First of 2010 - Bait Tech
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Once again the 2010 season at White Acres starts off with a bang as we go straight into our first spring festival. As with the rest of the country it has been a long cold winter so this is bound to make the fishing a bit slower but as long as people are catching a few fish we will be happy.
The Bait Tech remains our 'traditional' festival and excludes the use of pellets, boilies & the method. The days leading up to the festival have been fairly mild but we are still getting overnight hard frosts which tend to knock things on the head quite a bit. The festival is also earlier than normal so it is still very much 'winter' fishing and the anglers that are approaching this festival with that in mind are more likely to see better results than those that are overfeeding as if it was warmer. In this festival more than ever all fish will come into play and for those who set there stall out with the intention of going for carp carp carp would fall foul of those who have built up a decent weight of silvers.
A daily report of the festival will be posted so stay tuned to see how the week unfolds and to see who will be crowned the White Acres Bait Tech champion 2010.
Day One
After a weekend of either serious practise or serious drinking (or even both) the anglers were ready for the off, once again it was a hard frost over night but with a forecast to become warmer throughout the day. With the sections drawn prior to the anglers arrivals they knew where they were heading on day one, so all that was left to was draw their peg for the day and crack on with their festival.
A Section Pollawyn
In the colder months the carp shoal up on the lake and if you manage to draw sock on your day will be a dream but the fish are very unpredictable and could turn up anywhere. A significant amount of F1's have been introduced into Pollawyn over the winter and on recent matches have really been showing but unfortunately these matches have allowed pellet so the anglers will have to think a bit about their bait. Today match winner was Steve Sanders on peg 19, Steve caught on the waggler & feeder for a weight of 58lb 2oz. Lee Edwards weighed in with 50lb 12oz to take second, Lee was on peg 15 and caught a mixed bag of silvers on casters short and meat long. On peg 29 Paul Barnard was third with 50lb 1oz, Paul caught at 16 meters on the pole with meat. The next best weight on the lake came from Steve Barraclough on peg 27; Steve caught a nice bag of skimmers on the pole with meat weighing 43lb 10oz.
Section Winners
Steve Sanders 9 points peg 19 58lb 2oz
Lee Edwards 9 points peg 15 50lb 12oz
Darren Vowles 9 points peg 45 39lb 12oz
Harry Billing 9 points peg 10 34lb 10oz
B Section Jennys & Python
The weights across both lakes were close today's and fished evenly, it was nice to see the overall weights coming from across both lakes and the weights in the sections being close for points. There were a few lower weights on Python but overall it was a fairly good start to the festival and adds a bit more excitement when the weights are so close. The lake winner today was Steve Mitchell on Jennys peg 19, Steve caught on the tip with corn for a weight of 43lb 11oz. Steve Cook was on Python peg 36 and was second with 43lb 8oz, Steve caught on the pole with maggot, caster & corn. Third with 40lb 1oz was Andy Neal, Andy was on Python peg 10 and caught on meat on the long pole. Alan Hodgeon had the next best weight on Jennys peg 5, Alan caught on the pole with worm & maggot for a weight of 40lb.
Section Winners
Steve Mitchell 9 points peg 19(J) 43lb 11oz
Steve Cooke 9 points peg 38(PY) 43lb 8oz
Andy Neal 9 points peg 10(PY) 40lb 1oz
Alan Hodgeon 9 points peg 5(J) 40lb
C Section Trelawney & Twin Oaks
It was a mixed day for the anglers on these lakes today, over the winter work has been done on both of the lakes. Trelawney had has a substantial amount of re-stocking with over 1000lb of decent silvers and F1's introduced and Twin Oaks has also had more fish put in. Trelawney fished fairly evenly with some decent weights but also a few lower weights coming from both sides and Twin Oaks was also quite close apart from one weight that completely walked the section. Richard Kinning was the match winner today getting his festival off to a great start with a weight of 164lb 11oz; Richard was on Twin Oaks peg 16 and caught on the waggler with meat. Second, also on Twin Oaks but the high numbered side, was Dave Campbell, Dave was on peg 23 and caught on the long pole with meat & corn for a weight of 61lb 7oz. Joff Rogers was on the high numbers of Twin Oaks peg 33 and was third with 57lb 4oz, Joff caught on the long pole with meat. Pete Wild was on Trelawney peg 31 and had the next best weight with 56lb 8oz, Pete caught at 16 meters on the pole with meat & maggot.
