was only the other day that the owner was worried there was not enough fish in there! The lake winner today was Steve Sanders on peg 20, Steve caught consistently all day on the 18 meter pole with meat for a final weight of 218lb 5oz. Second went to John Stepton with 164lb 13oz, John was on peg 22 and caught all carp in the margins on meat. Keith Vaughan took third from peg 46, Keith caught all on meat on the deck on the long pole for a weight of 156lb 3oz. 134lb 13oz was the next best weight on lake and that came from Steve Cooke on peg 9, Steve caught on meat and corn on the short pole.
SECTION WINNERS
STEVE SANDERS 9 POINTS 218LB 5OZ
KEITH VAUGHAN 9 POINTS 156LB 3OZ
STEVE COOKE 9 POINTS 134LB 13OZ
STEVE MAYO 9 POINTS 122LB 10OZ
E SECTION POLLAWYN
It was also a good day on Pollawyn with the lake producing some good weights across the high bank and tight weights across the sections. The lake winner today was Phil Ringer with 190lb 14oz, Phil was on peg 17 and fished the meat feeder tight across to the island, he had 2 10lb plus carp and a mixed bag of carp from 3lb – 10lb it was a slow start for Phil who caught well late on in the match. Harry Billing on peg 28, Harry caught steadily throughout the whole of the match on the meat feeder to the aerator for a weight of 126lb 5oz. Third with 108lb 15oz was Michael Sanders on peg 19, Michael caught patchily through out the match but produced a nice bag of carp to 10lb caught on the feeder to the island with meat. Bob Stevens got off to a cracking start to the match and caught well early on fishing the meat feeder to the island from peg 27, the bits slowed down towards the end but still gave him the next best weight of the day with 107lb 5oz
SECTION WINERS
PHIL RINGER 9 POINTS 190LB 14OZ
HARRY BILLING 9 POINTS 126LB 5OZ
WILL RAISON 9 POINTS 96LB 4OZ
JAY DAVIS 9 POINTS 61LB 12OZ
So William currently tops the leader board with a perfect score of two section wins, there are already some amazing weights on the festival and we all have the feeling that this one is going to be too close to call. Come back tomorrow to see what day three has done to the overalls.
Cheers, Kirsty
Overall Top Twenty
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Name |
Weight |
Points |
| 1st |
Will Raison |
319lb 8oz |
18 points |
| 2nd |
Harry Billing |
319lb 9oz |
17 points |
| 3rd |
Steve Sanders |
223lb 2oz |
17 points |
| 4th |
Steve Mayo |
127lb 6oz |
17 points |
| 5th |
Simon Fry |
100lb 1oz |
17 points |
| 6th |
Darren Cox |
82lb 15oz |
17 points |
| 7th |
Pete Wild |
82lb 7oz |
17 points |
| 8th |
Paul Carnwell |
74lb 1oz |
17 points |
| 9th |
Steve Ringer |
238lb 3oz |
16 points |
| 10th |
Jay Davis |
217lb 15oz |
16 points |
| 11th |
Michael Sanders |
188lb 1oz |
16 points |
| 12th |
Grant Albutt |
162lb 14oz |
16 points |
| 13th |
Keith Vaughan |
160lb 12oz |
16 points |
| 14th |
Ken Oldham |
140lb 3oz |
16 points |
| 15th |
Tommy Pickering |
101lb 6oz |
16 points |
| 16th |
Peter Bowles |
48lb 15oz |
16 points |
| 17th |
Dean Fish |
42lb 5oz |
16 points |
| 18th |
Phil Ringer |
346lb 2oz |
15 points |
| 19th |
Steve Kedge |
198lb 7oz |
15 points |
| 20th |
Giles Cochrane |
178lb 8oz |
15 points |
DAY THREE
So we have reached the midway point of the festival and for some this becomes the make or break point, those that have got strong points behind them can almost see the goal posts already whilst others hope to put a bad result (or results) behind them and go for broke over the next couple of days. Day three saw a change in the weather which has affected the fishing slightly but read on to find out if Will is still on stop and who is creeping up there.
