Day Two
It was a great start to the festival, lets see how the second day panned out. It was another clear day but was defiantly colder; will this have an effect on the fishing? Please read on.

A Section Trelawney/Python
The top weights on this section were slightly lower today but were more consistent across the sections. Allan Rutherford on Trelawney peg 27 took the lake win, Allan fished meat on the pole across to the island and down the edge for a winning weight of 65lb 12oz. Second on the lake went to Andy Dare, Andy weighed in 48lb 3oz from peg 32 caught on meat and pellet on the pole both to the island and down the middle. Neil Daniels weighed in 42lb 3oz from peg 4 to take third on the lake. The next best weight on the section went to Andy Lloyd on Trelawney peg 16 with 37lb 12oz caught on the waggler across to the island with pellet.

Section Winners
Allen Rutherford 9 Points 65lb 12oz
Neil Daniels 9 Points 42lb 3oz
Geoff Ringer 9 Points 37lb 8oz
Will Raison 9 Points 31lb 4oz

B Section Gwinear
Gwinear is still fishing well with even weight spread across the sections, taking the lake win today was Tim Rowe on peg 25, Tim caught shallow on the pole for an impressive weight of 118lb 15oz. Second on the lake went to Grant Albutt with 108lb 11oz, Grant fished down the edge and on the long pole from peg 27. Andy Geldart took third from peg 43 with 89lb, Andy caught out at 5 sections on pellet and had a few bonus fish down the side on pellet. On peg 51 Paul Carnwell had the next best weight with 81lb 4oz, Paul caught at 6 meters down the edge on pellet.

Section Winners
Tim Rowe 9 Points 118lb 15oz
Grant Albutt 9 Points 108lb 11oz
Andy Geldart 9 Points 89lb
Paul Carnwell 9 Points 81lb 4oz

C Section Porth
The weights on Porth were good today with a high number of anglers getting into double figures. Gary Hamilton on peg 87 won the lake with 31lb, Gary had a mixed bag of roach, skimmers and perch with some better skimmers to 2lb he caught at 7 meters on the pole with chopped worm. With 26lb 7oz Steve Ringer on peg 75 was second, Steve caught on the groundbait feeder with dead maggots. Third went to Neil Machin with 23lb 9oz, Neil was on peg 81 and caught on the pole with castor at 3 and 5 meters. Richie Hull on peg 37 had the next best weight on the lake with 21ln 2oz; Richie caught mainly roach on the whip.

Section Winners
Gary Hamilton 9 Points 31lb
Steve Ringer 9 Points 26lb 7oz
Richie Hull 9 Points 21lb 2oz
Mark Goddard 9 Points 16lb 13oz

D Section Bolingey
There were again some top weights on Bolingey with 4-ton weights and 5 high 80/90lbs. The lake win went to Phil Ringer with 149lb 11oz; Phil was on peg 9 and caught down the edge on meat. Mick Lees on peg 11 was second, Mick caught on the pellet waggler and at 5 meters on meat ending up with a weight of 110lb 2oz. Arnie Payling was third on peg 36 was third with 109lb 9oz. The next best weight on the lake was Richard Lawson on peg 24 with 108lb 5oz.

Section Winners
Phil Ringer 9 Points 149lb 11oz
Arnie Payling 9 Points 109lb 9oz
Richard Lawson 9 Points 108lb 5oz
Paul Greenwood 9 Points 81lb 12oz

E Section Pollawyn
The match lake once again threw up some impressive weights with the winning weight coming from peg 26 where Kevin Baxter fished meat shallow giving him two large nets full of carp up to 12lb and a final weight of 161lb 2oz. Next door on peg 25 Danny Wynn was second on the lake with 110lb 2oz, Danny caught on the bomb and pellet. Roger Brown was third with 92lb 12oz; Roger was on peg 18 and caught at 6 meters on the bottom and shallow on pellet. 90lb 4oz was the next best weight on the lake and this came from Dave Schofield on peg 19.

Section Winners
Kevin Baxter 9 Points 161lb 13oz
Paul Blinkhorn 9 Points 73lb 6oz
Matthew Grant 9 Points 65lb 9oz
Andy Powers 9 Points 50lb 4oz

So that was day two and it is very tight, 4 people tied on maximum points and only 2 points separating the top 20. As we head into day three can those anglers at the top hold on to their unblemished record or will it be all change, come back tomorrow to check the leader board. The weather is due to change slightly for the worse over the next few days let’s hope this does not dampen either the weights or the anglers spirits.

Day Three

Once again we saw some top weights coming from across the lakes today, the fishing is slightly harder on some lakes than others but hard work and perseverance is definitely paying off. The rain managed to hold off except for a couple of showers but with the weather that is forecast over the next few days the anglers are well prepared.

A Section Gwinear
The weights on the lake were lower today and fishing harder, but the weights in the sections were extremely close with anglers battling it out for vital section points.

