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Crikey another festival already! This will be a tough week for us, the anglers (that fished last week) and the lakes as we have all had only one day between the festivals as due to the bank holiday we have to run this one Sunday to Thursday. This is the second year Milo have sponsored the festival and it was a tremendous success last year so we are hoping for great things again, once again it is a sell out with 180 anglers this week fishing Pollawyn, Twin Oaks/Acorn/Canal, Gwinear, Porth & Bolingey. The weather forecast is mixed for the week and we are expecting some rain soon, over the past couple of days the fish have shown signs of beginning to spawn and we hope this does not effect the festival to much, but spawning or no spawning there are still points to gain so watch this space for daily updates on the White Acres Milo Festival 2008.
Day One
Drawing on a Sunday! Well I never! Clint even offered to say a few prayers at this mornings draw (especially for those going to Porth and Gwinear for their first match!) Read on for the action from day one.
A Section Pollawyn
Although there is definite signs of the fish getting ready to spawn there were still some great weights on the lake today, there is not really any areas on the lake over dominating the wins it just depends which angler is on what peg as to the top results. Kieron Rich was the lake winner today on peg 21, Kieron caught on the pellet waggler with 8 mil pellets catching 36 carp for a weight of 181lb 3oz. Second went to Ian Didcote with 134lb 8oz, Ian was on peg 18 and caught on the pellet waggler but had a few on the bomb with pellet and a few later on with pellet on the pole. John Waples had a weight of 125lb 11oz to take third, John caught on the bomb and pellet from peg 17. Simon Cordingly had the next best weight on the lake with 105lb 4oz which included our first biggest fish of the week a 19lb 13oz carp, Simon was on peg 27 and caught on the straight lead with meat and also on the pole at 4 meters with meat.
Section Winners
Kieron Rich 9 points peg 21 181lb 2oz
Ian Didcote 9 points peg 18 134lb 2oz
Derek White 9 points peg 45 64lb 6oz
Alan Jones 9 points peg 9 51lb 9oz
B Section Twin Oaks/Acorn/Canal
Twin Oaks was on fire last week and we saw some really impressive weights and so far we have not been disappointed with great weights again today. Dean Cherrington on Twin Oaks 14 was the lake winner with 147lb 10oz, Dean caught on the pellet waggler and on the pole at 5 meters and down the edge on meat. Acorn also fished well on today’s match providing second overall for Timmy Rowe on Acorn peg 11, Tim fished on the feeder with pellet and down the edge on meat for a weight of 142lb 9oz. Third with 135lbs was Pemb Wrighting on Twin Oaks peg 16, Pemb caught on the meat feeder. The next best weight came from Karl Webster on Acorn peg 19;Karl fished the long pole with pellet for a weight of 130lb 1oz.
Section Winners
Dean Cherrington 9 points peg 14 147lb 10oz
Tim Rowe 9 points peg 11 142lb 9oz
Rob Peel 9 points peg 19 84lb 11oz
Bob Wessels 9 points peg 10 60lb 13oz
C Section Gwinear
With only one days rest we did fear the worst for Gwinear but (fingers crossed) it has proved us wrong although there are still a few areas on the lake that really don’t seem to be fishing the other areas have see some good weights today. The lake winner was Steve Seabourne on peg 20, Steve fished castor down the edge for a weight of 173lb 4oz. Second with 81lb 15oz was Bill Price, Bill was on peg 24 and caught up in the water on pellet and down the edge on meat. Jason Goddard fished shallow on the pole with pellet to take third with a weight of 68lb 6oz. The next best weight came from Bill Jolly on peg 19, Bill caught on the pellet waggler weighing in with 67lb 5oz.
Section Winners
Steve Seabourne 9 points peg 20 173lb 4oz
Jason Goddard 9 points peg 27 68lb 6oz
Mick Wells 9 points peg 43 56lb 8oz
Claire Dagnall 9 points peg 47 34lb 5oz
D Section Porth
Porth is still at its hardest for a while with the majority of the fish being at the wrong end of the lake, there are a few areas fishing better than others but the weights – as we saw last week – seem to move around the sections on a daily basis. The lake winner today was Tommy Hiller on peg 88, Tommy fished the pole at 14.5 meters with worms for a weight of 12lb 2oz. Second with 12lb was Steve Sanders, Steve was on peg 22 and caught on the feeder. Nigel Goddard fished maggot on the pole from peg 37 to take third with 10lb 14oz. The next best weight on the lake was 10lb 12oz and this came from Mick Howells on peg 40, Mick fished on the pole with caster.
