Jason Le Bosquet is our leader after day one; you’ll have to stay tuned each day for regular updates to see who will be crowned Maver festival champion 2007.

Day Two
The festival has got off to a fairly shaky start with the fishing harder than anticipated, the anglers that are regular to the sight are puzzled by the lakes as those pegs and the lines they are used to fishing are not really producing the expected weights but over hearing snippets of conversations we get the feeling we are not the only fishery who has seen a vast change of performance throughout the year.

It is a real challenge for some and choosing the right approach to each peg is a key element lets see how day two of the festival unveiled.

The conditions have been settled over the evening and the forecast is still for mild weather, after a promising start for some yesterday we shall now see how day two’s action has affect the overall results, do we have any early leaders and do we see a pattern of weights from certain pegs, read on for all the top catch actions from the day.

A Section Trelawney/Python
Once again Trelawney dominated the section for the lake money but the sections on Python are extremely tight with only the smallest of difference in weights making a big difference in points. The lake was won today by Karl Webster on peg 27; Karl fished on the long pole with pellet for a great weight of 139lb 8oz. Second on the lake went to Paul Greenwood with 83lb 4oz, Paul also fished pellet on the long pole and was on peg 26. Danny Hallam on his White Acres senior festival debut was third on the lake with 71lb 10oz; Danny was on peg 20 and caught down the edge on meat. On peg 30 Ben Leach had the next best weight of the day with 62lb 19oz, Ben caught approx 14 carp on the pole to the far bank with meat.

Section Winners
Karl Webster 9 points 139lb 8oz
Pete Mercer 9 points 52lb 14oz
Mark Brown 9 points 42lb 2oz
Colin Mullholland 9 points 26lb 9oz

B Section Gwinear
Gwinear today saw another straight section win for Timmy Rowe who also took the lake win with 101lb 7oz; Tim was on peg 27 and caught shallow on pellet. Second on the lake today went to Martin Amos on peg 2, Martin caught shallow at 6 meters on pellet for a weight of 96lb 13. Lol Summers on peg 17 was third on the lake with 86lb 7oz. 70lb 2oz was the next best weight of the day and that came from Pat Bailey on peg 25, Pat caught on the deck at 16 meters with pellet and then later on down the edge.

Section Winners
Timmy Rowe 9 points 101lb 7oz
Lol Summers 9 points 86lb 7oz
Mike Barlow 9 points 42lb 4oz
Nigel Bond 9 points 26lb 12oz

C Section Porth
Porth produced some better weights today and were fairly tight across the section with the exception of the lake winner Jimmy Kelly who had a great result on peg 78 taking the win with a whopping 49lb 14oz, Jimmy fished on the pole with worms & casters at 10 meters. Second went to Terry Harrison on peg 22, Terry fished on the feeder with worms for a weight of 24lb 8oz. Callum Dicks was third on the lake with 17lb 10, Callum was on peg 71 and caught on the groundbait feeder with worms. The next best weight came from Arthur Turner on peg 79 with 17lb 4oz, Arthur caught on the pole with corn.

Section Winners
Jimmy Kelly 9 points 49lb 14oz
Terry Harrison 9 points 24lb 8oz
Steve Ringer 9 points 13lb 2oz
Neil Machin 9 points 10lb 6oz

D Section Bolingey
The Cornish fishing “Mecca” which is known as Bolingey is beginning to fish true to form with nearly a ton needed to be weighed to be in contention for a section win, the lake winning weights are no record breakers with it is still on line for a great week and the back up weights are very promising. Dave Cain on peg 45 was our lake winner today with an impressive 166lb 10oz; Dave fished on the long pole with pellet. Second on the lake went to Tommy Pickering with 157lb 12oz, Tommy was on peg 26 and caught down the edge and with the pellet waggler. Don Slaymaker was third; Don fished meat short from peg 19 for a weight of 150lb 14oz. Dean Smith on peg 42 had the next best weight with 126lb 4oz, Dean fished on the long pole with pellet and also short on meat.

