Coors Veterans Festival 2010
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Welcome to our annual Veterans festival open to anglers aged 55 and over. This 4 day festival has grown in popularity over the years and we have 54 veterans fishing this year.
The festival is spread across four days with two days being 'anything goes' and two days silver fish (including F1's). The lakes being used this year are Pollawyn & Trelawney for the everything counts and Jennys & Python for the silver fish only.
Day One
For a change in the festival this year we have decided to make it a completely random draw on the first day of the festival so instead of the anglers knowing where they will be fishing when they arrive all the pegs go into the bag on the first day so not only are they drawing for their peg for that day but their draw will also determine their rotation of lakes.
A Section Trelawney
The lake winner on Trelawney today was Peter Mills with 26lb 1oz; Peter was on peg 12 and caught on the pole at 10 meters with chopped worm and caster. Les Hills was second on peg 8, Les caught on the pole at 9 meters with corn & hemp and weighed in with 24lb 9oz. Third with 23lb 3oz was Kevin Scott, Kevin caught on the groundbait feeder with worm and down the track on worm from peg 6.
Section Winners
Peter Mills peg 12 7 points 26lb 1oz
John Wignall peg 21 7 points 18lb 4oz
B Section Jennys
Mal Proctor was the Jennys lake winner today on peg 15, Mal caught on the pole with pellet and worm and had a weight of 47lb 2oz. Terry Ratledge was second on peg 10 with 38lb 13oz. Graham Peabody weighed in with 37lb 2oz to take third, Graham was on peg 4 and caught at 13 meters with soft pellet.
Section Winners
Mal Proctor peg 15 7 points 47lb 2oz
Terry Ratledge peg 10 7 points 38lb 13oz
C Section Pollawyn
Today's lake winner with 40lb 6oz was Jeff Lindsay; Jeff was on peg 32 and caught shallow on the long pole with pellet. Pat Bailey was on peg 20 and was second with 33lb 14oz, Pat caught on his top 2 with caster and maggot. Third on Peg 24 was Trevor Pearce with 20lb 8oz.
Section Winners
Jeff Lindsay peg 32 7 points 40lb 6oz
Mick Gibbs peg 18 7 points 15lb 14oz
D Section Python
Dave Ealding was the lake winner on Python with 40lb 8oz; Dave was on peg 16 and caught on the bottom with corn at 11 meters. Second on peg 15 was Terry Pilgrim, Terry caught on the pole at 11 meters shallow with pellet and weighed in with 29lb 12oz. Andy Partridge weighed in with 38lb 10oz from peg 14, Andy caught a couple on the feeder but had most on the long pole with maggot and corn.
Section Winners
Dave Ealding peg 16 7 points 40lb 8oz
Ian Hardesty peg 23 7 points 25lb 8oz
Overall Top Ten
| Name | Points | Weight | |
| 1st | Mal Proctor |
7 points | 47lb 2oz |
| 2nd | Dave Ealding | 7 points | 40lb 8oz |
| 3rd | Jeff Lindsay |
7 points | 40lb 6oz |
| 4th | Terry Ratledge | 7 points | 38lb 13oz |
| 5th | Peter Mills | 7 points | 26lb 1oz |
| 6th | Ian Hardesty | 7 points | 25lb 8oz |
| 7th | John Wignall | 7 points | 18lb 4oz |
| 8th | Mick Gibbs |
7 points | 15lb 14oz |
| 9th | Terry Pilgrim | 6 points | 39lb 12oz |
| 10th | Graham Peabody | 6 points | 37lb 2oz |
Day Two
A Section Jennys
Ian Stevenson was today's lake winner on peg 7; Ian caught on the groundbait method feeder with maggot and weighed in with 50lb 2oz. Second with 41lb 10oz was Les Moody, Les was on peg 19 and caught at 13 meters with worm and caster. Third went to Tony Murphy, Tony caught on the pole at 11 meters with worm and caster for a weight of 32lb 11oz from peg 10.