Keith Nicholson on peg 37 took the lake win with 61lb 12oz; Keith fished on the pole at 3 meters with pellet and caught all carp. Second went to Rick Johnston with 60lb 13oz, Rick was on peg 30 and caught down the edge on pellet over corn. On Peg 9 Kieron Rich weighing in with 59lb 13oz was third, Kieron caught on the skimmers and carp on the pole with worm over groundbait. Lee Woodhouse on peg 16 had the next nest weight with 59lb 6oz, Lee caught shallow on the pole with pellet.

Section Winners
Keith Nicholson 9 Points 61lb 12oz
Kieron Rich 9 Points 59lb 13oz
Lee Woodhouse 9 Points 59lb 13oz
David Goodyear 9 Points 49lb 3oz

B Section Porth
Porth is still fishing steadily and although the weights were lower some impressive nets were still being caught. Bob Jarvis on peg 16 took the win with 23lb 14oz; Bob caught bream and skimmers on the groundbait feeder. Second went to Steve Cooke with 20lb 11oz, Steve was on peg 74 and caught on the groundbait feeder and red maggot on the hook. Steve Sanders on peg 84 was third with 20lb 2oz. 19lb 8oz was the next best weight on the lake and that came from Tommy Hiller on peg 88, Tommy caught on the pole with worm.

Section Winners
Bob Jarvis 9 Points 23lb 14oz
Steve Cooke 9 Points 20lb 11oz
Steve Sanders 9 Points 20lb 2oz
Gary Webber 9 Points 16lb 10oz

C Section Bolingey
Bolingey fished well again yesterday with some great carp being caught. (Ben has been weighing in Bolingey all week and he says his arms are starting it too look like Popeye’s, so if you want to stop catching as many fish he wouldn’t mind!) The lake win came from Steve Ringer on peg 32, Steve caught on meat and hemp on the pole at 5 meters with a total weight of 168lb 7oz. With 116lb 7oz John Chapman was second, John caught shallow on meat from peg 17.Third on the lake was Mick Hughes with 109lb 11oz, Mick was on peg 17 and caught shallow on the pole down the edge on meat. Jimmy Wilson had the next best weight in the lake with 104lb 13oz; Jimmy was on peg 45 and caught on the pole down the edge on meat and pellet.

Section Winners
Steve Ringer 9 Points 168lb 7oz
Mick Hughes 9 Points 109lb 11oz
Jimmy Wilson 9 Points 104lb 13oz
Richie Hull 9 Points 102lb 11oz

D Section Pollawyn
We have had the top weight of the festival come out of this lake today, although the arms are not fishing as well there are still plenty of fish to be had and the high bank is producing some great weight. Phil Ringer had the lake win with a whopping 203lb 6oz; Phil was on peg 9 and caught on the feeder with meat. Harry Billing was on peg 26 and was second on the lake with 174lb, Harry caught shallow on the pole with meat. Third went to Dave Dare, Dave had a total weight of 142lb 7oz caught shallow on meat from peg 25. Nigel Evans on peg 17 had the next best weight on the lake with 116lb 11oz

Section Winners
Phil Ringer 9 Points 203lb 6oz
Nigel Evans 9 Points 116lb 11oz
Rob Brennan 9 Points 57lb 3oz
Steve Gerrard 9 Points 57lb 3oz

E Section Trelawney/Python
These lakes are still withstanding the pressure of the festival and the weights were fair yesterday. John Bradshaw on peg 23 took the lake win with 57lb 9oz; John caught a nice net of carp all on meat. Second went to Paul Blinkhorn on peg 10 with 47lb 9oz, Paul caught on the pole at 14 & 5 meters with pellet. Kevin Arathoon had 46lb 13oz and was third; Kevin was on peg 18 and caught at 6 meters on meat. Nathan Watson on Python peg 17 had the next best weight with 39lb 9oz; Nathan caught small stockie carp on the pole with meat at 19 meters.

Section Winners
John Bradshaw 9 Points 57lb 9oz
Paul Blinkhorn 9 Points 47lb 9oz
Nathan Watson 9 Points 39lb 9oz
Dave Schofield 9 Points 31lb

So that was day three, how have those points affected the overall leader board?

So that is how things look at the end of day three, all is still to play for as the action starts to hot up. Not only are there anglers racing to be the Maver Champion 2006, we also have a battle between 20 anglers trying to get invited to next weeks festival knowing that there is only 14 places available.

Tomorrow could be make or break for many as there are only 4 points separating the top 30, see you tomorrow to see how the top twenty looks.

Day Four

Well what a day! The heavens opened over night and it rained continuously until 8am. The fishing today was fairly tough for some on exposed pegs with the anglers getting a beating from the strong winds, luckily the rain cleared and it was fairly dry throughout the day. Yesterday it was the Ringer brothers in pole positions, have they kept their lead on the top spots or has there been a shake up? Read on to find out how the action panned out.

