There is no rest for the wicked as we head into our 5th and final spring festival. Keenets is our longest running festival and once again it looks like this year will be another cracking event. The weekend prior to the festival has been great fingers crossed this nice weather will remain for the week. We shall try our best to keep you updated daily on the festival goings on and the top 20 each day. Keep checking the site for daily updates and read on to find out how the first day of the festival went.

Day One
It was a stunning morning as the anglers waited outside the club for the first draw. The festival sections had been independently drawn prior to the anglers arrival so all guys have had the chance to check out their competition, there were the usual moans and groans about the sections (well we wouldn’t expect any less really, not mentioning any names! – only joking gents!) as well as the anticipation of a great week of match fishing ahead.

At the draw all the relevant instructions were given so we’ll soon know if anyone wasn’t listening! Then it was ready to go.The weather stayed nice all day only clouding over slightly later on in the day – here is how the lakes fished and read on to see how the top twenty stands at the end of day one.  

'A' Section - Pollawyn
The match lake was the venue for A section on the first day of the festival. In recent matches, festivals and pleasure sessions the lake has been producing some great weights so there are high hopes all round. In general the lake fished really well with surprised weights and section wins coming from unexpected pegs. Judging by the weigh sheets the fish in the lake have started to move around a bit and we are also seeing top weight carp and decent weighing skimmers. The lake win today went to Steve Pearson on peg 15, Steve fished pellet on the bomb tight across to the island and had a great haul of carp giving him a lake winning weight of 121lb 3oz. Second on the lake went to Kieron Rich with 99lb 6oz, Kieron had a great results from his peg (31) and caught plenty of carp and some bonus skimmers both on the waggler with pellet. Dean Cherrington took third from peg 25 on the high bank, Dean caught most of his carp shallow with pellet on the waggler and also caught a nice net of skimmers on the pole at 14meters with meat and pellet giving him a final weight of 96lb 1oz. The next biggest weight on the lake was 91lbs, Richie Hull caught this on peg 1, Richie caught 42lbs of carp on the pole down the edge under the tree and over 40lbs of skimmers down the middle. Tim Green field on high bank 27 had the surprise of his life when he hooked and landed an 18lb catfish!

Section Winners
Steve Pearson 9 Points 121lb 3oz
Dean Cherrington 9 Points 96lb 1oz
Richie Hull 9 Points 91lb
Jamie Hall 9 Points 56lb 15oz

'B' Section - Twin Oaks/Acorn/Trelawney
There was a last minute change to this section and we introduced Acorn instead of Twin Oaks high numbers as Acorn has been fishing really well and we felt it would compete better with Trelawney and Twin Oaks low numbers. The match today proved this was a top idea as first, second and third all came from different lakes. The winning weight came from Mark Plevin on Twin Oaks peg 2, Mark fished at 14.5 meters on the pole shallow with pellet and also down the edge for a top catch weighing 154lb 1oz. Simon Fry on Trelawney peg 12 took second with 111lb 6oz, Simon caught shallow on the waggler with pellet. On Acorn peg 18 Darren Walters took third with 92lb 4oz, Darren caught down the edge at 3 meters with meat and down the middle at 10 meters on pellet. Phil Henry on Twin Oaks peg 10 had the next best weight of the section with 90lb 15oz.

Section Winners
Mark Plevin 9 Points 156lb 1oz
Simon Fry 9 Points 111lb 6oz
Darren Walters 9 Points 92lb 4oz
Mick Dagnall 9 Points 64lb 4oz

'C' Section - Gwinear
At first we were not sure we would use this lake for the festival as previously it had been fish hard and was becoming “peggy” but as the lake had experienced a two week break from the pressure of festivals and with an increase in temperature we felt that the lake would perform well. Our judgment proved right by looking at the weights today (lets just hope it stays this way for the rest of the week). The lake was won by Dave Lewis on peg 31, Dave caught on worm and caster on the pole down the edge and at 14 meters he had a final weight of 124lb 8oz. Rick Dennis took second with 82lb 6oz, Rick was on peg 27 and caught on banded pellet down the edge. Third went to Tony Curd on peg 40 who had 81lb 9oz, Tony caught on pellet shallow. Richard Day had the next best weight on the lake with 81lb 4oz, Richard caught down the edge on the top four with pellet.

