Boldings report

SPORTS DESK. 10/7/07

THE BOLDINGS BONANZA CONTINUES.

Its rare these days for an open at Boldings pools to be won with less than 100lbs, and even then the winner tends to be close to the ton mark.

It happened on one of the four matches staged this week, when the first of the four events heavyweight frames was won with 98-2-0.

Oakengates Angling Centre boss David Emlyn was the man to start things off after he drew peg 7 on the Ash Pool. Working with paste and pellet, he netted carp to 8lbs on his way to victory.

Runner up Steve Roberts (Rod & Gun) also drew number 7, his being on the Beech where he took carp to 9lbs, fishing corn and pellet to each side of the point, and out at 5 metres, to bag 88-10-0. Just behind Steve, at peg 30 on the Beech, was the winners father, Kelvin Emlyn (Oakengates Angling Centre) who scaled 88-4-0 for third. Fourth also came from the Beech when last weeks top catcher David James (Mosella Storeys) put 70-15-0 on the scales at peg 22.

Thursday saw the top frame weights back up in the hundreds, with Boldings boss Ed Turner (OB Wolves) leading the way with 125-14-0 from peg 4 on the Sycamore. Ed opted for corn and pellet at 4 metres, and found carp to 10lbs.

Eric Bancroft (Rod & Gun) combined maggot and corn to fish down the edge at peg 30 on the Chestnut, to put together 104-5-0 of carp to 9lbs to finish second, and Mel Kitson (Rod& Gun) made a trio of tons with 101-10-0 from Sycamore 49. In 4^th was last Wednesdays winner, Dave Barnard (Maver Wolves) on 84-8-0 at Chestnut 28.

Andy Williams (Telford) repeated his Saturday win of last week, and added 20lbs to his previous winning weight, taking the first of the week-end honours with 138-15-0. Last week his win came from peg 7 on the Beech Pool, this week he drew number 7 again, this time on the Hawthorn. His paste approach did the trick again, putting Andy 42lbs clear of runner up Colin Reynolds (Bilston Angling). He was on peg 1 on the Hawthorn, where he finished narrowly in front of Dave Brown (Maver) and Mick Williams (Rod & Gun).

Reynolds had a level 97-0-0, Brown scaled 96-6-0 at Hawthorn 3 and Williams topped the Stock Pool list with 95-5-0.

On Sunday Richard Lawson (Rod & Gun) headed the best frame of the week with the top bag of the week. He drew point peg 8 on the Sycamore and offered maggot to each side of the point, to pick up carp to 9lbs on his way to 144-10-0. That gave him a 20lb advantage over Dave Craggs (OB Wolves) who was on peg 36 on the same pool. He tempted carp to 8lbs and tench to 4lbs, with maggot and corn to finish on 124-9-0.

Duncan Newton (WB Clarke) was back in the frame, and a close third on 122-10-0 at Sycamore 46. best on the Beech was Pete Plant (Maver) with 96-12-0, which put him 4^th overall.

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