Boldings report

SPORTS DESK 15/1/08

With two firsts and a second to his credit, Mick Jameson (Mid Leisure) was top rod at Boldings Pools this week, winning both mid week opens and taking second on Sunday.

Mick started on a wind and rain lashed Wednesday match with a narrow win in a peg to peg battle with Eric Bancroft (Rod & Gun). They were on the Middle Pool, where Mick drew peg 3 and Eric peg 1. Mick selected a pellet approach, fishing into open water at 8 metres, and taking carp to 3lbs up in the water to finish on 27-6-0.

Eric opted for maggot and fished into the side at the corner peg for carp in the 1lb to 3lb class, finishing just over a pound short on 26-3-0. Third went to Dave Barnard (Rod & Gun) with a Hawthorn best of 15-15-0.

The weather didn’t relent for Thursdays match and competitors faced another soaking and buffeting, but Jameson gave himself a little more breathing space. Sticking to pellet as bait, he went out to 12 metres at peg 2 on the Stock pool to pick out carp to 4lbs, which added up to 32-5-0. Directly opposite Mick, on peg 11, Colin Reynolds also fished at 12 metres with pellet, and had some slightly bigger fish, up to 5lbs, but not enough of them, and he was left on 28-8-0 when the whistle went.

Dave Barnard was third again, netting a level 15-0-0 at peg 7 on the Stock.

Top weight of the week fell to Matt Stobbs (Rod & Gun) when he converted Middle peg 1 into a winner on Saturday. Fishing pellet close to the paddles, and enjoying some rare sunshine, Matt collected carp from 1lb to 5lbs on his way to 42-6-0. That put him some way ahead of John Wild (Stafford) who was in the corner at peg 7 on the Hawthorn. He fished in the side and to the island with pellet for 27-5-0 of carp to 4lbs. In the opposite corner, at peg 8, Brian Atwell (Wolves) scaled 23-9-0 to claim 3^rd, and Eric Bancroft framed again with 20-13-0 for 4^th at Middle peg 6.

Sunday was a complete contrast to Saturday, with heavy skies giving a dark gloomy feel to the day, with night closing in by the end of the match.

Dave Brown (Fox Match) added a Sunday win to his Saturday success of last week with a clear cut victory form Hawthorn peg 13. Going out to 10 metres with pellet and maggot, Dave attracted carp to 5lbs to put together 41-14-0.

Mick Jameson fished to the island at peg 5 on the same pool with pellet to add his runner up placing to his mid week victories, scaling 30-2-0 this time. John Newton (WB Clarke) was a close third from the peg next to Jameson, he scaled 29-5-0, leaving Dave White (Maver) to collect 4^th with a Beech Pool top score of 23-3-0.

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