Welcome to the Milo festival 2007, it is great to have Milo back on board as one of our top sponsors. This is our final spring festival of the year and let’s hope another great one. It is a 180 sell out event (with even people waiting at the draw hoping nobody turns up!) and the lakes being fished are Pollawyn, Porth, Gwinear, Bolingey and Twin Oaks/Trelawney. Last week we had glorious weather but unfortunately the forecast doesn’t look as good this week.

Day One
The sections have been drawn and we are ready for the off, the past two festivals have been great with no problems, lets hope we can make it three out of three.

''A' Section Pollawyn
The fish had started to show signs of spawning last week and we saw some good weights come from the arms, as we have had a colder and wet spell over the weekend we shall see how this affects the fishing. The lake winner today was Mick Dagnall on peg 29; Mick fished the bomb and pellet to take the win with 139lb 5oz. Tim Rowe weighed in with 133lb 5oz to take second, Timmy was on peg 19 and caught a few on the pellet waggler but most of his fish in the bomb and pellet. Third went to Terry Molloy on peg 31, Terry had a weight of 119lb 6oz caught on the bomb and pellet and the waggler and pellet. The next weight on the lake came from Joff Rogers on peg 30 with 104lb 11oz, Joff also caught on the bomb & waggler with pellet.

Section Winners
Mick Dagnall 9 points 139lb 5oz
Terry Molloy 9 points 119lb 6oz
Paul Greenwood 9 points 80lb 2oz
Lee Wherrett 9 points 45lb 13oz

'B' Section Twin Oaks/Trelawney
Trelawney has been re-introduced in to this week’s festival alongside Twin Oaks and we have high hopes for some great performances being as these are both fishing well. The lake win today went to Steve Sanders on Trelawney peg 22 with 129lb 2oz, Steve caught on the feeder. Second went to Colin Marshall on Twin Oaks peg 18, Colin fished banded pellet to weight in with 118lb 13oz. Geoff Ringer was third with 114lb 8oz, Geoff was on peg 6 Twin Oaks and caught on the meat feeder and down the edge. The next best weight on the day came from Adam Rooney on Trelawney peg 12, Adam caught on the pole at five meters with meat and hemp and caught in the last 45 minutes down the edge on meat for a weight of 113lb 5oz.

Section Winners
Steve Sanders 9 points 129lb 2oz
Colin Marshall 9 points 118lb 13oz
Adam Rooney 9 points 113lb 5oz
Gary White 9 points 68lb

'C' Section Gwinear
Gwinear put in a respectable performance last week with the notable pegs throwing up some top weights, hopefully a rest and some rain over the weekend has helped the fishing. The lake was won today by Roger Young on peg 19, Roger fished shallow half way to the island with the waggler and pellet shallow for a weight of 100lb 4oz. Second on the lake with 95lb 4oz was Lee Hodgkinson on peg 28, Lee fished pellet shallow. On peg 20 Chris Davis took third, Chris fished on the pole shallow with pellet for a weight of 57lb 14oz. Karl Webster had the next best weight on the lake with 49lb 2oz, Karl was on peg 13 at fished pellet at 5 meters.

Section Winners
Roger Young 9 points 100lb 4oz
Lee Hodgkinson 9 points 95lb 4oz
Nathan Watson 9 points 44lb 8oz
Tom Wallis 9 points 35lb 1oz

'D' Section Porth
The weights were not phenomenal last week as the fish are not really in the normal noted pegs and not many of the big shoals of bream are showing. The colder weather should help the fishing slightly so we shall see what the week brings us. The Lake winner today was Kevin Williams on peg 77; Kevin fished on the pole with worms and casters for a weight of 33lb 14oz. Jason Le Bosquet was second with 28lb 4oz, Jason was on peg 40 and caught on the feeder with worms. Third went to Derek Hammond on peg 88 with 22lb 2oz. On peg 86 Gary Webber had the next best weight of 21lb 2oz, Gary caught at 7 sections on the pole with worms over caster.