Section Winners
Dave Lewis 9 Points 124lb 8oz
Tony Curd 9 Points 81lb 9oz
Richard Day 9 Points 81lb 4oz
Paul Homewood 9 Points 32lb 12oz

D Section Porth
As the temperature gets better so the fishing seems to at Porth, the lake is packed with small skimmers & roach; plenty of these were caught yesterday. Terry Molloy took the lake win with 20lb 9oz; Terry was on peg 72 and caught on the feeder. Darren Cox on peg 75 took second with 18lb; Darren caught all roach on casters at 4 meters. Third went to Graham Ford, Graham caught on the pole & on the feeder both with worm from peg 33 and had a final weight of 14lb 8oz. Chris Davis had the next best weight on the lake with 12lb 15oz, Chris was on peg 85 and caught lots of small fish all on the pole at 10 meters with single caster.

Section Winners
Terry Molloy 9 Points 20lb 9oz
Graham Ford 9 Points 14lb 8oz
Chris Davis 9 Points 12lb 5oz
Steve Cooke 9 Points 10lb 13oz

E Section Bolingey
It was a cracking start to the festival for the anglers on Bolingey and those that are going there later in the week are hoping for bigger and better, 5 weights of over a ton and 4 high nineties were recorded today – amazing. Rob Wooton on peg 23 took the lake win with a whopping 141lbs, Rob caught on meat and pellet in the margins. Second went to Sean Huggins on peg 35, Sean caught on meat shallow ending up with a weight of 136lb 4oz. Chas Ward took third from peg 18 with 124lb 13oz, Chas caught on the bomb & waggler both with pellet. The next best weight on the lake came from Mark Perkins on peg 20 with 104lb 9oz, Mark caught carp shallow on the waggler with pellet and he also caught about 60 smaller fish on the feeder with meat.

Section Winners
Rob Wooton 9 Points 140lb 1oz
Sean Huggins 9 Points 136lb 4oz
Chas Ward 9 Points 124lb 13oz
Craig Ebbrell 9 Points 102lb 7oz

Here Is How The Top Twenty Looks After Day One:

Day One - Overall Top 20

So that was day one and how the top twenty looks, as we all know it could all change in a split second – keep checking the site daily for the updates. See you tomorrow!

Day Two
It was a cracking start to the festival we just hoped day two would be just as good.
There had been an overnight change in weather, it had rained overnight and the sky was slightly clouded over, but weather the less it was still fairly warm and there was no rain.

Each day sees the anglers taking to a new lake, how has today’s lake rotation and draw affected the leader board.Read on to find out how the lakes fished and to see who is currently topping the leader board.

‘A’ Section - Twin Oaks/Acorn/Trelawney
Great weights again came from these lakes today and again the framers were spread across the three lakes making it a very fair section. Today’s winning weight of 114lbs came from Harry Billing on Twin Oaks peg 12; Harry fished tight over on the lead & waggler with pellet & meat. Phil Ringer on Trelawney peg 4 took second with 109lb 7oz, Phil fished meat down the edge. Third was Steve Sanders on Acorn 14, Steve caught on meat on the pole and pellet on the waggler and had a final weight of 102lb 8oz. Kevin Williams on Acorn peg 7 had the next best weight in the section with 91lb 6oz, Kevin fished meat down the edge.

Section Winners
Harry Billing 9 Points 114lb
Phil Ringer 9 Points 109lb 7oz
Steve Sanders 9 Points 102lb 8oz
Kieron Rich 9 Points 79lb 10oz

'B' Section - Gwinear
The weights have not been as good today but are still respectable showing that there are still plenty of fish feeding. Tony Wilde on peg 24 took the win with 91lb 8oz; Tony fished shallow down the edge on corn and pellet. Second went to Derek Willan with 76lb 10, Derek was on peg 25 and caught shallow on the pole with pellet. Simon Fry was third on peg 27 with 67lb 12oz; Simon caught ¾ of his catch on pellet on the waggler and a few large fish down the edge with worm. 43lb 8oz was the next best weight on the lake and this came from Darren Walters on peg 1, Darren caught on the long pole in the margins with pellet.

Section Winners
Tony Wilde 9 Points 91lb 8oz
Simon Fry 9 Points 67lb 12oz
Darren Walters 9 Points 43lb 8oz
Alan Ruderford 9 Points 31lb 10oz

'C' Section - Porth
C section headed off to Porth for the second day of the festival and again the lake provided steady bites throughout the day (although getting past the pike proved tricky for some!) Rick Johnston won the lake with 21lb 7oz; Rick was on peg 77 and caught on hair-rigged corn over groundbait. Second went to Ian Didcote on peg 72, Ian fished on the feeder with maggots and had a weight of 20lb 2oz. Third with 19lb was Frank Hardie, Frank caught on the groundbait feeder with dead red maggots and caster on the hook from peg 76. Brian Clarke on peg 37 had the next best weight on the lake with 14, Graham caught on the tip with worm for a final weight of 14lb.

