Welcome to this years festival.

Monday 18th April sees the start of our second big money festival here at White Acres. Dynamite Bait has sponsored this prestigious event for past four years and with the continued support and backing from these giants will mean we will be able to stage this event for many years to come.

It’s great to see so many familiar faces back here at White Acres as well as those still with us from last week and also some who have never fished a festival here before. We would like to thank all of the anglers taking place and wish them the best of luck in the next 5 days.

Twin Oaks is making its 2005 festival debut this week, we have high hopes from the lake as it has been fishing well over our recent Saturday opens with some great weights, also on the line up this week are Pollawyn, Trelawney, Bolingey, Gwinear and Porth.

Changeable weather is forecast for the week but that hasn’t stopped us in the past, so be it t shirt and shades or brollys and waterproofs all things considered we are in for an exciting weeks fishing.

Watch this space for daily reports.

Day One

A great start to the week already seeing some 100lb plus weights. Heavy rain over the weekend has made fishing conditions slightly more challenging fore some but I’m sure all of our anglers have experienced worse!

Pollawyn

The match lake is still on top form and has fished well on the first day of competition. First overall on the lake goes to Paul Cannon on peg 7. Paul caught all carp on the pole across to the island to weigh in with 106lb 5oz. Peg 32 saw a great days fishing for Simon Gould, Simon picking up his first 9 point section win and a lake second weighed in with 95lb 2oz or carp & skimmers caught towards the island on the feeder. Third on the lake goes to the man from Atlantis, sorry Martin Kingsley (who decided to take an afternoon swim after he lost his grip on his catapult and pole section – with fish attached, fortunately Martin, pole and catapult made it back to his peg, but despite his best efforts he couldn’t quite hold on to his catch) Martin weighed in with 73lb 8oz caught shallow on the 16 meter pole toward the island from peg 45.

Section WINNERS

Paul Cannon 9 points 106lb 5oz
Simon Gould 9 points 95lb 2oz
Martin Kingsley 9 points 73lb 8oz
Gary Webber 9 points 70lb 4oz

Twin Oaks/Trelawney

Trelawney once again is on top for taking 1st, 2nd and 3rd for the section. First on the lake goes to Joe Brennan on peg 32, Joe caught down the edge with meat on the pole to weigh in with 85lb 6oz. Chris Chadwick took second overall with 70lb 12oz caught from peg 23, Chris weighed in and impressive net of carp also caught with meat on the pole towards the island. Peg 8 saw Mark Leader take his third on the lake victory, Mark weighed in with 65lb 3oz caught with meat on the bomb. Twin Oaks also performed really well on the fist day of the festival providing good section wins for Roger Cannock (peg 12) with 53lb 9oz and Lee Richmond (peg 27) 38lb 7oz.

Section WINNERS

Joe Brennan 9 points 85lb 6oz
Mark Leader 9 points 65lb 3oz
Roger Cannock 9 points 53lb 9oz
Lee Richmond 9 points 38lb 7oz

GWINEAR

Gwinear is holding its own after it being fished on a large scale for the first time last weeks. First overall goes to Dave Pimlott, Dave caught skimmers on corn all day from peg 52 to weigh in with 30lb 3oz. The battle for second and third was close but John Chapman took second overall by just 2 ounces with 26lb 4oz caught from peg 50. Dean Tennant who was just ounced out by John took third; Dean fished from peg 17 weighing in with 26lb 2oz. Also another special mention to our second swimmer of the day John Reagan, the whys and wherefores are still unknown but John did a back flip into the lake from peg 37!

Section WINNERS

Dave Pimlott 9 points 30lb 3oz
John Chapman 9 points 26lb 4oz
Dean Tennant 9 points 26lb 2oz
Kevin Arathoon 9 points 23lb 7oz

PORTH

Dean Barlow, takes overall on the lake, Dean who stayed on from last weeks festival caught on the 8-meter pole from peg 81 to weigh in with 39lb caught on groundbait & casters. Geoff Ringer on peg 88 gets second overall, Geoff who caught on Ringer groundbait and hair rigged corn to weigh in with 31lb. Next door on peg 89 was Steve Sanders, Steve took third on the lake with his haul of 26lb 3 oz caught on the pole.

