Gaymers Festival 2011
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This year we have made a few changes to the festival and even before the anglers arrive they were enthusiastic. We have upped the numbers slightly from 72 to 80 and increased the number of lakes being used so the anglers will have more space and a better variety of fishing.
Some of the anglers have never even seen the new venues let alone fished them so there is a lot of trawling the internet and past festival reports to gather information.
The sections we are using this year are Twin Oaks - both sides as one section with ten anglers on each side breaking down into two 5 peg sections on each lake. Acorn & Canal are also one big section so the anglers will on fish one of these lakes rather than both in previous years the pegging has also been spread right out to give them more room. The next section is on Trelawney which is a new addition in to the festival lakes. The final lake, another new addition, sees the anglers going to our off site lakes at Trewaters. All the 20 peg sections are broken down to 4 sections of 5 pegs so the anglers are fishing for a maximum of 5 points each day, with the sections being a lot smaller this should open the festival right out and we are sure it is going to come down to a nail biting finale.
There are a number of regular anglers that fish this festival in big groups but there are also a few new faces fishing this year so it is a very sociable weekend catching up with old friends and meeting all the other anglers on the festival.
In the week leading up to the festival it has been very cold and wet - good for the lakes that have needed a top up but not as good for the fishing! This week is set to be better though and normally these anglers bring a bit if sunshine with them so fingers crossed it will be a better week.
Day One
Last year we did a random draw on day one but this year to allow the anglers a bit more preparation and to allow for travelling partners we did the draw prior to the anglers arrival so they knew there rotation for the week.
It was a misty but warm start to the day and the anglers were keen to get on with the draw and crack on with day one of the festival.
A Section Twin Oaks
The overall weights were split today over the high and low numbers. There were reasonable weights from across the whole lake but with no breeze on the lake some areas were fishing better than others. Taking the win today with 80lb 12oz was Barry Parker; Barry was on peg 8 and caught on the method with micros & groundbait and 6 mil pellet on the hook. Tony Shine on peg 16 was second, Tony caught on the method with micros for a weight of 69lb 10oz. Third was Stephan Baker, Stephen caught 3 carp on the pellet waggler but had the rest of his fish on the bomb & pellet from peg 24 for a total weight of 64lb. Fourth with 62lb 9oz was Alan Milward on peg 14, Alan caught on the pole down the edge with meat.
Section Winners
Barry Parker peg 8 5 points 80lb 12oz
Tony Shine peg 16 5 points 69lb 10oz
Stephen Baker peg 24 5 points 64lb
Reg Barras peg 33 5 points 32lb 1oz
B Section Acorn & Canal
It was a very close day on Acorn and although there were not a great deal of stand out weights, there were a lot of weights around the 40 -50lb mark making it very close for points. As expected the weights were lower on canal but the anglers still had a reasonable day and were once again close on points. Will Sweeney took the win today with 63lb 2oz; Will was on Acorn peg 7 and caught on the method with micros. Second on Acorn peg 1 was Ian Turner with 51lb 15oz, Ian caught on the pole down the edge with maggot. Phil Morris weighed in with 51lb 12oz to take third; Phil was on Acorn peg 13 and caught on the method with micros and down the edge. Jamie Gilliland caught on the pole down the edge with paste for a weight of 48lb 8oz to take fourth, Jamie was on Acorn peg 5. The best weight on Canal was 25lb 9oz and this came from Alan Symonds on peg 4, Alan caught on a cage feeder and on pinkies at 3 meters.
Section Winners
Will Sweeney peg 7 5 points 63lb 2oz
Phil Morris peg 13 5 points 51lb 12oz
Alan Symonds peg 4 5 points 25lb 9oz
Maurice Brown peg 14 5 points 21lb 4oz
C Section Trelawney
Trelawney fished fair today with even section winning weights coming from across the lake. The weights were tight in the sections for the points and it was only hard in a couple of places with the anglers struggling for bites. I think there will be a few rigs re-thought as some of the anglers lost more fish than they got in the net! Ricky Lale took the lake win from peg 32 with 68lb 10oz, Ricky caught all over really and had a few fish on the method, a few down the edge on worm and some at 16 meters across to the island on meat. Second with 66lb 11oz was Rich Britton, Rich caught on 6 mil pellet shallow at 16 meters from peg 18. Gary Walker was third; Gary was on peg 15 and caught on the pole at 5 meters with meat for a weight of 54lb 8oz. John Pilling had a weight of 50lb for fourth, John caught on the method with pellet at the pole at 11 meters with paste from peg 9.