Section Winners
Kevin Williams 9 points 33lb 14oz
Jason Le Bosquet 9 points 28lb 4oz
Derek Hammomd 9 points 22lb 2oz
Simon Fry 9 points 12lb 12oz

'E' Section Bolingey
Bolingey has been rested over the weekend so again we are hoping for some cracking weights. Last weeks festival winner Will Raison started off this weeks festival campaign on a high with a lake win, Will was on peg 27 and caught on worms against the island and meat down the edge for a weight of 213lb 6oz. Second on the lake went to John Waples on peg 4, John weighed in with 104lb 6oz caught short at 4 meters with meat and pellet. Andy Powers took third on the lake with 101lb 3oz; Andy was on peg 17 and caught on the pellet waggler and at 11 meters on meat. The next best weight on the lake came from Mike Barlow on peg 11, Mike caught on the pellet waggler for a weight of 97lb.

Section Winners
Will Raison 9 points 213lb 6oz
John Waples 9 points 104lb 6oz
Andy Powers 9 points 101lb 5oz
Tony Wilde 9 points 95lb 11oz

So that was day one, lets see how our first top twenty looks………….

Overall Top Twenty

So these fortunate anglers have started off their week on maximum points, can anyone make it a clean sweep? Can William win two festivals on the bounce?

Stay tuned for more Milo action coming soon, Cheers Kirsty

Day Two
Day two was a slightly less wet affair, with only a couple of showers on what was a mile day. The weights across all the lakes have been slightly lower but all seems to be fishing well and points being won. Lets find out about today’s action and see what is what on the leader board, read on.

'A' Section Trelawney/Twin Oaks
These lakes are on fine form with them both fishing fairly, the weights are tight and there is not clear cut way of telling where the lake win will come from. Terry Molloy on Trelawney peg 28 took the lake win today with 121lb 3oz; Terry fished on the pole at 4.5 meters with pellet. Second went to Mick Aldiss with 106lb 8oz, Mick was on Twin Oaks peg 10 and caught down the edge on meat. Chris Jenkinson and Gary Thomas both tied for third with 105lb 8oz, Chris was on Twin Oaks 2 and fished 6 mil pellets down the edge and Gary was on Twin Oaks 18 and fished banded pellets down the edge. The next best weight on the lakes was 89lb 13oz and this came from Andy Neale on Trelawney peg 8, Andy caught on the short pole with meat and hemp.

Section Winners
Terry Molloy 9 points 121lb 3oz
Mike Aldiss 9 points 106lb 8oz
Andrew Neale 9 points 89lb 13oz
Pete Joiner 9 points 54lb 4oz

'B' Section Gwinear
Some better weights came off Gwinear today and the winning weight of 115lb 10oz came from Rob Brennan on peg 28, Rob caught on meat down the middle and pellet in the edge. Darren Walters on peg 24 was second with 89lb 9oz, Darren caught on pellet shallow and on meat at 5 meters. Third went to Simon “disco” Jones with 74lb 11oz, Simon was on peg 27 and caught mainly on the pellet waggler but had a couple down the edge. Jim Dodkins on peg 25 had the next best weight with 59lb 1oz, Jim caught shallow at 6 meters with pellet.

Section Winners
Rob Brennan 9 points 115lb 10oz
Darren Walters 9 points 89lb 9oz
Colin Mulholland 9 points 46lb 9oz
Mark Pleavin 9 points 41lb 5oz

'C' Section Porth
Porth fished well today with some top weights coming from the lake, the section in the 70’s fished well providing us with the lake winning weights. Richie Hull took the victory today from peg 73, Richie had 5 nice bream and about 15lbs of skimmers caught at 11 meters on the pole with chopped worms and casters for a weight of 33lb 1oz. Second went to Rick Dennis on peg 77, Rick had a weight of 31lb 6oz caught on the pole with chopped worms and casters. Colin Cook was third with 29lb 10oz; Colin was on peg 75 and caught on the pole with worms. On peg 74 Ian Hudson had the next best weight of 23lb, Ian caught skimmers on the pole with worms.