Section WINNERS

Dean Barlow 9 points 39lb
Tommy Pickering 9 points 26lb 2oz
Mark Wells 9 points 24lb
Kerry Kirkwood 9 points 17lb 3oz

BOLINGEY

Another great days fishing on Bolingey with Eddie Green taking first overall from peg 20, Eddie fished shallow on the 16 meter pole with meat to weigh in with 106lb 14 (also our biggest overall weight for all of the lakes on day one). Second place on the lake goes to Harry Billing, Harry had a great days fishing from peg 45 weighing in with 97lb caught down the edge on the long pole. Paul Greenwood on peg 46 comes ion third over all with a respectable weight of 74lb 6oz caught shallow on the waggler.

Section WINNERS

Eddie Green 9 points 106lb 14oz
Paul Greenwood 9 points 74lb 6oz
Paul Taylor 9 points 71lb 2oz
Darren Stayne 9 points 63lb 3oz

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Day Two

Well after a night of heavy rain what more could we have expected? A day of heavy rain! So much for the Cornish sunshine! Despite the appalling conditions this didn’t stop the anglers excelling themselves with some of the biggest festival weights so far and also a festival record being broken at Bolingey. So be them sat under an umbrella or on their third change of clothes all the anglers will agree it has been another great days fishing here at White Acres.

Pollawyn

Another great day fishing on the match lake. Tony Wild takes overall win on the lake weighing in with 140lb, Tony on peg 28 caught all carp on the waggler for this impressive win. Second on the lake goes to Tim Rowe on peg 26, Tim caught carp on the feeder with pellet to weigh in with 112lb 2oz. On peg 31 was Darren Stayne, Darren takes third on the lake weighing in with 108lb 6oz, and Darren again caught carp on the waggler with pellet.

Section WINNERS

Tony Wild 9 points 140lb
Darren Stayne 9 points 108lb 6oz
Harry Billing 9 points 72lb 12oz
John Cockayne 9 points 62lb 7oz

Twin Oaks/Trelawney

The rain did not hamper the fishing on Trelawney, John Battersby can vouch for that as he took the lake win with 78lb 9oz, John caught all carp on meat from peg 30 to pick up 9 points and his lake win. Richard Lawson followed closely behind taking second overall on the lake, Richard fished corn on the pole from peg 27 Trelawney to weigh in with 77lb 11oz. Third overall on the lake goes to Chris Davis (also on Trelawney), Chris fished down the edge with corn on the pole to weigh in 63lb 6oz from peg 12.

Section WINNERS

John Battersby 9 points 78lb 9oz
Chris Davis 9 points 62lb 6oz
Paul Cannon 9 points 62lb 3oz
Steve Ringer 9 points 59lb 1oz

GWINEAR

The overall winner on the lake was Mark Leader, Mark fished down the edge from peg 9 to weigh in with 51lb 1oz. Mark Cullerton on peg 53 picks up 9 points and second overall with a weight of 33lb 5oz. Third on the lake goes to Paul Blinkhorn, Paul fished under the bridge from peg 28 to catch all carp for a total weight of 32lb 10oz

Section WINNERS

Mark Leader 9 points 51lb 1oz
Mark Cullerton 9 points 3lb 5oz
Mark Murdoch 9 points 26lb 15oz
Brian Molyneux 9 points 23lb 8oz

PORTH

Arnie Payling took the lake win on Porth, Arnie on end peg 40 fished on the feeder catching quality skimmers for a total weight of 31lb 2oz. Second on the lake goes to Steve Cook, Steve on peg 77 caught a few earlier on with the feeder and then later caught some big skimmers on the pole weighing in with 22lb 6oz. Dave Pimlott picks up third overall weighing 21lb 4oz, Dave fished on the feeder all day from peg 76 having a great bag of skimmers.

Section WINNERS

Arnie Payling 9 points 31lb 2oz
Steve Cooke 9 points 22lb 6oz
Emma Pickering 9 points 16lb 4oz
Chas Ward 9 points 10lb 4oz

BOLINGEY

Wow, what a day on Bolingey! Four weights 100lb plus and one staggering weight of 270lb 13oz!! The over all honour of the lake win (and biggest single weight we have seen for a festival for a number of years) goes to Andy Lloyd, Andy fished on peg 19 shallow fished on the waggler over pellet to weigh in a massive haul of 270lb 13oz. Steve Sanders on peg 9 takes second on the lake with an impressive weight of 146lb 4oz, Steve fished down the bank with 5 sections and fed meat. Third on the lake is Tommy Pickering, Tommy on peg 37 fished down the edge on the feeder and the pole to weigh in with 113lb 3oz