Section Winners
Ricky Lale peg 32 5 points 68lb 10oz
Rich Britton peg 18 5 points 66lb 11oz
John Pilling peg 9 5 points 50lb
Clive Hamilton peg 20 5 points 40lb 1oz
D Section Trewaters
Trewaters is one of the new lakes in the festival this year with only a handful of the anglers ever having fished the venue before. The lake is rammed with fish which means plenty of bites for the anglers and a busy day building up a good weight. Both lakes fished reasonable well today and saw good weights coming from across all sections. The lake winner today on peg 21 was Ricky Dennis, Ricky caught on the method with micros for a weight of 62lb 13oz. Nigel Lale was second, Nigel was on peg 28 and caught on the method with micros and on the pole down the edge with meat for a total weight of 61lb 2oz. Third with 49lb 7oz was Andy Poole on peg 32, Andy caught mainly F1's on the pole shallow at 11 meters with pellet. Chris Bell weighed in 45lb 4oz to take fourth, Chris caught on the method and pellet feeder from peg 43.
Section Winners
Rcky Dennis peg 21 5 points 62lb 13oz
Nigel Lale peg 28 5 points 61lb 2oz
Chris Bell peg 43 5 points 45lb 4oz
Steve Horton peg 39 5 points 44lb
That was all the action from day one and here is how our first overall leader board of the week looks
Overall Top Fifteen
| Name | Points | Weight | |
| 1st | Barry Parker |
5 points | 80lb 12oz |
| 2nd | Tony Shine | 5 points | 69lb 10oz |
| 3rd | Ricky Lale | 5 points | 68lb 10oz |
| 4th | Rich Britton | 5 points | 66lb 11oz |
| 5th | Stephen Baker |
5 points | 64lb |
| 6th | Will Sweeney | 5 points | 63lb 2oz |
| 7th | Ricky Dennis | 5 points | 62lb 13oz |
| 8th | Nigel Lale | 5 points | 61lb 2oz |
| 9th | Phil Morris |
5 points | 51lb 12oz |
| 10th | John Pilling | 5 points | 50lb |
| 11th | Chris Bell | 5 points | 45lb 4oz |
| 12th | Steve Horton | 5 points | 44lb |
| 13th | Clive Hamilton | 5 points | 40lb 1oz |
| 14th | Reg Barras | 5 points | 32lb 1oz |
| 15th | Alan Symonds | 5 points | 25lb 9oz |
The above anglers have had a great start to the festival with a section win but as we mentioned before the sections are smaller this year which could really stir things up as the week progresses. Not only are the points going to be tight, all the lakes are also producing good weights so it is going to be close come the final day.
Join us tomorrow for the latest update from the 2011 White Acres Gaymers Festival.
Day Two
After yesterdays match the anglers now have the chance to review the weigh sheets and while it was a cracking start for some there was disappointment for others, all the lakes have been fishing well and the weights have been tight for points.
It was another dry and warm day, possibly too warm as there are signs of spawning on a couple of the lakes.
Read on to see if any of yesterday's section winners have managed to bag another win to boost their chances of a top position within the overall festival results.
A Section Acorn & Canal
Acorn didn't seem to fish as well today with a couple of anglers struggling but it was a much better day on Canal with all anglers weighing in with over 20lbs. The lake winner today was Rick Broadway, Rick was on Acorn peg 15 and caught on the method tight over and paste down the edge for a total weight of 72lb 4oz. David Gibbs was second on Canal peg 2, David weighed in with 43lb 14oz and caught to his left & right in the margins on red maggot. Brandan Turner weighed in with 43lb 7oz to take third, Brandan caught on the inside with maggot from Acorn peg 5. Fourth was Reg Barras on Acorn peg with 40lb 10oz.
Section Winners
Ricky Broadway peg 15 5 points 74lb 4oz
David Gibbs peg 2 5 points 43lb 14oz
Brandan Turner peg 5 5 points 43lb 7oz
Barry Parker peg 14 5 points 38lb 13oz
B Section Trelawney
Another steady day on Trelawney with a few more carp coming from different areas, the warmer weather over the past few days has seen signs of the carp spawning which is proving an issue for some of the anglers as the fish are not interested in feeding. The lake today was won with 62lb 11oz and this came from Phil Morris on peg 15, Phil caught down the edge on worm over groundbait. Jamie Gilliland was on peg 22 and was second, Jamie caught on the method across with meat and worm on the inside for an overall weight of 45lb 2oz. Third went to Gareth Phillips, Gareth caught on the method feeder with micros and groundbait for a weight of 43lb 9oz from peg 7. Pete Eden weighed in with 42lb 12oz from peg 32 to take fourth, Pete caught on the method feeder with hair rigged meat.