Section Winners
Richie Hull 9 points 33lb 1oz
Jason Goddard 9 points 21lb 8oz
Martin Howard 9 points 20lb 14oz
Dave Brettol 9 points 15lb 5oz

'D' Section Bolingey
Bolingey is still on form with ten ton plus weights being recorded yesterday. The winning weight came from Tommy Hiller on peg 4, Tommy weighed in with 142lb 15oz caught on the long pole with meat and hemp. Damien Bracken was second on the lake with 132lb 12oz; Damien was on peg 6 and caught short on meat. Darren Cox on peg 21 caught on the Pellet waggler to take third with 126lb 10oz. Alan Jones had the next best weight on the lake with 124lb, he was on peg 31.

Section Winners
Tommy Hiller 9 points 142lb 15oz
Darren Cox 9 points 126lb 10oz
Alan Jones 9 points 124lb
Tommy Pickering 9 points 111lb 6oz

'E' Section Pollawyn
It was a close battle on the match lake today for the win and for section points. The lake win today came from Mark Johnson on the high bank peg 29, Mark fished on the bomb with pellet for a weight of 151lb 6oz. On the point at peg 19 Kevin Walters was second with 135lb 5oz, Kevin also fished the bomb with pellet. Third went to John Waples on peg 31, John fished the pellet waggler and the bomb for a weight of 107lb 11oz. The next best weight on the lake came from Alan Scotthorne on peg 27; Alan fished the bomb with pellet for a weight of 104lb 9oz

Section Winners
Mark Johnson 9 points 151lb 6oz
John Waples 9 points 107lb 11oz
Nigel Marchington 9 points 63lb 15oz
Mark Richardson 9 points 36lb 6oz

So that was day two, how has that affected our leader board?

Overall Top Twenty

We have two anglers tied on maximum points, can Terry or John make it a straight flush or will those anglers with good points and back up weights creep up behind them. Stay tuned for more Milo action tomorrow, Cheers Kirsty

Day Three
Day three saw a vast improvement to the weather and we didn’t have a drop of rain. The action is hotting up as we get to the mid waypoint of the festival, has Terry or John managed another section win, read on for todays fishing antics. Wednesday is also an exciting day for the anglers as all the lake winners get invited back for a free holiday and to fish the gold winners week festival.

'A' Section Gwinear
As the week goes on the weights are beginning to drop slightly and the fishing is fairly hard but there are still points to be won so the anglers are persevering with the lake. The lake was won today by Terry Molloy on peg 24, Terry also picks up his third straight section win with 107lb 9oz. Second on the lake was Tony Butler on peg 19 with 63lb 13oz, Chris Horsley was third with 58lb 15oz from peg 28. Paul Green wood had the next best weight on the lake with 46lb 1oz; Paul was on peg 25 and caught on pellet shallow and on worms down the edge.

Section Winners
Terry Molloy 9 points 107lb 9oz
Chris Horsely 9 points 58lb 15oz
Joff Rogers 9 points 31lb 6oz
David Lawrence 9 points 17lb 9oz

'B' Section Porth
It was close on weights today with one exception and that was the lake winner Harry Billing on peg 76, Harry weighed in with an exceptional 56lb 3oz caught on the long pole with caster. Second on the lake went to our Milo festival sponsor Simon Willsmore on peg 35, Simon caught on the pole with worm for a weight of 18lb 13oz. Steve Sanders was third with 18lb 2oz, Steve was on peg 77 and caught on the pole and the feeder both with worms. The next best weight came from Rob Brennan on peg 71, Rob caught on the feeder for a weight of 17lb 2oz.

Section Winners
Harry Billing 9 points 56lb 3oz
Simon Willsmore 9 points 18lb 13oz
Paul Carnwell 9 points 15lb 14oz
Alan Rutherford 9 points 15lb 9oz

'C' Section Bolingey
Cracking weights again today on Bolingey and also some big fish being caught. The lake was won by Karl Webster on peg 33; Karl fished pellet long and meat short for a weight of 170lb. On peg 27 Gary Stanley weighed in with 164lb 8oz to take second place, Gary caught at 10 meters and down the edge on worms over meat. Third on the lake was Chris Davis with 157lb 8oz, Chris was on peg 47 and caught on meat at 5 meters and in the margins. Craig Ebberell had the next best weight on the lake with 120lb 6oz; Craig was on peg 10 and caught in the margins and on the meat feeder.