A SECTION GWINEAR
Today saw some better weights on Gwinear with the results being very tight for the lake and some section wins. Unfortunately one section still seems to be fishing very hard but overall it did not seem to be as peggy today. Grant Albutt was the lake winner today with 128lb 8oz; Grant was on peg 16 and caught shallow on caster with maggot on the hook. Second went to Colin Fuller on peg 25, Colin fished the 16 meter pole on the deck and up in the water on maggot for a weight of 106lb 9oz. Tim Russell had a weight of 104lb 10oz to take third, Tim caught shallow on the waggler with meat and shallow on the pole with caster from peg 19. The next best weight on the lake was 88lb 10oz and this came from Steve Clark on peg 27, Steve caught on maggot down the edge and meat at 13 meters.
GRANT ALBUTT 9 POINTS PEG 16 128LB 8OZ
STEVE CLARK 9 POINTS PEG 27 88LB 10OZ
MICHAEL CHARALAMBUS 9 POINTS PEG 39 51LB 12OZ
RICKY DENNIS 9 POINTS PEG 57 24LB 14OZ
SECTION WINNERS B SECTION PORTH
The weights are still very low on Porth but are very tight across all the sections with no particular area over dominating the wins. First on the lake today went to Paul Fillmore with 15lb 8oz, Paul was on peg 89 and caught shallow on meat. Kevin Marslin picked up second on peg 88 with a weight of 9lb 11oz, Kevin caught at 6 meters on meat and maggots. Third went to Ricky Teal on peg 34, Ricky caught on the pole with meat for a weight of 9lb 1oz. The next best result on the lake went to Des Shipp with a weight of 8lb 5oz, Des caught on the waggler with red maggot.
SECTION WINNERS
PAUL FILMORE 9 POINTS PEG 89 15LB 8OZ
RICKY TEALE 9 POINTS PEG 34 9LB 1OZ
MARK JONES 9 POINTS PEG 79 6LB 8OZ
DAVE CAMPBELL 9 POINTS PEG 20 5LB 3OZ
C SECTION BOLINGEY
The weather today has definitely affected the amount of big catches recorded, with the wind blowing down the valley onto the lake this hampered the anglers presentation and the ability to fish the long pole. The lake was won today by Neil Machin on peg 50, Neil caught on worm down the edge and meat at 6 meters for a weight of 158lb 13oz. Ben Leach took second with 146lb 2oz, Ben was on peg 49 and caught on the pole at 5 meters and had 5 “lumps” down the edge on meat. Geoff Ringer caught on the meat feeder from peg 10 to take third with a weight of 129lb 6oz. The next best weight on the lake came from Jason Le Bosquet on peg 1, Jason caught close into the edge on meat for a weight of 108lb 14oz.
SECTION WINNERS
NEIL MACHIN 9 POINTS PEG 50 158LB 13OZ
GEOFF RINGER 9 POINTS PEG 10 129LB 6OZ
GARY HAMILTON 9 POINTS PEG 12 99LB 7OZ
TONY WYNICK 9 POINTS PEG 42 93LB 9OZ
D SECTION POLLAWYN
Good weights on Pollawyn today but again the anglers were hampered by the wind that proved to be awkward for some. Tim Nash took the lake win today with 129lb 14oz, Tim fished the meat feeder to the aerator and then the waggler until he had run out, catching carp between 3 – 8lb from peg 28. On peg 27 Graham Hall was second with 91lb 6oz Graham started on the groundbait feeder but did not catch until he had switched over to the meat feeder and then later caught out in the open water on the waggler. Third with 88lb 12oz was Adam Wakelin, Adam was on peg 30 and started the match on the meat feeder & waggler to the island but this was slow at the start and only had 5 carp by 3.45pm, the pole line then suddenly came into action and he caught one a bung on meat ending up with 15 carp to 10lb. Glen wills had the next best weight on the lake with 88lb 2oz, Glen was on peg 25 and caught on the meat feeder to the island.