Section Winners
Tommy Hiller 9 points peg 88 12lb 2oz
Steve Sanders 9 points peg 22 12lb
Nigel Goddard 9 points peg 37 10lb 14oz
Terry Harrison 9 points peg 73 7lb 4oz
E Section Bolingey
The weights on Bolingey are expected to be lower this week due to spawning but despite this there were still plenty of top weights recorded today and the sections seem fair across the board. The lake winner today with 169lb 5oz was Mark Pleavin on peg 22, Mark caught down the edge on meat. Gary Vincent on peg 38 was second, Gary had a weight of 99lb 12oz caught on the pole with pellet. Andy Powers was third with 95lb 14oz, Andy was on peg 12 and caught on the waggler and pole with pellet. Ian Dixon had the next best weight on the lake with 90lb, Ian caught on the waggler with pellet and down the edge on meat from peg 20.
Section Winners
Mark Pleavin 9 points peg 22 169lb 5oz
Gary Vincent 9 points peg 38 99lb 12oz
Kevin Walters 9 points peg 7 85lb 14oz
Craig Ebberell 9 points peg 11 81lb 1oz
Overall Top Twenty
| |
Name |
Weight |
Points |
| 1st |
1st Kieron Rich |
181lb 2oz |
9 points |
| 2nd |
2nd Steve Seabourne |
173lb 2oz |
9 points |
| 3rd |
3rd Mark Pleavin |
169lb 5oz |
9 points |
| 4th |
4th Dean Cherrington |
147lb 10oz |
9 points |
| 5th |
5th Tim Rowe
|
169lb 5oz |
9 points |
| 6th |
6th Ian Discote
|
134lb 8oz |
9 points |
| 7th |
7th Gary Vincent
|
99lb 12oz |
9 points |
| 8th |
8th Kevin Walters
|
85lb 14oz |
9 points |
| 9th |
9th Rob Peel |
84lb 11oz |
9 points |
| 10th |
10th Craig Ebberell
|
81lb 1oz |
9 points |
| 11th |
11th Jason Goddard
|
68lb 6oz |
9 points |
| 12th |
12th Derek White
|
64lb 6oz |
9 points |
| 13th |
13th Bob Wessels
|
60lb 13oz |
9 points |
| 14th |
14th Mick Wells |
56lb 8oz |
9 points |
| 15th |
15th Alan Jones |
51lb 9oz |
9 points |
| 16th |
16th Claire Dagnall |
34lb 5oz |
9 points |
| 17th |
17th Tommy Hiller |
12lb 2oz |
9 points |
| 18th |
18th Steve Sanders
|
12lb |
9 points |
| 19th |
19th Nigel Goddard |
10lb 14oz |
9 points |
| 20th |
20th Terry Harrison |
7lb 4oz |
9 points |
So that was day one and for those lucky enough to start their week off with a section win they can only hope to keep up this result. As mentioned before the weather is due to change this week and this along with spawning could affect the fishing so stay tuned for the daily action.
Day Two
Well the festival got off to a cracking start, let’s hope day two produces more of the same. Luckily the rain has held off during the day but heavy down pours over night has seen some cold water go into the lakes, lets hope this has not had too much of a bad affect on the fishing. Lets see who, if any, out of our section winners on day one have managed to keep their perfect score.
A Section Twin Oaks/Acorn/Canal
Twin Oaks is still on fine form showing why it is one of the most popular lakes on the complex, Acorn didn’t fish as well yesterday and Canal fished better with even weights across the whole section. The lake winner was Ian Didcote on Twin Oaks peg 12, Ian had 41 carp caught at 5 meters on meat for a weight of 175lb 11oz. Kieron Rich was second with 124lb 12oz, Kieron was on peg 8 and caught on the meat feeder. Derek White weighed in with 118lb 13oz to take third from peg 16, Derek caught on the pole at 5 meters with corn. Adam Wakelin was on Twin Oaks 27 and had the next best weight with 93lb 2oz, Adam caught on the meat feeder.