Section Winners
Ian Stevenson peg 7 7 points 50lb 2oz
Les Moody peg 19 7 points 41lb 10oz
B Section Pollawyn
Harry Billing took the lake win on Pollawyn today with 51lb 8oz, Harry was on peg 32 and had 7 fish across on the bomb and then caught roach on the pole over groundbait. Second was Paul Hardman on peg 30, Paul caught on the straight lead with meat and weighed in with 29lb 3oz. Ian Turner caught on the pole long and short with caster to take third, Ian was on peg 15 and had a weight of 24lb 6oz.
Section Winners
Harry Billing peg 32 7 points 51lb 8oz
Paul Hardman peg 30 7 points 29lb 3oz
C Section Python
69lb was the lake winning weight today and this came from Jeff Lindsay on peg 16, Jeff caught shallow on the long pole with pellet. Second on peg 13 was Rodney Carroll, Rodney caught on the method with dead maggot for a weight of 42lb 6oz. Mick Gibbs took third with 28lb 2oz, Mick caught on the method with dead maggot from peg 14.
Section Winners
Jeff Lindsay peg 16 7 points 69lb
Pat Bailey peg 21 7 points 26lb
D Section Trelawney
Andy Partridge was today's lake winner on peg 24 with 44lb 3oz, Andy caught on the pole at 2 meters with casters. Second with 37lb was Malcolm Johnson, Malcolm was on peg 10 and caught on the straight lead with meat. Mal Runacres weighed in with 24lb 9oz to take third, Mal caught on the feeder to the far bank with dead maggot from peg 16.
Section Winners
Andy Partridge peg 24 7 points 44lb 3oz
Malcolm Johnson peg 10 7 points 37lb
Overall Top 10
| Name | Points | Weight | |
| 1st | Jeff Lindsay | 14 points | 109lb 6oz |
| 2nd | Harry Billing | 13 points | 81lb 8oz |
| 3rd | Mal Proctor | 13 points | 68lb 4oz |
| 4th | Pat Bailey |
13 points | 59lb 14oz |
| 5th | Andy Partridge | 12 points | 82lb 13oz |
| 6th | Paul Hardman |
12 points | 54lb |
| 7th | Tony Murphy |
12 points | 47lb 14oz |
| 8th | Mick Gibbs | 12 points | 44lb |
| 9th | Neil Blacker | 12 points | 32lb 2oz |
| 10th | Terry Pilgrim | 11 points | 62lb 13oz |
Day Three
A Section Pollawyn
Tony Cocks won the lake today with 19lb 1oz; Tony was on peg 20 and caught on the pole at 11 meters with maggot. Second on peg 22 was Ian Stevenson, Ian caught in the margins with caster for a weight of 18lb 2oz. Third on peg 15 with 17lb 4oz was Alan Mason, Alan caught down the edge with chopped worm.
Section Winners
Tony Cocks peg 20 7 points 19lb 1oz
Alan Mason peg 15 7 points 17lb 4oz
B Section Python
With a weight of 50lb 6oz Mal Proctor took the lake win today, Mal was on peg 14 and caught on the method with maggot. Harry Billing was second, Harry was on peg 11 and caught on the pole at 13 meters with maggot and worm for a weight of 31lb. Third on peg 33 was Graham Peabody, Graham had a weight of 28lb 10oz caught on the bottom with soft pellet at 11 meters.
Section Winners
Mal Proctor peg 14 7 points 50lb 6oz
Graham Peabody peg 33 7 points 28lb 10oz
C Section Trelawney
Ivan Lord on peg 30 weighed in with 21lb 1oz to take the lake win today, Ivan caught on the method with maggot. Second was Dale Smith, Dale was on peg 6 and caught on the bomb with banded pellet for a weight of 21lb. Third was Steve Warner with 20lb 13oz, Steve was on peg 24 and caught at 15 meters on meat and down the edge with pellet and caster.