Section Winners
Richard Kinning 9 points peg 16(TO) 164lb 11oz
Dave Campbell 9 points peg 23(TO) 61lb 7oz
Pete Wild 9 points peg 31(T) 56lb 8oz
Doug Wright 9 points peg 12(T) 35lb 13oz
D Section Porth
Porth is a bit of an unknown entity to all as it rarely gets match fished over the winter so of all the lakes in the festival this week this is the one the anglers are most blind on. It was a bit of a surprise today with carp being caught for the first time in a while, the lake did not really show much form as the weights came from all across the sections and as to be expected some anglers struggled more than others - especially those who had not been to the venue before. The lake winner was Andy Gregory; Andy was on peg 75 and caught on the feeder with maggot for a weight of 19lb 7oz. Second with 15lb 5oz was John Stepton, John caught on the feeder with maggot from peg 75. Third on peg 89 was Richard Salmon, Richard was on peg 89 and caught on the feeder with double maggot. Steve Ringer was on peg 85 and had the next best weight on the lake with 14lb 13oz, Steve caught on the feeder with maggot & pinkie.
Section Winners
Andy Gregory 9 points peg 75 19lb 7oz
Richard Salmon 9 points peg 89 15lb 1oz
Andy Ingleson 9 points peg 17 12lb 8oz
Sean Fletcher 9 points peg 38 9lb 10oz
E Section Bolingey
Bolingey is another lake that is hardly fished over the winter and by today's weights we can tell that the fish are keen to feed even in this cold weather today we have had 12 weights of over 90lb with some fair mid weights too. The lake was won today by John Waples; John was on peg 23 and caught on the pole at 7 & 9 meters with meat, casters & worm for a weight of 165lb 11oz. On peg 30 Adey Lindsay was second with 138lb 6oz, Adey caught on meat shallow & meat at 7 meters. Third with a weight of 134lb 9oz was Phil Ringer, Phil caught on the long pole with corn from peg 49. The next best weight on the lake came from Ken Oldham on peg 20, Ken caught on the long pole with maggot and meat down the edge for a weight of 129lb.
Section Winners
John Waples 9 points peg 23 165lb 11oz
Adey Lindsay 9 points peg 40 138lb 6oz
Phil Ringer 9 points peg 49 134lb 9oz
Nigel Bond 9 points peg 11 79lb 1oz
So that was the action from day one and here is how our first top 20 looks.
| Name | Points | Weight | |
| 1st | John Waples | 9 points | 165lb 11oz |
| 2nd | Richard Kinning | 9 points | 164lb 11oz |
| 3rd | Adey Lindsay | 9 points | 138lb 6oz |
| 4th | Phil Ringer | 9 points | 134lb 9oz |
| 5th | Nigel Bond | 9 points | 79lb 1oz |
| 6th | Dave Campbell | 9 points | 61lb 7oz |
| 7th | Steve Sanders | 9 points | 58lb 2oz |
| 8th | Pete Wild | 9 points | 56lb 8oz |
| 9th | Lee Edwards | 9 points | 50lb 12oz |
| 10th | Steve Mitchell | 9 points | 43lb 11oz |
| 11th | Steve Cooke | 9 points | 43lb 11oz |
| 12th | Andy Neal | 9 points | 40lb 1oz |
| 13th | Alan Hodgeon | 9 points | 40lb |
| 14th | Darren Vowles | 9 points | 39lb 12oz |
| 15th | Doug Wright | 9 points | 35lb 13oz |
| 16th | Harry Billing | 9 points | 34lb 10oz |
| 17th | Andy Gregory | 9 points | 19lb 7oz |
| 18th | Richard Salmon | 9 points | 15lb 1oz |
| 19th | Andy Ingleson | 9 points | 12lb 8oz |
| 20th | Sean Fletcher | 9 points | 9lb 10oz |
Day ones section winners will be happy with 9 points tucked firmly under their belts but there is a long way to go yet, join us for the daily updates to see how the action unfolds.
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Day Two
No overnight frost but it is still cold with a bitter wind which will not do the anglers any favours, yesterday got off to a respectable start with everyone catching some fish so fingers crossed for day two.