Section Winners
Rick Johnston 9 Points 21lb 7oz
Brian Clarke 9 Points 14lb
Nick Dean 9 Points 12lb
John Bradshaw 9 Points 9lb 6oz

'D' Section - Bolingey
Another cracking day one the lake with one angler stating he had never seen so many fish in his life! The lake was one today by 2005 Keenets champion Rob Brennan, Rob was on peg 33 and caught on the deck at 14.5 meters with meat & also shallow with pellet on the waggler giving him a final weight of 11lb 2oz. Jason Le Bosquet took second with 103lb 3oz, Jason was on peg 49 and caught on meat down the edge and neat at 5 meters. Brian Cochran had a great day on peg 34 and finished third with 89lb 12oz. On peg 37 Tom Wallis had the next best weight on the lake with 85lb 5 oz, Tom caught on meat & corn down the edge.

Section Winners
Rob Brennan 9 Points 111lb 2oz
Jason Le Bosquet 9 Points 103lb 3oz
Paul Carnwell 9 Points 79lb 12oz
Ray Hayward 9 Points 69lb 13oz

'E' Section - Pollawyn
The match lake once again produced some top weights today, the fish seemed to have moved around again and the points & high bank was their chosen feeding location. The lake was one by Gary Hamilton on peg 20, Gary had two nets full of carp that gave him a final weight of 181lb 5oz, Gary fished on the waggler with banded pellet. Second went to Sean Huggins on the high bank peg 28 with 146lb 4oz, Sean again has an amazing net of carp caught on pellet on the waggler. Jason Goddard took third with an impressive 35 carp that came to a final weight of 113lb 8oz; Jason was on peg 25 and caught up in the water with pellet on the waggler.

Section Winners
Gary Hamilton 9 Points 181lb 5oz
Steve Waters 9 Points 106lb 5oz
Mick Hughes 9 Points 64lb 8oz
Karl Webster 9 Points 37lb 3oz

So that was day two and another great day of fishing was had by all (well most – some had a good days swimming!!!) How has today’s action affected the top twenty – read on?

Top twenty after day two.

So Simon Fry takes the pole position and as well as Darren Walters has two section wins but as you can see the points are once again very tight.

So two down and three to go, watch this space for the results after day three – cant Simon hang on in there. See you tomorrow!

Day Three
It was another fine day down here in Cornwall with blue skies and sunshine, the fish are still feeding well and despite a bit of sun burn most of the anglers enjoyed their day.

This is the mid way points of the festival and a vital time of the competition, those anglers that have already secured good points need to hang in there and those that have had a rocky start to the week need to make sure they up their game and pick up some section wins.

Read on to see how today’s matches have panned out and effected they overall result.

'A' Section - Gwinear
The lake is still holding up well to the pressure and the increase in temperature has definitely improved the weights we are seeing compared to the previous two festivals, although there have been a few blow outs today most of the weights seem fairly consistent and there are some great winning weights. The lake was won by Gavin Clarke on peg 31, Gavin fished the long pole to the island with pellet for an impressive net of fish weighing 131lb 10oz. Second on the lake went to Harry Billing, Harry was on peg 7 and finished with a weight of 104lb 4oz. Steve Sanders took third with 101lb 10oz, Steve was on peg 24 and caught shallow on pellet and down the edge with worm. Jamie Hall had the next best weight on the lake with 60lb 12oz; Jamie was on peg 27 and caught shallow on the waggler with pellet.

Section Winners
Gavin Clark 9 Points 131lb 19oz
Harry Billing 9 Points 104lb 4oz
Steve Sanders 9 Points 101lb 10oz
Mike Barlow 9 Points 54lb  

''B Section - Porth
The weights were tight on Porth today and plenty of small fish were caught. Arthur Turner took the lake win with 23lb 2oz from peg 79, Arthur caught on worm & corn on the pole at 9 meters. Tommy Hiller was second on peg 76 with 18lb 6oz, Tommy caught on the pole with caster over groundbait and worm on the hook. A close third went to Terry Winter who had 18lb 10z, Terry caught on the feeder and the pole at 13 meters both with worm. With 17lb 6oz Adam Rooney on peg 78 had the next best weight, Adam said he caught on hair-rigged banana, but when pushed admitted to catching on the pole at 13 meters with caster!