Section Winners
Dave Cain 9 points 166lb 10oz
Don Slaymaker 9 points 138lb 11oz
Dean Smith 9 points 126lb 4oz
Sean Huggins 9 points 97lb 2oz

E Section Pollawyn
Pollawyn seems to be more on form today with some good weights coming from the high bank. The fishing is still harder in certain areas of the lake and some pegs are unlikely to be able to compete for the lake wins but they are also, like many of the other lakes, producing weights that are tight for section points. The lake winner today was Nathan Watson on peg 28, Nathan caught steadily on the pellet waggler for a weight of 142lb 15oz. Jason Le Bosquet took second with 127lb 1oz, Jason caught on the straight lead with pellet from peg 30. Third went to Adam Wakelin, Adam caught on the long pole with meat from peg 36 for a weight of 118lb 10oz. Mark Pleavin had the next top weight with 113lb 13oz, Mark was on peg 32 and caught shallow on meat.

Section Winners
Nathan Watson 9 points 142lb 15oz
Adam Wakelin 9 points 118lb 10oz
Mark Pleavin 9 points 113lb 13oz
Rob Brennan 9 points 53lb 14oz

So that was day two, let’s see what is has done to the overall results.

Overall Top Twenty

So Tim & Mark are the only ones with maximum points, as anyone who has ever fished a festival here will tell you things can change so quickly in the top positions and it will all come down to that vital dropped result, can Tim keep his place at the top or will the action from day three affect the leader board.

Day Three
We have reached the half way point on the festival, unfortunately for some it is “do or die” and the results can only prompt them to spend more time in the pub! For others it is head down and get on with it, as there are now a large number of anglers who have good points and be in contention for the title, lets see how the action unfolded.

Day three saw some top weights across the board and although many pegs have been up and down throughout the week so far perhaps we are finally beginning to see consistency.

A Section Gwinear
Gwinear is still fishing well but unfortunately there are still some weak pegs in the sections but the anglers are making the best of what they have got and we are still seeing respectable weights. Karl Webster won the lake today with 113lb 5oz; Karl was on peg 25 and caught on the 16-meter pole with pellet. Second went to Gary Hamilton on peg 20 with 93lb 14oz, Gary caught in the water with pellet at 14.5 meters. Neil Daniels fished corn down the edge from peg 27 to take third with 86lb 8oz. Chas Ward had the next best weight on the lake with 86lb 4oz, Chas was on peg 37 and fished corn at 5 meters on the pole.

Section Winners
Karl Webster 9 points 113lb 5oz
Neil Daniels 9 points 86lb 8oz
Craig Ebberell 9 points 64lb 8oz
Richard Morley 9 points 38lb 10oz

B Section Porth
After yesterdays top weight, there was high hopes of tapping into the vast stock of bonus skimmers as apposed to the smaller silver fish. Martin Amos on peg 73 took the lake win today with 21lb 14oz, Martin fished on the groundbait feeder with red maggots and also on the pole at 16 meters with maggot over groundbait. Derek Willan had a weight of 17lb 7oz to take second, Derek was on peg 75 and caught on the feeder plus long and short on the pole. On peg 77 Will Raison was third on the lake, Will caught 3 bream on the feeder and 5lb on the pole. Richie Hull was on peg 37 and had the next best weight on the lake, Richie caught on the bomb with worm for a weight of 12lb 14oz.

Section Winners
Martin Amos 9 points 21lb 14oz
Richie Hull 9 points 12lb 14oz
Timmy Rowe 9 points 12lb 10oz
Tommy Hiller 9 points 8lb 14oz

C Section Bolingey
As the week goes on the weights are beginning to get better and better, there are no records being broken but the number of tons are increasing by the day 16 weights being recorded at over 90lbs. The lake winners today was Andy Geldart with 169lb 9oz, Andy caught all his fish on the pellet waggler from peg 21. 146lb 8oz took second on the lake and that came from Kieron Rich on peg 17; Kieron caught mostly on the pole with meat but also has some on the waggler with 8mm pellets. Mick Lees on peg 17 had a great weight of 134lb 12oz to take third, Mick caught long on the pole with meat and also down the edge on corn. The next best weight on the lake came from Steve Gerrard on peg 22, Steve caught on meat at 5 meters for a weight of 127lb 10oz.

