Christmas open match results December 24 – 31

4 January 2016 Fishing News & Match Results

Thursday December 24
Bonsai Lake (15 pegs)
1. D Shepherd 64-12-0, peg 64
2. T Noon 57-12-0, peg 55
3. R Lidgate 55-11-0, peg 59

Christmas Eve saw Dale Shepherd take the honours on the bomb and corn.

Saturday December 26
Bonsai Lake (14 pegs)
1. D Shepherd 70-3-0, peg 34
2. T Pickering 67-8-0, peg 28
3. Lyndon 66-9-0, peg 20

A second victory in three days for Dale as the fish followed the warm wind to the pegs at the bottom of the lake.

Sunday December 27
Willows and Laurels (31 pegs)
1. R Kerridge 82-4-0, Laurels 42
2. N Speed 78-15-0, Willows 27
3. S Dyson 71-1-0, Laurels 4
4. C Reilly 60-5-0, Willows 50

Unfancied peg 42 on Laurels threw up the winning weight for Richard Kerridge who fished the pole with 4mm pellet.

Monday December 28
Mystery Pairs, Bonsai Lake (25 pegs)
1. M Owen 100-0-0, peg 43
2. J Allerton 78-13-0, peg 62
3. A Dockerty 78-6-0, peg 68

Pairs
1. M Owen/A Dockerty
2. R Lidgate/R Ledgrade
3. A Bailey/A Mundall

Tuesday December 29
Silverfish match
Bonsai and Loco (28 pegs)
1. T Scholey 50-6-0, Bonsai 63
2. K Holvey 38-0-0, Bonsai 55
3. S Donaghue 30-2-0, Bonsai 44

A great weight of skimmer bream and all sorts of other fish won the silvers match for Tom Scholey, using the pole at 9m. The top carp weight prize of the day went to Andy Bailey with 78-6-0 on Bonsai 70.

Wednesday December 30
Teams of three
Bonsai and Laurels, 30 pegs
1. T Pickering/E Pickering/A Dockerty, 4pts
2. P Holmes/P Riley/J Hetherington, 9pts
3. A Bailey/J Snedker/G Boddice, 11pts

Split across two lakes, the winning team had both lake winners in the shape of Alex Dockerty, 100lb on Bonsai 64, and Emma Pickering, 44lb on Laurels 25.

Thursday December 31
Bonsai Lake (32 pegs)
1. J Kenny 75-6-0, peg 39
2. R Lidgate 67-1-0, peg 62
3. A Waite 53-7-0, peg 41
4. D Beggs 50-3-0, peg 56

The carp unusually turned up in peg 39 and John Kenny set about catching them with the bomb and corn to take victory.