Section Winners
Karl Webster 9 points 170lb
Gary Stanley 9 points 164lb 8oz
Chris Davis 9 points 157lb 8oz
Craig Ebberell 9 points 120lb 6oz

'D' Section Pollawyn
The high bank is getting back on form, in the warm weather last week the bream had started to spawn so the carp had gone into the arms to search out this bounty but now the weather has changed and there is no spawning they have moved back into the favoured areas of the lakes. Darren Cox on peg 29 took the lake win with 166lb 9oz, Darren caught mainly on the bomb with pellet but also had a few on the pellet waggler. On peg 28 Steve Perham took second, Steve fished the bomb and pellet for a weight of 114lb 7oz. The next best weight came form Gavin Clarke on peg 20 with 114lb 1oz

Section Winners
Darren Cox 9 points 166lb 9oz
Simon Fry 9 points 96lb 14oz
Paul Selvidge 9 points 56lb 15oz
Gary Webber 9 points 29lb 14oz

'E' Section Trelawney/Twin Oaks
Twin Oaks dominated today with all the top weights coming from that lake, Trelawney is still fishing well with top weights of 80lb plus. Mick Hughes took today’s lake win on Twin Oaks peg 14 with 123lb 11oz, Mick fished the meat feeder. Second on the lake went to Mark Richardson with 92lb 14oz, Mark was on Twin Oaks peg 18 and caught at 14 meters and down to his right. On Twin Oaks peg 10 Dave Rudman took second with 92lb 8oz, Dave had 13 fish on the meat feeder and 17 fish down the edge at 3 meters. Kevin Walters on Twin Oaks peg 16 had the next best weight with 90lb 4oz he fished the meat feeder.

Section Winners
Mick Hughes 9 points 123lb 11oz
Jamie Hall 9 points 86lb
Jason Hunt 9 points 58lb 4oz
Will Raison 9 points 54lb 5oz

So that was day three lets look at our top twenty….

Overall Top Twenty

So Terry had managed his third straight section win to put him at the top once again, now is not the time to rest but the time too step up the game as the anglers that are close to him have also there sights on the top position and have good back up weights and high points.

The forecast for Thursday is bright and warm, so lets hope there will be no dark clouds hanging over anyone’s heads by the end of the match. Join us tomorrow to find out who is on top of the leader board, Cheers Kirsty

Day Four
So we have reached day for in our final spring festival and again we have seen some cracking match fishing action and top weights. It was a mild clear day, which had made the fishing even better as it appears to be near perfect conditions. And for those anglers that have not been affected or are suffering from the dreaded lurgey it was to be another exciting day.
Lets find out how today’s action as affected our leader board...

'A' Section Porth
Well it was an absolutely cracking day at Porth and we have seen our best weights of the year so far. Grant Fear on peg 76 hit the jackpot and found the legendary bream to take the lake win with a staggering 80lb 3oz; Grant caught his amazing catch on the pole with worms. Mick Dagnall was second with 63lb 5oz, Mick had a mixed bag with bream up to 7lb, and he was on peg 71 and caught on the 11-meter pole with worm and corn. Third went to Tim Greenfield with 51lb 6oz, Tim was on peg 75 and had 11 big bream to 4lb plus and some small silvers caught on the pole at 11.5 meters and 6 inches over depth feeding casters and fishing whole and half worms on the hook. Terry Molloy on peg 72 had the next best weight on the lake with 29lb 9oz; Terry fished casters on the pole.

