This is the first of the White Acres festival programme for the year. The weekend leading up to the festival was very wet although the temperature had risen slightly after an incredibly cold winter for Cornwall. The anglers that chose to practise were battered by wind and rain but despite the horrendous weather plenty of fish were still caught.

On the first draw for the week Clint explained about our new festival bait measurements making sure everyone was aware was that they needed our new tubs and that these were the only containers that were allowed to have bait in ten minutes before the start of the match, with this clear in everyone’s mind the draw went ahead and the anglers then went off (some happier that others!) to face the wind and rain on their first match of the festival.

The rain hammered down until the start of the match when it eased but the strong southwesterly wind continued throughout the whole of the match.

Day One

A SECTION POLLAYWN
A section headed off to Pollawyn for the start of the festival, with the legendry high bank and points providing previous tonne weights there was high expectations for the anglers. Tony Baker got off to a great festival start taking the day one win from peg 25 on the high bank with 113lb 6oz, Tony had a huge net of carp caught on hair rigged meat on the bomb. Second on the lake went to Roy Basham next door on peg 26, Roy also caught on hair rigged meat tight across to the island bagging some great carp for a total weight of 89lb 8oz. Barry Killinger was third on the lake with 75lb 4oz, Barry on peg 21 caught on meat on the bomb. Rob Pelling just missed out framing with his weight of 74lb 10oz caught on meat on the bomb from peg 27.

SECTION WINNERS
TONY BAKER 9 POINTS 113lb 6oz
BARRY KILLINGER 9 POINTS 75lb 4oz
HARRY BILLING 9 POINTS 50lb 2oz
STEVE RINGER 9 POINTS 39lb 8oz

B SECTION PYTHON/TRELAWNEY
B section headed off to the mixed section with half of the anglers fishing on Trelawney and the others on Python. Trelawney had been fished in a match recently and provided some good weights but with the wind battering the anglers at their pegs how would the fishing fair today? Python was a bit of enigma as the lake had not yet been fished with this much pressure. Steve Cooke took the section win from peg 22 on Trelawney, Steve had a great net of fish caught across to the island on the bomb and down the edge with corn & meat for a weight of 112lb 8oz. Andy Dare took second with 49lb 3oz, Andy on Trelawney peg 23 caught some on the waggler & pole with corn and some on meat on the bomb. Third went to Danny Wynn on Python peg 14, Danny caught on the feeder with hair rigged meat for a weight of 42lb 4oz. Vic Mollayneux had the next top weight on Python with 40lb caught from peg 34 on the pole with corn.

SECTION WINNERS
STEVE COOKE 9 POINTS 112lb 8oz
DANNY WYNN 9 POINTS 42lb 4oz
VIC MOLYNEUX 9 POINTS 40lb
KARL WEBSTER 9 POINTS 39lb 8oz

C SECTION GWINEAR
The strong wind on Gwinear hampered the presentation of the anglers in C sections first day of fishing. Steve Warner got off to a great start taking the lake win with 105lb 9oz, Steve on peg 28 caught on dead maggots down the edge. Second went to Mark Plevin on peg 1 with 61lb 12oz, Mark caught on corn down the edge. Dean Fish on peg 27 took third with 61lb 10oz, Dean also caught down the edge on corn. The fourth highest weight of the day went to Des Shipp on peg 7, Des caught short on worms and long on corn over hemp.

SECTION WINNERS
STEVE WARNER 9 POINTS 105lb 9oz
MARK PLEVIN 9 POINTS 61lb 12oz
DES SHIPP 9 POINTS 46lb 8oz
DANNY GRIMSEY 9 POINTS 25lb 10oz

D SECTION PORTH
Porth fished hard on the first day with the top weigh coming from Terry Harrison on peg 75 who took the lake win with 11lb 6oz, Terry caught with dead maggots on the feeder. Second went to Ben Leach with 11lb 3oz, Ben caught on worms on the feeder from peg 40. Andrew Gregory took third on peg 71 with 9lb 12oz caught on the pole with maggots over groundbait. Grant Albutt had the next highest weight on the day with 9lb 5oz caught on the feeder from peg 23.