Section Winners
Arthur Turner 9 Points 23lb 2oz
Terry Winter 9 Points 18lb 1oz
Stephen Donaghue 9 Points 12lb 7oz
Paul Greenwood 9 Points 11lb 4oz

'C' Section - Bolingey
Wow! Another 5 100lb plus weights came from Bolingey today – can this lake get any better? The back up weights were great to with only a handful of anglers not catching over 40lb. The lake winner today was Tony Curd – Tony was aiming to catch his first ever ton weight from this festival but today he came closer to 200lb! He finished with an impressive weight of 176lb 12oz; Tony was on peg 36 and had over 40 carp that were caught on the shallow pole with pellet at 13 meters. Mark Harris on peg 20 took second with 120lb 11oz, Mark caught shallow on the pole with pellet. Third went to Chris Jenkinson, Chris caught all carp at 5 meters on meat from peg 3 and only narrowly missed out on second with his weight of 119lb 14oz. On peg 11 Dave Lewis had the next best weight on the lake with 106lb 10oz, Dave caught shallow on the waggler with pellet.

Section Winners
Tony Curd 9 Points 176lb 12oz
Mark Harris 9 Points 120lb 11oz
Chris Jenkinson 9 Points 119lb 14oz
Dave Lewis 9 Points 106lb 10oz

'D' Section - Pollawyn
The fish are still feeding well and judging by the conversation on the banks the weights would be double even triple if the anglers had not lost as many fish as they caught! Although not able to compete with overall weights the arms are producing well and it is a proper battle for section points. Darren Cox wins the lake today with 200lb 7oz (I think he might be using a chunk of his winnings paying out on his bets as he was convinced he didn’t have over 200lbs – so 7oz has cost him a few £££’s!!) Darren was on peg 16 and caught all carp on the feeder with pellet. Terry Molloy on peg 22 finished second with 167lb 12oz, Terry had over 35 carp that were caught up the water on the waggler with pellet. Third went to Martin Howard on peg 17, Martin caught on the waggler tight across to the island with pellet for a weight of 129lb 12oz. Our recent junior festival winner Miles Day had the next best weight on the lake with 99lb 1oz, Miles was on peg 15 and caught shallow on the waggler tight across to the island.

Section Winners
Darren Cox 9 Points 200lb 7oz
Graham Ford 9 Points 93lb 15oz
Paul Carnwell 9 Points 84lb 5oz
Steve Cooke 9 Points 69lb 2oz

'E' Section - Twin Oaks/Acorn/Trelawney
Again there were great weights coming from the lakes today with mainly Acorn and Twin Oaks dominating the section, the weights on Trelawney are fairly consistent but not as high as the other lakes. The win today came from Rob Wooten on Acorn peg 12, Rob caught on pellet and meat in the margins ending up with a weight of 129lb 1oz. Tim Rowe on Twin Oaks peg 14 took second with 104lb, Tim caught shallow on the waggler with pellet. Third went to Ian Dixon with 101lb 2oz, Ian caught on the pole shallow with pellet from peg 14 on Acorn. The next best weight came from Trelawney peg 25 where Craig Ebberell weighed in with 92lb 10oz caught on the waggler & meat down the edge on the pole.

Section Winners
Rob Wooton 9 Points 129lb 1oz
Tim Rowe 9 Points 104lb
Craig Ebberell 9 Points 92lb 10oz
Gary Hamilton 9 Points 54lb 11oz

So that was today’s action - how does the top twenty look?

Top Twenty at the end of Day Three...

All change again! No one has had maximum 3 section wins and the points are remarkably tight, this one is definitely going to down to the wire and those dropped results are going to play a massive part in the overall placing.Come back and see how day fours action has affected the overall result.

Day Four
Well it was another exciting day; again some great weights were spread across the sections with more fish being caught each day.

The weather was amazing today (although not for those drawn on shaded pegs!) with blue skies and sunshine – a little too much for some, after sun anyone??

This is the penultimate day of the festival, has everyone done enough to secure their place as we head into the final? Read on for the catch and section results of day four.

'A' Section - Porth
If you come to the lake at this time of year and expect to catch huge bags of fish then you are in the wrong place! The lake is packed with small silver fish & skimmers, worm and maggot dominate the choice of bait and the trick is for you to land the fish before the pike realise you are pinching their dinner! Harry Billing won the lake today with 21lb 10oz; Harry was on peg 81 and caught on the pole with worm, caster & maggot. Second went to Kieron Rich on peg 72, Kieron caught on both the pole and the waggler with from for a total weight of 20lb 8oz. Phil Ringer on peg 88 was third with 18lb 4oz, Phil caught on the feeder with red maggots. With 15lb 9oz Riche Hull had the next best weight on the lake caught from peg 37 on the feeder.

