Garbolino Festival 2015

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Welcome to the White Acres Garbolino Spring Classic Festival 2015. It’s a great turn out this year with 70 anglers fishing six peg sections over two lakes, Trewaters and Twin Oaks.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank Garbolino for sponsoring this festival.
Let’s see how the anglers fished on their first day…

Day One

In first place today on Twin Oaks was Nick Willis fishing feeder and meat down the edge from peg 18 with 132lb.Harry Billing on peg 13 finished in second place weighing in at 126lb 8oz, he fished method with micros and 6mm pellet on the hook.Finishing third on peg 15 with a weight of 91lb was Simon White. Roy Boardman took fourth place on peg 14 weighing in at 64lb 10oz.

In first place on peg 19 was Steve Evans with a weight of 55lb 6oz.Adam Playford took second place on peg 31 with a weight of 51lb 2oz. Finishing in third place was Mike Halstead on peg 25 with 48lb 6oz.With a weight of 39lb 14oz Simon Smith finished in fourth place on peg 22.

With a weight of 109lb 2oz Roy Penkethman secured himself first place on peg 23 fishing pellet feeder.Dan Simper finished in second place with a weight of 61lb 6oz from peg 22. Fishing pellet feeder James Wilkinson finished in third place on peg 26 with a weight of 60lb 10oz. Steven Bee had a weight of 42lb 6oz on peg 32 giving him fourth place.

Danny Edwards took first place today with a weight of 57lb 4oz on peg 54. Taking second place on peg 51 with a weight of 39lb 8oz was Jon Cook.Finishing third on peg 52 was Trevor Stanley who weighed in at 31lb. On peg 49 James Collison finished in fourth place with a weight of 28lb 4oz.

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Day Two

Finishing first was Matt Bunting from peg 21 with 48lb 6oz. Matt fished pellet feeder.Jack Heath on peg 24 finished in second place weighing in at 39lb 3oz.Finishing third on peg 34 with a weight of 38lb 1oz was Bill Walker. Brian Loader took fourth place on peg 36 weighing in at 36lb 8oz.

In first place on peg 20 was Mike Halstead with a weight of 79lb 10oz. Mike fished feeder.
Adam Playford took second place on peg 36 with a weight of 68lb 7oz he fished method and bomb.
Fishing pellet feeder with 6mm pellets was Ricky Dennis who finished in third place on peg 30 with 64lb 10oz. With a weight of 54lb 14oz Steve Evans finished in fourth place on peg 24.

With a weight of 65lb 2oz Roy Penkethman secured himself first place on peg 52 fishing pellet feeder with 6mm pellets. Danny Mason finished in second place with a weight of 33lb 12oz fishing from peg 39
In third place was Dale Hancock on peg 44 with a weight of 33lb 4oz fishing tip and pole short. Paul Pleasant had a weight of 30lb 6oz on peg 43 giving him fourth place.

Kevin Howard took first place today with a weight of 123lb 6oz fishing on peg 17 with feeder at 6 metres.Taking second place on peg 12 with a weight of 110lb 15oz was Simon Gould who fished method and pellet.Finishing third on peg 18 was Jon Cook who weighed in at 101lb 4oz. Fishing from peg 16 was Mal Runacres who finished in fourth place with a weight of 99lb 8oz.

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Day Three

Finishing first place on peg 19 was Jimmy Brooks with 76lb 5oz. Jimmy fished pellet shallow.Harry Billing on peg 32 finished in second place weighing in at 60lb 6oz, he fished method feeder. Finishing third on peg 25 with a weight of 48lb 10oz was Matt Bunting. Roy Boardman took fourth place on peg 24 weighing in at 48lb 8oz.

In first place on peg 54 was Craig Lucking with a weight of 50lb 6oz.Steve Evans took second place on peg 50 with a weight of 43lb 3oz.Finishing in third place was Ricky Dennis on peg 38 with 41lb 12oz.With a weight of 39lb 5oz Simon Smith finished fourth place on peg 48.

With a huge weight of 230lb 6oz Simon Poynter secured himself first place on peg 17 fishing bomb, pellet feeder with 8mm pellets and down the edge with meat. Roy Penkethman finished in second place with a weight of 152lb 9oz. Roy fished on peg 16.In third place was Dan Simper on peg 11 with a weight of 75lb. Andy Heath had a weight of 66lb 14oz on peg 14 giving him fourth place.

Danny Edwards took first place today with a weight of 73lb 2oz on peg 34. Taking second place on peg 31 with a weight of 57lb 10oz was Reece Hearn.Finishing third on peg 19 was Ben Lord who weighed in at 50lb 2oz. On peg 32 Kevin Howard finished in fourth place with a weight of 41lb 8oz.

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Day Four

It’s been a drizzly week for the Garbolino Festival this year but this hasn’t stopped the anglers fishing well and getting in some really good weights.
Here’s how they all fished on their final day…

In first place on peg 53 with 59lb 1oz was Brian Loader who fished 16 metres with pellet.
Jack Heath on peg 52 finished in second place weighing in at 55lb 12oz fishing feeder at 5 metres with pellet. Finishing third fishing tight on the method and long pole with meat from peg 45 with a weight of 54lb 2oz was Harry Billing. Brad Hancock took fourth place on peg 51 weighing in at 43lb. Brad caught with pellet feeder and 6mm pellets.

In first place on peg 16 was Mick Kinton with a weight of 99lb 5oz, Mick fished method. Henry Prater took second place on peg 17 with a weight of 96lb 3oz fishing pellet feeder. Finishing in third place was Jason Wellington on peg 13 with 85lb 14oz. With a weight of 85lb 8oz Simon Smith finished in fourth place on peg 14.

With a weight of 50lb 4oz Pete Thomas secured himself first place on peg 34 fishing at 9 metres with 6mm pellet. Jamie Derry finished in second place with a weight of 41lb 12oz. Jamie fished pellet feeder with 6mm pellet from peg 35.Fishing pellet feeder to the reed bed James Wilkinson took third place on peg 21 with a weight of 40lb 12oz. Dale Hancock had a weight of 39lb 12oz on peg 25 giving him fourth place fishing meat in the margins.

Reece Hearn took first place on D section today with a weight of 78lb 10oz on peg 19. Reece fished pellet feeder early on catching Carp and 10lb of Roach and later on in the day bagging himself some F1’s. Taking second place on peg 31 with a weight of 46lb 2oz was Danny Edwards, he fished pellet feeder.
Finishing third on peg 35 was Ben Lord who weighed in at 33lb 6oz. On peg 30 James Collison finished in fourth place with a weight of 30lb 6oz catching mainly Carp on method.

Well done to Harry Billing for winning this year’s festival and to Reece Hearn and Danny Edwards for finishing in second and third.
A Massive thank you to Garbolino for once again sponsoring the event and providing some great prizes.
Thank you to everyone who took part for making it such a great festival and we hope to see you all again in 2016 for the Garbolino Spring Classic Festival on the week commencing 21st May.