Section Winners
Grant Fear 9 points 80lb 3oz
Mark Harris 9 points 22lb 5oz
Lee Werrett 9 points 15lb 12oz
Simon Abbott 9 points 15lb 4oz

'B' Section Bolingey
Bolingey is still on fine form and although we haven seen weights as high as the previous festivals we are still seeing plenty of ton plus weights coming from this great lake. The lake was won today by Harry Billing on peg 47, Harry had a weight of 191lb 15oz caught on the pole short with meat and in the margins on meat. Richard Day was second on the lake with 158lb 7oz; Richard was on peg 45 and caught steadily all day on the pole at 14.5 meters along the edge with meat. Third went to Gary White on peg 27, Gary had a weight of 155lb 5oz caught on the pole at 14 meters with meat. The next best weight on the lake came from Rob Brennan on peg 44, Rob caught long on pellet and short on meat for a weight of 145lb 4oz.

Section Winners
Harry Billing 9 points 191lb 15oz
Richard Day 9 points 158lb 7oz
Rob Brennan 9 points 145lb 4oz
Darren Walters 9 points 112lb 7oz

'C' Section Pollawyn
We have had some ups and downs on Pollawyn this week with fish being caught from all areas on the lake, some unexpected and some more favoured. The lake fished more or less as expected today seeing some great weights from the noted pegs and an improvement in the weights coming from the arms. Karl Webster took the lake win from peg 24 with a great haul of carp for a weight of 197lb 10oz, Karl caught on pellet to the island at 17 meters on the pole. Roger Young had a weight of 147lb 4oz to take second, Roger caught on the pellet waggler from peg 18. Third on the lake with 141lb 3oz was Tom Wallis, Tom fished the pellet waggler and the straight lead with meat from peg 30. On peg 29 Chris Davis had the next best weight with 112lb 15oz, Chris caught half way across to the island on the bomb and meat.

Section Winners
Karl Webster 9 points 197lb 10oz
Roger Young 9 points 147lb 4oz
Craig Ebberell 9 points 79lb 15oz
Richie Hull 9 points 77lb 5oz

'D' Section Twin Oaks/Trelawney
The lakes have fished more consistently across the two today and we have seen some good weights, so far not one lake has really been dominating the section and the anglers are keen to draw on either one. The lake win today went to Darren Cox on Twin Oaks peg 16, Darren caught 22 carp on the liquidised meat feeder and 20 carp down the edge on meat for a weight of 140lb 1oz. Next door on peg 14 Simon Fry was second with 136lb, Simon started on the meat feeder then caught a few on the pellet waggler and then for the last hour and a half caught down the edge on meat. Third on the lake was Tommy Pickering on Trelawney peg 12, Tommy had a weight of 129lb 14oz, which consisted of 10 fish caught on the meat feeder across and 17 down the edge on meat. The next top weight came from Damien Bracken on Trelawney peg 28, Damien caught at 6 meters on meat and on the pellet waggler for a weight of 117lb 15oz

Section Winners
Darren Cox 9 points 140lb 1oz
Tommy Pickering 9 points 129lb 14oz
Damien Bracken 9 points 117lb 15oz
Gary Webber 9 points 58lb

'E' Section Gwinear
Gwinear fished reasonable well today with Kevin Walters taking the win from peg 20 with 102lb 15oz, Kevin fished shallow on the pole with pellet. It was a tight call for second and third place today but Dick Bull on peg 25 had the edge with 73lb 2oz, Dick caught shallow on the waggler with pellet, just narrowly behind was third placed Jamie Hall with 72lb 15oz, Jamie was on peg 31 and caught on the pole down the edge with meat. Tony Wilde had the next best weight on the lake with 65lb 6oz; Tony was on peg 19 and caught at 5 meters on the pole with caster and worms.

Section Winners
Kevin Walters 9 points 102lb 15oz
Jamie Hall 9 points 72lb 15oz
Mark Johnson 9 points 42lb 14oz
Alan Scotthorne 9 points 33lb 4oz

So that was day for lets see how our leader board stands now….
Overall Top Twenty

So no one at this stage is on maximum points and Darren Cox has taken the lead, the final day is going to be close and at the moment there is no clear cut winner when the dropped result comes in to play at the end of today there could be a massive shake up.

Who will be the winner of the Milo festival 2007? All will be revealed soon!