Section Winners
Andy Geldart 9 points 169lb 9oz
Kieron Rich 9 points 146lb 8oz
Paul Blinkhorn 9 points 117lb 1oz
Steve Ringer 9 points 108lb 2oz

D Section Pollawyn
Pollawyn today was won narrowly by Grant Albutt on peg 28, Grant caught on the straight lead, pole and waggler all with meat/pellet totalling 19 fish for a weight of 107lbs. Second on the lake went to Tony Wynnick, Tony was on peg 18 and had 18 fish for a weight of 100lb 6oz caught on the bomb with 11mm expanders and 8 mil over the top. Harry Billing was third with 81lb 12oz, Harry caught on the pole across with meat from peg 47. Steve Cook on peg 15 had the next best weight with 81lb 2oz, Steve caught on the meat feeder

Section Winners
Grant Albutt 9 points 107lb
Harry Billing 9 points 81lb 12oz
Steve Cooke 9 points 81lb 2oz
Les Boweren 9 points 27lb

E Section Trelawney/Python
The weights were not as good today but there were still plenty of fish to be caught and vital points to be gained. The lake today was won by Tom Scholey on Trelawney peg 18, Tom weighed in with 75lb 13oz caught on corn at 5 meters and corn to the island. Dave Hillier was second with 75lb 8oz; Dave was on peg 24 and caught shallow on the pole with pellet. On peg 26 Andy Dare took third with a weight of 74lb 5oz, Andy caught on the long pole with pellet. Jim Heasman on peg 16 had the next best weight with 60lb 1oz; Jim caught the majority of his fish on corn down the edge and a few on meat.

Section Winners
Tom Scholey 9 points 75lb 13oz
Dave Hillier 9 points 75lb 8oz
Alan Rutherford 9 points 58lb 14oz
Kevin Baxter 9 points 15lb 6oz

So day three is over and done, lets see how that has affected our overalls.

Overall Top Twenty

So Tim Rowe is the only one on maximum points, can he keep up this great performance? The back up weights coming through the ranks and the points below him are rapidly closing in. The action hots up as we head into day four so come back soon to see how the penultimate day of the festival has affected our leader board.

Day Four
I cannot believe it is day four of the Maver Festival already – the week has flown by for us. The penultimate day of the festival was fine and the weather had been kind to us this week as it was another mild day. Timmy Rowe has had a clean sweep so far on the festival with maximum points lets find out how day four unravelled and see if he has kept his position in the top spot.

A Section Porth
The lake is still clear and for some Porth has really been a struggle this week, especially those that have never fished on the venue before. Alan Hodgeon on the “arm chair” peg 77 took the lake win today with 16lb 8oz, Alan caught on the pole with worm at 6 meters. Second with 15lb 13oz was Dick Bull on peg 33, Dick fished the feeder with dead red maggots. Adam Rooney was third; Adam fished on the pole with worms from peg 72 for a weight of 13lb 5oz. Craig Ebberell on peg 89 had the next best weight on the lake, Craig weighed in with 11lb 6oz caught on the feeder with worms.

Section Winners
Alan Hodgeon 9 points 16lb 8oz
Dick Bull 9 points 15lb 13oz
Craig Eberell 9 points 11lb 6oz
Karl Webster 9 points 9lb 10oz

B Section Bolingey
Bolingey still seems to be dominating with the big weights and with the size of fish being caught. Our current festival leader Tim Rowe took another lake win today with 150lb 15oz, Timmy put in a great effort to win the lake from where he was on peg 11, where he caught on the pellet waggler. Second on the lake was Derek Willan on peg 22, Derek caught mostly on the pellet waggler but had a few down the edge on meat for a total weight of 148lb 8oz. Richie Hull caught at 5 meters on meat to take third, Richie was on peg 19 and had a weight of 140lb 2oz. The next best weight on the lake went to Dean Barlow on peg 20; Dean fished the pellet waggler for a weight of 137lb 10oz.

