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Milo Keenets festival 2002... |
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TRIUMPHANT
TOMMY'S LUCKY SEVEN
Doncaster duo in top form
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Runner up in the White Acres
Milo Keenets Spring Festival 2002 Martin Leck with part of his final day lake
winning 73-5-0 haul from Pollawyn 47. Poled chopped worm and caster accounted
for a net including plenty of tench and skimmers.
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Report:
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SENSATIONAL form
from former World Champion Tommy Pickering (Daiwa) won the 170-angler White Acres
Milo Keenets Spring Festival worth £2000 plus tackle prizes in a contest where
the top six all scored 36 point maximums.
Fifth dropped results and weight were needed to decide the big money places in
an event where three anglers caught over 400 lb and another four over 300 LB during
the five days.
As in the previous Spring festivals the winner needed a fifth section win to clinch
the deal and going into the final day Tommy was leading the festival from Sensas
Bawtry's Martin Leck, both on maximums, and their last ports of call were Gwinear
and Pollawyn respectively.
Tommy drew 54 not the best peg but in what is considered to be a big weight section
at Gwinear and with big hitters Danny McGuire, Jack Harness and Adrian Marshall
also on plumb draws in the section he looked to be up against it.
However a magnificent display of crumb feeder carp fishing from the Doncaster
based full time angler in very windy conditions saw him pull off a superb section,
lake and festival winning 138-2-0 which included 30 LB of commons and 108 LB of
mirrors.
Meanwhile JCB demonstrator Martin, like Tommy also from Doncaster, pulled peg
47 in one of the Pollawyn arms and fished a blinder also winning his lake with
73-5-0 mostly skimmers and tench plus some carp under the spare pallet to his
right on chopped worm and caster but his overall weight for the week of 367-4-0
was well short of ton-up Tommy's 441-1-0.
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Milo Keenets 2002 winner Tommy
Pickering plays a vital 8 LB carp in the closing stages of the final day on his
way to a vital lake win at Gwinear.
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Peg 84 on Porth
was the scene of Tommy's first day section win and lake second with a level 17-0-0
of skimmers on the crumb feeder baiting Van den Eynde Superlake and World Champion
with worm or maggot for £150. This week Tommy made no mistakes on Bolingey's 36
improving on the previous week's section second there with 65-0-0 of carp mostly
to a Sillybait loaded crumb feeder and maggot combination also worth £150 for
another lake second. Moving onto Pollawyn drawing peg 20 where his buddy Kieron
Rich broke the match record the previous week Tommy scorched to 157-4-0 of carp
on meat shallow for a comfortable lake win pocketing another £250.
Peg 36 on Python had Tommy worried but he turned in a section winning 63-11-0
of carp and tench presenting poled worm across to the island for lake second and
another £150.
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White Acres Milo Keenets Festival
winner Tommy Pickering celebrates with son Thomas and daughter Emma.
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The final day's victory
added another £250 taking the Pickering pools plunder to £950, plus £600 from
the bookie to round off the weeks earnings at £3550. 'I love White Acres I've
been coming seven years and I thought I was destined to never win a festival,'
said Tommy who has had seconds, thirds, and fourths and is always in the top ten.
'But you know this week I felt my name was on it, I can't tell you how much this
means to me' said Tommy who addressed the packed club house after the presentation
ceremony.
He then paid tribute to the runner up Martin Leck: 'Martin, well done mate you've
fished brilliantly this week, you're a young lad and you'll go far '. While Tommy
is a veteran of the Cornish festival scene 28-year-old Martin was fishing only
his second ever festival at White Acres and again proved that the big boys can
be beaten with a classy display starting at Trelawney's peg 27.
A decision to fish cat meat back to back at 8 metres saw him bag carp from the
off and end with 66-0-0 of carp for a £220 lake win.
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Tommy Pickering received a
warm ovation from the crowd in the White Acres club house when he was announced
as winner.
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Keenets UK Sales manager Liam
Braddell draws the name of the lucy £600 Milo pole winner.........
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Gwinear peg 17 Martin motored to 150-0-0 of carp for a lake second adding £150
after presenting poled luncheon meat shallow.
Porth reservoir held no fears for Martin as he won the lake and £220 from peg
39 with three to the pound skimmers on crumb feeder at 20 metres totalling 22-2-0.
Martin's fourth
section win came from Bolingey 47 where he dared to be different going in from
the off with a margin chopped worm assault for 55-7-0 of carp.
That set him up for the last day lake win which added another £220 taking him
onto a weeks total of £835 plus a runner up cheque for £900 Local ace Clive Carter
Mosella Southwest filled third thanks to four section wins and a fifth section
second earning a cheque for £800.
Sponsors Keenets Milo provided tackle prizes including landing and keepnets, platforms,
umbrellas and landing net handles worth a total of £1600 for the top 20 anglers
and donated a £600 Milo in a free prize draw won by Malcolm Fowler who had finished
in 88th place.
The company's UK sales manager Liam Braddell said: 'this is the 10th year we have
sponsored this event and the total prize fund this year was £3200, it is our company's
first year under new owners Sharpes Holdings and we are as committed to sponsoring
this event as we ever have been'.
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Clive Carter 3rd overall steps
up to collect his prizes.
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Mosella also gave £1700 of their new
Matrix groundbait to each entrant. Heaviest individual one day match haul worth
an additional £100 went to none other than Mr carp catcher himself England international
Will Raison who blitzed the field at Gwinear on day four with 216-15-0 on the
crumb feeder and maggot combination. Will ended in fourth place overall catching
over 482 LB in the five days.
Biggest fish of the week worth £50 was Mancunian Mark Harris' 13-1-0 Bolingey
carp, while the mystery weight prize of £100 fell to Mark hayes with 129-4-0.