Section WINNERS

Andy Lloyd 9 points 270lb 13oz
Tommy Pickering 9 points 113lb 3oz
Ian Hudson 9 points 108lb 12oz
Robert Deacon 9 points 73lb 13oz

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Day Three

At last, we have sun! The weather has made an encouraging turn for the better and once again the fishing on this years Dynamite Bait festival has been great today. Pollawyn and Bolingey are still providing us with some great weights and the fishing on the other lakes has been just as good.

At the halfway point for the week it is a very crucial time to boost up their points to set them up for the final.

We would again like to thank Dynamite Baits for their support, not only for sponsoring this event but by also hading out goodie bags in the evening much to the anglers delight.

Pollawyn

Another great day on the match lake, especially for yesterday's top gun Andy Lloyd who again picks up a lake win, Andy caught all carp on the waggler from peg 31 for a total weight of 160lb 11oz (Andy is well on his way to picking up biggest overall weight of the festival). Second on the lake goes to Mark Harris, Mark had a great day on peg 26 catching a huge net of carp on the waggler shallow for an overall weight of 124lb 9oz. Tommy Pickering on peg 20 comes in third on the lake with 100lb 3oz, Tommy caught early on the feeder then switched to the waggler across to the island.

Section WINNERS

Andy Lloyd 9 points 160lb 11oz
Mark Harris 9 points 124lb 9oz
Steve Sanders 9 points 78lb 6oz
Paul Connell 9 points 67lb 8oz

Twin Oaks/Trelawney

Trelawney has once again provided a lake win for Harry Billing, Harry fished the groundbait feeder with meat on the hook from peg 8 to weigh in with 73lb 3oz. Second on the lake goes to veteran angler Robin Flowers, Robin fished with meat & corn down the edge of peg 18 on Trelawney to weigh in with 61lb 11oz. Current overall leader Darren Stayne picked up another 9 points and a lake third from peg 4 on Twin Oaks, Darren fished waggler and pellet across to weigh in with a total of 57lb 1oz.

Section WINNERS

Harry Billing 9 points 73lblb 3oz
Darren Stayne 9 points 57lb 1oz
Gary Skerrit 9 points 46lb 10oz
Geoff Ogden 9 points 4lb 10oz

GWINEAR

The change in weather and temperature has had a positive effect on the fishing at Gwinear with better weights being caught. John Battersby takes top honours on the lake with 61lb 14oz, John caught down the edge from peg 50 feeding corn. On peg 53 Ian Dixon weighed in 46lb 9oz catching across to the island to pick up second on the lake. Third overall goes to Bob Rand, Bob caught some great carp from peg 25 with a total weight of 42lb.

Section WINNERS

John Battersby 9 points 61lb 14oz
Ian Dixon 9 points 46lb 9oz
Bob Rand 9 points 42lb
Mark Plevin 9 points 27lb 15oz

PORTH

John Larraman took first overall on the lake and also won the diving contest! (John fell in headfirst and lost his glasses then stripped off to go back in to find them!) John on peg 73 caught on the 7-metre pole catching big bream on the caster for a total weight of 32lb 14oz. Second overall goes to Mark Leader on peg 76, mark caught bream and skimmers on the pole to give him a final weight of 25lb 2oz. Next door on peg 77 was Gary White, Gary also caught skimmers and bream on the pole weighing in with 25lb 1oz. Also on the lake we have had some unconfirmed sightings of a pink hippo! (We don't think this is connected with John taking a dip but if any one has any information could they please let us know!)

Section WINNERS

John Larraman 9 points 32lb 14oz
Phil Ringer 9 points 20lb 13oz
George Walker 9 points 19lb 7oz
Gary Hamilton 9 points 18lb 7oz

BOLINGEY

Bolingey once again is fishing well and producing some top weights. John Chapman takes top honours weighing in 110lb 9oz of carp caught from peg 34. Tony Wynnick on day two's flyer peg 19, managed a very respectable lake second with 106lb 11oz caught on the waggler. Peg 11 saw Mick Hughes take third on the lake weighing in with 100lb 10oz.

