Preston Innovations Parkdean Pairs Festival 2010
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There are 14 pairs fishing the festival this year and the anglers will once again be taking to the banks of Twin Oaks & Trewaters for the 4-day event.
Winners James Hawkins & Adam Wakelin on 47 points with a weight of 373lb 2oz
There is a random draw today to see which partners in the pairs are fishing on which lake, once this has been done the main draw starts and the anglers find out which peg they will be heading for on day one.
Trewaters Middle Lake
Adam Wakelin was the lake winner on peg 25 with 39lb 5oz, Adam caught on the method feeder with micros and a 6 mil pellet on the hook. Second with 29lb 11oz was Darren Jackson, Darren caught on the method with micros from peg 29. Third on peg 19 was Jay Davis, Jay weighed in with 28lb 11oz caught on the pole with soft pellet and on the method with micros. The next best weight came from Bob Wack on peg 20 with 28lb 6oz.
Section Winners
Jay Davis peg 19 28lb 11oz
Adam Wakelin peg 25 39lb 5oz
Trewaters Bottom Lake
The winning weight on the lake was 44lb 14oz and this came from Harry Billing on peg 40, Harry caught on the pole. Stuart Taylor was second with 41lb 4oz, Stuart caught on the pole at 13 meters with soft pellet from peg 54. Third on peg 53 was Ben Lord, Ben caught on the method feeder with pellet and weighed in with 39lb 3oz. The next weight came from Austin Williams on peg 37 with 33lb 2oz, Austin caught on the method with pellet.
Section Winners
Harry Billing peg 40 44lb 14oz
Tom Cole peg 44 28lb 1oz
Overall Top Five Pairs
| Name | Points | Weight | |
| 1st | Andy Bennett & Stuart Taylor |
12 points | 64lb 9oz |
| 2nd | Martin Allen & Darren Jackson | 12 points | 54lb 6oz |
| 3rd | James Hawkins & Adam Wakelin | 11 points | 57lb 4oz |
| 4th | Jay Davis & Sandra Maney | 10 points | 49lb 2oz |
| 5th | Clive Cole & Tom Cole | 10 points | 48lb 2oz |
After a mixed day of results no pair starts the festival off on maximum points but it is a close start to the festival, Twin Oaks tomorrow so let's see how much this bulks up the weights and what the day two scores will be.
Day Two
It was another random draw to decide the lakes the anglers would fish – we have done it this way to shake things up and so that the same 14 anglers are not fishing against each other for the four days.
Twin Oaks High Numbers
Good weights from across the lake today with the results fair across the sections. Taking the lake win with 87lb 5oz was Darren Jackson on peg 17, Darren caught on the method. Austin Williams on peg 16 was second, Austin caught on the waggler and weighed in with 70lb 9oz. On peg 7 Ben Lord was third with 70lb 5oz, Ben caught on the method feeder with micros. Adam Wakelin had the next best weight with 69lb 11oz; Adam was on peg 13 and caught on the method.
Section Winners
Ben Lord peg 7 70lb 5oz
Darren Jackson peg 17 87lb 5oz
Twin Oaks Low Numbers
There were a few stand out weights on the high numbers but the majority of the pack weighed in the 20 – 30lb bracket making the points tight across the sections. The lake winner today was James Hawkins; James was on peg 32 and caught on the method for a weight of 70lb. Second with 57lb 9oz was Clive Cole, Clive was on peg 30 and caught on the feeder. Stewart Lister on peg 25 was third, Stewart had a few on the method, a few shallow on the pole and some F1's at 6 meters on the pole for a total weight of 47lb 10oz. The next best weight on the lake was 39lb 5oz and this came from Stuart Taylor on peg 29, Stuart caught on the waggler with 8 mil pellet
Section Winners
Stewart Lister peg 25 47lb 10oz
James Hawkins peg 32 70lb
Here is how today's action has affected the leader board.
Overall Top Five Pairs
| Name | Points | Weight | |
| 1st | James Hawkins & Adam Wakelin | 23 points | 198lb 15oz |
| 2nd | Andy Bennett & Stuart Taylor | 23 points | 169lb 14oz |
| 3rd | Martin Allen & Darren Jackson |
23 points | 163lb 7oz |
| 4th | Harry Billing & Stewart Lister | 20 points | 164lb 12oz |
| 5th | Clive Cole & Tom Cole | 20 points | 141lb 4oz |
The top three have had a shift around today but the points are tied, this is turning out to be a close festival and with two days left it is open for a number of pairs to snatch the victory.
Day Three
The anglers are back over to Trewaters today fishing the opposite lake to what they fished on day one. The two lakes fished better today with better weights coming from across the sections.
Trewaters Middle Lake
The lake winner today with 56lb 15oz was Martin Allen; Martin was on peg 30 and caught on the method with pellet. Stuart Taylor was on peg 22 and caught on the method with maggot for a weight of 53lb 4oz. Third was Austin Williams, Austin caught on the method and down the edge with pellet for a weight of 51lb 1oz from peg 27. The next best weight was 44lb 9oz and this came from Dave Phillips on peg 26, Dave caught on the groundbait method with pellet on the hook.