Section Winners
Timmy Rowe 9 points 150lb 15oz
Derek Willan 9 points 148lb 15oz
Will Raison 9 points 127lb 13oz
Phil Simpson 9 points 104lb 5oz

C Section Pollawyn
Another good day on Pollawyn and we are seeing more of the weights that we are used to on a festival with the high bank fishing well and producing top weights, both of the points on the lake have been slightly inconsistent throughout the weeks and surprise weights are coming from un-fancied areas. Richard Lawson on peg 28 took the lake win today with 186lb 9oz, Richard caught on the waggler and bomb with meat. Second went to Callum Dicks with 172lb 12oz caught in the feeder across to the island, Callum was on peg 27 and although he had approx 34 fish they were smaller than Richard’s which knocked him back to second. Steve Ringer was on peg 18 and fished the long pole to take third with 122lb 4oz. Steve Gerrard had the next best weight on the lake with 117lb 2oz, Steve caught on the bomb with pellet to the bar from peg 21.

Section Winners
Richard Lawson 9 points 186lb 9oz
Steve Gerrard 9 points 117lb 2oz
Arnie Payling 9 points 64lb 8oz
Mick Lees 9 points 30lb 6oz

D Section Trelawney/Python
The weights are still tight across both lakes but unfortunately none of the bonus carp have been showing on Python that would put it in contention for a lake win. The winners today was John Bradshaw on peg 26, John caught on meat short and down the edge for a winning weight of 108lb 4oz. Dave Cain was lacking just one fish and was knocked into second with 105lb 12oz, Dave was on 23 and caught on the pellet waggler. Third went to Steve Cooke with 99lb, Steve caught on the pole with pellet from peg 27. Kip Deards had the next top weight from peg 29, Kip had some on the bomb and some at 6 meters with pellet.

Section Winners
John Bradshaw 9 points 108lb 4oz
Tommy Pickering 9 points 46lb 8oz
Gary Webber 9 points 33lb 10oz
Gary Thomas 9 points 30lb 14oz

E Gwinear
The weights were slightly down on Gwinear today but they were more evenly spread across the four sections. Despite being extremely poorly and contemplating not fishing for the day Andy Dare won the lake, Andy had a weight of 74lb 5oz caught down the edge on corn from peg 37. Second on peg 13 went to Alan Rutherford, Alan caught long on pellet giving him a weight of 70lb 4oz. Mark Pleavin weighed in with 68lb 11oz to take third, Mark was on peg 39 and caught on pellet long and corn down the edge. Dave Hillier had the next best weight with 66lb 7oz, Dave caught at 16 meters to the bar on pellet from peg 25.

Section Winners
Andy Dare 9 points 74lb 5oz
Alan Rutherford 9 points 70lb 4oz
Mark Plevin 9 points 68lb 11oz
Sean Cameron 9 points 44lb 11oz

So that was day four lets see how the top twenty is looking.


Overall Top Twenty

So after another section win Tim Rowe remains at the top of our leader board, with one day to go and the end of the festival on the horizon can he keep on top of the game and make it a clean sweep for the week.

The top twenty has a nice mix of new and old names in it I wonder if it will be a similar story tomorrow when that all-important dropped result comes into play.

Stay tuned and we will get you the final results as soon as we can.

Day Five - The Final!

This years Maver festival has been won by West Country angler Timmy Rowe. The festival came down to a nail biting final with the result going to the wire on the final day. Tim has a result of 4 section wins, the only angler in contention to this was Karl Webster who has three wins and 3 points but had drawn a flyer on the final day. All Tim had to do was better 3 points as Karl had a better weight. Tim was on Pollawyn on the final day and had not drawn a good peg, as we were doing the weigh in on Pollawyn and just as we reached Tim's peg the news came in that Karl has won his section!

Timmy weighed in and had only managed better the weight of one other angler so far, after Tim there was two anglers left in his section to weigh in and to win he had to have a better weight than them, it was an agonising and intense 5 minutes waiting for the final weights but lady luck must have been shining for Tim as the weights recorded were less that his giving him 4 points - just enough to scrape the win! Although Tim was re-assured on the banks that he had clinched the win I don't think the reality clicked in until his name was read out on stage that evening and the club erupted with cheers and congratulations when he took his place on the stage with a big cheque and trophy in had and an even bigger smile on his face.

So well done to our 2007 Maver Festival Winner Timmy Rowe and congratulations once again from all the fisheries team here at White Acres.