SECTION WINNERS
TIM NASH 9 POINTS PEG 28 129LB 14OZ
JAMIE PARKHOUSE 9 POINTS PEG 47 86LB 8OZ
PAUL CANNON 9 POINTS PEG 22 48LB 12OZ
LEON SEABRIGHT 9 POINTS PEG 13 46LB 2OZ
E SECTION JENNYS/PYTHON It was a very cold day up on Jennys with some anglers deeply regretting not wearing their thermals today! It was a fantastic lake win up on Jennys for Michael Gorman on peg 21 weighing it with a staggering 137lb 4oz, Michael caught on the meat feeder ending up with 2 big nets of carp. Will Raison was second with a weight of 92lb 3oz from Python peg 9, Will fought against the elements and persevered on the long pole at 18.5 meters with meat. Third on Jennys peg 16 was Michael Sanders, Michael caught on the meat feeder and had a few on the pole for a weight of 57lb 15oz. The next best weight came from John Hetherington on Python peg 13, John had a weight of 56lb 11oz caught on the groundbait feeder with for maggot.
SECTION WINNERS
MICHAEL GORMAN 9 POINTS PEG 21 137LB 14OZ
WILL RAISON 9 POINTS PEG 9 92LB 3OZ
HARRY BILLING 9 POINTS PEG 8 44LB 4OZ
STEVE RINGER 9 POINTS PEG 26 36LB 7OZ
So William has done it again and made it three out of three section wins, can he keep up this clean sweep? Tune in tomorrow for more action.
Overall Top Twenty
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Name |
Weight |
Points |
| 1st |
Will Raison |
411lb 11oz |
27 points |
| 2nd |
Harry Billing |
363lb 13oz |
26 points |
| 3rd |
Steve Sanders |
301lb |
25 points |
| 4th |
Grant Albutt |
291lb 6oz |
25 points |
| 5th |
Steve Ringer |
274lb 10oz |
25 points |
| 6th |
Darren Cox |
169lb 11oz |
25 points |
| 7th |
Steve Mayo |
162lb 4oz |
25 points |
| 8th |
Michael Sanders |
246lb |
24 points |
| 9th |
Neil Machin |
194lb 3oz |
24 points |
| 10th |
Steve Clark |
191lb 3oz |
24 points |
| 11th |
Simon Fry |
107lb 13oz |
24 points |
| 12th |
Ken Oldham |
146lb 7oz |
23 points |
| 13th |
Wayne Sharman |
128lb |
23 points |
| 14th |
Pete Wild |
88lb |
23 points |
| 15th |
Mark Jones |
84lb 9oz |
23 points |
| 16th |
Des Shipp |
76lb 5oz |
23 points |
| 17th |
Phil Ringer |
371lb 3oz |
22 points |
| 18th |
Steve Kedge |
237lb 12oz |
22 points |
| 19th |
Giles Cochrane |
233lb 8oz |
22 points |
| 20th |
Gary Hamilton |
180lb 10oz |
22 points |
Day Four
Well we have reached the pen-ultimate day of the festival and it has already been a great start to the festival, already the top twenty looks like a whose who in the world of match angling and it’s also nice to see some of the regular festival anglers up there as well. It was a damp and miserable start to the day but the sun eventually burned through the mist and turned out ok. Read on to find out all the match action from day four and how our top twenty looks going into the final.
DAY FOUR
A SECTION PORTH
It has been a mixed but fairly tough week at Porth but the results do seem to be getting better as we have progressed. Fingers crossed for our forthcoming festivals the weather will have settled and with, hopefully, a warmer temperature the weights should improve. Taking the lake win on Porth today was Callum Dicks, Callum was on peg 37 and fished the long pole with groundbait and caster for a weight of 13lb 4oz. Russ Parsons was second with 11lb 12oz, Russ fished the long pole with maggot over groundbait from peg 39. Third was Steve Clark, Steve was on peg 86 and had a weight of 11lb 6oz caught on the waggler and pole with caster. Colin Fuller had the next best weight on the lake with 10lb 11oz, Colin was on peg 88 and caught early on using the feeder and at 7 meters on the pole with groundbait over caster.
SECTION WINNERS
CALLUM DICKS PEG 37 9 POINTS 13LB 4OZ
STEVE CLARK PEG 86 9 POINTS 11LB 6OZ
DARREN COX PEG 19 9 POINTS 7LB 5OZ
GRANT ALBUTT PEG 75 9 POINTS 6LB 7OZ
B SECTION BOLINGEY
The weights coming from Bolingey are still impressive with 5 people out of 9 in one section recording ton plus weights. The lake winner today was Richard Kinning; Richard was on peg 20 and caught on the long pole with meat and down the edge on corn for a weight of 119lb 7oz. Des Ship was second with 116lb 8oz, Des caught at 5 and 6 sections on meat from peg 44. Third on peg 23 was Darren Kempson, Darren caught on the groundbait feeder with punched meat and caught 32 carp for a weight of 114lb 3oz. Kevin Marslin had the next best weight on the lake with 110lb 14oz, Kevin was on peg 22 and caught on the pole with meat at 7 & 11 meters.
