Boldings report
BOLDINGS REPORT
Stu Ballard (Maver Dynamite Baits) booked his place in the £50,000 Maver Match This final when he won a closely fought qualifier at Boldings Pools.
Drawn at the back of the island on peg 23 on the Chestnut, Stu had mainly small carp around the 1lb mark on shallow pellet, fished to the island, but boosted his weight with a few carp to 8lbs, taken on paste, fished down the side. At he finish, he had 113-6-0 to hand over to the scales.
With only the winner going through to the big money final, Steve Openshaw (Fishermans Tavern) was left to regret the loss of a number of decent carp, any one of which could have put him through. Steve was on peg 28 on the Sycamore, and used pellet to fish shallow towards the island, and in the margins. Carp to 7lbs brought him agonizingly close when the scales stopped at 111-2-0.
Steve Mayo (Maver) finished in third with a Willows top score of 89-4-0 and a Sycamore best of 82-0-0 gave Pete Goodwin (Bucknall Bikes) 4th.
Harry Colley (OB Wolves) set a hot pace on the Monday open, a match in which it took over 120lbs to make the top four.
Harry was on Ash peg 5 and hammered out 151-11-0 using pellet and meat to fish down the side.
Danny Boden ((Oakengates Ang Cent) was on peg 15 on the Hawthorn where pellet at 6 metres and close in saw him net 137-10-0 for second, with Richard Duke (Bridgnorth AS) in close touch on 130-10-0 at Hawthorn 13.
Back on the Ash Dave Matson (Rod & Gun) netted 121-1-0 at peg 20 to finish in 4th.
On Wednesday the Willows and Beech pools were used, with the Willows giving the top two weights. Ian Hughes (Drennan NW) scraped home with a 9 ounce advantage over the Match This winner Stu Ballard.
Ian opted for shallow caster at peg 4 and found 94-13-0 of ghosties to 4lbs, while Stu alternated pellet and corn at 7 metres and close at peg 9 to net carp to 5lbs for his 94-4-0.
Best on the Beech was Matt Stobbs (Oakengates Ang Cent) who came in third with 87-4-0 at peg 16, and was followed by Gary Morris (OBW) on 83-15-0 at peg 7.
Eric Bancroft (R&G) found his winning touch again on Thursday when carp to 10lbs were attracted to his pellet and corn, fished in the side and at 5 metres at Sycamore peg 21, and gave a return of 87-6-0/
Dave Matson moved from 4th on Monday to claim second here with a Chestnut top weight of 82-15-0.
Brian Clarke (Marukyu) was a close third on 79-12-0 at Sycamore 24 and |Richard Duke was in the frame again, his 77-6-0 form Sycamore 13 giving him 4th.
Last Sundays big winner Jason Elwell (Pro Line Wednesbury) filled first place on Saturday this week, taking the honours from peg 10 on the Middle Pool. Working pellet and paste at 6 metres and corn in the side, Jason picked off carp to 7lbs on his way to 104-12-0.
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Top weight of the week this week went to Mark Mountford (OAC) when he scaled 152-6-0 at Chestnut 38 on Sunday. Carp, bream and barbel all featured in Mark’s catch, with carp to 12lbs, bream to 3lbs and barbel to 1lb all accepting corn and pellet, fished to each side of the peg.
Runner up Andy Bayliss-Kyte (Maver) topped the Sycamore card with a 142-1-0 haul of carp to 9lbs, taken on pellet and paste at peg 4. Third also came from the Sycamore when Steve Davies (OAC) scaled 119-9-0 at peg 13, and back on the Chestnut Andy Williams (Vespe) had 117-10-0 at peg 32 for 4th.
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