Section WINNERS

John Chapman 9 points 110lb 9oz
Tony Wynnick 9 points 106lb 11oz
Kevin Arathoon 9 points 94lb 2oz
Andy Haynes 9 points 58lb

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Day Four

The conditions were nearly perfect for the penultimate day of the festival warm with sunny skies but with a nasty breeze on some of the lakes.
The action was very tense and the fishing tight but another great day had by all. There is all change on the leader board, how has this affected the front-runners?

Read on to find out about another exciting day on the lake and find out who is currently in the lead?

Pollawyn

Pollawyn, one of the most consistent lakes on the festival once again fished well despite the wind hampering some of the angler’s performances. Lee Harrison takes top honours on the lake with 100lb dead; Lee fished the pole at 14 meters from peg 15 to take the victory. Second on the lake goes to Dean Tennant; Dean had a great days fishing on peg 25 with a massive haul of carp and a few skimmers totalling 92lb 13oz. Dave Rudman weighed in an impressive 84lb 9oz caught on the waggler from peg 29.

Section WINNERS

Lee Harrison 9 points 100lb
Dean Tennant 9 points 92lb 13oz
Lee Murray 9 points 81lb 9oz
John Chapman 9 points 52lb 7oz

Twin Oaks/Trelawney

Andy Lloyd continues his winning streak with another lake win. Andy fished on Trelawney peg 12 to weigh in 112lb 15oz caught on the bomb banded pellet and waggler. Second goes to Tommy Pickering on peg 10, Tommy fished the ground bait feeder to weigh in with 86lb 6oz. Picking up third on the lake is Ian Hudson, Ian fished pellet from peg 27 to give him a total weight of 78lb 13oz.

Section WINNERS

Andy Lloyd 9 points 112lb 15oz
Tommy Pickering 9 points 86lb 6oz
Ian Hudson 9 points 78lb 13oz
Kerry Kirkwood 9 points 58lb 4oz

GWINEAR

Clive Hancock takes first overall from the lake with an impressive weight of 61lb 9oz, Clive fed pellet and corn down the margins from peg 20 to give him the win. Second on the lake goes to Mark Taylor with a total weight of 49lb 9oz from peg 24, Harry Billing on peg 50 takes third overall, Harry fished down the margins with a pole catching all carp for a weight of 47lb 8oz.

Section WINNERS

Clive Hancock 9 points 61lb 9oz
Harry Billing 9 points 47lb 8oz
Thomas Pickering 9 points 36lb 5oz
Tony Wild 9 points 32lb 8oz

PORTH

The lake has been fishing well for the last two weeks and today was no exception. Paul Cannon takes 9 points and picks up first overall on the lake, Paul fished on peg 74 catching big bream on the bomb at 10 meters to weigh in a total of 40lb1oz. Second on the lake goes to Bob Rand, Bob weighed in 39lb 2oz from peg 78 catching big bream on the 7 metre pole. Peg 72 saw Andy May take third on the lake, Andy caught on the pole to weigh in with 35lb 12oz.

Section WINNERS

Paul Cannon 9 points 40lb 1oz
Steve Ringer 9 points 19lb 15oz
Colin Mercer 9 points 19lb 8oz
Gary Webber 9 points 11lb 7oz

BOLINGEY

Some big weights again on the lake today, the winner being Chris Chadwick. Chris (on peg 18) fished waggler across to the island to weigh in with 98lb 6oz. Second on the lake goes to John Larraman, John fished pellet and waggler to the island from peg 12 to weigh in with 86lb 12oz. Phil Ringer takes third overall on the lake with 85lb 14oz, Phil caught on the shallow pole from peg 34.

Section WINNERS

Chris Chadwick 9 points 98lb 6oz
Phil Ringer 9 points 85lb 14oz
Lee Richmond 9 points 69lb 6oz
Roger Cannock 9 points 53lb 4oz

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Day Five - The Final

Well what an exciting week, all change on the leader board and all change with the weather, as we headed into the final day the forecast did not look good, heavy rain and strong wind did their best to hamper the fishing conditions but did nothing to dampen the anglers spirits. Peter Chandler from Dynamite baits has been busy setting up the stage and Matt Hayes is here to do tonight’s presentation.

All anglers fishing the festival got two dynamite goodie bags at Fridays draw and the rest of tonight’s prizes are as follows.