A Section Jennys/Python
Despite a freezing wind up on Jennys the anglers but in a sterling effort as there were consistent weights across the section, Python fished reasonable in the wides but it was a struggle on the narrows. Lee Edwards was the match winner today on Jennys peg 3, Lee caught roach at 5 & 11 meters with caster & maggots and had a couple of bonus carp at 14 meters on corn all for a weight of 39lb 5oz. Shaun Jackson was on Jennys peg 21 and was second with 39lb 2oz. Third with 38lb 12oz was Mick Lees, Mick was on Jennys 18 and caught on the groundbait feeder with maggot & meat. The next best weight came from Steve Martin on Jennys peg 7, Steve caught on the pole short with maggot for a weight of 34lb 14oz. The best weight on Python was 33lb 6oz and this came from Mark Brown on peg 36.
Section Winners
Lee Edwards 9 points peg 3 39lb 5oz
Shaun Jackson 9 points peg 21 39lb 2oz
Mark Brown 9 points peg 36 33lb 6oz
Dean Fish 9 points peg 16 14lb 4oz
B Section Twin Oaks/Trelawney
A bit of a mixed day over on Twin Oaks and Trelawney with peg 16 on Twin Oaks once again taking the match win. Most of the weights on Trelawney were reasonable with it being close for section points. Andy Neal was the lake winner with 119lb 1oz, Andy was on twin Oaks peg 16 and caught on the waggler with meat. Craig Elkin was on Trelawney peg 23 and was second with 62lb 15oz, Craig caught on the bomb with meat. Third with 57lb 11oz was James Granger, James caught on the feeder with meat and down the edge on the long pole with meat from Twin Oaks peg 18. Bob Jarvis on Twin Oaks peg 2 had the next best weight with 56lb 1oz, Bob caught on the straight lead with meat, hair rigged meat and also had a few roach on the pole short with caster.
Section Winners
Andy Neal 9 points peg 16 119lb 1oz
Craig Elkin 9 points peg 23 62lb 15oz
Matt Smith 9 points peg 18 40lb 13oz
Steve Mitchell 9 points peg 21 38lb 9oz
C Section Porth
After an initial good first day on the reservoir it was back down to earth for the anglers with the weights today, the wind ripping through the valley really didn't help either. Stewart Lister on peg 74 was the lake winner with 14lb 5oz; Stewart caught on the feeder with double dead red maggot and had a few on the pole at 13 meters. Second with 10lb 20oz was Shaun Sylvester, Shaun caught on the groundbait feeder with double red maggot from peg 76. Joff Rogers caught on the feeder with worm from peg 20 to take third, Joff had a weight of 10lb 8oz. Dave Harpin had the next best weight on the lake with 10lb 2oz, Dave caught on the pole with a roach rig from peg 17.
Section Winners
Stewart Lister 9 points peg 74 14lb 5oz
Joff Rogers 9 points peg 20 10lb 8oz
Russ Grimes 9 points peg 38 7lb 13oz
Ian Didcote 9 points peg 82 7lb
D Section Bolingey
Another good day on Bolingey and although there weren't as many big weights nearly everyone weighed in with 40lb plus. Today’s lake winner was Mark Jones on peg 45, Mark caught on meat at 12.5 meters for a weight of 134lb 10oz. Steve Ringer was second with 133lb 5oz, Steve was on peg 33 and caught on the pole long & short with meat. Third with 126lb 6oz was Danny Wynn, Danny caught down the edge on caster from peg 44. Gary Gibson had the next best weight on the lake; Gary was on peg 27 and caught on maggots, meat & corn in the margins for a weight of 115lb 13oz.
Section Winners
Mark Jones 9 points peg 45 134lb 10oz
Steve Ringer 9 points peg 33 133lb 5oz
Kieron Rich 9 points peg 3 80lb 2oz
Paul Jee 9 points peg 17 75lb 2oz
E Section Pollawyn
The weights were slightly better on Pollawyn today and even though the wind was howling across the lake making it bitterly cold there were still a few fish caught, the fish seemed to have moved around a bit since yesterday giving us some new section winning pegs. Ady Lindsay was the match winner today with 84lb 1oz; Ady was on peg 19 and caught on the bomb with meat. Second with 76lb 1oz was Attila Szekers, Attila caught on the long pole at 16 meters with meat from peg 45. Tommy Pickering on peg 29 was third, Tommy caught 13 carp on the pole & tip with meat for a weight of 74lb 11oz. On peg 20 Alan Crouch had the next best weight on the lake with 57lb 12oz, Alan caught on the pole at 16 meters with meat.
