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Winter League Match 4

Sunday 3rd January 2010.

Round 4 of the Winter league saw the lake been frozen again. The carp could be seen swimming under the ice. Slightly earlier the draw got underway as to allow time for Ice Breaking. Some of the pegs on the car park bank had been fished the day before so they wouldnt need much breaking but one peg didnt need any, peg 34.. Ian McCullock drew it but still went and helped other break the ice. Fair play.

I would not say Winter fishing is a spectators sport but 2 people came down to view the action (or lack of it)

Gemma Doyle trying to bring Simon some luck on peg 32.

Danny on peg 10 had his Dad for company.

Fishing was hard to say the least. Only 5 carp were caught during the match but also some were hooked and lost. Jon Walker on 26 managed 2 carp, Ian Mccullock managed 1 from peg 34 and Derek Hammond on peg 24 managed 2 carp. Derek's also managed to win with the help of those carp.

Results..

	A Section
1st	Ian McCullock	peg 34	11-10	RD
2nd	Ron Allam	peg 38	1-8	MFS
3rd	John Bennett	peg 40	0-2	RG
4th	Steve Wilson	peg 7	0-1	A
5th	Paul Jay	peg 4	DNW	RP
6th	Earnie Mason	peg 2	DNW	TS

	B Section
1st	Neal Riddy	peg 9	11-6	RP
2nd	Simon Mound	peg 32	2-10	A
3rd	Steve Palmer	peg 30	1-10	TS
4th	Mick Lane	peg 13	1-8	RG
5th	Dan Blackwell	peg 10	0-13	MFS
6th	Mike Stimpson	peg 28	0-6	RD

	C Section
1st	Derek Hammond	peg 24	17-4	RD
2nd	Jon Walker	peg 26	15-4	RD
3rd	Phil Powell	peg 22	1-12	RG
4th	Ricky	peg 16	0-6	MFS
5th	Clive Pritchard	peg 18	DNW	A
6th	Lloyd Moss	peg 14	DNW	TS

	DAY TEAM POINTS	POINTS
1st	Rolfs Diamond	12	RD
2nd	Rolfs Platinum	12	RP
3rd	Rolfs Gold	11	RG
4th	Match Fishing Scene	10	MFS
5th	Assassins	8	A
6th	Team Spro	4	TS

OVERALL LEADERBOARD

	TOTAL TEAM POINTS	POINTS
1st	Rolfs Gold	54	RG
2nd	Rolfs Diamond	51	RD
3rd	Rolfs Platinum	40	RP
4th	Assassins	32	A
5th	Match Fishing Scene	28	MFS
6th	Team Spro	24	TS

Simon's Perch that he caught after just 1 minute. I thought I was in for a good match but spent the next 3 hours without a bite..

Some of Jon Walkers Excellent Handmade Floats.

The next match is on the 17th January.

2009 Winter League. Match 3.

Sunday 20th December.

Today Winter had set in well and truly at the lake. A layer of ice covered the
lake. John had been making some top class ice breakers and was keen to show them off.
All Picture are click-able for a bigger view

The big lake had a thicker covering of ice while the little lake was a bit thinner.

Drawing today had to be done quickly to allow time for people the break the ice
from their pegs, it helped with Match Fishing Scene team not been able to make it today.

It seems someone had placed a hit on one of the Assassin team member Clive, as the SAS had turned up to assassinate him.

The assembled mob waiting to draw.

As suspected the fishing turned out to be really hard today with only A section without any DNW's.

Only 4 carp were caught today with the majority of fish being caught Perch.

With this been the last match before Christmas John and Pauline had laid on some hot tomato soup and hot dogs for after the match. Thank you very much it was a lovely thought and much needed.

Another thing as it was the last match before Christmas, everyone brought along a wrapped up present. The winner gets to choose first and down to last place from all the gifts on the table. There was also a nice fruity hamper, the winner of which was decided with a dip in to the draw bag from Pauline. She pulled out peg 30 which was Phil Powell's peg, so he won the hamper.

Now on to the results.