Section Winners
Ian Didcote 9 points peg 12 175lb 11oz
Adam Wakelin 9 points peg 27 93lb 2oz
Ray Hayward 9 points peg 17 64lb 10oz
Jason Le Bosquet 9 points peg 2 50lb 13oz
B Section Gwinear
There were 5-ton weights on Gwinear, which shows improvement in some sections although it is still the familiar pegs that are producing those weights. Martin Howard on peg 31 was the lake winner today with 190lb 14oz, Martin fished down the edge with worms and had a nice haul of carp some of which were over 10lbs. Karl Webster was second, Karl fished caster shallow towards the bridge from peg 28 for a weight of 139lb 10oz. Ben Leach was on peg 27 and ended up with 125lb that put him in third place, Ben caught 7 fish early on the feeder and then had the rest shallow on the pole with 6 mil pellet. Nick Dean was on peg 25 and had the next best weight with 106lb 12oz; Nick caught shallow at 16 meters and caught down the edge late on in the match.
Section Winners
Martin Howard 9 points peg 31 190lb 14oz
Nick Dean 9 points peg 25 106lb 12oz
Mark Johnson 9 points peg 47 58lb
Alan Scotthorne 9 points peg 43 35lb 9oz
C Section Porth
Once again Porth fished hard but apart from the odd bonus fish that puts you in the frame and the odd calamity, the rest of the weights are fairly tight with only ounces being the difference between 8 points and 3 points! The lake winner today on peg 86 with 11lb was Harry Billing, Harry caught some on the pole and some on the feeder with maggots and chopped worm. Bill price was second with 9lb 11oz, Bill caught on the feeder with worm from peg 85. Third went to Gary White with 9lb 1oz, Gary was on peg 40 and caught on the tip with red maggot. Ben Hart had the next best weight on the lake; Ben was on peg 82 and caught on pinkie at 7 meters for a weight of 8lb 3oz.
Section Winners
Harry Billing 9 points peg 86 11lb
Gary White 9 points peg 40 9lb 1oz
Adam Rooney 9 points peg 79 7lb 8oz
Mike Barlow 9 points peg 20 5lb 1oz
D Section Bolingey
Some people were disappointed with the weights on Bolingey today but what was pointed out to them you cant expect 200lb from every peg every day and there was still an average of 85lb an angler so what’s to moan about?! The lake winner with our biggest weight so far this week was Richie Hull, Richie was on peg 7 and weighed in with 192lb 10oz caught on the deck at 17 meters with pellet. Robert Kite had a weight of 112lb 9oz to take second, Robert was on peg 47 and caught mainly on worm down the edge but had a few on pellet at 7 meters. Third on peg 6 was Pete Joiner, Pete caught on pellet and corn on the pole and had some at 5 meters down the edge for a weight of 111lb 4oz. Chris Bradney had the next weight on the lake with 104lb 13oz, Chris was on peg 49 and caught on meat and corn down the edge.
Section Winners
Richie Hull 9 points peg 7 192lb 10oz
Jason Thomas 9 points peg 23 99lb 7oz
Simon Abbott 9 points peg 38 98lb 2oz
Charlie Mayers 9 points peg 25 79lb 10oz
E Section Pollawyn
There is still plenty of fishing being caught on Polly and they seem to be moving around on a daily basis. Colin Mulholland was the lake winner today with 133lb 4oz; Colin was on peg 29 and caught on the t bag with pellet. Second was Tom Wallis on 26, Tom caught on the meat feeder and the pellet waggler for a weight of 129lb 7oz. Andy Powers fished the straight lead and the pellet waggler from peg 30 to take third with 106lb 7oz. The next best weight on the lake came from Chris Jenkinson on peg 17, Chris caught on the bomb with pellet weighing in with 105lb
Section Winners
Colin Mulholland 9 points peg 29 133lb 4oz
Chris Jenkinson 9 points peg 17 105lb
Derek Hammond 9 points peg 47 81lb 10oz
Mark Pleavin 9 points peg 4 62lb 6oz
Overall Top Twenty
| |
Name |
Weight |
Points |
| 1st |
Ian Didcote |
310lb 3oz |
18 points |
| 2nd |
Mark Pleavin |
231lb 11oz |
18 points |
| 3rd |
Kieron Rich |
305lb 14oz |
17 points |
| 4th |
Colin Mulholland |
208lb 1oz |
17 points |
| 5th |
Tommy Hiller |
85lb 4oz |
17 points |
| 6th |
Karl Webster |
269lb 11oz |
16 points |
| 7th |
Martin Howard |
245lb |
16 points |
| 8th |
John Waples |
189lb 11oz |
16 points |
| 9th |
Derek White |
183lb 3oz |
16 points |
| 10th |
Ray Hayward |
151lb 9oz |
16 points |
| 11th |
Jason Thomas |
104lb 11oz |
16 points |
| 12th |
John Palmer |
103lb 3oz |
16 points |
| 13th |
Bill Price |
91lb 10oz |
16 points |
| 14th |
Mick Wells |
62lb 4oz |
16 points |
| 15th |
Harry Billing |
38lb 14oz |
16 points |
| 16th |
Andy Powers |
202lb 5oz |
15 points |
| 17th |
Ben Leach |
202lb 4oz |
15 points |
| 18th |
Austin Williams |
189lb 8oz |
15 points |
| 19th |
Dean Cherrington |
177lb 12oz |
15 points |
| 20th |
Derek Hammond |
169lb 1oz |
15 points |
So that was day and we currently have Ian Didcote storming the leader board on maximum points with an excellent weight. Mark Pleavin also has maximum points and 26 anglers current have 15 or more points so once again this is going to be a tight festival.