Section Winners
Ady Lindsay 9 points peg 19 84lb 1oz
Attila Szekeres 9 points peg 45 76lb 1oz
Mark Fox 9 points peg 7 48lb 9oz
Phil Ringer 9 points peg 21 38lb 9oz
Here is how the results from day two affect the overall top twenty
| Name | Points | Weight | |
| 1st | Ady Lindsay |
18 points | 227lb 7oz |
| 2nd | Phil Ringer | 18 points | 173lb 2oz |
| 3rd | Andy Neal |
18 points | 159lb 2oz |
| 4th | Lee Edwards | 18 points | 90lb 1oz |
| 5th | Steve Mitchell | 18 points | 82lb 4oz |
| 6th | Steve Ringer | 17 points | 148lb 2oz |
| 7th | Kieron Rich | 17 points | 87lb 2oz |
| 8th | Joff Rogers | 17 points | 67lb 12oz |
| 9th | Dave Campbell | 17 points | 66lb 8oz |
| 10th | James Granger | 16 points | 93lb 11oz |
| 11th | Chris Vandervleit | 16 points | 74lb 8oz |
| 12th | Harry Billing | 16 points | 62lb 12oz |
| 13th | Stewart Lister | 16 points | 60lb 15oz |
| 14th | Shaun Sylvester | 16 points | 41lb 11oz |
| 15th | Doug Wright | 16 points | 40lb 3oz |
| 16th | Jon Gray | 16 points | 38lb 14oz |
| 17th | Alan Crouch | 15 points | 176lb 4oz |
| 18th | Richard Kinning | 15 points | 167lb 13oz |
| 19th | Craig Elkin | 15 points | 96lb 1oz |
| 20th | Chris Kitchen | 15 points | 88lb 5oz |
Our top 5 all have maximum points so will be hoping to keep this up as the festival progresses as one bad draw could make all the difference. The back up points are close so at the moment the title could be anyone's. By tomorrow we will have reached the mid-way festival report, can anyone keep up their perfect points; join us tomorrow for the latest update.
Day Three
Well we have reached the half way point of the festival already and we have seen a few changes at the top today. Over night it rained for the first time in over a month and although we woke up to a dull day, the wind had died slightly and it was a much milder day. Day three always provides a bit of extra excitement as the 5 lake winners today all win a free holiday and an invitation back to fish our winners week mini festival.
A Section Twin Oaks/Trelawney
The overall weights were spread across both lakes today and all seemed to fish a bit better, especially the high numbers of Twin Oaks which seem to have benefited from the additional stocking of F1's that have been introduced to the lake. The lake winner today on Trelawney peg 2 was Steve Barraclough, Steve weighed in with 134lb 12oz caught on the long pole with meat. Second with 94lb 5oz from Twin Oaks peg 23 was Steve Mayo, Steve caught a few fish on the feeder with groundbait & maggot and has the rest of his fish at 14.5 meters on the bottom with meat. Tony Wynnick was third; Tony was on Twin Oaks peg 2 and caught on the straight lead with meat for a weight of 78lb 9oz. The next best weight came from Lee Pesticcio on Twin Oaks peg 35, Lee had a weight of 66lb 6oz caught on the groundbait feeder with maggot and a few down the edge on corn.
Section Winners
Steve Barraclough 9 points peg 2 134lb 12oz
Steve Mayo 9 points peg 23 94lb 5oz
Tony Wynnick 9 points peg 2 78lb 9oz
Darren Shaw 9 points peg 22 46lb 5oz
B Section Porth
It was a tough day for the anglers on Porth today with the anglers being plagued with pike in their pegs, one angler even landing an 8lb fish that ate his rig! The lake was won with 10lb 15oz and this came from Craig Elkin on peg 39, Craig caught on the waggler with caster and on the groundbait feeder. Richard Wildman took second with 10lb 3oz, Richard caught on single dead pinkie on the tip at 35 yards from peg 77. Third on peg 21 was Grant Albutt, Grant caught on the waggler & feeder with chopped worm & casters for a weight of 9lb 1oz. Richie Hull on peg 18 had the next best weight on the lake with 7lb 14oz, Richie caught on the waggler with maggot.