Bill Knott's man of the match was clubman Paul Sprye-Phare from Exeter who won
two sections during the week.
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There were prizes for the top
20 anglers from sponsors Milo keenets, Martin Leck is seen here receiving his
prizs from Liam Braddell.
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MILO KEENETS
SPRING FESTIVAL 2002 TOP TEN
1st Tom Pickering (Daiwa)
36 dropping 9 441-1-0 £2000;
2nd Martin Leck (Sensas Bawtry) 36 dropping 9, 367-4-0, £900;
3rd Clive Carter (Mosella SW) 36 dropping 8, £800;
4th Will Raison (Daiwa) 36 dropping 7, 482-3-0, £700;
5th Dean Barlow (Van Den eynde Essex County) 36 dropping 7, 258-13-0, £600;
6th David Schofield (Springlakes) 36 dropping 4, £500;
7th Harry Billing (Keenets Northwest) 35 dropping, 7, 348-5-0 £400;
8th Alex Murray (Team Sillybait) 35 dropping 6 £300;
9th Gary webber (Mosella SW) 34, dropping 5 £250;
10th Andy Parker (Sensas Midlands) 33, dropping 2 £200.
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Will Raison 4th overall on
his way to collect his prizes.
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Full List of
Daily Lake Winners:
MONDAY
Pollawyn Sean Ashby (Preston
Innovations) 96-10-0 peg 30; Python and Trelawney Martin Leck (Sensas Bawtry)
66-6-0 T27; Gwinear Anthony Wild (Springlakes) 125-4-0 peg 27; Porth Adrian Marshall
(Fox Match Banstead ) 18-1-0 peg 72; Bolingey Will Raison (Daiwa) 111-12-0 peg
26.
TUESDAY
Pollawyn David Lawrence (Polegate) 133-7-0 peg 20; Python and Trelawney Paul Spry-Phare
(Exeter) 55-15-0 T26; Gwinear Rob Brennan (MAP Garbolino Starlets) 168-1-0 peg
28; Porth Kieron Rich (Tricast) 28-4-0 peg 35; Bolingey Steve Gardener (Milo Mosella)
90-2-0 peg 21.
WEDNESDAY
Pollawyn Tom Pickering (Daiwa) 157-4-0 peg 20; Python and Trelawney Will Raison
(Daiwa) 88-13-0 T26; Gwinear Stu Killen (Maver Barnsley Blacks) 162-8-0 peg 28;
Porth Martin Leck (Sensas Bawtry) 22-2-0 peg 39; Bolingey Harry Billing (Keenets
Northwest) 111-12-0 peg 45.
THURSDAY
Pollawyn Kian Wardle (MAP Garbolino Starlets) 110-14-0 peg 19; Python and Trelawney
Adrian Marshall (Fox Match Banstead) 73-2-0 T26; Gwinear Will Raison (Daiwa) 216-15-0
peg 39; Porth Mark Lucas (Cheshire) 24-12-0 peg 89; Bolingey Dean Barlow (Essex
County VDE) 113-9-0 23.
FRIDAY
Pollawyn Martin Leck (Sensas Bawtry) 73-5-0 peg 47; Python and Trelawney Dave
Hambidge (Team Sillybait) 73-6-0 T24; Gwinear Tom Pickering (Daiwa) 138-2-0 peg
54; Porth Mark Warren (Shakespeare) 21-12-0 peg 36; Bolingey Adam Rooney (MAP
Garbolino Starlets) 89-5-0 peg 23.
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Tom Pickering addresses the
crowd after being presented with the winners prizes at the White Acres Milo Keenets
Spring festival 2002.
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LATEST SKOL'ERS
WITH several of the top 50 anglers
in the Milo Keenets festival already through to the Skol masters from the earlier
festivals or as seeded from last years final 12 anglers down to Dave Hambidge
in 75th made the cut. Don't worry if you haven't joined them yet - if you holiday
at White Acres between now and October you can qualify by winning a weekly residents
match so there are still plenty of places up for grabs.
Skol
masters Qualifiers from the the Milo keenets festival:
*Tom Pickering, Martin Leck, Clive
Carter, Will Raison, *Dean Barlow, David Schofield, *Harry Billing, *Alex Murray,
*Gary webber, Andy Parker, *Simon Willsmore, *Stu Killen, *Neil MCkinnon, Steve
Gardener, Rob Brennan, *Kieron Rich, Paul Hiller, *Paul Yates, Barry Gannon, *Adam
Rooney, Dave Merrett, Darren Walters, *Richie Hull, Bill Knott, *Mark Warren,
Danny McGuire, Steve Jackson, Darren Cox, Andrew Dare, Graham Tappenden, Jack
Harness, Geoff Salisbury, Mark Illingworth, Sean Ashby, Mark Lucas (Cheshire),
*Gary Stanley , *Steve Sanders, *Lee Woodhouse, Mark Harris, *Tim Rowe, Martin
Cocks, Peter Randle, *Kian Wardle, Dave Harpin, Paul Spry-Phare, Simon Hambidge,
Gary Pook, *Grant Albutt, John Howard, Terry Winter,*Graham Ford, Barry Cook,
Emma Pickering, David Lawrence, *Adrian Marshall, *Simon Gould, Calvin Lemon,
Neil Tappin, Colin Massey, Andrew Lloyd, Barry James, *Gary Powell, Chris Jenkinson,
Clive Hancock, Paul Filmore, Lewis Nightingale, *Tony Wynnick, Paul Garratt, Ray
Hayward, Steve Collins, Jim Dodkins, Mick Wells, *Dave Lewis , Bill Price, Dave
Hambidge.
NB: * denotes already seeded to the 2002 Skol masters Festival week from previous
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