It is supposedly meant to be our Walls Summer Solero Ladies Festival but you couldn’t get further away from summer if you tried! There are eighteen ladies braving the elements this week and fishing in the 3-day festival, we only hope they do not get blown of their boxes.

Although there is £1000 up for grabs this is a friendly festival and the ladies, especially those that have been supporting it from the first year, look forward to catching up with old friends and making new ones.

As always the festival is fished on the “new” lakes consisting of Acorn & both sides of Twin Oaks. Diabolical weather has prevented the ladies from getting stuck in and practising over the weekend so by Tuesday morning the ladies were eager to start fishing.

At the first draw things looked promising for the day and was dry with only small showers predicted for the day ahead.

Day One – Acorn

Section Winners
A Section Denise Hudgell 27lb
B Section Sam Perkins 37lb 4oz
C Section Wendy Halliday 20lb 9oz
D Section Sandra Maney 27lb 10oz

Day one got off to a great start with the newest member of the England ladies team taking the overall lake win, Sam Perkins (Preston Innovations/Dynamite Baits) on peg 7 took the win with 37lb 4oz caught on the bomb and pellet and at 4 meters on paste. Sandra Maney on peg 16 was second weighing in with 27lb 10, Sandra caught mostly on hemp and corn at 4 meters fishing meat over the top. Third on the lake and picking up her section was Denise Hudgell with 27lb, Denise caught on the bomb with pellet from peg 18. Wendy Halliday had the next best weight on the day with 20lb 9oz; Wendy was on peg 9 and caught on the bomb with meat.

Day Two – Twin Oaks (19 – 36)

Section Winners
A Section Elizabeth Prince 20lb 4oz
B Section Jenny Drew 20lb 12oz
C Section Wendy Locker 31lb 7oz
D Section Denise Hudgell 30lb 7oz

Day two was another damp and blustery day but the ladies took it all in their stride and prepared for another day of match fishing. The lake win today came from reigning ladies champion and England star Wendy Locker on peg 30, Wendy caught mainly on the skud with pellet but also had a few on the bomb for a weight of 31lb 7oz. On peg 33 Denise Hudgell picked up her second section win and second on the lake by fishing on the bomb with pellet for a weight of 30lb 7oz. Sam Perkins was third with 27lb 6oz, Sam fished pellet on the bomb from peg 35. Jenny Drew on peg 25 picked up her section win with 20lb 12oz, Jenny fished over to the far bank with pellet on the bomb. The final section winner on the day was Elizabeth Prince on peg 20, Elizabeth weighed in with 20lb 4oz caught on maggots in the margins.

Overall Top
1st Denise Hudgell 10 points 57lb 7oz
2nd Sam Perkins 9 points 64lb 10oz
3rd Wendy Locker 9 points 46lb 10oz
4th Sandra Maney 8 points 47lb 11oz
5th Cathy Furness 8 points 33lb 15oz
6th Jenny Drew 8 points 28lb 14oz

Day Three, Final Day – Twin Oaks (1 – 18)

Section Winners
A Section Wendy Locker 28lb 12oz
B Section Sue Arkell 53lb 2oz
C Section Helen Dagnall 62lb 4oz
D Section Pat Kavanagh 21lb 14oz

The heavy rain just about managed to hold off for the final day of the festival but it has not been ideal fishing conditions throughout the week, despite this the ladies have seemed to have a good time and enjoyed the festival. England star Helen Dagnall shone through on the last day of the festival to take the lake win from peg 13 with 62lb 4oz. Second with 53lb 2oz went to Sue Arkell on peg 7. Diana Frohlichova on peg 12 was third with 48lb 8oz.

So that was the White Acres Walls Summer Solero Festival 2007, her are the final results.

Overall Top Eighteen