Guru Festival 2016 from White Acres

Welcome to the White Acres Guru festival 2016. We are really excited that new to 2016 we have the dynamic tackle company Guru as our new festival sponsor.

On top of our usual pay-out for top 3 Guru have very generously added an extra £1000 to the overall winner, a further £750 to second place and an extra £500 to whomever finishes third, as if that’s not enough there are £2000 worth of prizes for the top 10 and each angler has received a goody box worth £10!

We have an almost full house of 180 anglers fishing but with some last minute cancellations we are just a few anglers short. They’ll be fishing over 5 days in 9 peg sections rotating daily between lakes Pollawyn, Twin Oaks/Trelawney Jennys/Trewaters, Porth and Bolingey.

Read on for the first day’s action…

Day One

Today’s winner on Pollawyn was Adam Rooney on peg 16 with 127lb, Adam fished method feeder and meat. Dave Bruton on peg 13 finished in second weighing in at 79lb 14oz fishing pellet feeder and meat. Finishing third and fishing pellet shallow from peg 20 with a weight of 73lb 12oz was Jack Caple. Phil Canning took fourth on peg 36 with 69lb 6oz fishing waggler and meat down the edge.

Swapping between long lining to the island and fishing paste at 5 metres from peg 43 Trewaters was Sam Collett with a weight of 120lb 13oz. Alan Scotthorne took second on peg 19 Trewaters with 114lb 14oz fishing meat in the margins. Finishing in third place was Adam Lee on peg 45 Trewaters with 112lb 15oz fishing the short pole with pellets. With a weight of 97lb 6oz Michael Pegg fished meat at 7 metres from peg 49 Trewaters.

With a weight of 142lb 15oz Sam Powell secured himself first place on Twin Oaks peg 16 fishing meat at 5 metres. Steve Conway finished in second place with a weight of 131lb 8oz on peg 14 Twin Oaks with pellet at 6 metres. Tony Watson fished shallow from peg 4 Trelawney and had 124lb 12oz. With a weight of 110lb 6oz was Derek White on peg 21 Twin Oaks fishing the feeder at 5 metres.

Lee Riley took first place today on Porth with 15lb 12oz from peg 20 fishing method and maggots. With 14lb 14oz Paul Holland was on peg 18. On peg 89 Simon Gould finished in third with 13lb 10oz fishing long with boilies. Fishing ground bait and maggot was Danny Bennett who had 12lb 5oz from peg 85.

With a weight of 160lb 10oz Kevin Wadge finished first on Bolingey today fishing meat down the margins from peg 38. In second place Robert Kite weighed 151lb 5oz on peg 44, Robert fished dead red maggots in the margins. Alex Hulme fished corn in the margins from peg 36 and bagged 131lb 4oz. On peg 45 Scott Russell took fourth with 119lb 4oz meat on the short pole.

Join us tomorrow for all the action from Day Two!

Day Two

Today’s winner on Trewaters was Ian Hudson fishing pellet feeder and bread from peg 33 he had 91lb 8oz. Wayne Sharman on peg 37 Trewaters finished in second weighing in at 84lb 9oz fishing the long pole with banded pellet. Finishing third on peg 16 Jennys with 82lb 15oz was Phil Canning. Nick Crouch took fourth place on peg 31 Trewaters with 70lb 5oz fishing bomb and bread.

In first place on peg 16 Twin Oaks was Roy Penkethman with 114lb 14oz, Roy fished pellet feeder with 6mm pellets. Adam Lee took second place fishing meat and pellet at 5 metres and later on in the day bread against the bank from peg 18 Twin Oaks with 105lb 1oz. Finishing in third place was Andrew Griffiths on peg 14 Twin Oaks with 95lb which he caught on method feeder across and meat down the edge. With a weight of 94lb 5oz Johnny Maddison finished fourth on peg 26 Trelawney.

