Old English Festival 2015

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This week we are holding our Old English festival where club anglers fish on Twin Oaks, Acorn & Canal, Python and Trewaters rotating over four days.

We have a full house with 96 anglers fishing over 6 peg sections. The weather on day one wasn’t great with rain all day but the rest of the week is forecast to be sunny.

Let’s see how the anglers fished on day one…

Day One

Craig Greenway was the lake winner today with 94lb 10oz, Craig fished pellet feeder from peg 17. Anthony Nolan on peg 15 finished in second place weighing in at 92lb 2oz. Finishing third on peg 12 with a weight of 85lb 8oz was Craig Cox. Nigel Lale took fourth place on peg 18 weighing in at 84lb 8oz.

In first place on peg 18 Acorn was todays winner for B section with 58lb 10oz. Andy Gurd took second place on peg 19 Canal with a weight of 56lb 14oz fishing shallow with 6mm pellet. Finishing in third place was Tony Shine on peg 16 Acorn with 53lb 8oz. With a weight of 52lb 3oz Colin Ellaway finished in fourth place on Canal fishing maggot down the edge from peg 16.

With 43lb 4oz Mick Warner secured himself first place on peg 11 Python. John Cain finished in second place with a weight of 34lb 8oz from peg 6. Gary Walker finished in third place on peg 14 with a weight of 30lb 4oz. David Williams had 29lb 8oz of peg 16 giving him fourth place.

Fishing pole at 13 metres with pellet feeder and meat down the edge, Kevin Carter took first place today on Trewaters with 67lb 2oz on peg 41. Taking second place on peg 19 with a weight of 52lb 10oz was Mark Read. Finishing third was Ian Carley fishing method feeder and down the edge with pellet from peg 45 and weighing 51lb 3oz. On peg 50 Stephen Baker finished in fourth place with a weight of 51lb 1oz.

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Day Two

Keith Pearson was the lake winner today on Acorn with 82lb 2oz, Keith fished meat across from peg 1. Ian Turner on peg 3 Canal finished in second place weighing in at 63lb 3oz fishing down the edge with corn and pellet. Finishing third on peg 13 Acorn with a weight of 53lb 10oz was John Spowage, John fished corn. Brendan Turner took fourth place on peg 15 Acorn weighing in at 50lb 8oz.

In first place on peg 14 was John Pilling who caught a weight of 53lb 8oz. Will Sweeney took second place on peg 33 with a weight of 44lb and caught with worm down the edge. Finishing in third place was Dave Parkinson on peg 15 with 27lb 12oz. With a weight of 24lb Kev Winfield finished in fourth place on peg 11.

With a weight of 106lb 6oz David Williams secured himself first place on peg 45 fishing pellet feeder. Rob Frost finished in second place with a weight of 61lb 10oz, he fished 14 metres shallow with pellet from peg 34. Mick Warner finished in third place on peg 36 with a weight of 57lb 8oz fishing shallow with pellet. Fishing waggler John Cain took fourth place with 55lb 6oz from peg 40.

Warren Cave took first place today on Twin Oaks with a weight of 101lb 10oz on peg 14, he fished bomb and pellet. Taking second place on peg 20 with a weight of 99lb 8oz was Elliot Fay, he fished bomb and feeder. Finishing third on peg 18 was David Mitchell who weighed in at 81lb. On peg 3 Ian Carley finished in fourth place with 75lb 12oz and fished method and pellet feeder with 8mm pellets.

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Day Three

Josh Sawyer was the lake winner today on Python with 27lb 10oz and fished shallow with pellet from peg 11. Nigel Lale on peg 6 finished in second place weighing in at 18lb 6oz. Finishing third on peg 33 with 18lb 5oz was Keith Pearson. John Barnes took fourth place on peg 8 weighing in at 18lb.

In first place on peg 51 was Jason Fay who caught on pellet feeder and meat down the edge and had 49lb 2oz. Richard Britten took second place on peg 47 with a weight of 48lb 10oz, Richard fished pellet feeder and corn. Finishing in third place was Dave Parkinson on peg 50 with 48lb 2oz. With a weight of 47lb 2oz Will Sweeney finished in fourth place on peg 48.

With a weight of 161lb 12oz David Williams secured himself first place on peg 17 fishing pellet feeder. Dave Woolgar finished in second place with 90lb 2oz from peg 14. Fishing pellet waggler and down the edge with worm Brain Baxter finished in third place on peg 2 with 80lb. Fishing bomb and pellet feeder Paul Tait had 72lb from peg 29 giving him fourth place.

Michael Evens took first place today with 55lb 2oz fishing worm and caster over the far side from peg 18 Canal. Taking second place on peg 7 Acorn with 47lb 10oz was Andy Poole, he fished shallow with worm. Finishing third on peg 10 Acorn was Kevin Carter who fished down the edge with worm and had 42lb 2oz. On peg 18 Acorn Steve Horton finished in fourth place with a weight of 41lb 2oz.

Day Four

Keith Pearson was the lake winner today on Trewaters with 69lb 14oz fishing from peg 41. Phillip Thornley on peg 53 finished in second place weighing in at 61lb 4oz. Finishing third on peg 25 with a weight of 46lb 14oz was David Gibbs. Scott Walker took fourth place on peg 29 weighing in at 46lb.

In first place on peg 14 was Tim Greenwood who 127lb 8oz with feeder at 6 metres. Andy Leamon took second place on peg 11 with a weight of 115lb 4oz, Andy fished feeder. Finishing in third place was John Pilling on peg 9 with 109lb 8oz. With a weight of 89lb 4oz Kev Wingfield finished in fourth place on peg 3 with waggler.

With a weight of 81lb 9oz Mel Hodgson secured himself first place on peg 3 Canal fishing chopped worm. Dave Britten finished in second place with a weight of 54lb 2oz, he fished meat from peg 18 Canal. Ted Bud finished in third place on peg 6 Acorn with 51lb 12oz fishing bomb, pellet and top 2 with meat. Mike Chilley had a weight of 45lb 7oz on peg 1 Acorn giving him fourth place.

Rob Durrant took first place today with 32lb 10oz on peg 20 fishing chopped worm. Taking second place on peg 29 with a weight of 29lb 14oz was Marcus Leek who fished micros and worm. Finishing third on peg 21 was Kevin Carter who had 22lb 7oz.On peg 33 Ian Carley finished in fourth place with a weight of 18lb 8oz.

We’ve come to the end of what is probably our most popular festival of the year and we are already nearly booked up for 2016. A massive congratulations goes to Keith Pearson for winning the festival and staying consistently at the top all week with a section win every day. In second place was David Williams and not far behind in third place was Ian Carley, well done!

Big thank you to Old English Cider for sponsoring the event and for the £1000 worth of prizes they generously supplied! We hope to see you all again next year, thanks again from everyone here at the Fishing Lodge