*Post-Match Review*

Well, it was another good match at Stambridge with some good weights for the time of year. It was a bit strange in that it felt as though the fish were on it, but they weren’t at the same time. Potentially, it was still a bit early for those mega weights like we had in June last year, despite the superb weather we had!

The match started off at a blistering pace for me, catching around 30lb in the 1st hour on the feeder, drawing an end peg on the section. Plenty of silvers were being caught steadily and Tony Westgarth was doing his usual to work out what was going on, being sneaky at the same time. I was well ahead of him after 2 hours, but my peg died up and it was almost as if the fish just knew what was going on. I struggled on every method come 12pm and Tony made a sensible tactical switch and targeted the silvers during those quiet patches, thus propelling him to 1st place with 86lb 6ozs. It was literally to the pound, his silvers net which beat me to 2nd, netting a weight of 74lb 4ozs! Richard Trott finished 3rd from the top end of the lake with 45lb 8ozs, mostly caught on the tip.

Terry Withington currently leads the table with 34 points from the 2 matches, Terry Commer Jnr (Middy/Keswalls) 2nd with 30points and Tommy Eldridge 3rd with 29 points. Sorry Tony, you’re currently 5th with 24 points! From left to right below, the order of top 3!

*Pre-Match Review*

This year we are visiting Stambridge Lakes earlier than usual. Hopefully the lake will be waking up from winter and everything will be feeding well for those big bags of silvers and carp. This superb mixed venue provides top class weights for both silvers and carp. The biggest silvers net from this venue is currently 71lb, caught by myself in June 2017. Last year we had the infamous silvers only match which produced more Carp than has ever been caught by our club here (typical!). Carp weighed a 1lb on the day with the notable net from Terry Commer Snr where 39 Carp had been weighed in (for 39lbs) along with 15 or so in a keepnet. If Carp counted as their weight, this would have been a 200lb weight easily – along with the Skimmers and Bream that were caught too. So, with this in mind, the match this year will be an all in match. On the day, it’ll be up to you! Decide if the Carp are being too dominant and target those, or work hard for a monster bag of silvers, but be sure to make the right decision early, this being the key to the match!

Below is the current list of confirmed anglers for the match:

    1. Terry Commer Jnr (Middy/Keswalls)
    2. Terry Commer Snr
    3. Tony Westgarth
    4. Mickey Eid
    5. Craig Ramsey
    6. Phil Cowley
    7. Mick Arbon
    8. Richard Trott
    9. Matt Eastwell
    10. Michael Jenkins
    11. Paul Flesher
    12. Ray Flesher
    13. Martin Reader
    14. Harry Shearman
    15. Ron Dartnell
    16. Ken Gill
    17. Christine Gill
    18. Tommy Eldridge
    19. Dave Wickings
    20. Allan Bird
    21. Paul Blatch
    22. Terry Withington

Currently No Reserves.

Draw : 8:30am.

Nets in : 9:45am.

Match time : 10:00am to 4:00pm.