Boldings report
BOLDINGS REPORT
The Barneys Army team grabbed top place in the third round of the Boldings Winter League, beating off the challenge of league leaders Maver Midlands to win by three points. Their win moves them up the league table from 4th to joint second.
Teams on the day.
1st Barneys Army 13 points. 2nd Maver Midlands 16 points. 3rd Oakengates Angling Centre Black 17 points. 4th Oakengates Angling Centre Gold 27 points. 5th Maver Total Angling Blue 28 points. 6th Oakengates Angling Centre Silver 31 points. 7th Dorset A 35 points. 8th Boldings Bodgers 38 points. Joint 9th Dorset B and Maver Total Angling Pink 41 points each.
11th Boldings Braves 43 points.
Individuals
1st Chris Holmes (Boldings Bodgers), 128-5-0 from Chestnut 28, fishing pellet at 6 metres and in the side for carp to 12lbs.
2nd Andy Bayliss-Kyte (Maver Midlands) 92-12-0 from Chestnut 21. Andy fished pellet to the island and down the edge for F1s in the 1lb to 3lb bracket.
3rd Shane Rogers (Oakengates Angling Centre Black) 71-12-0 from Chestnut 13.
4th Dave Craggs (Maver Total Angling Blue) 67-5-0 Ash 7.
League to date
1st Maver Midlands 4 points. Joint 2nd Barneys Army and Maver Total Angling Blue 10 points each. 4th Oakengates Angling Centre Gold 11 points. 5th Oakengates Angling Centre Black 14 points. 6th Oakengates Angling Centre Silver 16 points. 7th Boldings Bodgers 22 points. Joint 8th Boldings Braves and Maver Total Angling Pink 25 points each.
10th Dorset A 27 points. 11th Dorset B 31 points.
Scottish International Brian Clarke (Marukyu Vespe) eased clear of the field on the Wednesday open at Boldings with carp to 8lbs giving a final tally of 87-14-0 at peg 5 on the Beech Pool. Pellet at 5 metres and close in gave Brian a 16lbs winning margin over Tony Foster (Preston Innov Boldings). He was on point peg 7 on the Beech and alternated shallow pellet off the point with close in tactics to net a level 71-0-0, made up with carp to 7lbs.
Jeff Harston (Tricast Weston) was at corner peg 11 on the Beech and had a level 67-0-0 for third, while Pete Ricketts (New Willenhall) topped the Hawthorn list with 66-1-0 to finish 4th.
On the Chestnut on Thursday John Wild (
John was on peg 21 at the back of the island and caught on pellet, taking fish from against the island and from the near side margins, with carp to 5lbs giving a total of 64-5-0.
Eric was just along the bank at peg 23 and used pellet and paste to tempt carp to 4lbs from the 5 metre line and from close in, finishing on 61-13-0.
Over at peg 32 Mick Keene (Tricast Weston) was exactly one pound behind second with 60-13-0 and at peg 30 Gary Morris (PI Bold) had 57-12-0 in 4th.
Saturday open honours went to Sean barber (Maver Sonubaits) in another close finish. Sean drew peg 31 on the Sycamore where a 13 metre line attack with pellet found carp to 6lbs willing to have a go, which resulted in a weight of 97-10-0.
At peg 30 on the Chestnut Dave Brown (Maver) chose a shallow caster approach and stayed in touch with the winner with carp to 7lbs coming to the net. At the whistle though he was a fish short when the scales registered 95-14-0.
On the opposite bank of the Sycamore to the winner Matt Stobbs (Oakengates Ang Cent) handed over 78-15-0 to the scales to fill third spot and back on the Chestnut, last weeks double winner John Francis ((R&G) scaled 67-9-0 in 4th.
The Sunday open was held on the Sycamore and went the way of Mark Lloyd (Oak Ang Cent) who was pegged with his back to the Willows Pool on peg 47. Pellet and paste accounted for Marks victory, with carp to 6lbs coming from the 5 metre line as well as close in to give figures of 64-15-0.
Peg 24 figured in the frame again, this time filling second place for Chris Hyde (Sedgeley). He had carp to 8lbs on corn and pellet to weigh 60-13-0.
A couple of pounds behind second, at peg 40 was Dave Matson (R&G) on 58-11-0 and another couple of pounds behind him was Tim Treherne (Oak Ang Cent) on 56-7-0 at peg 31.
Seven points for his second place on the league match takes Andy Bayliss-Kyte to the top of the Preston Innovations points table for October, he now has 19 points, with one match to go. Shane Rogers and Ed Turner share second place with 15 points each.
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