10th place receives £200
9th place receives £250
8th place receive £300
7th place receives £400
6th place receives £500
5th place receives £600
4th place receives £700
3rd place receives £1000, Dynamite Bait voucher and trophy.
2nd place receives £1500, Dynamite Bait voucher and trophy
1st place receives £3000, Dynamite Bait voucher and trophy

So read on for the final days action, who is the Dynamite Bait champion 2005?

Pollawyn

Pollawyn is still on top form and despite the harsh wind for most of the day some very respectable weights were still caught. First on the lake goes to Pete Joiner, Pete fished shallow with pellet from peg 26 to weigh in with 90lb 1oz. John Holdsworth takes second on the, John weighed in with 87lb 10oz caught from peg 43. Third on the lake comes from peg 27 where John Larraman had a great days fishing weighing in with 79lb 20z.

Section WINNERS

Pete Joiner 9 points 90lb 1oz
John Holdsworth 9 points 87lb 10oz
Paul Blinkhorn 9 points 65lb 2oz
Mark Cullerton 9 points 31lb 4oz

Twin Oaks/Trelawney

Neil McKinnon takes the overall section win from peg 23 on Trelawney, Neil fished shallow on the pole to weigh in with 117lb 15oz. Second goes to Steve Cooke on peg 14 twin oaks, Steve fished the feeder across to weigh in with 95lb 8oz. John Chapman takes third overall from peg 21 on Trelawney, John fished across on the pole to weigh in 72lb 1oz.

Section WINNERS

Neil McKinnon 9 points 117lb 15oz
Steve Cooke 9 points 95lb 8oz
Andy Haynes 9 points 60lb 15oz
Tony Wynnick 9 points 53lb 4oz

GWINEAR

Despite a tough couple of weeks on the lake some good weights have still been caught. Karl Webster on peg 28 takes first overall with 65lb 13oz. Richie Hull picks up second on the lake with 50lb 9oz caught from peg 14. Third on the lakes goes to Dean Barlow, Dean on peg 31 weighed in with 42lb 5oz.

Section WINNERS

Karl Webster 9 points 65lb 13oz
Richie Hull 9 points 50lb 9oz
Steve Sanders 9 points 41lb 14oz
Ken Russell 9 points 29lb 7oz

PORTH

The match started late on port as overnight the engine was stolen from the boat but with generous contributions from all the anglers and a dash to get a new engine things went ahead as normal. Steve Burgess took overall first on the lake from peg 73; Steve fished the pole catching big bream to weigh in with a total of 50lb 13oz. Two pegs away saw Tim Rowe take second on the lake again fishing on the pole from peg 75 to weigh in with 36lb 7oz. Only two ounces behind and sandwiched between the other winners was Geoff Ogden on peg 74, Geoff fished the feeder and the pole to weigh in 36lb 5oz and take third on the lake.

Section WINNERS

Steve Burgess 9 points 36lb 5oz
Paul Greenwood 9 points 21lb 11oz
Andrew Dare 9 points 19lb 8oz
Thomas Pickering 9 points 13lb 8oz

BOLINGEY

For the second week running Bolingey has fished exceptional well, with weights of 90lb plus every day. Today’s overall lake winner is Chris Davis, Chris fished down the edge using meat to feed from peg 45 to weigh in with 99ln 8oz. Steve Ringer picks up second on the lake, Steve on peg 33 fished the ground bait feeder and meat on the 6 meter pole to weigh in with 86lb 2oz. Third on the lake is Simon Colclough, Simon fished the waggler and pellet from peg 21 to weigh in with 77lb 2oz.

Section WINNERS

Chris Davies 9 points 99lb 8ox
Steve Ringer 9 points 86lb 2oz
Bob Rand 9 points 46lb 2oz
Simon Gould 9 points 44lb 7oz

Dynamite Festival 2005 - The Winners



Taking this years title is a very deserved Harry Billing, Harry has a great weeks fishing with total points of 43 and total weight of 305lb 11oz dropping his worst result leaving him with 35 points 29olb 7oz. Second for the second week running goes to Steve Ringer, once again Steve has had a great week with total points and weight of 43 points 241lb 6oz dropping his worst result leaving him also on 35 points but with a lower weight of 219lb. Taking third place is John Chapman, Johns total result was 42 points 275lb 11oz but with dropping his worst result again leaves him on 35 points and a weight of 261lb 5oz.

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