A Section Winner and Overall winner for the 3rd match running Mick Lane. Well done.

B Section Winner Pete Archer.

C Section Winner Ian McCullock

And for the man who caught the most fish today. About 50-70 he reckons. Neal Riddy.

Full Results...

	A Section
1st	Mick Lane	peg 7	26-4	RG
2nd	Neal Riddy	peg 40	8-6	RP
3rd	Steve Palmer	peg 34	4-10	TS
4th	Simon Mound	peg 4	3-4	A
5th	Derek Hammond	peg 2	0-8	RD
--	--	--	--	MFS

	B Section
1st	Pete Archer	peg 28	3-12	RD
2nd	Phil Powell	peg 30	1-7	RG
--	Clive Pritchard	peg 26	--	A
--	Lloyd Moss	peg 13	--	TS
--	Mark Orchard	peg 9	--	RP
--	--	--	--	MFS

	C Section
1st	Ian McCullock	peg 14	20-10	RD
2nd	Paul Jay	peg 16	1-8	RP
3rd	Ernie M	peg 24	0-1	TS
--	Steve Wilson	peg 10	--	A
--	John Bennett	peg 18	--	RG
--	--	--	--	MFS

	DAY TEAM POINTS	POINTS
1st	Rolfs Diamond	14	RD
2nd	Rolfs Gold	11	RG
3rd	Rolfs Platinum	10	RP
4th	Team Spro	8	TS
5th	Assassins	3	A
6th	Match Fishing Scene	7	MFS

OVERALL LEADERBOARD

	TOTAL TEAM POINTS	POINTS
1st	Rolfs Gold	43	RG
2nd	Rolfs Diamond	39	RD
3rd	Rolfs Platinum	28	RP
4th	Assassins	24	A
5th	Team Spro	20	TS
6th	Match Fishing Scene	18	MFS

Happy Christmas everyone. Next match is Sunday the 3rd January. Hope its a bit warmer.

Important info for Sunday's Match. 20th December...

If you are fishing tomorrow please remember to take your ice breakers. Steve has told me there is over and inch of ice on the lake... Temps went down to minus 8.2 last night.
Also please remember to bring a wrapped up gift to the value of £7. The winner will get first choice of the gifts descending down to last place. Everyone will get a Christmas gift.

2009 Winter League, Match 2.

6th December 2009.

This morning saw the second winter league match. The weather at the lake was surprisingly nice. Clear sky's with a slight wind from the car park bank over towards the motorway bank. The draw format was that the person that won each section on the first match drew first, second drew second and so on.

John Bennett hoping to draw peg 9

But Steve Wilson Drew it instead.

The draw was only a few minutes late today meaning the match was due to start at 10.15am and finish at 3.15pm.
After the first hour of the match it seems more carp were been caught today, mainly from the bar up in the top end of the big lake. Pegs 14 round to peg 24 were having plenty (for winter) of carp. I was on peg 26 and seems I was just off the fish but had fun watching everyone else catching. I could see John Bennett from my peg, he was on the peg I was on last match, peg 30 and was struggling with liners but managed to catch a few silvers. With the weigh in done it was clear to see how much better the big lake had fished today up the top end.

A Section Winner.. Phil Powell. Rolfslake Gold.

B Section Winner.. Ian McCullock. Rolfslake Diamond.

C Section Winner.. Mick Lane. Rolfslake Gold.

Full Match Results...

	A Section
1st	Phil Powell	peg 34	62-0	RG
2nd	Derek Hammond	peg 7	29-8	RD
3rd	Dave Bull	peg 40	17-8	MFS
4th	Clive Pritchard	peg 4	11-0	A
5th	Lloyd Moss	peg 2	2-8	TS
6th	Mark Orchard	peg 38	1-0	RP

	B Section
1st	Ian McCullock	peg 13	49-12	RD
2nd	Mark D	peg 28	14-2	MFS
3rd	Steve Wilson	peg 9	13-4	A
4th	Paul Jay	peg 10	6-4	RP
5th	John Bennett	peg 30	3-12	RG
6th	Ernie M	peg 32	2-0	TS