Section Winners
Harry Billing 9 Points 21lb 10oz
Kieron Rich 9 Points 20lb 8oz
Richie Hull 9 Points 15lb 9oz
Steve Sanders 9 Points 12lb 11oz

'B' Section - Bolingey
An incredible ten 100lb plus weights came from Bolingey today – that’s a lot of fish! Pellet again is the predominant bait either on the pole or feeder. The weights have been amazing throughout the week and today was no different, Paul Greenwood won the lake with 180lb 14oz, Paul was on peg 20 and caught shallow on the waggler with pellet & also down the margins with worm. Second went to Mark Plevin on peg 45, Mark weighed in with a very respectable 136lb 14oz. Derek Willan on peg 33 took third, Derek caught shallow on the pole with pellet for a final weight of 125lb 8oz. It was a close battle and Mick Dagnall just missed out on framing with his 124lb 8oz, Mick was on peg 7 and caught at 5 meters on meat.

Section Winners
Paul Greenwood 9 Points 180lb 14oz
Derek Willan 9 Points 125lb 8oz
Mick Dagnall 9 Points 124lb 8oz
Paul Sheehan 9 Points 105lb 4oz

'C' Section - Pollawyn
The weights on Pollawyn were so close today, there were 5 ton plus weights and 4 pegs in a row all weighed in at 80 – 83lbs, there were a lot of pound coins being exchanged over bets. The lake win came from Steve Perham on peg 17, Steve caught on the method that is mostly dominating the big catches – waggler shallow with pellet, Steve finished with a weight of 194lb 6oz. Second went to Nick Dean with 162lb 3oz, Nick caught (wait for it!) shallow on the waggler with pellet from peg 26. On the point at peg 20 Paul Selvedge picked up third with 128lb 4oz, Paul caught on the pole up in the water at 16 meters with pellet. Mark Harris was at first not happy with his draw of peg 52 and soon christened it “compost corner” but as he started to catch his tune started to change and he weighed in with an impressive 117lb caught on the pole down the edge with meat. Mark made a bold statement saying if he did not win his section from that peg then he would give up fishing – all way going well until we got round to Steve Pomerys peg (36) were Mark nervously looked on as a big net of fish was hiked out of the lake but managed a sigh of relief as the final weight was read out – 91lbs!

Section Winners
Steve Perham 9 Points 194lb 6oz
Nick Dean 9 Points 162lb 3oz
Mark Harris 9 Points 117lb
Chris Jenkinson 9 Points 66lb 10oz

D Section - Trelawney/Twin Oaks/Acorn
Twin oaks dominated the section today with the winning weight coming from peg 16, Darren Cox took the win with 108lb 6oz, Darren had over 60 carp most that were caught on the waggler shallow with pellet but later on in the day caught a few down the edge with meat. Second on Trelawney peg 20 was Ray Hayward with 105lb 12oz, Ray had over 30 fish and caught early in the day on the pole up in the water with banded pellet and he also caught late down the edge on corn. Giles Cochrane was third, Giles caught shallow on the pole at 14 meters with pellet from peg 2 ending up with a total weight of 96lb 11oz. Rob Brennan on Trelawney peg 2 had the next best weight on the lake with 88lb 5oz, Rob caught shallow on the waggler with pellet and down the edge on meat.

Section Winners
Darren Cox 9 Points 108lb 6oz
Ray Hayward 9 Points 105lb 12oz
Rob Brennan 9 Points 88lb 5oz
Paul Sear 9 Points 57lb 6oz

'E' Section - Gwinear
The weights are still fairly respectable and spread across the lake. Glen Wills on peg 24 had a great result and won the lake with 132lb 11oz. Rob Wooton took second with 76lb 13oz, Rob caught on the pole with pellet from peg 1. Third went to Mark Richardson on peg 31 with 76lb 6oz, Mark caught at 14 meters and down the both on pellet. Gary Naylor has the next best weight on the lake with 68lb 13oz, Gary was on peg 28.

Section Winners
Glen Wills 9 Points 132lb 11oz
Rob Wooton 9 Points 76lb 13oz
Mark Richardson 9 Points 76lb 6oz
Tim Rowe 9 Points 57lb

So that was day four – has the leader board changed? Read on,

So Harry Billing has stepped up a gear and has secured his place at the top by one point, there is one day left to go and the points are very tight come back tomorrow to see how the final match has effected the top 20?

Who will be the White Acres Keenets champion 2006? See you tomorrow!

Day Five - The Final
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Final Top 10

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