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Welcome to the Spring Veterans Festival 2017
Day One
Today’s winner on Pollawyn was Harry Billing peg 34 with 53lb 3oz; Harry fished 11 meters with maggots over groundbait. In form David Gibbs managed second place with 48lb 11oz from peg 19, David swapped between the pellet feeder and margins with maggots. Finishing third on peg 20 with a weight of 47lb 14oz was John Pantry and Neil Edwards took fourth place on peg 13 weighing in at 35lb 1oz.
Section | peg | Name | Weight |
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Harry Billing | peg 34 | 8 points | 53lb 03oz |
Kelvin Acton | peg 25 | 8 points | 33lb |
First place on Trelawney was Tony Buttler from peg 22; Tony fished the pole at 5 meters with chopped worm and caster. Second place on the day was Chris Hancock from peg 10, Chris fished the caster short, Tony Oatley finished in third place with 48lb 10oz from peg 16 and finishing in fourth place was Dick Clegg with 45lb 2oz from peg 12 fishing meat short.
Section | peg | Name | Weight |
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Chris Hancock | peg 10 | 8 points | 49lb 12oz |
Tony Buttler | peg 22 | 8 points | 68lb 08oz |
First place on Jennys was Eric Searle from peg 7 with 60lb, Eric fished the feeder with meat. Second on the day was Malcolm Johnson from peg 16 with 44lb 8oz, Malcolm fished the pellet feeder, Third place was Simon Gould from peg 3 with 41lb 9oz, Simon fished the feeder all day and fourth place was Andy Dare from peg 14 with 40lb 2oz, Andy fished the long and short pole with caster.
Section | peg | Name | Weight |
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Eric Searle | peg 7 | 8 points | 60lb |
Malcolm Johnson | peg 16 | 8 points | 44lb 08oz |
Steve Warner took first place today on Python with a weight of 46lb 8oz from peg 14 in the wides, Steve fished the hybrid feeder with dead red maggots. Second place on the day was Roy Beasley on peg 35 with 45lb 1oz; Roy caught on the meat at 2+2. Third place went to Mick Gibbs from peg 13, Mick caught on feeder with a popped up orange skinz and forth place went to John Brownlie from peg 10 with 39lb 12oz fishing the margins with caster.
Section | peg | Name | Weight |
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Steve Warner | peg 14 | 8 points | 46lb 08oz |
Roy Beasley | peg 35 | 8 points | 45lb 01oz |
Position | Name | Points | Weight |
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1st | Tony Buttler | 8 | 68lb 08oz |
2nd | Eric Searle | 8 | 60lb |
3rd | Harry Billing | 8 | 53lb 03oz |
4th | Chris Hancock | 8 | 49lb 12oz |
5th | Steve Warner | 8 | 46lb 08oz |
6th | Roy Beasley | 8 | 45lb 01oz |
7th | Malcolm Johnson | 8 | 44lb 08oz |
8th | kelvin Acton | 8 | 33lb |
9th | Dave Gibbs | 7 | 48lb 11oz |
10th | Tony Oatley | 7 | 48lb 10oz |
11th | Mick Gibbs | 7 | 41lb 10oz |
12th | Simon Gould | 7 | 41lb 09oz |
13th | Andy Dare | 7 | 40lb 02oz |
14th | Stephen Samme | 7 | 40lb 02oz |
15th | Colin Mulholland | 7 | 26lb 08oz |
16th | Dave Phillips | 7 | 15lb 12oz |
17th | John Pantry | 6 | 47lb 14oz |
18th | Dick Clegg | 6 | 45lb 02oz |
19th | John Brownlie | 6 | 39lb 12oz |
20th | Geoff Vallance | 6 | 39lb 05oz |
Day two and the weather is not helping, its freezing cold with hail and heavy showers!
Day Two
Today’s winner on Pollawyn was Graham Stokes peg 20 with 51lb 2oz; Graham fished the method feeder with dead red maggots. Mick Gibbs managed second place with 44lb 5oz from peg 19, Mick swapped between the pellet feeder and margins with caster. Finishing third on peg 22 with a weight of 40lb 4oz was Mike O’Gorman fishing the margins with maggots and Dave Phillips took fourth place on peg 27 weighing in at 33lb 8oz catching on the pellet feeder.