A Section Porth
Porth fished well again today with the biggest weight of the week so far being caught. The win went to Greg Harding on peg 16, Greg fished chopped worm on the feeder and caught 15 bream up to 4lb for winning weight of 44lb 2oz. Dean Barlow was second with 32lb 3oz, Dean was on peg 42 and caught on the swim feeder with chopped worm and corn. 29lb 12oz gave Neil Daniels third on the lake from peg 17, Neil fished double worm on the feeder. Tony Wild had the next best weight on the lake with 24lb 4oz; Tony fished the feeder with maggot from peg 72.

Section Winners
Greg Harding 9 Points 44lb 2oz
Tony Wild 9 Points 24lb 4oz
Will Raison 9 Points 22lb 5oz
Geoff Ringer 9 Points 15lb 12oz

B Section Bolingey
Wow! What a day on Bolingey with ten weights over a ton and another 7 in the 80’s and 90lbs. Grant Albutt won the lake today with 150lb 2oz, Grant was on peg 32 and caught shallow at 4.5 meters on meat. Second on the lake was Mark Plevin with 145lb 8oz, Mark caught shallow on the pole with pellet from peg 19. Tim Rowe on peg 4 caught on meat short and came third with 138lb 8oz. The next best weight on the lake came from Steve Sanders on peg 12 with 136lb 4oz, Steve caught on the waggler and the pole down the edge.

Section Winners
Grant Albutt 9 Points 150lb 2oz
Mark Pleavin 9 Points 145lb 8oz
Tim Rowe 9 Points 138lb 8oz
Gary Webber 9 Points 111lb 8oz

C Section Pollawyn
It was another great days fishing on the lake with a massive 7-ton weights from around the lake. The arms are still fishing slightly harder but the fish have been moving around a bit so there have been some surprise section wins. Neil Machin took the lake win today from peg 18, Neil caught at 6 meters on the pole with meat and hemp. Second on the lake went to Tony Wynnick on peg 29, Tony had a massive haul of carp weighing 140lb 8oz caught on the feeder and on the pole at 5 meters with meat. Third on the lake came of peg 31 where Alan Hodgeon weighed in with 134lb 8oz, Alan caught on meat on the pole at 13 meters. The next best weight on the lake went to Mark Goddard on peg 30, Mark caught on the long pole shallow with meat and weighed in with 130lb 2oz.

Section Winners
Neil Machin 9 Points 159lb
Alan Hodgeon 9 Points 134lb 8oz
Steve Ringer 9 Points 69lb 14oz
Tommy Pickering 9 Points 51lb 1oz

D Section Trelawney/Python
Some better weights came off of Trelawney today and although the weights on Python are not currently big enough to frame they are still fairly consistent and are producing the well needed section points. Phil Ringer on Trelawney peg 16 took the lake win with 86lb 5oz, Phil caught at 4 & 5 meters on the pole on meat. Second went to Harry Billing on peg 24, Harry caught at 6 meters on the pole with pellet for a weight of 75lb 6oz. Dave Dare on peg 23 had a nice net of carp weighing 58lb 15oz giving him third position. Rob Brennan on peg 8 had the next best weight on the lake with 54lb 2oz, Rob caught long at 19 meters on pellet and struggled as he was loosing fish but as soon as he changed from black to purple hydro he only lost one carp for the rest of the day.

Section Winners
Phil Ringer 9 Points 86lb 5oz
Harry Billing 9 Points 75lb 6oz
Richard Lawson 9 Points 37lb 5oz
Mark Harris 9 Points 15lb 10oz

Gwinear fished a bit better toady with a top weight of 83lb 9oz, this lake-winning weight from Jason Le Bosquet on peg 7, Jason caught at 4 meters and in the margins on worm. Kevin Baxter was second on the lake with 70lb 3oz, Kevin caught on the pole down the side with worms and corn. Third went to Andy Powers on peg 19 with 67lb 8oz, Andy caught at 5 meters on pellet and in the margins on corn. The next best weight on the lake was 66lb 14 and this was caught by Matt Sanderson on peg 27, Matt caught in the margins on corn.

So that was the penultimate day of the festival, how has this effected the top positions?

So there is still a head to head battle between Phil & Steve Ringer at the top, can Harry, Andy, Will or even Adam catch them now.

This mornings draw was especially tense some of the top ten have drawn flyers, some drawn good section pegs and some not drawn very well at all but what ever peg that was drawn today it will make no difference to these guys as they head to the final match with determination and luckily a fairly mild day (well when I say mild there are some hideous grey clouds in the sky and it is blowing a hoolie but other than that it is still mild!!)

Who will be the 2006 Maver Champion? The results will be posted at some point on Saturday, I shall apologise in advance for not having them posted in the morning as I Shall not be in on Saturday (having a day off) so I will pop in some time and get the top twenty on to the web. Regards, Kirsty

Day Five - The Final!

The results in the brackets are the full results not in brackets include their dropped result.  

It was a great festival and we would like to say thank you and well done to all the anglers who fished last week.  

Massive congratulations to all of the winners especially our 2006 White Acres Maver Champion Steve Ringer and the runners up Andy Powers & Phil Ringer

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