Boldings report
SPORTS DESK
Both of the week-end matches at Boldings Pools were won with ‘ton’ weights, with a difference of only two ounces between the big catches.
Top man on Saturday was Dave Brown (Maver) who won from peg 5 on the Willows Pool, where a shallow fished maggot attack on the 12 metre line resulted in carp from 1lb to 7lbs adding up to 103-1-0. fellow Maver rod Martin Harrell alternated maggot at 12 metres with corn close in at peg 9 on the Ash Pool, and found carp to 8lbs for 94-14-0.
A Larch best of 80-15-0 gave Dave Craggs (OB Wolves) third at peg 16, and at peg 22 on the same pool Roy Richardson (
The next day Steve Dudley, another Maver rod topped Saturday’s winner by two ounces to win with 103-3-0. He was peg 11 on the Larch and tempted carp to 9lbs with corn and maggot, fished close in to the side.
The runner up weight was just up on Saturday’s level as well, with John Newton (WB Clarke) scaling 98-5-0 for the place. He was on Oak peg 11, and worked with maggot close and pellet at 4 metres for carp to 8lbs. Duncan Newton made it two of the family in the frame with a Sycamore best of 94-11-0 for third, and Phil Rhodes (Middy ML) finished off the week-end with 77-12-0 for fourth at Larch 19.
Telfords Andy Williams added to his double frame appearance of last week, when he opened this weeks proceedings at Boldings with a win on Wednesday. Having drawn corner peg 9 on the Deepdale Pool, Andy offered corn and maggot, close in , and his offerings were accepted by carp to 8lbs, which helped him to edge ahead of Carl Foster (OB Wolves). Andy ended the day on 92-13-0, while Carl, at peg 6 on the Hawthorn, finished with 83-6-0. His were a smaller stamp of fish, in the 1lb to 4lb bracket, which he found with pellet fished to the island, and paste at 4 metres.
Jack Hailey (OB Wolves) was a close third with a Middle Pool best of 80-4-0 at peg 3, and Mark Mountford (Shifnal) on 70-11-0 at Middle 11, was fourth.
Things were a little slower on Thursday, but it still took nearly 70lbs to win for Ed Turner (OB Wolves) who had Tony Foster (OB Wolves) hard on his heels throughout the match.
Ed was on peg 13 on the Chestnut and worked pellet into the corner and out at 4 metres to put together 69-11-0, a catch which included carp to 9lbs. Tony’s fish were generally just a bit smaller at peg 42 on the Sycamore, with fish to 8lbs on corn and pellet leaving him just under 3lbs short on 66-13-0.
Andy Williams made it two frames for the week with 57-6-0 for third at Sycamore 30, and Duncan Newton also made it two by scaling 55-13-0 at Sycamore 36.
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