SECTION WINNERS
RICHARD KINNING PEG 20 9 POINTS 119LB 7OZ
DES SHIPP PEG 44 9 POINTS 116LB 8OZ
LEE HODGKINSON PEG 46 9 POINTS 103LB 15OZ
CARL ELLAND PEG 10 9 POINTS 77LB 5OZ
C SECTION POLLAWYN
Great weights along the high bank again today and tight weights across the sections, even un-favoured pegs throwing up weights with Neil Machin on 47 weighing 106lb 6oz and Ben Leach on 52 weighing 99lb 3oz. The lake winner was Tom Hanser on peg 28, Tom had 20 carp caught on the bomb & meat and the meat feeder for a weight of 123lb 13oz. John Holt was second with 113lb 12oz, John caught on the waggler with meat from peg 27. Third on peg 29 was Mick Cook with 111lb 4oz, Mick caught on the tip with meat. Neil Machin on peg 47 had the next best weight with 105lb 6oz; Neil caught all carp on the long pole with meat.
SECTION WINNERS
TOM HANSER PEG 28 9 POINTS 123LB 13OZ
NEIL MACHIN PEG 47 9 POINTS 105LB 6OZ
GEOFF RINGER PEG 22 9 POINTS 49LB 4OZ
PAUL BARNARD PEG 13 9 POINTS 47LB 3OZ
D SECTION JENNYS/PYTHON
It was again a close day on this section and we have made the decision to keep Jennys in for this festival in the future as it is a lot closer between Jennys & Python rather than putting Trelawney back in. The lake winner today was Paul Cannon, Paul was on Jennys peg 18 catching 7 carp on the pole with corn and also on the feeder for a weight of 70lb 12. Adam Wakelin was second, Adam caught just on his top 2 and weighed in 61lb 11oz of roach with one lone tench from Jennys peg 4. Leon Seabright on Jennys peg 11 was third with 59lb 11oz, Leon caught a nice bag of carp on the 17-meter pole with meat. On Jennys peg 20 Jamie Parkhouse had the next best weight of 51lbs, Jamie caught carp on the bomb & meat and silvers at 6 meters on the deck. The best weight today on Python today was 48lb 10oz and this came from Jim Connolly on peg 15.
SECTION WINNERS
PAUL CANNON PEG 18 9 POINTS 70LB 12OZ
ADAM WAKELIN PEG 4 9 POINTS 61LB 11OZ
JIM CONNOLLY PEG 15 9 POINTS 48LB 10OZ
DARREN STRIDE PEG 36 9 POINTS 26LB 15OZ
E SECTION GWINEAR
The weights from Gwinear today seemed to be a lot better and despite some areas still producing the better weights than others it is becoming more even across the sections. The lake winner today was Dave Hillier with 136lb 8oz; Dave was on peg 20 and caught up in the water with meat at 14 meters. Second on the lake was Jay Davis on peg 24, Jay caught on meat shallow at 14.5 meters to weigh in with 135lb 4oz. Phil Ringer caught down the edge on meat for a weight of 124lb 9oz from peg 31 (once again Phil drew a flyer – Ben said) to take third. Michael Gorman had the next best weight on the lake with 106lb 12oz; Michael was on peg 19 and caught 42 carp shallow at 14.5 meters on caster
SECTION WINNERS
DAVE HILLIER PEG 20 9 POINTS 136LB 8OZ
PHIL RINGER PEG 31 9 POINTS 124LB 8OZ
MICHAEL SANDERS PEG 42 9 POINTS 55LB
CAMERON HUGHES PEG 50 9 POINTS 45LB 4OZ
So that is day four over and done with just tomorrow to go. There has been a shift around in the top twenty but what can (and often does) happen when the dropped result comes into play, sees a change again. As we go into the final day that all important draw is on everyone’s minds.