Section Winners
Craig Elkin 9 points peg 39 10lb 15oz
Richard Wildman 9 points peg 77 10lb 3oz
Grant Albutt 9 points peg 21 9lb 1oz
Steve Cooke 9 points peg 87 6lb 2oz
C Section Bolingey
The best weights of the festival are still coming from Bolingey and the anglers are counting on a good draw to really bump up their overall festival weights. Jon Gray was the lake winner today with 139lb 7oz; Jon was on peg 27 and caught on the pole at 16 meters in front & down the edge on meat. Second on peg 18 was Joff Rogers, Joff caught on the waggler with meat for a weight of 112lb 7oz. Richard Kinning took third with a weight of 91lb 1oz, Richard was on peg 49 and caught on the long pole with meat. Wayne Sharman was on peg 11 and had the next best weight on the lake, Wayne weighed in with 86lb 6oz caught on the waggler with meat.
Section Winners
Jon Gray 9 points peg 27 139lb 7oz
Joff Rogers 9 points peg 18 112lb 7oz
Richard Kinning 9 points peg 49 91lb 1oz
Alan Spooner 9 points peg 44 85lb 13oz
D Section Pollawyn
Another mixed day on Pollawyn but we did see our best weight from this lake so far this week. The sections are close on weight for points and it is the back arm where the anglers are mostly struggling for bites. The lake winner today with 116lb 9 oz was Steve Ringer; Steve was on peg 30 and caught on the long pole with meat. Gary Webber on peg 26 was second with 62lb 3oz, Gary caught mainly on the meat feeder but had a couple later on with meat on the pole. Third was Jimmy Garside, Jimmy was on peg 27 and caught 2 carp on the tip with maggot, 2 carp on the pole with corn and some skimmers on the pole all for a weight of 52lb 4oz. The next best weight on the lake was 45lb 13oz and this came from John Stepton on peg 20; John caught all F1’s on the crumb feeder with maggot.
Section Winners
Steve Ringer 9 points peg 30 116lb 9oz
Richard Salmon 9 points peg 7 43lb 3oz
Cliff Adams 9 points peg 16 33lb 6oz
Paul Jee 9 points peg 43 14lb 12oz
E Section Jennys/Python
Good weights up on Jennys today with just a few pounds making the difference in points. The weights on the wides of Python were also close but it was a different story on the narrows where all but the end peg struggled for bites. Phil Ringer was the lake winner today and also the only angler to pick up another perfect section result, Phil was on Jennys peg 17 and caught on the maggot feeder and hair rigged meat for a weight of 59lb 6oz. Second on Jennys peg 1 was Paul Yates, Paul weighed in with 51lb 6oz caught on the long pole with chopped worm and had 5 of his better fish down the edge at 9 meters on meat. Tommy Pickering had a weight of 50lb 14oz to take third, Tommy had 40 fish his best being 8lb and these were all caught on the meat feeder. Tom Hanser weighed in with 49lb 8oz which was the next best weight, Tom caught on the groundbait feeder with maggot from Python peg 36
Section Winners
Phil Ringer 9 points peg 17 59lb 6oz
Paul Yates 9 points peg 1 51lb 6oz
Tom Hanser 9 points peg 36 49lb 8oz
John Brooks 9 points peg 13 25lb 2oz
Here is how the action from day three has affected over overall results
| Name | Points | Weight | |
| 1st | Phil Ringer | 27 points |
232lb 8oz |
| 2nd | Steve Ringer |
26 points | 264lb 11oz |
| 3rd | Joff Rogers | 26 points | 180lb 3oz |
| 4th | Jon Gray | 25 points | 178lb 5oz |
| 5th | Richard Kinning | 24 points | 258lb 14oz |
| 6th | Steve Barraclough | 24 points | 192lb |
| 7th | Andy Neal | 24 points | 128lb 10oz |
| 8th | Stewart Lister | 24 points | 128lb 10oz |
| 9th | Lee Edwards | 24 points | 120lb 5oz |
| 10th | Craig Elkin | 24 points | 107lb |
| 11th | James Granger | 24 points | 101lb 8oz |
| 12th | John Brooks | 24 points | 93lb 13oz |
| 13th | Steve Cooke | 24 points | 82lb 14oz |
| 14th | Ady Lindsay | 23 points | 238lb 9oz |
| 15th | Gary Webber | 23 points | 147lb 7oz |
| 16th | Alan Crouch | 22 points | 184lb 2oz |
| 17th | Tommy Pickering |
22 points | 164lb |
| 18th | Danny Wynn | 22 points | 143lb 10oz |
| 19th | Ian Didcote | 22 points | 112lb 11oz |
| 20th | Andy Power | 22 points | 99lb 1oz |
Phil Ringer is our only angler on perfect points but not all is lost for the anglers as the 'dropper' still has to come into play. Those that lost a few section points yesterday will be looking to claw their way back up the table and for those that increased their points they will be hoping for good draws for the last two days. As with all of the festivals it could come close to the wire, can Phil or Steve make it another Ringer festival win or even a Ringer first & second or will one of the other anglers knock them out of the top spots. Join us tomorrow for the penultimate day of the festival.