There is heavy rain and even some thunder forecast for the next couple of days so unlike this time last year when we were experiencing a mini heat wave, we have reverted to the revolting weather most of us have had to endure all winter. I’ll be back tomorrow with the latest information so stay tuned.
Day Three
Today we had a bit of rain, then a bit more then a lot of rain! The heavens opened above White Acres and the temperature has dropped right back so there is a lot of cold water going into the lakes at the moment, this is going to affect the fishing and together with the wind that is still hampering some of the anglers presentation we feel the weights will be a bit lower today. Can Ian & Mark make it another clean sweep today? Read on for the action from day three of the Mol Festival.
A Section Gwinear
The cold water has definitely had an effect on the fishing today as all of the weights not just the overall have been low today. The lake winner was Ian Didcote, Ian was on peg 27 and caught on the maggot feeder and on the pole at 4 meters with pellet for a weight of 100lb 2oz, This is Ian’s third straight section win and as the lake winner today receives a free holiday back to Gold winners week in October. Second with 99lb 10oz was Rick Johnston, Rick was on peg 24 and caught on meat at 5 meters and the long pole with pellet. Roger Young weighed in with 90lb 2oz to take third. Roger was on peg 19 and caught shallow with caster. Reg Fearn was on peg 20 and had the next best weight with 80lb 14oz, Reg caught at 5 meters with meat.
Section Winners
Ian Didcote 9 points peg 27 100lb 2oz
Rick Johnston 9 points peg 24 99lb 10oz
Andy Lloyd 9 points peg 1 33lb 3oz
Ray Hayward 9 points peg 43 32lb 7oz
B Section Porth
It was a much better day on Porth with those long awaited bonus bream showing today. The lake winner was Ben Leach on peg 72, Bean caught on the 13 meter pole with red maggot and casters and had 2 bream for 8lb, the rest of his weight was made up of small skimmers giving him a total 19lb 2oz. Will Raison weighed in with 16lb 2oz to take second, Will was on peg 87 and caught mainly small skimmers on the long pole with caster. Third on peg 76 was Lee Werrett with a weight of 13lb 4oz, Lee caught on the long pole with worm and casters over groundbait. Dean Cherrington had the next best weight on the lake with 10lb 15oz, Dean caught on the long pole with worm and casters from peg 75.
Section Winners
Ben Leach 9 points peg 72 19lb 2oz
William Raison 9 points peg 87 16lb 2oz
Martin Howard 9 points peg 40 7lb 6oz
Dave Rudman 9 points peg 21 6lb 4oz
C Section Bolingey
The change in weather has really affected the weights on Bolingey with a lot of cold water currently flowing into the lake but as they say the “show must go on” and those all-important points are still there to be gained. Taking the lake win and the free holiday was Mick Wells on peg 19, Mick caught 23 carp on the straight lead with pellet and had a few down the inside with meat for a weight of 113lb 13oz. Steve Pomery weighed on with 102lb 3oz to take second, Steve was on peg 49 and caught at 5 meters with meat. Dave Lewis also caught at 5 meters with meat, Dave was on peg 12 to take third with 97lb 14oz. Steve Townsend had the next best weight, Steve was on peg 27 and caught either side of him in the margins to the left with meat and the right with worms to weigh in with 96lb 9oz.