Section Winners
Phil Morris peg 15 5 points 62lb 11oz
Jamie Gilliland peg 22 5 points 45lb 2oz
Gareth Phillips peg 7 5 points 43lb 9oz
Pete Eden peg 32 5 points 42lb 12oz
C Section Trewaters
Both lakes are fishing well down at Trewaters and are close across the board for the section winning weights, the bottom lake is producing the better overall weights but it is still fair over the different sections. Ramzi King on peg 49 was the lake winner today with 75lb 12oz, Ramzi caught on chopped worm & caster up in the water at 4 meters. Second with 59lb 4oz was Brian Wood, Brain caught on the pole at 10 meters with paste from peg 37. Chris Heywood weighed in with 52lb 13oz to take third; Chris was on peg 45 and caught on the method with micros. John Pilling was fourth on peg 39, John caught on the method & the pole with paste for a weight of 46lb 12oz. The top weight on the middle lake was 42lb 2oz and this came from Ricky Lale on peg 25.
Section Winners
Ramzi King peg 49 5 points 75lb 12oz
Brian Wood peg 37 5 points 59lb 4oz
Ricky Lale peg 25 5 points 42lb 2oz
Rich Britton peg 36 5 points 33lb 4oz
D Section Twin Oaks
Twin Oaks is still not fishing with its usual form and the anglers who drew on here today hoping for a busy day and big weights were slightly disappointed. It has still been close across the sections but we are not seeing the bigger weights that we have done on previous festivals. Mel Hodgson was the lake winner today with 94lb 9oz; Mal was on peg 17 and caught on the groundbait method with maggot on the hook. Second on peg 2 was Dave Haines, Dave caught on the bomb & pellet and in the margins on corn & meat for a total weight of 65lb 2oz. Steve Horton on peg 23 was third, Steve caught on the method with pop up boilie for a weight of 61lb 6oz. Fourth with 59lb 5oz was Ricky Dennis on peg 33, Ricky caught on the method with micros.
Section Winners
Mel Hodgson peg 17 5 points 94lb 9oz
Dave Haines peg 2 5 points 65lb 2oz
Steve Horton peg 23 5 points 61lb 6oz
Ricky Dennis peg 33 5 points 59lb 5oz
That was the action from day two of the festival so let's see how the overalls look at the moment.
Overall Top Fifteen
| Name | Points | Weight | |
| 1st | Ricky Dennis |
10 points | 122lb 2oz |
| 2nd | Barry Parker | 10 points | 119lb 9oz |
| 3rd | Phil Morris | 10 points | 114lb 7oz |
| 4th | Ricky Lale | 10 points | 110lb 12oz |
| 5th | Steve Horton | 10 points | 105lb 6oz |
| 6th | Rich Britton |
10 points | 99lb 15oz |
| 7th | Ramzi King |
9 points | 123lb 8oz |
| 8th | John Pilling | 9 points | 96lb 12oz |
| 9th | Reg Barras | 9 points | 72lb 11oz |
| 10th | Maurice Brown |
9 points | 55lb 13oz |
| 11th | Rick Broadway | 8 points | 118lb 3oz |
| 12th | Will Sweeney | 8 points | 102lb 9oz |
| 13th | Nigel Lale | 8 points | 102lb 4oz |
| 14th | Stephen Baker | 8 points | 99lb 12oz |
| 15th | Tony Shine | 8 points | 96lb 6oz |
We have six anglers that have finished the second day of the festival on maximum points but with two days to go anything could happen. It is close on points and weight so one good or bad draw over the final few days could see disappointment for some and elation for others. As we head in to the third day the anglers now have more of an idea of the form on the lakes so it will be fingers crossed as they dip in to the bag for their draw.
Join us tomorrow for the latest update.
Day Three
The week is flying by and the festival results seem to be getting closer each day. It was another fine and warm day for the anglers although in some areas, especially down at Trewaters there was a very nippy wind.
Read on for the action from today and to see if we still have any anglers on maximum points.
A Section Trelawney
A mixed day once again on Trelawney with the higher numbered pegs once again producing the better weights, it was closer in some of the sections than others but it was all fairly close when it came to the important points. Barry Parker was the lake winner today with 67lb 8oz; Barry was on peg 20 and caught across on the pole on chopped worm and casters and down the edge on worm over groundbait. Second on peg 26 was Ian Carley, Ian caught 3 carp and a nice bag of mixed silvers on chopped worm and casters for a weight of 48lb 6oz. Reg Barras weighed in with 42lb 8oz to take third, Reg was on peg 31 and caught on the pole at 16 meters with chopped worm and caster. Stephen Baker was fourth on peg 3, Stephen caught on the pellet feeder, bomb & 8 mil pellets and a few down the edge for a weight of 40lb 12oz.