SECTION WINNERS
TERRY HARRISON 9 POINTS 11lb 6oz
BEN LEACH 9 POINTS 11lb 3oz
GRANT ALBUTT 9 POINTS 9lb 5oz
SIMON GOULD 9 POINTS 9lb 4oz

E SECTION BOLINGEY
Bolingey has produced some top weights recently so the anglers had high expectations of this amazing lake. England ace Will Raison took the lake win with 103lb 6oz, Will on peg 50 caught on the pole with corn. Second went to Dave Woods on peg 27 with 103lb 1oz, Dave caught on red maggot on the pole. Geoff Ringer took third with 98lb 15oz, Geoff on peg 36 most of his fish on the feeder and a few good carp on the pole. Current Parkdean Master Tom Pickering also had a great weight of 89lb 5oz caught on the pole from peg 47.

SECTION WINNERS
WILL RAISON 9 POINTS 103lb 6oz
DAVE WOODS 9 POINTS 103lb 1oz
GEOFF RINGER 9 POINTS 98lb 15oz
RUSS BERRYMAN 9 POINTS 51lb 10oz

Day One Top 20 Overall

So that’s how things look at the end of day one, the weather forecast for the rest of the week is not exactly mild and sunny; it is a definite case of waterproofs and windbreakers! We shall see how the rest of the festival pans out, stay tuned for tomorrows update.

Day Three
The festival has reached its midway point and is showing every sign of it being another top event. The weights seem to be getting better as the weeks go on, this is partially to do to the fairly mild conditions, the rain thankfully has held off and even the wind strength has dropped slightly.Read on to see how the day panned out and who picked up those valuable section points.

A SECTION GWINEAR
It was a tougher day on Gwinear the winning match weight of 53lb 8oz came from Harry Billing on peg 28, Harry caught down the edge toward the bridge on worm. Kelvin Acton was second on the lake with 47lb 13oz, Kelvin caught on corn and worm on the pole from peg 24. Third on the lake went to Brian Molyneux on peg 19, Brian caught on the maggot feeder and dead red maggots for a final weight of 46lb 4oz. Barry Killinger had the next highest weight on the lake with 38lb 12oz, Barry on peg 31 caught on double corn on the pole.

SECTION WINNERS
HARRY BILLING 9 POINTS 53lb 8oz
KELVIN ACTON 9 POINTS 47lb 14oz
ROB PELLING 9 POINTS 33lb 12oz
STEVE CLARK 9 POINTS 28lb 10oz

B SECTION PORTH
The weights from Porth were slightly more consistent today, an impressive weight of 26lb 9oz gave Steve Cooke the lake win from peg 71, Steve caught on the groundbait feeder and red maggots, he also had a couple on corn. Second went to Paul Greenwood with17lb 8oz, Paul caught on the feeder with worm from peg 39. Paul Filmore took the lake third on peg 72 with 12lb 8oz, Paul also caught on the feeder with worms. Ian Manning just missed out with his weight of 11lb 4oz caught on the pole over groundbait with worm on the hook from peg 34.

SECTION WINNERS
STEVE COOKE 9 POINTS 26lb 9oz
PAUL GREENWOOD 9 POINTS 17lb 8oz
PAUL CANNON 9 POINTS 10lb 8oz
MARK HARRIS 9 POINTS 10lb 2oz

C SECTION BOLINGEY
It was another great day on Bolingey especially for Tony Wynnick who took the lake win with 102lb 1oz, Tony on peg 36 caught on the straight lead with meat over caster. Second went to Simon Colclough on peg 30 with his weight of 98lb 3oz, Simon caught about ¾ of the way out towards the island on the straight lead and also at 13 meters on the pole cupping in with meat. Gary Cornwell took third with 94lb 2oz, Gary caught at 16 meters along the edge and out at 7 meters, both on meat. 90lb 10oz was the next best weight on the lake and that came from Des Shipp on peg 37, Des caught on the pole down the edge and out long.

SECTION WINNERS
TONY WYNNICK 9 POINTS 102lb 1oz
GARY CORNWELL 9 POINTS 94lb 2oz
MARK DOWLING 9 POINTS 79lb
PAUL AINSWORTH 9 POINTS 56lb 4oz

D SECTION POLLAWYN
The flyers on Pollawyn produced some top weights today, the lake fished well and it was a tough battle for the vital section points. The lake win came from Gary Hamilton on peg 25 with one of the top weights the festival has seen so far – 130lb 6oz, Gary had two massive nets of carp some of which weighed over 12lbs individually, all of Gary’s fish were caught on the domination bait of the festival – meat on the bomb. Second went to Mark Williams on peg 28, Mark had a sterling day and had a final weight of 94lb 13oz caught on the bomb and the waggler both across to the aerator on meat. Tim Nash on peg 18 took third catching on meat on the bomb to weigh in with 93lb 2oz. Grant Albutt had a great result from the area of the lake he fished, Grant on peg 43 weighed in with 73lbs of fish caught on the 16 meter pole with meat across to the island.