	C Section
1st	Mick Lane	peg 18	67-0	RG
2nd	Mike Stimpson	peg 24	61-8	RD
3rd	Geoff Ashcroft	peg 14	52-4	TS
4th	Ron Allen	peg 16	44-8	RP
5th	Herbie Hornby	peg 22	23-12	MFS
6th	Simon Mound	peg 26	19-8	A

	TEAM POINTS	POINTS
1st	Rolfs Diamond	16	RD
2nd	Rolfs Gold	14	RG
3rd	MFS	11	MFS
4th	Assassins	8	A
5th	Rolfs Platinum	7	RP
6th	Team Spro	7	TS

OVERALL LEADERBOARD

	TOTAL TEAM POINTS	POINTS
1st	Rolfs Gold	32	RG
2nd	Rolfs Diamond	25	RD
3rd	Assassins	21	A
4th	Rolfs Platinum	18	RP
5th	MFS	18	MFS
6th	Team Spro	12	TS

Rolfslake Gold. Mick Lane and Phil Powell. They wouldn't let John on the picture as he caught bugger all :)

2009 Winter League. Match 1

Current league champions Rolfs Team Gold

Today saw the start of the winter league 2009 and assembled in the car park were the five teams hoping to topple the current 8 times champions Rolfs Team Gold { also known as the Swindon bandits}. The league is fished over six rounds between now and January and each of the team members {3} get to fish in rotation around the three sections , A section is pegs 34, 38, 40, 2, 4, and 7 B section is pegs 9, 10, 13, 28, 30, and peg 32 and finally C section is pegs 14, 16, 18, 22, 24, and peg 26.

After each match the winner of each section gets 6 points decending down to 1 point for last place but you have to weigh in to get your point. The league is decided on the team that has the most points after six matches and in the event of a tie the series is decided on the team with the most section wins. The key to success in these league matches is to have a team that can adapt to the methods required to catch fish in certain sections and not just wait for a carp to turn up as Rolfslake has a massive head of silvers that in certain sections can help you to good points if the carp dont turn up.

For the league reports my co blog reporter Simon will be the man down the on lake keeping a close eye on things as he is fishing with Team Assasins , so will be able to provide you all with the most current news from these matches.

Sunday 22nd November.

The weather at the lake today was very windy blowing from the big lake down towards the little lake. We had heavy showers on and off for most of the day also.
Fishing proved to be very hard and if you managed to catch a carp then you would score good points in your section.

Rolfs Gold proved to be a force to be reckoned with today as they managed the hatrick winning all three sections, Well done.
The results tell the story for the rest of us.

Full results after Match 1..

	A Section
1st	John Bennett	peg 40	24-4	RG
2nd	Paul Jay	peg 7	15-4	RP
3rd	Steve Wilson	peg 34	10-12	A
4th	Ron B	peg 4	10-0	MFS
5th	Ian M	peg 38	9-4	RD
6th	Ernie M	peg 2	2-8	TS

	B Section
1st	Mick Lane	peg 9	48-4	RG
2nd	Simon Mound	peg 30	23-0	A
3rd	Ron Allam	peg 10	15-8	RP
4th	Horby	peg 32	13-8	MFS
5th	Mike Stimpson	peg 13	13-0	RD
6th	Steve Palmer	peg 28	3-8	TS

	C Section
1st	Phil Powell	peg 24	39-12	RG
2nd	Jon Walker	peg 22	21-4	RD
3rd	Clive Pritchard	peg 18	21-0	A
4th	Lloyd Moss	peg 16	9-8	TS
5th	Mark Orchard	peg 26	7-12	RP
6th	Dave Bull	peg 14	2-4	MFS

	TEAM POINTS	POINTS
1st	Rolfs Gold	18	RG
2nd	Assassins	13	A
3rd	Rolfs Platinum	11	RP
4th	Rolfs Diamond	9	RD
5th	MFS	7	MFS
6th	Team Spro	5	TS