Day Four
It was a damp and miserable day but fortunately quite mild and not as windy as previous days. All the angler fishing the festival today received a goodie bag from our sponsors Bait Tech which contained 1 can of N-Tice polony,1 bag of N-Tice Meaty Mix, 1 bag of Mantra groundbait, 1 bag of Omen groundbait and 1 bag of 6mm Xpanda hook & feed expander pellets. Phil Ringer is the only angler with a perfect score, can he keep hold of the top spot, read on for today's match action.
A Section Porth
Another tough day on Porth but the anglers know they have a job to do and the important points are still on offer despite the low weights. Steve Sanders was today's lake winner with 9lb 4oz; Steve was on peg 23 and caught on the feeder & the waggler. Second was Pete Bowles on peg 40, Pete caught on the groundbait feeder & the waggler with maggots & casters for a weight of 8lb 12oz. Third was Lee Pesticcio, Lee was on peg 39 and had a weight of 8lb 10oz caught on the groundbait feeder and the waggler with casters. Lee Edwards had the next best weight with 8lb 9oz from peg 73, Lee caught on the waggler with worm head.
Section Winners
Steve Sanders 9 points peg 23 9lb 4oz
Pete Bowles 9 points peg 40 8lb 12oz
Andy Power 9 points peg 89 5lb 4oz
Mark Browen 9 points peg 78 4lb 1oz
B Section Bolingey
Another great day on Bolingey and the ton weights keep coming each day and today we recorded the best weight of the week so far. Carl Eland was the match winner with a fantastic 175lb 3oz; Carl was on peg 44 and caught 10 fish shallow on meat and 19 fish down the edge on meat. Second on peg 17 was Grant Albutt, Grant caught on the waggler and pole shallow with meat for a weight of 147lb 14oz. Dean Lock was the third with 141lb 2oz from peg 19, Dean caught on the waggler with meat. Lee Werret had the next best weight on the lake with 104lb, Lee caught on the pole from peg 46.
Section Winners
Carl Eland 9 points peg 44 175lb 3oz
Grant Albutt 9 points peg 17 147lb 14oz
Dean Lock 9 points peg 19 141lb 2oz
Lee Werrett 9 points peg 46 104lb
C Section Pollawyn
It was a bit of a different story on Pollawyn today with everyone in the back arm catching carp for the first time in the week, and with the addition of those bonus one or two fish made the section very close. It was mixed on the other areas of the lakes with the best results once again coming from the high bank. Joff Rogers on peg 28 was the lake winner today with 114lb 8oz; Joff caught 15 fish on the meat feeder. Ian Didcote weighed in with 97lb 3oz to take second; Ian was on peg 29 and caught 8 on the meat feeder and 7 on the pole at 16 meters with meat. Alan Talbot took third on peg 45, Alan caught at 16 meters on meat for a weight of 64lb 12oz. Doug Wright had the next best weight on the lake, Doug was on peg 16 and weighed in with 63lb 11oz caught on the bomb & meat
Section Winners
Joff Rogers 9 points peg 28 114lb 8oz
Alan Talbot 9 points peg 45 64lb 12oz
Doug Wright 9 points peg 16 63lb 11oz
Richard Kinning 9 points peg 7 50lb 3oz
D Section Jennys/Python
Jennys is still fishing well and the weights on the wides of Python were reasonable but once again the anglers in the narrows struggled but all the other anglers on that bank bar the end peg was in the same section so it was all to play for. Kelvin Acton took the lake win today on Jennys peg 20, Kelvin caught on the pole at 9 meters with meat for a weight of 60lb 6oz. Second with 51lb 4oz was Sean Fletcher, Sean was on Jennys peg 16 and caught on the groundbait feeder with double red maggot. Andy Ingleson on Python peg 36 was third, Andy weighed in with 38lb 8oz caught on the long pole over with maggot. On Python peg 16 Paul Faires had the next best weight on the lake with 37lb, Paul caught on the feeder with hair rigged corn.
