Day Five - The Grand Final!
So – this is the end of the 2005 Preston Innovations Festival here at White Acres, again there has been twists and turns – we all know nobody can catch Richie who has unofficially been crowned champ already but how has the rest of the days evens changed the leader board. The draw today was especially exciting the points are so tight at the top it is still all to play for, will the draw bring tears of sadness or tears of joy!
The prizes have arrived from Preston and we cannot express how thankful we are to our sponsors for the array of goods we have to offer the winners. Read on to find out the final days action, we are a bit think on the ground with catch information as I usually obtain this from the winners in the morning but with £25,000 at stake there were certain anglers who had bigger things on their minds!!
Bolingey
Bolingey has done us proud over the past two weeks, the weights have been phenomenal again but we wouldn’t expect any less from this Mecca of a lake. The weights today were nothing special but the talent that caught them were, it took a lot of skill and patience (an a quick eye for the bites) but with determination shown by all, the hard work paid off for most and important points were won. Ray Hayward took the lake win from peg 25 with 79lb, Second with 73lb 14oz on peg 1 was Steve Ringer, Third went to Garry Webber with 71lb 13oz on peg 12.
Section Winners
Ray Hayward 9 points 79lb
Steve Ringer 9 points 73lb 14oz
Gary Webber 9 points 71lb 13oz
Skip McCabe 9 points 42lb
Pollawyn
The match lake produced some fine weights for the final day of the festival, The high bank again produced some great weights and there was a battle between Mick Dagnall on peg 27 and Darren Cox on peg 28 they seemed to be catching carp for carp throughout the day and it went right down to the final whistle. Mick Dagnall emerged victorious with a winning weight of 134lb 6oz; Darren Cox came a close second with 127lb. Derek White on peg 26 took third with 113lb 9oz.
Section Winners
Mick Dagnall 9 points 134lb 6oz
Pete Wedgbrow 9 points 70lb 4oz
Karl Webster 9 points 47lb 4oz
Tony Wilde 9 points 24lb 5oz
Twin Oaks – Nelsons – Acorn
These lakes are still full of surprises, The Lake win today came from Acorn, The weights weren’t great but they were consistent. Harry Billing won the lake with 59lb 3oz off of peg 8. Kevin Arathoon took second on peg 16 Twin Oaks with 56lb 11oz. Back to Acorn for third, Pete Wild on peg 14 took the last place in the frame with 49lb 13oz.
Section Winners
Harry Billing 9 points 59lb 3oz
Kevin Arathoon 9 points 56lb 11o
zCallum Dicks 9 points 49lb 4oz
Paul Greenwood 9 points 47lb 14oz
Gwinear
Phil Ringer took the lake win on the final day, Phil was way a head of the pack with 110lb, This is a great result for Phil from peg 25 on a lake that has certainly fished better earlier on in the festivals. Gary Hamilton on peg 20 with 72lb and next door on peg 19 Simon Willsmore took third with 70lb
Section Winners
Phil Ringer 9 points 110lb
Mark Harris 9 points 54lb
Marcus Harrison 9 points 30lb 4oz
Jamie Jones 9 points 17lb 15oz
Porth
Local angler Dave Hillier took the lake win with 22lb 2oz from peg 71, Des Shipp on peg 82 took second with 20lb 12oz; Des also picked up his section and has secured his place in the Final. It has been a great festival week and we were privileged to have one of our sponsors fishing with us, Ricky Teal from Preston Innovations ended his week on a high taking third from peg 81 with 18lb 2oz.
Section Winners
Dave Hillier 9 points 22lb 2oz
Des Shipp 9 points 20lb 12oz
Chris Jenkinson 9 points 15lb 12oz
Geoff Ringer 9 points 13lb 8oz
So that’s how the final day went, and what an exciting day it was! There was no stopping Richie Hull this week who is on top form, but how does the rest of the pack look?
The Winners
1st Richie Hull 36 points 332lb
2nd Des Shipp 35 points 221lb 14oz
3rd Steve Ringer 34 points 295lb 8oz
First
Richie Hull Richie (Garbolino Starletts) has had a fantastic week and has seemed unstoppable from the off. Richie finished with 44 points and a weight of 348lb 14oz, dropping his lowest result leaving him in first place with 36 points 332lb. A festival regular to White Acres this is Ritchie’s first festival placing with us in 2005 and he is a most deserved winner and well deserves his place in the Parkdean Masters final tomorrow – good luck Richie.Richie won as well as £3000 a 5 draw Preston On Box, full set of On Box accessories and a full set of Preston Hard Case Luggage
Second
Des Shipp Des (Daiwa Dorking) started of with shaky start to the week just picking up 6 points on day one, but went on to pick up three section wins and a second leaving him with a final score of 41 points 300lb 13oz, dropping his lowest result leaving him in second place with 35 points 221lb 14oz. Des came third in this years Van Den Eynde festival qualifying him for this years Preston Innovations festival and will go on to fish in his second consecutive Parkdean Masters final – good luck Des.Des won as well as £1500 a 4 draw Preston On Box, full set of On Box accessories.
Third
Steve Ringer Steve (Shimano) has also had a shaky week but has clawed his way up the results table with 3 section wins, a third and a fifth. This third place position has added to Steve’s catalogue of festival wins here at White Acres as he came second in both the Van Den Eynde & Dynamite Baits festivals here in the spring. Steve finished third with 39 points and a weight of 330lb 14oz, dropping his lowest result leaving him with 34 points 295lb 14oz. As a former Parkdean Master Steve goes in to the final looking to re capture the title – good luck Steve.Steve won as well as £1000 a 4 draw Preston On Box, full set of On Box accessories. So that’s how the top three looks but whom else will be in the final tomorrow……..
Overall Top Twenty-Four
So this is our final 24 who will be heading into tomorrows final – the names have been in and out of the placing throughout the week but down to grit and determination these are they lucky few that all have their sights on the £25,000.It was as close as ever this year with three other anglers on 31 points not making it into the top 24 and ten anglers on 30 points!!Congratulations to all of our finalists and good luck for tomorrow, the draw will take place tomorrow morning at 9.30am and then the anglers will be fishing from 12 – 4 to decide who will be the Parkdean Masters Champion 2005.We would like to that all 180 anglers in this year’s festival and especially our sponsors Preston Innovations, we are sure you’ll agree this has been one of our best festivals ever.
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