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WHITE ACRES FESTIVAL- NEWS FROM THE BANK-DAY4
Dynamite Baits Festival
Day Four
It has been another great days fishing and the festival just seems to keep getting closer and closer, today’s action has made it even closer up at the top so read on to find out how day four of the festival went.
A Section Porth
It is still fishing hard down at Porth, possibly the hardest it has ever fished in a festival but this is not really surprising given that we are two weeks behind on the normal weather for this time of year. The lake winner today was Nigel Marchington on peg 39; Nigel fished the feeder with worm and maggot for a weight of 9lb 1oz. There was a draw for second place with both Adam Wakelin & Dean Smith weighing in with 9lbs, Adam was on peg 88 and caught on the groundbait feeder with maggot and Dean caught on the feeder with maggot and worm from peg 85. The next best weight came from Harry Billing on peg 37 with 8lb 7oz, Harry caught on the long pole with pinkie and maggot.
Section Winners
Nigel Marchington 9 points peg 39 9lb 1oz
Dean Smith 9 points peg 85 9lb
Adam Wakelin 9 points peg 88 9lb
John Waples 9 points peg 18 5lb 12oz
Sandra Scotthorne 9 points peg 79 4lb 8oz
B Section Bolingey
The weights on Bolingey just get better as the week goes on with 3000lbs of fish caught yesterday! The lake winner was Pemb Wrighting on peg 27 with 193lb 1oz; Pemb caught 42 carp on the pole with meat. Dave Lewis was second with 145lb 15oz, Dave caught down the edge on meat from peg 16. Third went to Wayne Mellings on peg 29, Wayne had a weight of 141lb 9oz caught on corn and meat down the margins. The next best weigh came from Shaun Barnett; Shaun was on peg 21 and caught down the edge on corn.
Section Winners
Pemb Wrighting 9 points peg 27 193lb 1oz
Dave Lewis 9 points peg 16 145lb 15oz
Wayne Mellings 9 points peg 29 141lb 9oz
Richie Hull 9 points peg 49 133lb 10oz
C Section Pollawyn
It was very close on the lake today; not only for the overall results but the section points were also very tight. The eventual lake winner was Scott Wilding on peg 28, Scott caught on the meat feeder to the aerator and the bomb & pellet in the open water for a weight of 125lb 1oz. Second was John Battersby with 109lb 3oz, John was on peg 16 and caught on the feeder with pellet and the bomb. Graham Thomas was third, Graham caught on the bomb and meat from peg 20 with a weight of 108lb 5oz. On peg 19 Peter Mercer had the next best weight with 102lb 15oz, Peter caught on the bomb both with meat and pellet.
Section Winners
Scott Widling 9 points peg 28 125lb 1oz
John Battersby 9 points peg 16 109lb 3oz
Dave Rudman 9 points peg 36 79lb 12oz
Alan Such 9 points peg 13 55lb 11oz
D Section Trelawney/Twin Oaks
The weights from Twin Oaks again just have continued amazed us and Trelawney has also fished consistently. The lake winner was Kerry Kirkwood on Twin Oaks peg 14, Kerry had a massive haul of 205lb 6oz caught on the pellet waggler and on the meat feeder. Steve Ringer was second with 145lb 8oz, Steve caught on the long pole with pellet from Trelawney peg 8. Third was Joe Carass with 135lb 13oz, Joe was on Trelawney peg 18 and caught on the 16-meter pole with pellet. Greg Roberts had the next best weight with 116lb 15oz, Greg was on Trelawney 23 and caught both long and short on the pole with meat.
Section Winners
Kerry Kirkwood 9 points peg 14 205lb 6oz
Steve Ringer 9 points peg 8 145lb 8oz
Greg Roberts 9 points peg 23 116lb 15oz
Ian Hudson 9 points peg 31 73lb 11oz
E Section Gwinear
As with the previous festival the weights seem to have got a bit better throughout the week and the weights have been a bit more spread across the lake. Alan Scotthore was the lake winner today with an impressive 141lb 3oz, Alan caught shallow with pellet from peg 24. Second was Andy May, Andy was on peg 28 and caught on pellet shallow towards the bridge for a weight of 121lb 12oz.110b 15oz was the weight that came third and this was from Will Raison on peg 20, Will caught shallow on the pole with pellet and on the pole down the edge with caster. The next best weight was 102lbs and this was from Paul Cannon on peg 27, Paul used a mixture of methods to accumulate his weight catching on the feeder with meat, shallow on pellet and also some down the left margin with worm.
Section Winners
Alan Scotthorne 9 points peg 24 141lb 3oz
Andy May 9 points peg 28 121lb 12oz
Steve Bass 9 points peg 43 64lb 12oz
Jimmy Wilson 9 points peg 1 35lb 4oz
Overall Top Twenty
1st Andy May 34 points 457lb 9oz
2nd Will Raison 33 points 402lb 13oz
3rd Joe Carass 33 points 272lb 13oz
4th Richie Hull 33 points 249lb 2oz
5th Andy Dare 32 points 396lb 1oz
6th Rob Wootton 32 points 349lb 10oz
7th Steve Ringer 32 points 316lb 10oz
8th Pemb Wrighting 31 points 311lb 8oz
9th John Battersby 31 points 274lb 4oz
10th Andy Geldart 30 points 476lb 8oz
11th Phil Ringer 30 points 270lb 2oz
12th Simon Colclough 30 points 264lb 4oz
13th Dean Barlow 30 points 248lb 9oz
14th Scott Wilding 30 points 240lb 7oz
15th Gary Webber 30 points 180lb 10oz
16th Karl Webster 29 points 341lb 7oz
17th Bob Rand 29 points 288lb 15oz
18th Simon Gould 29 points 221lb 8oz
19th Wayne Mellings 29 points 220lb 15oz
20th Steve Sanders 29 points 167lb 1oz
So Andy has just managed to hold onto his advantage today but as we all know anything can happen on the final day and that is before the dropped result comes into play. There is a very strong pack chasing Andy and with these impressive weights we all know this is going to be a very close festival. Andy needs another section win to keep him up there and in the clear but with the calibre of anglers in the above list, who will no doubt pull out all the stops to secure themselves a position, we will just have to wait and see.