Section Winners
Kelvin Acton 9 points peg 20 60lb 6oz
Andy Ingleson 9 points peg 36 38lb 8oz
Paul Faires 9 points peg 16 37lb
Steve Ringer 9 points peg 6 36lb 13oz
E Section Twin Oaks/Trelawney
A good day over on these lakes with high weights coming from both sides of Twin Oaks and really close weights over on Trelawney. Alan Crouch was today's lake winner on Twin Oaks peg 6 with 108lb 13oz, Alan caught on the bomb & meat with a few fish caught on the pole. Second and picking up his fourth 9 points section win was Phil Ringer, Phil was on Twin Oaks peg 23 and weighed in with 102lb 1oz caught on the straight lead with meat. Mark Fox was third with 96lb 10oz, Mark caught on the meat feeder from Twin Oaks peg 4. The next best weight came from Paul Yates on Twin Oaks peg 12, Paul caught on the long pole with meat for a weight of 93lb 2oz.
Section Winners
Alan Crouch 9 points peg 6 108lb 13oz
Phil Ringer 9 points peg 23 102lb 1oz
Jake Dye 9 points peg 20 64lb
Tommy Pickering 9 points peg 16 63lb 10oz
Here is how the leader board looks as we go into the final day.
| Name | Points | Weight | |
| 1st | Phil Ringer |
36 points | 334lb 9oz |
| 2nd | Steve Ringer | 35 points | 301lb 8oz |
| 3rd | Joff Rogers | 35 points | 294lb 11oz |
| 4th | Richard Kinning | 33 points | 309lb 1oz |
| 5th | Jon Gray | 33 points | 225lb 11oz |
| 6th | Steve Barraclough | 32 points | 196lb 6oz |
| 7th | Steve Cooke | 32 points | 184lb |
| 8th | Alan Crouch | 31 points | 292lb 15oz |
| 9th | Tommy Pickering | 31 points | 227lb 10oz |
| 10th | Lee Edwards |
31 points | 128lb 14oz |
| 11th | Andy Power | 31 points | 104lb 5oz |
| 12th | Ian Didciote | 30 points | 209lb 14oz |
| 13th | Grant Albutt | 30 points | 203lb 14oz |
| 14th | Craig Elkin |
30 points | 176lb 10oz |
| 15th | Steve Mitchell | 30 points | 174lb 12oz |
| 16th | Kieron Rich | 30 points | 134lb 6oz |
| 17th | James Granger | 29 points | 169lb 8oz |
| 18th | Kelvin Acton | 29 points | 123lb 7oz |
| 19th | Steve Martin | 29 points | 118lb 8oz |
| 20th | Ady Lindsay | 28 points | 273lb 13oz |
So it is still the Ringers in the top spots both will need a good result on the final day to secure there final positions, the points in the rest of the pack are very close and it will all come down to the dropped points. Join us tomorrow to find out our Bait Tech Champions 2010
Final Results
So the final day is here, the week has flown by. It was a very wet end to the festival and with a lot of cold water going into the lakes over night it is bound to slow things down.
At the end of today's match the dropped result will come into play and we'll have our winners, no catch reports I'm afraid but read on to find out the lake and section winners
A Section Bolingey
It was the hardest day of the week on Bolingey, not because of the previous matches just purely because of the cold rain going into the lake.
1st Steve Barraclough, peg 44, 116lb 11oz.
2nd Lee Pesticcio, peg 27, 111lb 11oz.
3rd John Treweek, peg 45, 108lb 10oz.
4th Andy Power, peg 19, 101lb 14oz.
Section Winners
Steve Barraclough 9 points peg 44 116lb 11oz
Lee Pesticcio 9 points peg 27 111lb 11oz
Tony Rogers 9 points peg 46 45lb 4oz
Mike Mcmillan 9 points peg 46 39lb 10oz
B Section Pollawyn
Again it was tough day on Pollawyn with the anglers battling against the wind and rain and the fish had once again moved into different areas with not as many carp being caught than in previous days.
1st Craig Elkin, peg 20, 89lb 1oz.
2nd Paul Filmore, peg 45, 65lb 1oz.
3rd Steve Mitchell, peg 19, 60lb 6oz.
4th Richie Hull, peg 24, 50lb 13oz
Section Winners
Craig Elkin 9 points peg 20 89lb 1oz
Paul Filmore 9 points peg 45 65lb 1oz
Richie Hull 9 points peg 24 50lb 13oz
Mal Runacres 9 points peg 12 28lb 10oz
C Section Jennys/Python
Unfortunately it was the worst day of the festival so far on the narrows of Python which has struggled all week, the weights up on Jennys were good despite the anglers getting a hammering from the wind.