Milo have given us excellent support on this festival and on behalf of ourselves and the anglers we wish to thank them, they have supplied prizes for the top thirty placed anglers so the presentation should be a good one.

Thanks for reading the reports and we shall see you shortly with the final positions, Cheers Kirsty

Day Five

Well this is our last day of the festival and it has been another exciting and successful week, the weather started off a bit touch and go and the fishing was unlike normal but as the week progressed things settled down and we have seen some great results, please read on and find out who won those final important points of the week. As with all festivals there is no catch info for the final day as the anglers leave before I get chance to find out their catch methods.

'A' Section Bolingey
1st Gary Hamilton peg 20 172lb 7oz
2nd Chris Horsley peg 23 147lb 12oz
3rd Paul Greenwood peg 31 145lb 12oz
4th Jack Harness peg27 139lb 4oz

Section Winners
Gary Hamilton 9 points 172lb 7oz
Paul Greenwood 9 points 145lb 12oz
Timmy Rowe 9 points 131lb 6oz
Paul Connell 9 points 96lb 14oz

'B' Section Pollawyn
1st Simon Willsmore peg 27 197lb 1oz
2nd Ian Didcote peg 23 138lb 11oz
3rd Rob Brennan peg 26 130lb 10oz
4th Adam Rooney peg 30 98lb 8oz

Section Winners
Simon Willsmore 9 points 197lb 1oz
Ian Didcote 9 points 138lb 11oz
Geoff Ringer 9 points 69lb 11oz
Stephen Donaghue 9 points 40lb 1oz

'C' Section Twin Oaks/Trelawney
1st Chris Davis peg 2(T) 131lb 15oz
2nd Richie Hull peg 24(T) 129lb 15oz
3rd Dave Brettol peg 10(TO) 126lb 13oz
4th Karl Webster peg 14(TO) 122lb 13oz

Section Winners
Chris Davis 9 points 131lb 15oz
Richie Hull 9 points 129lb 15oz
Dave Brettol 9 points 126lb 13oz
Craig Ebbrell 9 points 126lb 13oz

'D' Section Gwinear
1st Tommy Pickering peg 25 106lb 14oz
2nd Derek Hammond peg 19 76lb 14oz
3rd Tommy Hiller peg 24 72lb 9oz
4th Richard Self peg 16 69lb 6oz

Section Winners
Tommy Pickering 9 points 106lb 14oz
Darren Cox 9 points 68lb 5oz
John Ricketts 9 points 54lb 4oz
Alan Jones 9 points 29lb 2oz

'E' Section Porth
1st Alan Scotthorne peg 75 26lb 14oz
2nd Steve Bass peg 74 20lb 10oz
3rd Jason Hunt peg 86 18lb 4oz
4th William Raison peg 20 15lb 10oz

Section Winners
Alan Scotthorne 9 points 26lb 14oz
Jason Hunt 9 points 18lb 4oz
William Raison 9 points 15lb 10oz
Tony Wilde 9 points 15lb 4oz

Final Top Twenty

What a close result, by now you should see what a massive change it makes when the dropped result comes into place, you can drop or raise ten places with a click of a button.

We feel, and we hope the anglers that took part in the festival feel the same, that the fishing has been great, a little unusual compared to normal with the fishing beginning to show signs of spawning but we have still seen some top weights and close results.

We would like to congratulate Darren Cox on his win and all of those anglers that have fished the festival.

It has been fantastic to have Milo back on board as a sponsor and the prizes they supplied for the winners were spot on, in this day and age it is very likely to see to sponsored anglers in the frame who will not find use for the lagers prizes such as poles etc sometimes previously supplied, but Milo hit the nail on the head by using smaller but more items for the prizes that are widely used by all, it was great having prizes going down to 30th place.So that is it for the spring festival, time for the fisheries team and the lakes to have a bit or a rest before the big groups of anglers start arriving in May/June.

Thank you for all the kind words of support you have been sending us and thank you for supporting these results, we’ll be back again for the October festivals to keep you updated, Cheers Kirsty