Section Winners
Ivan Lord peg 30 7 points 21lb 1oz
Dale Smith peg 6 7 points 21lb
D Section Jennys
The lake winner today was Malcolm Johnson, Malcolm caught on the method with maggot from peg 15 for an impressive weight of 74lb 15oz. Neil Rogerson on peg 7 was second, Neil weighed in with 40lb 13oz caught on worms and casters at 13 meters. Third with 38lb 2oz was Terry Pilgrim, Terry caught on chopped worm and casters at 11 meters from peg 19.
Section Winners
Malcolm Johnson peg 15 7 points 74lb 15oz
Neil Rogerson peg 7 7 points 40lb 13oz
Overall Top Ten
| Name | Points | Weight | |
| 1st | Mal Proctor |
20 points | 118lb 10oz |
| 2nd | Harry Billing | 19 points | 112lb 8oz |
| 3rd | Malcolm Johnson | 17 points | 127lb 15oz |
| 4th | Jeff Lindsay | 17 points | 114lb 1oz |
| 5th | Terry Pilgrim | 17 points | 100lb 15oz |
| 6th | Pat Bailey | 17 points | 71lb |
| 7th | Neil Blacker | 17 points | 62lb 14oz |
| 8th | Mick Gibbs | 17 points | 60lb 8oz |
| 9th | Ivan Lord | 17 points | 48lb 15oz |
| 10th | Andy Partridge | 16 points | 108lb 4oz |
Day Four
On to the final day and although the fishing has been hard the results are closes and the weights have been gradually mounting up. No catch information from today but we have picked out the top three from each lake.
A Section Python
1st Ian Stevenson peg 12 43lb 1oz
2nd David Gibbs peg 15 25lb 8oz
3rd Steve Harding peg 16 17lb 12oz
Section Winners
Ian Stevenson peg 12 7 points 43lb 1oz
Les Moody peg 31 7 points 14lb 7oz
B Section Trelawney
1st Harry Billing peg 26 37lb
2nd Mal Proctor peg 8 36lb 11oz
3rd Terry Ratledge peg 10 22lb 10oz
Section Winners
Harry Billing peg 26 7 points 37lb
Mal Proctor peg 8 7 points 36lb 11oz
C Section Jennys
1st Steve Warner peg 18 59lb 8oz
2nd John Price peg 4 54lb 2oz
3rd Rodney Carroll peg 16 35lb
Section Winners
Steve Warner peg 18 7 points 59lb 8oz
John Price peg 4 7 points 54lb 2oz
D Section Pollawyn
1st Malcolm Johnson peg 18 35lb 8oz
2nd Andy Partridge peg 20 31lb 6oz
3rd Terry Pilgrim peg 26 27lb 10oz
Section Winners
Malcolm Johnson peg 18 7 points 35lb 8oz
Andy Partridge peg 20 7 points 31lb 6oz
Here is how the final top ten looks
Overall Top Ten
| Name | Points | Weight | |
| 1st | Mal Proctor |
27 points | 155lb 5oz |
| 2nd | Harry Billing | 26 points | 149lb 8oz |
| 3rd | Malcolm Johnson | 24 points | 163lb 7oz |
| 4th | Andy Partridge |
23 points | 139lb 10oz |
| 5th | Terry Pilgrim | 23 points | 128lb 9oz |
| 6th | Pat Bailey | 23 points | 98lb 13oz |
| 7th | Les Moody | 23 points | 83lb 3oz |
| 8th | Jeff Lindsay | 22 points | 131lb 10oz |
| 9th | Ian Stevenson | 22 points | 118lb 6oz |
| 10th | Steve Warner | 22 points | 108lb 1oz |
Malcolm Proctor is the White Acres Coors Veterans champion 2010 with 27 points out of a possible 28. The weights across the top ten were very close but with no one in the top three tied on points it was a clear win for Mal.
Although the weather hasn't been the kindest to the anglers this year at least they haven't suffered as much as on the previous veterans festivals. Thank you to Coors brewery for once again supporting the festival. Thanks and congratulations to all the anglers that fished and well done to this years top three Mal, Harry & Malcolm.