Stay tuned to find our to is the 2008 Van Den Eynde champion.
Overall Top Twenty
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Name |
Weight |
Points |
| 1st |
Will Raison |
436lb 9oz |
35 points |
| 2nd |
Grant Albutt |
297lb 13oz |
34 points |
| 3rd |
Darren Cox |
177lb |
34 points |
| 4th |
Steve Sanders |
346lb 15oz |
33 points |
| 5th |
Steve Ringer |
306lb 6oz |
33 points |
| 6th |
Michael Sanders |
301lb |
33 points |
| 7th |
Neil Machin |
299lb 9oz |
33 points |
| 8th |
Steve Clark |
202lb 9oz |
33 points |
| 9th |
Des Shipp |
192lb 13oz |
32 points |
| 10th |
Steve Mayo |
184lb 5oz |
32 points |
| 11th |
Phil Ringer |
495lb 11oz |
31 points |
| 12th |
Pete Wild |
190lb 12oz |
31 points |
| 13th |
Paul Cannon |
188lb 4oz |
31 points |
| 14th |
Leon Seabright |
186lb 13oz |
30 points |
| 15th |
Richard Kinning |
179lb 15oz |
30 points |
| 16th |
Simon Fry |
156lb 4oz |
30 points |
| 17th |
Giles Cochrane |
302lb 14oz |
29 points |
| 18th |
Ben Leach |
278lb 6oz |
29 points |
| 19th |
Ken Oldham |
247lb 3oz |
29 points |
| 20th |
Gary Hamilton |
181lb 11oz |
29 points |
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Day Five
Well the final day of the festival is upon us and by know you should all know who the winner is. The write up for day 5 is always lacking in information, as everyone tends to disappear home before I can get any catch info. So here is a brief description of the days and to see who did what on the final of the Van Den Eynde Festivals 2008.
A SECTION BOLINGEY
The weights on Bolingey have slowed up over the week and this is probably due to the cold, unsettled weather we have had over the week. The lake winner today was Grant Albutt on peg 6 with 159lb 4oz. Richie Hull was second with 143lb 5oz from peg 22. Third on peg 20 was John Waples with 136lb 6oz. The next best weight was 121lb 1oz from Darren Cox on peg 11.
SECTION WINNERS
GRANT ALBUTT 9 POINTS PEG 6 159LB 4OZ
RICHIE HULL 9 POINTS PEG 22 143LB 5OZ
DARREN COX 9 POINTS PEG 11 121LB 1OZ
SHAUN SYLVESTER 9 POINTS PEG 29 108LB 3OZ
B SECTION POLLAWYN
Pollawyn had fished consistently well throughout the week with the best weights coming mostly once again from the high bank. The lake winner today was Paul Filmore on peg 25 with 108lb 11oz; second with 103lb 13oz on peg 26 was Richard Kinning. Steve Knowles was third on the lake with 98lb 14oz and was on peg 27; the next best weight came from Des Shipp who put in an amazing performance on peg 2 weighing 83lb 3oz.
SECTION WINNERS
PAUL FILMORE 9 POINTS PEG 25 108LB 11OZ
DES SHIPP 9 POINTS PEG 2 83LB 3OZ
DAVE CAMPBELL 9 POINTS PEG 31 65LB 14OZ
JAMES GARSIDE 9 POINTS PEG 34 52LB 6OZ
C SECTION JENNYS/PYTHON
These lakes have performed well throughout the week and today especially on Jennys we have seen some of the best weights of the week so far. The lake winner today was Neil Machin on peg 1 with 144lb 4oz, on Jennys peg 11 John Holt was second with 127lb 4oz, Third with 80lb 7oz was Ben Leach on Jennys peg 5. The next best weight on the lake was 59lb 15oz and this came from Alan Hall on Jennys peg 15 and the best weight on Python was 39lb 1oz and this came from Andy Gregory on peg 36.
