Maver Festival Final Day
I cant quite believe we have come to the end of the week
already, on one hand time has flown by but on the other it seemed that on the
day that we had KHV confirmed everything was going in slow motion, it has been
devastating news for all of us, not just for the park but also for the anglers
as we like to be able to provide the best fishing possible. This is one problem
we are not going to let get to us, this week we have had to put up with more
than a few moans and groans but we have had even more kind words of support
from anglers not only fishing the festival but from those who visit the site
throughout the year and from other fishery owners themselves. It has been a
harder festival than normal and this is also partly due to near arctic weather
conditions which hasn’t been the best for fishing but as we have said it is the
same for everyone and there is still £3000 up for grabs and a whole host of
other prizes so lets see how the final day panned out.
A Section Bolingey
Today on Bolingey we saw the top weight of the week with
Jamie Wilde on peg 23 taking the lake win with 136lb, Jamie caught at 5 meters
on mean and had a few fish late on down the edge. Second on the lake was John
Cowey, John was on peg 46 and caught on the pole at 14.5 meters with meat and
pellet for a weight of 100lb. Colin Mercer was on peg 27 and took third on the
lake with 91lb 9oz, Colin caught on the 17 meter pole with meat. The next best
weight on the lake was 82lb 2oz and this came from Simon Skelton on peg 22,
Simon caught on the 13-meter pole with meat.
Section Winners
Jamie Wild 9
points 136lb
Harry Billing 9
points 74lb 4oz
Des Shipp 9
points 57lb 6oz
John Cowey 9
points 100lb
B Section Pollawyn
Without the harsh glare of the sun on the high bank today
there were a few more fish showing, Howard Kaye was today’s lake winner, Howard
was on peg 27 and caught 7 on the t bag and 8 on the pellet waggler for a
weight of 76lb 14oz. Second on the lake with 67lb 11 oz was Bob Jarvis, Bob was
on peg 28 and caught half on the t bag and half on the meat feeder. Third on
peg 12 was Alan Scotthorne, Alan caught on the pole with pellet for a weight of
64lb. The next best weight on the lake was 52lb 1oz and this came from Phil
Ringer on peg 26
Section Winners
Howard Kaye 9
points 76lb 14oz
Alan Scotthorne 9
points 64lb
Steve Potter 9
points 52lb 15oz
Kev Baxter 9
points 23lb 12oz
C Section TO/A/C/PY
It was a tougher day on Twin Oaks today, it has fished
really well all week but the fish seemed to have backed off a bit. The lake
winner was Tom Scholey on peg 10, Tom caught on the meat feeder for a weight of
54lb 9oz. Second was Graham Hall on peg
16 with a weight of 52lb 1oz. Sean Cameron was third on the lake; Sean was on
peg 6 and caught on the deck at 14.5 metres on meat for a weight of 49lb 15oz.
The next best weight came from Steve Sanders on peg 12 with 48lb 14oz.
Section Winners
Tom Scholey 9
points 54lb 9oz
Steve Clark 9
points 46lb 13oz
Jon Howell 9
points 39lb 2oz
Grant Albutt 9
points 16lb 14oz
D Section Trewaters
The weights were slightly down on Trewaters today and this
is mainly due to with all the cold water running through the lake, this is a
problem that we wont be able to solve until the festivals are over so we just
have to keep our fingers crossed that we do not have much more rain over the
next week. Today’s lake winner on peg 35 was Derek Willan, Derek caught on the
feeder with chopped worm and caster for a weight of 22lb 4oz. Dave Harpin was
second on peg 48 with 20lb 8oz. Michael Sanders had a weight of 14lb 6oz that
put him third, Michael was on peg 21 and caught on the pole with maggot. The
next best weight and also a section winning weight was 13lb 12oz and this came
from Timmy Rowe on peg 30.
Section Winners
Derek Willan 9
points 22lb 4oz
Dave Harpin 9
points 48lb 9oz
Tim Rowe 9
points 13lb 12oz
Stuart Bracey 9
points 13lb 8oz
E Section Porth
It was a tense day on Porth today with Steve Ringer needing
to win his section to take the festival top spot, Steve has so far taken 4 lake
wins this week but today Tommy Pickering knocked him off the top spot taking
the win with 25lb 2oz, Tommy was on peg 89 and caught on the groundbait feeder
with worm tip, Picking up a festival winning section win and second on the lake
was Steve Ringer, Steve was on peg 23 and caught on the feeder with maggot and
pinkie for a weight of 20lb 3oz. Third on the lake was Nick Dean, Nick was on
peg 82 and had a weight of 15lb 3oz caught on worm. Roger Brown on peg 84 and
the next best weight on the lake, Roger caught on worm for a weight of 14lb
14oz.
Section Winners
Tommy Pickering 9
points 25lb 2oz
Steve Ringer 9
points 20lb 3oz
Geoff Ringer 9
points 12lb 12oz
Adam Wakelin 9
points 10lb 2oz
So that was the final day on the White Acres Maver festival
2008 and here is how our final top 20 looked.
Final Top 20
1st Steve
Ringer 36 points (dropping 9) 321lb 2oz
2nd Des
Shipp 36 points (dropping
8) 181lb 10oz
3rd Timmy
Rowe 35 points (dropping 4) 220lb 5oz
4th Alan
Scotthorne 35 points (dropping 2) 218lb 3oz
5th Steve
Sanders 34 points (dropping 6) 237lb 4oz
6th William
Raison 34 points (dropping 6) 215lb
7th Martin
Amos 34 points (dropping 1) 146lb 13oz
8th Derek
Willan 33 points (dropping 6) 122lb 15oz
9th Adam
Wakelin 33 points (dropping 5) 158lb 13oz
10th Tony
Wynnick 33 points (dropping 4) 208lb 10oz
11th Ben
Leach 32 points (dropping 8) 181lb 8oz
12th Bob
Jarvis 32 points (dropping
5) 263lb 5oz
13th Jamie
Wild 32 points (dropping 5) 230lb 8oz
14th Don
Slaymaker 32 points (dropping 4) 168lb 15oz
15th Neil
McKinnon 32 points (dropping 2) 173lb 2oz
16th Colin
Mercer 32 points (dropping 1) 200lb 13oz
17th Mike
Barlow 31 points (dropping 5) 168lb 8oz
18th Mick
Lees 31 points (dropping 4) 148lb 10oz
19th Tommy
Pickering 31 points (dropping 4) 140lb 5oz
20th Dave
Hillier 31 points (dropping
4) 139lb 8oz
So Steve is our festival winner with a fantastic 5 section
wins, we would like to offer congratulations to all of our winners and festival
entrants, this week has been fairly tough for all of us but there has also been
a lot of enjoyment. We would like to offer a massive thank you to Maver for
their continued support and their generous prizes that they provided for the
top twenty winners and thanks to Steve Mayo from Maver who was here to present
the prizes. This week has had ups and downs for all of our anglers but for Mr
Ringer it was a week full of highs as he adds another festival win to his
numerous White Acres accolades. Thank you once again to all of the anglers that
took park and thank you to all that have been following our daily reports.
Cheers, Kirsty