With a weight of 11lb 12oz Kevin East secured himself first place fishing the long pole with maggot from peg 89. Andy Power finished in second place with 10lb 12oz on peg 76 fishing feeder and worm. In third place was Tony Watson on peg 82 with 8lb 6oz. With a weight of 7lb 10oz was Martin Rogers on peg 38 fishing at 11 metres with maggot.

James Thirkill took first place today on Bolingey fishing pellet in the margins from peg 47 and had 156lb 4oz. With 140lb 10oz Paul Holland fished long with pellet and later on short with corn from peg 46. On peg 3 Pemb Wrighting finished in third with 132lb 1oz. Fishing meat on bomb and pellet short from peg 16 was Paul Tidball who had 124lb 4oz.

With a weight of 131lb 10oz Kieron Rich finished first on Pollawyn today on peg 29. Kieron caught on the waggler and with pellet. In second place Steve Mazza weighed 66lb fishing from on peg 27. Lee Turner finished third on peg 25 with a weight of 63lb 2oz. On peg 28 Scott Russell took fourth with 62lb.

Day Three

Today’s winner on Twin Oaks was Shaun Cooke fishing bomb and bread from peg 18 and had 173lb 6oz. Dave Bruton on peg 12 Twin Oaks finished in second weighing 129lb 3oz fishing pellet feeder. Finishing third on peg 23 Twin Oaks with a weight of 115lb 3oz was Craig Meadows, Craig fished on the bomb, method and short. Phil Canning took fourth place on peg 28 Trelawney weighing in at 110lb 5oz fishing waggler and meat down the edge.

In first place on peg 37 was Alan Scotthorne with 11lb 8oz, Alan fished the feeder and maggot. George Organ took second fishing long and short with worm, maggot and feeder from peg 21 and had 9lb. Finishing in third was Sandra Scotthorne on peg 19 with 8lb 2oz. With a weight of 7lb 5oz Rob Brennan finished fourth fishing waggler from peg 85.

With a massive weight of 264lb 2oz Andy Power secured himself first place fishing corn in the margins and pellet long from peg 45. Sam Powell finished in second place with 121lb 7oz on peg 47 fishing corn in the margins and pellet shallow. In third was Alan Crouch on peg 11 with a weight of 115lb 8oz. With 111lb 10oz was Ben Reynolds on peg 38.

Paul Holland took first place today on Pollawyn with 180lb on peg 27, Paul fished waggler and pellet. With 96lb 6oz was Paul Taylor on peg 28. On peg 29 James Thirkill finished in third with a weight of 76lb 6oz. Fishing the tip off peg 15 was Jake Gallagher with 76lb 2oz.

With a weight of 105lb 11oz Chris Kitchin finished first on Jennys today fishing method to the island from peg 7. In second place John Whincup weighed in at 79lb 10oz on peg 45 Trewaters, he fished bomb to start with and then meat down the edge. Scott Russell finished third on peg 47 Trewaters with a weight of 74lb 14oz fishing down the edge with worm. On peg 4 Jennys Lewis Fantom took fourth with 72lb 5oz.

Day Four

Today’s winner on Porth was Andy Dargue fishing the feeder and worm from peg 38 with 10lb. Andy nelson on peg 86 finished in second with 9lb 12oz fishing worm. Finishing third on peg 36 with a weight of 9lb 5oz was Tony Stevenson. Ian Hudson took fourth fishing maggot from peg 23 weighing in at 8lb 15oz.

In first place on peg 17 was Sam Collett with a weight of 190lb, Sam fished paste at 5 metres. Johnny Maddison took second on peg 18 with 165lb 7oz fishing meat in the margins. Finishing in third place was Wayne Ibbotson fishing meat short from peg 46 and had 130lb 10oz. With a weight of 128lb 14oz Rob Brennan finished fourth on peg 47.

With 89lb 4oz Tony Watson secured himself first place on peg 21 fishing pellet and waggler. Martin Rodgers finished in second place with a weight of 68lb 4oz fishing long with 8mm pellet from peg 45. In third place was Stewart Bracey on peg 22 with a weight of 65lb 2oz. With a weight of 54lb 14oz was Derek Hartshorne on peg 17.