Section Winners
Mick Wells 9 points peg 19 113lb 13oz
Steve Pomery 9 points peg 49 102lb 3oz
Mark Illingworth 9 points peg 25 95lb 12oz
Adam Rooney 9 points peg 44 71lb 14oz
D Section Pollawyn
The weights today have been very tight across all of the sections, which is always good to see, especially on the high bank/point section where things are very close. Today’s lake winner was Terry Harrison on peg 27, Terry fished the bomb with pellet for a winning weight of 115lb 4oz. Chris Bradney was on peg 19 and weighed in with 122lb 13oz to take second, Chris also fished the bomb and pellet. Third went to Pete Bennett, Pete fished at 17.5 meters on the pole with pellet for a weight of 103lb 13oz from peg 23. The next best weight on the lake was Richie Hull on peg 25, Richie was kicking himself for not bringing the right bait to his peg for fishing the pole line as he was struggling with the bomb and feeder, he ended up fishing at 14,5 meters on the deck with meat for a weight of 95lb 6oz.
Section Winners
Terry Harrison 9 points peg 27 115lb 4oz
Pete Bennett 9 points peg 23 103lb 13oz
Simon Abbott 9 points peg 6 42lb 10oz
Peter Mills 9 points peg 45 35lb 9oz
E Section Trelawney/Twin Oaks
This section of lakes has been fishing constantly well over the festival so far and even though Canal is not really up to competing with the other lakes that have both already provided us with lake wins, it is still holding its own and the weights for the section is increasing. The lake winner today came from Acorn peg 13 and it was Craig Ebberell that took the win, Craig fished pellet at 17 meters and meat at 6 meters for a weight of 131lb 10oz. Mark Pleavin was second and also picked up his third section win from Twin Oaks peg 12 where he weighed in with 108lb 7oz, Mark caught at 6 meters down the edge on pellet. Third went to Stefan Trevelyan, Stefan caught on his top 2 down the edge and at 13 meters across all on pellet and meat from Twin Oaks 18 for a weight of 73lb 7oz. Joff Rogers was on Twin Oaks peg 6 and had the next best weight on the lake with 72lb 8oz, Joff caught on the meat feeder.
Section Winners
Craig Ebberell 9 points peg 13 131lb 10oz
Mark Pleavin 9 points peg 12 108lb 7oz
Mark Teale 9 points peg 35 72lb 4oz
Colin Mulholland 9 points peg 12 67lb 14oz
Overall Top Twenty
| |
Name |
Weight |
Points |
| 1st |
Ian Didcote |
410lb 5oz |
27 points |
| 2nd |
Mark Pleavin |
340lb 2oz |
27 points |
| 3rd |
Colin Mulholland |
275lb 5oz |
26 points |
| 4th |
Martin Howard |
252lb 6oz |
25 points |
| 5th |
Ray Hayward |
184lb |
25 points |
| 6th |
Mick Wells |
176lb 1oz |
25 points |
| 7th |
Ben Leach |
221lb 6oz |
24 points |
| 8th |
Simon Abbott |
149lb 6oz |
24 points |
| 9th |
Karl Webster |
276lb 7oz |
23 points |
| 10th |
Andy Powers |
267lb 14oz |
23 points |
| 11th |
Craig Ebberell |
243lb 4oz |
23 points |
| 12th |
Chris Jenkinson |
223lb 2oz |
23 points |
| 13th |
Harry Billing |
117lb 7oz |
23 points |
| 14th |
Derek White |
233lb 6oz |
22 points |
| 15th |
Derek Hammond |
227lb 12oz |
22 points |
| 16th |
Dean Cherrington |
188lb 11oz |
22 points |
| 17th |
Jason Thomas |
170lb 12oz |
22 points |
| 18th |
Paul Blinkhorn |
160lb 3oz |
22 points |
| 19th |
Bill Price |
154lb 15oz |
22 points |
| 20th |
Tommy Hiller |
143lb 11oz |
22 points |
So that was the midway point of the festival and Ian and Mark are still hanging in there with perfect points and both with great weights, I bet they have everything crossed for the next 2 days of the festivals and will be counting on some of the “draw bag” luck that seems to have been bestowed on them so far. This top 20 is a really exciting line up for us as it is always good to see a few wild card names up there. The are now two days left and all to play for so stay tuned for more action reports coming soon.
Cheers, Kirsty
Day Four
So, we are already on to the pen-ultimate day of the festival and the week has really flown by. It has been an exciting festival so far and today’s action did not disappoint, read on to find out who goes into the final day on the top of our leader board.
A Section Porth
After yesterdays appearance of the bonus bream on the lake the anglers had high hopes of good weights again today, but did they show? No, would be the answer to that! Adam Wakelin was the lake winner today with 10lb 6oz, Adam caught on the groundbait feeder from peg 89. Second on peg 81 was Mal Proctor, Mal caught on the feeder with worms for a weight of 8lb 4oz. Alan Talbot caught on the feeder with single dead red maggot casting 20 meters from peg 32 to take third with 8lb 1oz. The next best weight on the lake was 6lb 8oz and this came from Kieron Rich on peg 21, Kieron caught on the feeder with pinkie.
