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WHITE ACRES FESTIVAL- NEWS FROM THE BANK-DAY3
Dynamite Baits Festival
Day Three
Well it is the halfway point already and we cannot believe how fast this week is going. The midway point is a crucial point of the festival as it is a major determining factor as to who will be taking to the stage on Friday to collect winnings and who will spend the rest of the week in the bar! Wednesday is another exciting day for the festival anglers, as all of the lake winners today will receive a free holiday and an invite back to fish gold winners week later in the year. So far only Rob and Ian have managed a perfect score, have they kept a hold on their advantage, read on for all the action from day three.
A Section Gwinear
The weights have been improving slightly throughout the week although there is still a section of “doom” the results have been tight for the overall win and those all-important section points. Dan Ashington was the lake winner today with 96lb 11oz; Dan was on peg 20 and caught on the pole shallow and down the edge with caster. Second on peg 19 was Dave Pimlott, Dave caught shallow on the pole with pellet for a weight of 96lb 7oz. With 89lb 3oz Stewart Lister was third, Stewart caught at 14.5 meters up in the water on maggot and caster from peg 17. The next best weigh on the lake came from Sean Huggins on peg 27, Sean caught shallow with 6 & 4 mil pellets for a weight of 81lb 7oz.
Section Winners
Dan Ashington 9 points peg 20 96lb 11oz
Sean Huggins 9 points peg 27 81lb 7oz
Matt Oldfield 9 points peg 43 44lb 3oz
Tony Wilde 9 points peg 50 33lb 10oz
B Section Porth
Porth is still fishing very hard but despite the overall wining weights not being very well; the weights across all the sections are gradually beginning to creep up. Colin Mercer took the lake win today with 9lb 11oz, Colin was on peg 89 and caught mainly on the pole at 12 meters with maggot over groundbait. Second went to Gaz Sadler, Gaz caught on chopped worm and caster over groundbait from peg 83 for a weight of 9lb 4oz. Simon Colclough on peg 32 was third with 8lb 5oz, Simon caught on the long pole with maggot, loose feeding maggot over the top catching small skimmers and roach. Pemb Wrighting had the next best weight on peg 39 with 8lb 4oz, Pemb caught on the pole with caster.
Section Winners
Colin Mercer 9 points peg 89 9lb 11oz
Simon Colclough 9 points peg 32 8lb 5oz
Kieron Rich 9 points peg 78 7lb 12oz
Richie Hull 9 points peg 20 6lb 4oz
C Section Bolingey
Great weights on Bolingey today with 10 over a ton and our first 200lb plus weight for the festival. Andy powers was the lake winner with 214lb 3oz, Andy was on peg 20 and caught 59 carp on the pellet waggler fishing to the island. On peg 23 Dave Rudman was second, Dave fished down the edge on pellet weighing in with 138lbs. Simon Gould had a weight of 135lb 1oz to take third, Simon caught on pellet up in the water and across at 16 meters on meat from peg 46. John Battersby on peg 27 had the next best weight on the lake with 127lb 13oz, John caught shallow on the pole with pellet.
Section Winners
Andy Powers 9 points peg 20 214lb 3oz
Simon Gould 9 points peg 46 135lb 1oz
Antony Atkinson 9 points peg 35 110lb 1oz
Cline Wynn 9 points peg 13 63lb 9oz
D Section Pollawyn
It was a much better days fishing on Pollawyn today, perhaps the nice sunshine for a change had something to do with it! The high bank was once again on form with anglers today catching plenty of carp, but the larger carp are still being caught toward the arms/ points rather than in the open area. The lake winner on peg 27 today was Chris Whitehead, Chris had a weight of 144lb 14oz caught on the feeder with pellet across to the island. Second went to Steve Sheppard with 116lb 1oz, Steve was on the point at peg 20 and caught on the meat feeder across to the corner of the island. Jason Thomas caught on the meat feeder to the aerator and on the pellet waggler from peg 28 to take third with a weight of 115lb 5oz. It was a very close battle for the next beat weight on the lake and vital section points between Steve Ringer & Karl Webster, Steve managed to gain the advantage and had the next best weight with 112lb 8zo, Steve was on peg 15 and caught on the meat feeder to the island and on the long pole.
Section Winners
Chris Whitehead 9 points peg 27 144lb 14oz
Steve Ringer 9 points peg 15 112lb 8oz
George Perkins 9 points peg 12 57lb 1oz
Joe Carass 9 points peg 36 53lb 11oz
E Section Trelawney/Twin Oaks
These lakes are still fishing their proverbials off! Twin Oaks especially is on fire with nearly 850lbs being weighed in between 9 anglers in one section! Today’s lake winner was Andy Geldart on peg 12, Andy caught on the meat feeder and the pellet waggler for a weight of 153lb 8oz. Steve Cooke was second, Steve weighed in 152lb 14oz from peg 2 caught down the edge on meat. Third with 131lb 6oz was Derek Hammond, Derek caught on the pellet waggler from peg 14. The next best weight, and it was also the best weight from Trelawney, was 121lb 1oz and this came from Andy Dare on peg 28, Andy caught down the edge on meat.
Section Winners
Andy Geldart 9 points peg 12 153lb 8oz
Andy Dare 9 points peg 28 121lb 1oz
Will Raison 9 points peg 33 95lb 7oz
Stephen Prophet 9 points peg 18 64lb 12oz
Overall Top Twenty
1st Andy May 25 points 335lb 13oz
2nd Andy Dare 25 points 312lb 5oz
3rd Will Raison 25 points 291lb 14oz
4th Joe Carass 25 points 137lb
5th Andy Geldart 24 points 389lb 2oz
6th Rob Wootton 24 points 345lb 5oz
7th Ian Frost 24 points 266lb 13oz
8th Simon Gould 24 points 182lb 15oz
9th Bob Rand 24 points 178lb 7oz
10th Gary Webber 24 points 176lb 15oz
11th Phil Ringer 24 points 167lb 14oz
12th Richie Hull 24 points 115lb 8oz
13th Dean Barlow 23 points 199lb 9oz
14th Steve Ringer 23 points 171lb 2oz
15th Simon Colclough 23 points 153lb 9oz
16th Alex Bones 22 points 317lb 7oz
17th Steve Conway 22 points 283lb 9oz
18th Karl Webster 22 points 252lb 1oz
19th John Battersby 22 points 165lb 1oz
20th Tony Stevenson 22 points 138lb 11oz
So that was day three and what a change around it has been, it is very very rare that we reach the midway point in the festival with no one on maximum points so this is a bit of a first for us. This is going to be a close one with both amazing weights and very close points across the top 30 on the festival, can Will sneak up there and do the festival double or will Steve Ringer creep his way up there or can we see a fresh name on the trophy this year? Stay tuned for more news on what is turning out to be a very close and exciting festival.