Lee Riley took first place today on Trewaters with 93lb 8oz fishing bomb and bread then caster short from peg 41. With 90lb 4oz Danny Bennet fished the long pole with pellet deep from peg 27 Trewaters. On peg 15 Jennys Paul Holland finished in third with a weight of 86lb 6oz and fished method and worm. Fishing from peg 16 Jennys was Alan West who bagged 77lb 1oz.

With a weight of 133lb Robert Kite finished first on Twin Oaks today on peg 14, Robert fished meat at 6 metres. In second place John Birchall weighed in at 120lb 5oz fishing the hybrid feeder and boilie from peg 8 Trelawney. Scott Russell finished third on peg 32 Trelawney with 117lb 10oz fishing bomb and bread. On peg 19 Brett Nicholas took fourth with 113lb 14oz fishing short with meat on Twin Oaks.

Day Five

Today’s winner on Bolingey was Mark Taylor fishing in the margins with meat and corn from peg 1 with 133lb 4oz. Andy Nelson on peg 8 finished in second weighing in at 108lb 2oz fishing down the edge with meat and at 5 metres with meat. Finishing third on peg 22 with a weight of 100lb 8oz was Phil Canning who fished the long pole with meat and corn. Andy Inglesant took fourth on peg 40 weighing in at 98lb 5oz, Andy switched between long and short pole on meat.

In first place on peg 45 was Sam Collett with a weight of 64lb 14oz. Gary Rowlands took second place on peg 25 with a weight of 63lb 4oz. Finishing in third place was George Organ on peg 21 with 58lb 2oz. With a weight of 53lb 6oz Johnny Maddison finished fourth on Pollawyn fishing from peg 30.

With a weight of 86lb 14oz Steve Conway secured himself first place on Jennys fishing worm long on the deck from peg 6. Pete Franklin finished in second place with a weight of 86lb 6oz on peg 21 Trewaters fishing pellet feeder and meat in the margins. In third place was Andy Power on peg 21 Jennys with a weight of 83lb 13oz, Andy fished corn and waggler. With a weight of 74lb 12oz was Martin Rodgers fishing at 5 metres on meat from peg 13 Jennys.

Pemb Wrighting took first place today on Twin Oaks with 187lb 3oz of carp and f1’s, fishing on the bomb with mainly bread or pellets from peg 18. With 130lb 14oz Keith Vaughan on peg 16 Twin Oaks fished pellet waggler and caught some later on in the day on method. On peg 10 Twin Oaks Ryan Bennett finished third with a weight of 120lb 1oz, Ryan fished pellet long. Fishing at 5 metres and in the margins with meat and caster Russell Grimes had 108lb 12oz from peg 2 Trelawney.

With a weight of 15lb 14oz Joe Cartwright finished first on Porth today fishing the feeder with worm and caster from peg 89. In second place Alex Hulme weighed in at 13lb 10oz on peg 73, Alex fished the feeder with worm. Mick Lees finished third fishing the feeder with maggot and worm off peg 83 and had 11lb 9oz. On peg 34 John Whincup took fourth place with 11lb fishing the long pole with maggot.

It’s been a great week’s fishing for our first ever Guru Festival here at White Acres.

Congratulations to John Whincup for winning this week, with an overall weight of 323lb 12oz John won his section every day except Thursday on Trelawney where he took second in the section with 8 points, well done John who now goes home £4,000 richer!

And well done to Alan Scotthorne for taking second place on the festival and Paul Holland for finishing third.

I would like to take this opportunity to once again thank Guru for sponsoring this event and for the amazing money and prizes that they have contributed towards the festival.

Next year we have the Guru and the Milo festival running back to back from the week commencing Saturday 29 th April, so if you want to fish one or both of these then get booking up now!

Thank you again from all the fishing team here at White Acres.