Section Winners
Adam Wakelin 9 points peg 89 10lb 6oz
Alan Talbot 9 points peg 32 8lb 1oz
Kieron Rich 9 points peg 21 6lb 8oz
Brian Clarke 9 points peg 79 4lb
B Section Bolingey
Will these carp ever stop feeding? Although the weights have been slightly down today there were still 10 weights over 90lb and loads of 60, 70 & 80lb weights. The lake winner today was Michael Sanders on peg 23, Michael caught down the edge on meat for a weight of 160lb 5oz. Chris Horsley was second on the lake, Chris had a weight of 119lb 6oz caught on the pole at 5 meters with meat from peg 45. Karl Webster had a weight of 112lb 6oz to take third; Karl was on peg 20 and caught shallow on the pole. Miles Day had the next best weight on the lake; Miles was on peg 22 and caught on pellet at 5 meters and pellet down the edge weighing in with 107lb 2oz.
Section Winners
Michael Sanders 9 points peg 23 160lb 5oz
Alan Rutherford 9 points peg 47 105lb 8oz
Gary Thomas 9 points peg 44 102lb 10oz
Dave Rudman 9 points peg 24 92lb 3oz
C Section Pollawyn
Tight weights across Pollawyn today and in most sections that one lost fish meant the difference between 7 points and 9 points. Simon Gould was the lake winner today with 118lb 9oz; Simon was on peg 16 and caught on the waggler and the bomb with 8 mil pellets from peg 16. Second was Harry Billing, Harry was on peg 20 and caught over the bar on the long pole with meat and pellet for a weight of 104lb 12oz. Kevin Williams was on peg 17 and caught on the bomb with pellet to take third with 102lb 11oz. On peg 26 Claire Dagnall has the next best weight on the lake, it was one of the closest results of the week at Claire had 101lb caught on the bomb and pellet and meat on the pole.
Section Winners
Simon Gould 9 points peg 16 118lb 9oz
Harry Billing 9 points peg 20 104lb 12oz
Dave Lewis 9 points peg 45 58lb 4oz
Steve Seabourne 9 points peg 13 47lb 6oz
D Section Trelawney/Twin Oaks
Acorn and Canal are still producing consistent weight but it was definitely Twin Oaks that dominated today with the top 4 weights all coming from that lake. Richie Hull was the lake winner on peg 18, Richie caught at 6 meters on the deck and in the margins with meat for a weight of 120lb 13oz. Second with 103lb 12oz was Antony Atkinson, Antony was on peg 14 and caught at 6 meters on meat and on the meat feeder tight across. Third with a very close weight of 103lb 3oz was Mike Aldiss, Mike was on peg 16 and caught on the short pole. The next best weight came from Mark Eves on peg 12, Mark had a few down the edge but caught mainly on the meat feeder to the far bank for a weight of 95lb 13oz.
Section Winners
Richie Hull 9 points peg 18 120lb 13oz
Tony Curd 9 points peg 13 73lb 6oz
John Palmer 9 points peg 21 68lb 6oz
Pete Bennett 9 points peg 2 54lb 3oz
E Section Gwinear
The pressure is really starting to take its toll on the lake as the results have shown. Andy Dare was the lake winner today with 109lb 8oz, Andy was on peg 25 and caught on the feeder with meat and also caught shallow on the pole meat. Second on peg 31 was Graham Tappenden, Graham caught on dry groundbait and maggot on the pole just off the island for a weight of 77lb 6oz. John Ricketts had a weight of 76lb 5 oz to take third, John was on peg 24 and caught on worm down the edge and pellet at 5 meters. Chris Jenkinson had the next best weight on the lake, Chris was on peg 13 and caught on worm and caster down the edge for a weight of 60lb 2oz
Section Winners
Andy Dare 9 points peg 25 109lb 8oz
Graham Tappenden 9 points peg 31 77lb 6oz
Andy Powers 9 points peg 4 44lb 12oz
Joff Rogers 9 points peg 47 39lb 2oz
Overall Top Twenty
| |
Name |
Weight |
Points |
| 1st |
Mark Pleavin |
378lb 6oz |
35 points |
| 2nd |
Ian Didcote |
414lb 11oz |
32 points |
| 3rd |
Andy Powers |
312lb 10oz |
32 points |
| 4th |
Harry Billing |
222lb 3oz |
32 points |
| 5th |
Karl Webster |
388lb 13oz |
30 points |
| 6th |
Martin Howard |
352lb 14oz |
30 points |
| 7th |
Kieron Rich |
337lb 8oz |
30 points |
| 8th |
Ben Leach |
294lb 14oz |
30 points |
| 9th |
Chris Jenkinson |
283lb 4oz |
30 points |
| 10th |
Pete Bennett |
259lb 14oz |
30 points |
| 11th |
Will Raison |
219lb 15oz |
30 points |
| 12th |
Simon Abbott |
214lb 3oz |
30 points |
| 13th |
Gary Webber |
209lb 2oz |
30 points |
| 14th |
John Palmer |
191lb 3oz |
30 points |
| 15th |
Ray Hayward |
186lb 4oz |
30 points |
| 16th |
Richie Hull |
412lb 1oz |
29 points |
| 17th |
Pete Joiner |
237lb |
29 points |
| 18th |
Tommy Hiller |
209lb 15oz |
29 points |
| 19th |
Colin Mulholland |
294lb 7oz |
28 points |
| 20th |
Tim Rowe |
260lb |
28 points |
So that was day for and now we have no one on maximum points, both Ian & Mark blemished there perfect section results yesterday but are still holding in there. It is definitely a lower scoring festival and no one can really predict what will happen on the final day.