SECTION WINNERS
GARY HAMILTON 9 POINTS 130lb 6oz
GRANT ALBUTT 9 POINTS 73lb
BEN LEACH 9 POINTS 66lb 12oz
RUSSELL PARSONS 9 POINTS 27lb 10oz

E SECTION TRELAWNEY/PYTHON
The weights on both Trelawney and Python were better today with only a few anglers not managing to make it in to double figures. Today’s win came from Gary Gibson on Trelawney peg 22 with 105lb 12oz, Gary caught on the pole down the edge with meat and corn and out at 16 meters on meat. Second went to Eric Thomas next door on peg 23, Eric caught on meat on the bomb for a good weight of 57lb 3oz. On Python Geoff Ringer took third with 55lb 11oz from peg 36, Geoff caught on the long pole 1 meter of the island with meat and also had a few down the edge on meat. Will Raison had the next biggest weight from Trelawney peg 30 with 45lb 14oz, Will caught approx 25lbs of skimmers on meat at 10 meters and about 20lbs of carp down the edge on meat.

SECTION WINNERS
GARY GIBSON 9 POINTS 105lb 12oz
GEOFF RINGER 9 POINTS 55lb 11oz
CARL ELAND 9 POINTS 45lb 5oz
JOHN WAPLES 9 POINTS 38lb 14oz

Top Twenty at the end of Day Three

Day Five – The Final.
Well what a week it has been, the points are so tight at the top the festival could be anyone’s, can Grant, Harry or Geoff hang in there or will there be a shake up?

There is no full match report as we are not able to get the catch information put below are the final day lake and section winners.

A SECTION BOLINGEY
1st Rob Pelling peg 46 85lb 4oz
2nd Peter Bowles peg 37 84lb 4oz
3rd Steve Tucker peg 49 81lb 14oz

SECTION WINNERS
ROB PELLING 9 POINTS 85lb 4oz
PAUL BLINKHORN 9 POINTS 76lb 2oz
STEVE RINGER 9 POINTS 78lb 4oz
PETER BOWLES 9 POINTS 84lb 4oz

B SECTION POLLAWYN
1st Dan Patrick peg 19 117lb 5oz
2nd Steve Cooke peg 26 102lb 8oz
3rd Karl Webster peg 29 78lb 12oz

SECTION WINNERS
MARK HARRIS 9 POINTS 31lb 7oz
DAVID TAYLOR 9 POINTS 75lb 12oz
DAN PARTICK 9 POINTS 117lb 5oz
IAN MANNING 9 POINTS 63lb 8oz

C SECTION TRELAWNEY/PYTHON
1st Bill Jolly peg 22 93lb 14oz
2nd Nick Jones peg 16 75lb 8oz
3rd Des Shipp peg 9 48lb 7oz

SECTION WINNERS
DEAN FISH 9 POINTS 27lb 3oz
NICK JONES 9 POINTS 75lb 8oz
BILL JOLLY 9 POINTS 93lb 14oz
DES SHIPP 9 POINTS 48lb 7oz

D SECTION GWINEAR
1st Aiden Keough peg 31 36lb 5oz
2nd Grant Albutt peg 34lb 7oz
3rd Mark Williams peg 33lb

SECTION WINNERS
GARY HAMILTON 9 POINTS 28lb 4oz
KEVIN ARATHOON 9 POINTS 28lb 8oz
MARTIN COCKS 9 POINTS 30lb 13oz
AIDEN KEOUGH 9 POINTS 36lb 5oz

E SECTION PORTH
1st Gary Gibson peg 73 15lb 15oz
2nd Simon Jones peg 37 14lb 13oz
3rd Paul Connell peg 84 14lb 10oz

SECTION WINNERS
TOMMY PICKERING 9 POINTS 13LB 12OZ
GARY GIBSON 9 POINTS 15LB 15OZ
SIMON JONES 9 POINTS 14LB 13OZ
PAUL CONNELL 9 POINTS 14LB 10OZ

Here are the final top ten results (all results are full and do not show the dropped result) It couldn’t have gotten any closer and in the end the weight came into play and with his grand weekly haul of nearly 400lbs Gary emerged as the winner.

Van den Eynde Festival final top ten

So that is how day five finished, a massive thank you to all the anglers who fished the festival and to Van Den Eynde for sponsoring the festival again – I’m sure you’ll all agree in was an amazing festival and we will see you all next year.

The fisheries team wish congratulations to all our winners and especially well done to Gary.

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