1st Richard Kinning, peg 21 Jennys, 105lb 2oz.
2nd Shaun Sylvester, peg 8 Jennys, 50lb
3rd Dave Holland, peg 20 Jennys, 47lb
4th Jamie Smith, peg 4 Jennys, 39lb
Section Winners
Richard Kinning 9 points peg 21 105lb 2oz
Shaun Sylvester 9 points peg 8 50lb
Alan Talbot 9 points peg 36 37lb 4oz
Tony Gilbert 9 points peg 14 34lb 7oz
D Section Twin Oaks/Trelawney
Good weights from both lakes and although not as big as in previous days they were really tight across the sections.
1st John Stepton, peg 16 Twin Oaks, 121lb 1oz.
2nd John Brockwell, peg 14 Twin Oaks, 72lb 12oz
3rd Danny Wynn, peg 2 Trelawney, 66lb 8oz
4th Richard Salmon, peg 22 Trelawney, 56lb 9oz.
Section Winners
John Stepton 9 points peg 16 121lb 1oz
Danny Wynn 9 points peg 2 66lb 8oz
Richard Salmon 9 points peg 22 56lb 9oz
Alan Bell 9 points peg 23 33lb 10oz
E Section Porth
Tough day on Porth with the wind not doing any favours for the anglers and the pike being a nightmare.
1st Tommy Pickering, peg 75, 9lb 9oz.
2nd Des Shipp, peg 72, 8lb 13oz.
3rd John Waples, peg 24, 8lb 11oz
4th Phil Ringer, peg 38, 8lb
Section Winners
Tommy Pickering 9 points peg 75 9lb 9oz
John Waples 9 points peg 24 8lb 11oz
Phil Ringer 9 points peg 38 8lb
James Knight 9 points peg 88 6lb 8oz
Here is how our final top 20 line up looks.
| Name | Points | Weight | |
| 1st | Phil Ringer |
36 points (dropping 9) | 342lb 9oz |
| 2nd | Richard Kinning | 36 points (dropping 7) | 414lb 3oz |
| 3rd | Joff Rogers | 35 points (dropping 6) | 325lb 9oz |
| 4th | Steve Ringer | 35 points (dropping 5) | 334lb 14oz |
| 5th | Steve Barraclough | 34 points (dropping 7) | 313lb 1oz |
| 6th | Tommy Pickering | 34 points (dropping 6) | 237lb 3oz |
| 7th | Steve Mitchell | 34 points (dropping 4) | 235lb 2oz |
| 8th | Jon Gray | 33 points (dropping 8) | 247lb 9oz |
| 9th | Craig Elkin | 33 points (dropping 6) | 265lb 11oz |
| 10th | Grant Albutt | 33 points (dropping 5) | 231lb 6oz |
| 11th | Richard Salmon | 33 points (dropping 2) | 142lb 11oz |
| 12th | Ian Didcote | 32 points (dropping 5) | 256lb 1oz |
| 13th | Lee Pesticcio | 32 points (dropping 4) | 229lb 1oz |
| 14th | Steve Cooke | 32 points (dropping 4) | 213lb 9oz |
| 15th | Andy Ingleson | 32 points (dropping 2) | 118lb 9oz |
| 16th | Andy Power | 31 points (dropping 7) | 206lb 3oz |
| 17th | Kieron Rich | 31 points (dropping 5) | 170lb 14oz |
| 18th | Alan Crouch | 31 points (dropping 4) | 295lb 5oz |
| 19th | Danny Wynn | 31 points (dropping 3) | 215lb 9oz |
| 20th | Stewart Lister | 31 points (dropping 3) | 173lb 8oz |
With a fifth straight section win Phil Ringer takes the Bait Tech Champion title 2010 with a perfect score of 36 points.
Although it has been a tough week plenty of fish have still been caught and I hope all the anglers have enjoyed themselves. Thank you and congratulations to all of our winners especially our top three Phil Ringer, Richard Kinning & Joff Rogers.
Thank you once again to our festival sponsors for providing goodie bags for all the entrants as well as further goodie bags for the top ten as well as Bait Tech hoodies & trophies.
Thanks to everyone reading the reports and join us for our next festival.
Cheers, Kirsty