Stay tuned for the final results of the Milo festival 2008.
Final Day
So that is it for the White Acres spring festivals and our final well-deserved winner is Ian Didcote. Ian deserved his winner’s cheque as he has been on top since day one of the festival and despite a little wobble he pulled it back to gain victory with a perfect 36 points.
We have limited information from the final day of the festival but read on to get the key snippets from the final day of the Milo festival 2008.
A Section Bolingey
Lower weights on Bolingey today, which is to be expected after two weeks of festivals. Kieron Rich was the lake winner today with 148lb 11oz; Kieron was on peg 16 and caught on the pole at 6 meters. Second went to Adam Wakelin, Adam was on peg 18 and caught on the feeder and on the pole on the deck with pellets for a weight of 118lb 15oz. Rick Johnston had a weight of 103lb to take third, Rick was on peg 20. The next best weight on the lake and also picking up his festival winning section points was Ian Didcote on peg 40 with 98lb 9oz.
Section Winners
Kieron Rich 9 points peg 17 148lb 11oz
Rick Johnston 9 points peg 20 103lb
Ian Didcote 9 points peg 40 98lb 9oz
Derek White 9 points peg 46 94lb 3oz
B Section Pollawyn
The weights on Pollawyn were pleasing today, as the lake has still fished consistently well over the festival. Once again the weights have been very tight for the lake and section wins. Bob Wessels was the lake winner today on peg 25, Bob caught on the straight lead and the pellet waggler for a weight of 152lb 8oz. Second went to Nick Dean with 144lb 1oz, Nick was on peg 26 and caught at 5 meters on the pole with meat and on the bomb and pellet waggler. Alan Rutherford was third on the lake, Alan caught short on meat from peg 29 for a weight of 141lb 15oz. Mick Dagnall had the next best weight on the lake, Mick was on peg 28 and caught at 5 meters on meat for a weight of 139lb 1oz.
Section Winners
Bob Wessles 9 points peg 25 152lb 8oz
Will Raison 9 points peg 16 132lb 12oz
Alan Scotthorne 9 points peg 13 63lb 5oz
Tim Rowe 9 points peg 45 45lb 6oz
C Section Twin Oaks/Acorn/Canal
Fair, all-round weights on the four lakes again today. The winner came from Twin Oaks peg 14, the winner was Mark Richardson who weighed in with 100lb 1oz. David Lawrence was second with 99lb 15oz, David was on Twin Oaks peg 16. Third went to Adam Rooney on Acorn peg 13, Adam caught small carp on the long pole with pellet and larger carp on the margins on meat and pellet for a weight of 99lb 2oz. Ben Hart had the next best weight on the lake, Ben was on Twin Oaks peg 10 and had a weight of 92lb 10oz.
Section Winners
Mark Richardson 9 points peg 14 100lb 1oz
Adam Rooney 9 points peg 13 99lb 2oz
Harry Billing 9 points peg 16 68lb 13oz
Nathan Watson 9 points peg 27 65lb 10oz
D Section Gwinear
Although still peggy, Gwinear has fished better than expected this week and in some areas of the lake it was a real close match for the section. The lake winner was Andrew Cunliffe on peg 20, Andrew had a weight of 109lb 5oz caught on corn and caster in the margins. Second with a weight of 81lb 11oz was Charlie Mayers, Charlie was on peg 10 and caught on worm and maggot. On peg 31 Mick Howells was third with 77lb 15oz, Mick caught on the long pole with worms and maggot. Howard Kaye had the next best weight on the lake; Howard was on peg 28 and weighed in with 76lb 1oz.