Section Winners
James Hawkins 7 points 29lb 5oz
Martin Allen 7 points 56lb 15oz
Trewaters Bottom Lake
Andy Bennett (ST) was today's lake winner on peg 48, Andy caught on the method feeder with maggot for a weight of 52lb 8oz. Second with 42lb 6oz was Andy Bennett (DP), Andy was on peg 44 and caught on the method with pellet. Nick Green weighed in with 40lb to take third, Nick caught on method with micros and maggot on the hook from peg 54. Bob Wack on peg 41 had the next best weight on the lake, Bob caught on the method with pellet for a weight of 35lb 10oz.
Section Winners
Nick Green 7 points 40lb
Andy Bennett 7 points 52lb 8oz
Overall Top Five Pairs
| Name | Points | Weight | |
| 1st | Andy Bennett & Stuart Taylor |
36 points | 275lb 10oz |
| 2nd | James Hawkins & Adam Wakelin |
35 points | 261lb 13oz |
| 3rd | Martin Allen & Darren Jackson | 35 points | 245lb 3oz |
| 4th | Harry Billing & Stewart Lister | 28 points | 205lb 12oz |
| 5th | Ben Lord & Ivan Lord | 25 points | 181lb 11oz |
As we go into the final day Andy & Stuart have a one point lead but as we know anything could happen on the final day and the points and weights are very close for the top three, will Adam & James be able to claw back a point and take the victory for the second year or can Martin & Darren sneak back up there?
Stay tuned for the final results coming tomorrow.
Day Four
So we have reached the final day of the festival and throughout the week the names have been up and down on the leader board so I wonder what surprises today’s match results produce. It is back over to Twin Oaks for the anglers today so they will all be hoping for a good draw for those all important sections points but also to draw a flyer to boost their overall weights in case there is a tie with points.
Twin Oaks Low Numbers
The lake fished harder today but it was very bright with hardly a ripple on the lake. Mick Kearns won the lake today with 104lb 15oz, Mick was on peg 16 and caught on popped up bread on the bomb. Second on peg 14 was Clive Cole, Clive caught on the method tight over with micros and pellet on the hook for a weight of 88lb 11oz. Stewart Lister weighed in with 56lb 8oz to take third, Stewart was on peg 3 and had 7 carp on the method and around 20lbs of silver caught on the pole down the edge. Albert Williams was on peg 17 and had the next best weight with 50lb 3oz.
Section Winners
Stewart Lister peg 3 7 points 56lb 8oz
Mick Kearns peg 16 7 points 104lb 15oz
Twin Oaks High Numbers
A lot better weights on this side of the lake today and it fished generally well across all areas. Ben Lord was on peg 34 and took the lake win with 92lb 15oz, Ben caught on the method feeder with pellet. Second was Adam Wakelin with 76lb, Adam caught on the feeder and down the edge on meat from peg 26. Austin Williams was on peg 30 and weighed in with 67lb 7oz to take third, Austin caught mainly on the method. The next best weight was 53lb 3oz and this came from Harry Billing, Harry was on peg 21 and caught mainly on the method but also had a few short on meat and 2 limps shallow at 13 meters.
Section Winners
Adam Wakelin peg 26 7 points 76lb
Ben Lord peg 34 7 points 92lb 15oz
Here is how the overalls look after the final day of action.
| Name | Points | Weight | |
| 1st | James Hawkins & Adam Wakelin | 47 points | 373lb 2oz |
| 2nd | Martin Allen & Darren Jackson | 41 points | 322lb 7oz |
| 3rd | Harry Billing & Stewart Lister | 41 points | 315lb 7oz |
| 4th | Stuart Taylor & Andy Bennett | 39 points | 316lb 6oz |
| 5th | Austin Williams & Mick Kearns | 35 points | 373lb 1oz |
| 6th | Clive Cole & Tom Cole | 34 points | 297lb 14oz |
| 7th | Ben Lord & Ivan Lord |
33 points | 307lb 5oz |
| 8th | Darel Faletto & Nathan Fox |
29 points | 218lb 11oz |
| 9th | Mike Shuttleworth & Tania Shuttleworth |
29 points | 216lb 4oz |
| 10th | Dave Phillips & Andy Bennett |
27 points | 239lb 15oz |
| 11th | Richie Lines & Bob Wack |
26 points | 228lb |
| 12th | Sandra Maney & Jay Davis |
24 points | 161lb 9oz |
| 13th | Nick Green & Maria Green |
22 points | 141lb 11oz |
| 14th | Eric Searle & Albert Willimas | 21 points | 144lb 13oz |
Adam & James take the victory for the second year running, it has been a really close week with many of the pairs having their ups & downs but Adam & James emerged the winners after a great performance throughout the week.
Thanks to all the anglers that took part in the festival it was a real mixed but friendly bunch of anglers here and I'm sure they'll all agree with us and confirm it's been a great week - I'm sure the sunshine and the amount of beer consumed also helped!
A massive thanks you also to Preston Innovations for once again sponsoring the event and providing prizes for the top five pairs.
Once again thank you to all the anglers that fished this week I hope you enjoyed your week and see you for the festival next year - which has already generated a lot of interest and we shall definitely see an increase in entrants for 2011.
Cheers, Kirsty