Section | peg | Name | Weight |
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Graham Stokes | peg 20 | 8 points | 51lb 02oz |
Dave Phillips | peg 27 | 8 points | 33lb 08oz |
B Section Trelawney
First place on Trelawney was Colin Mullholland from peg 22; Colin fished the long pole at with chopped worm to the next pallet. Second place on the day was Tony Burt from peg 6, Tony fished the meat short, David Cleaver finished in third place with 56lb 14oz from peg 14 fishing meat short and finishing in fourth place was Kelvin Acton with 53lb 4oz from peg 4 fishing the feeder.
Section | peg | Name | Weight |
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Tony Burt | peg 6 | 8 points | 67lb 12oz |
Colin Mullholland | peg 22 | 8 points | 74lb 12oz |
First place on Jennys was Tony Troth from peg 7 with 58lb 8oz, Tony fished the pellet feeder with meat. Second on the day was Tony Butler from peg 16 with 46lb 1oz, Tony also fished the pellet feeder, Third place was Dick Clegg from peg 6 with 42lb 12oz, Dick fished the pellet feeder all day and fourth place was Chris Hancock from peg 15 with 37lb.
Section | peg | Name | Weight |
---|---|---|---|
Tony Troth | peg 7 | 8 points | 58lb 08oz |
Tony Butler | peg 16 | 8 points | 46lb 01oz |
Terry Harrison took first place today on Python with a weight of 40lb 3oz from peg 10, Terry swapped between the feeder and meat in the margins. Second place on the day was Mick Lees on peg 35 with 39lb 2oz; Mick caught on the meat and corn at 5 meters. Third place went to Andy Dare from peg 13, Andy swapped between the feeder and long pole with maggots over groundbait and forth place went to Andy Read from peg 15 with 31lb.
Section | peg | Name | Weight |
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Terry Harrison | peg 10 | 8 points | 40lb 03oz |
Mick Lees | peg 35 | 8 points | 39lb 02oz |
Position | Name | Points | Weight |
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1st | Tony Butler | 16 | 114lb 09oz |
2nd | Colin Mulholland | 15 | 101lb 04oz |
3rd | Chris Hancock | 15 | 86lb 12oz |
4th | Dave Phillips | 15 | 49lb 04oz |
5th | Kelvin Acton | 14 | 86lb 04oz |
6th | Mick Gibbs | 14 | 85lb 15oz |
7th | Andy Dare | 14 | 77lb 04oz |
8th | Terry Harrison | 14 | 74lb 13oz |
9th | Malcolm Johnson | 14 | 54lb 08oz |
10th | Harry Billing | 13 | 105lb 15oz |
11th | John Pantry | 13 | 93lb 02oz |
12th | Tony Troth | 13 | 88lb 12oz |
13th | Dick Clegg | 13 | 87lb 14oz |
14th | Graham Stokes | 13 | 81lb 12oz |
15th | Steve Warner | 13 | 73lb 02oz |
16th | Tony Oatley | 13 | 72lb 11oz |
17th | Mick Lees | 13 | 69lb 02oz |
18th | Eric Searle | 12 | 78lb 12oz |
19th | David Cleaver | 12 | 77lb |
20th | John Brownlie | 12 | 59lb 04oz |
Final Results
Final standings from the Spring Veterans Festival 2017. Congratulations to Chris Hancock for a great win, and to everyone else for a great match!
Position | Name | Points | Weight |
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1st | Chris Hancock | 31 | 202lb 15oz |
2nd | Colin Mulholland | 30 | 168lb 02oz |
3rd | Tony Butler | 29 | 201lb 05oz |
4th | Andy Dare | 28 | 169lb 10oz |
5th | John Pantry | 28 | 160lb 15oz |
6th | Dick Clegg | 27 | 155lb 06oz |
7th | Terry Harrison | 26 | 146lb 01oz |
8th | Steve Warner | 26 | 140lb 07oz |
9th | Dave Phillips | 26 | 120lb 06oz |
10th | Harry Billing | 25 | 168lb 02oz |
11th | Kelvin Acton | 25 | 134lb 07oz |
12th | Simon Gould | 24 | 151lb 13oz |
13th | Mick Gibbs | 24 | 148lb 07oz |
14th | David Cleaver | 24 | 141lb 11oz |
15th | Tony Oatley | 24 | 102lb 07oz |
16th | Mick Lees | 23 | 176lb 10oz |
17th | Martin Austen | 23 | 170lb 05oz |
18th | John Brownlie | 23 | 128lb 03oz |
19th | Geoff Vallance | 22 | 161lb 13oz |
20th | Tony Troth | 22 | 140lb 02oz |