SECTION WINNERS
NEIL MACHIN 9 POINTS PEG 1(J) 144LB 4OZ
JOHN HOLT 9 POINTS PEG 11(J) 127LB 4OZ
ANDY GREGORY 9 POINTS PEG 36(P) 39LB 1OZ
SKIP MCCABE 9 POINTS PEG 15(P) 28LB 6OZ
D SECTION GWINEAR
The weights on Gwinear were the best they had been all week today, is this the start of something promising for our forthcoming festivals, especially with the allowance of pellets back in for the next festivals. The lake winner today with 200lbs was Steve Mayo on peg 20, second on peg 25 was Dean Lock with 129lb 14oz and with 95lb 13oz Neil Anderson was third. The next best on the lake came from Graham Hall on peg 17 with 91lb 15oz.
SECTION WINNERS
STEVE MAYO 9 POINTS PEG 20 200LB
NEIL ANDERSON 9 POINTS PEG 27 95LB 13OZ
ANDY DARE 9 POINTS PEG 40 54LB
ANDY INGLESON 9 POINTS PEG 57 34LB 5OZ
E SECTION PORTH
Porth had fished hard all week and today was no exception although the winning weights were the best we had seen all week it was still a struggle for some. The lake today was won by Ian Manning on peg 89 with a winning weight of 23lb 12oz, second with 20lb 8oz was Vince Brown on peg 88, third on peg 82 with 18lb 5oz was Wayne Westhead. The next best weight on the lake was 16lb 14oz and this came from Steve Kedge on peg 34.
SECTION WINNERS
IAN MANNING 9 POINTS PEG 89 23LB 12OZ
STEVE KEDGE 9 POINTS PEG 34 16LB 14OZ
DAVE HARPIN 9 POINTS PEG 77 15LB 4OZ
WILL RAISON 9 POINTS PEG 23 9LB
Overall Top Twenty
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Name |
Weight |
Points |
| 1st |
Will Raison
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445lb 9oz |
36 points
dropping 8 |
| 2nd |
Grant Albutt |
457lb 1oz |
36 points
dropping 7 |
| 3rd |
Neil Machin |
443lb 13oz |
36 points
dropping 6 |
| 4th |
Darren Cox
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298lb 1oz |
35 points
dropping 8 |
| 5th |
Des Shipp
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276lb |
35 points
dropping 6 |
| 6th |
Steve Mayo
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384lb 5oz |
34 points
dropping 7 |
| 7th |
Steve Ringer |
311lb 7oz |
34 points
dropping 7 |
| 8th |
Michael Sanders |
314lb 8oz |
33 points
dropping 7 |
| 9th |
Steve Sanders |
430lb 4oz |
33 points
dropping 6 |
| 10th |
Leon Seabright |
255lb 5oz |
33 points
dropping 5 |
| 11th |
Ben Leach |
358lb 13oz |
33 points
dropping 4 |
| 12th |
Steve Clark |
258lb 6oz |
33 points
dropping 4 |
| 13th |
Adam Wakelin |
262lb 13oz |
33 points
dropping 3 |
| 14th |
Harry Billing |
403lb 13oz |
33 points
dropping 2 |
| 15th |
John Holt |
364lb 12oz |
33 points
dropping 2 |
| 16th |
Richard Kinning |
283lb 12oz |
32 points
dropping 6 |
| 17th |
Pete Wild |
246lb 15oz |
32 points
dropping 6 |
| 18th |
Dave Campbell |
163lb 10oz |
32 points
dropping 1 |
| 19th |
Ken Oldham |
307lb 11oz |
31 points
dropping 6 |
| 20th |
Paul Fillmore |
242lb |
31 points
dropping 5 |
So Will Raison is our first festival champion of the season, congratulations Will.
We all feel and I hope you agreed that this has been a great festival and we would like to thank and congratulate all the anglers that fished with us for making it such and enjoyable time.A massive thank you to Van Den Eynde for once again sponsoring the festival – without whom we couldn’t run the event, Wendy Lythgoe from Van Den Eynde was with us for the morning draw where all of the 180 anglers were given products and also for the evening presentation where the top twenty were presented with medals, goodie bags & exclusive hoodies.
Wendy has confirmed that the company will once again sponsor the festival but this time under their sister company name Bait-Tec, so stay tuned for the news of the White Acres & Bait-Tec festival 2009.
If you have been reading these reports and fancy having a go at one of the festivals next year please do not hesitate to give me a shout.
Thanks for reading the reports and we will catch up with you soon for the Dynamite bait festival.
Cheers, Kirsty |
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