Section Winners
Andrew Cunliffe 9 points peg 20 109lb 5oz
Mick Howells 9 points peg 31 77lb 15oz
Jason Thomas 9 points peg 9 47lb 6oz
Tommy Hiller 9 points peg 47 20lb 1oz
E Section Porth
Not many bonus skimmers today so no big weights today. Stewart Lister was the lake winner with 11lb 5oz; Stewart was on peg 77 and caught on the long pole with worm. Chris Jenkinson was on peg 79, Chris caught on the long pole with worms and maggots to take second with 10lb 9oz. Third was Craig Ebberell, Craig caught on the feeder and the long pole for a weight of 8lb 9oz from peg 86. The next best weight on the lake came from Gary Vincent who was on peg 88 and had a weight of 7lb 9oz.
Section Winners
Stewart Lister 9 points peg 77 11lb 5oz
Craig Ebbrell 9 points peg 86 8lb 9oz
Andy Dare 9 points peg 40 7lb 6oz
Ian Hudson 9 points peg 23 5lb 1oz
So that was the Milo festival 2008 and here is how the final leader board looks.
Final Top Twenty
| |
Name |
Weight |
Points |
Dropping |
| 1st |
Ian Didcote |
total weight
513lb 4oz |
36 points |
(dropping 5) |
| 2nd |
Mark Pleavin |
total weight
381lb 9oz |
35 points |
(dropping 5) |
| 3rd |
Kieron Rich |
total weight
486lb 3oz |
35 points |
(dropping 4) |
| 4th |
Harry Billing |
total weight
291lb |
34 points |
(dropping 7) |
| 5th |
Colin Mulholland |
total weight
301lb 2oz |
34 points |
(dropping 2) |
| 6th |
William Raison |
total weight
352lb 11oz |
33 points |
(dropping 6) |
| 7th |
Ray Hayward |
total weight
271lb 1oz |
33 points |
(dropping 5) |
| 8th |
Tommy Hiller |
total weight
230lb |
33 points |
(dropping 5) |
| 9th |
Adam Rooney |
total weight
215lb 1oz |
33 points |
(dropping 3) |
| 10th |
Alan Scotthorne |
total weight
244lb 2oz |
33 points |
(dropping 2) |
| 11th |
Andy Powers |
total weight
317lb 2oz |
32 points |
(dropping 6) |
| 12th |
Chris Jenkinson |
total weight
293lb 13oz |
32 points |
(dropping 6) |
| 13th |
Timmy Rowe |
total weight
305lb 6oz |
32 points |
(dropping 5) |
| 14th |
John Palmer |
total weight
212lb 11oz |
32 points |
(dropping 5) |
| 15th |
Craig Ebbrell |
total weight
304lb 2oz |
32 points |
(dropping 4) |
| 16th |
Rick Johnston |
total weight
280lb |
32 points |
(dropping 4) |
| 17th |
Adam Wakelin |
total weight
306lb 3oz |
32 points |
(dropping 2) |
| 18th |
Gary Webber |
total weight
239lb 14oz |
31 points |
(dropping 6) |
| 19th |
Pete Bennett |
total weight
307lb 5oz |
31 points |
(dropping 5) |
| 20th |
Richie Hull |
total weight 4
432lb 14oz |
31 points |
(dropping 4) |
So Ian Didcote wins his first ever White Acres festival with a perfect result of 36 points, this festivals top 20 is one of the most exciting we have ever seen and it is nice to see some of our festival regulars who have supported our festivals for years finally getting their chance to shine.
Milo provided some great prizes for all of the top twenty finalists and we must thank them for their continued support and sponsorship. This has been the final festival of the spring and once again a tremendous success, I would like to thank all the anglers, and Milo once again, for making this such a smooth running and enjoyable festival.
Usually after 3 weeks of long hours and hard work over the festivals we are usually (in the nicest possible way) glad to see everyone go, but this year we were all genuinely sad that the anglers have gone and will be having the festival blues for a few days! Once again thank you to all that have supported and fished the festival and we will see you all again for the Milo Festival 2009.
Cheers, Kirsty |
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