Section Winners
Barry Parker peg 20 5 points 67lb 8oz
Ian Carley peg 26 5 points 48lb 6oz
Stephen Baker peg 3 5 points 40lb 12oz
Phillip Green peg 18 5 points 31lb 2oz
B Section Trewaters
The better weights once again came from the bottom lake today but it was incredibly close on the middle lake - especially in one of the sections where only a few pounds separated the whole section. The lake winner today came from peg 51 where Gareth Phillips weighed in with 61lb 3oz, Gareth caught on the method feeder and down the edge on the pole. Second with 50lb 6oz was Dave Parkinson on peg 21. Lee Baker weighed in with 46lb 12oz to take third, Lee caught on the pellet method and a few down the edge on the pole with meat from peg 54. Fourth went to Jamie Gilliland on peg 43 with 33lb 14oz, Jamie caught on the method feeder with micros and down the edge on pellet.
Section Winners
Gareth Phillips peg 51 5 points 61lb 3oz
Dave Parkinson peg 21 5 points 50lb 6oz
Jamie Gilliland peg 43 5 points 33lb 14oz
Will Sweeney peg 28 5 points 29lb 7oz
C Section Twin Oaks
Better weight from both of the Twin Oaks lakes today with the top weights coming from both sides. Slightly bigger weights came from the high numbers but it was close across all four sections with only a couple of the anglers having a proper bad day! John Pilling was the lake winner today with 75lb 14oz, John caught on the method feeder and the pole with paste from peg 14. Second on peg 32 was Ricky Lale, Ricky caught on the pole down the edge with meat for a weight of 62lb 5oz. Just ounced into third place with 62lb 4oz was John Price on peg 33, John caught shallow on the pole at 13 meters with pellet. Dean Smith weighed in with 49lb 6oz to take fourth, Dean caught down the edge on corn over pellet from peg 24.
Section Winners
John Pilling peg 14 5 points 75lb 14oz
Ricky Lale peg 32 5 points 62lb 5oz
Dean Smith peg 24 5 points 49lb 6oz
Kevin Sims peg 4 5 points 43lb 13oz
D Section Acorn & Canal
Reasonable weights from Acorn and Canal today with Canal throwing up a good weight to get in the overall results. Some areas of both lakes are fishing better than others but there are still good weights coming from all over. Nigel Lale on peg 9 Acorn won the lake today with 62lb 4oz; Nigel caught mainly on the pellet feeder but also had a few lumps down the edge. Second with 51lb 8oz was Phil Thornley, Phil was on Canal peg 18 and caught a decent net of F1's on chopped worm and caster. Colin Ellaway weighed in with 48lb 11oz to take third, Colin caught down the edge on chopped worm from Acorn peg 17. Ricky Dennis on Acorn peg 3 was fourth with 37lb 14oz, Ricky caught 9 carp on the method with dead red maggot and the rest of his weight was F1's and skimmers caught on chopped worm.
Section Winners
Nigel Lale peg 9 5 points 62lb 4oz
Phil Thornley peg 18 5 points 51lb 8oz
Ricky Dennis peg 3 5 points 37lb 14oz
Steve Horton peg 10 5 points 34lb 2oz
Here is how the leader board looks with one day left to go.
Overall Top Fifteen
| Name | Points | Weight | |
| 1st | Barry Parker |
15 points | 187lb 1oz |
| 2nd | Ricky Lale | 15 points | 173lb 1oz |
| 3rd | Ricky Dennis | 15 points | 160lb |
| 4th | Steve Horton | 15 points | 139lb 8oz |
| 5th | John Pilling | 14 points | 172lb 10oz |
| 6th | Phil Morris | 14 points | 146lb 9oz |
| 7th | Nigel Lale | 13 points | 164lb 8oz |
| 8th | Stephen Baker | 13 points | 140lb 8oz |
| 9th | Will Sweeney | 13 points | 132lb |
| 10th | Ian Carley | 13 points | 131lb 12oz |
| 11th | Jamie Gilliland | 13 points | 127lb 8oz |
| 12th | Reg Barras | 13 points | 115lb 3oz |
| 13th | Gareth Phillips | 12 points | 146lb 8oz |
| 14th | Phil Thornley | 12 points | 140lb 10oz |
| 15th | Dave Parkinson | 12 points | 104lb |
We have four anglers still on maximum points as we go in to the final day and with them all being fairly close on weight it looks set to be an exciting final day.The back up weights of the anglers on slightly lesser points is also close so a good or bad draw for the anglers in the top spots on the final day can see a shake up at the top.
Will we once have a festival won on maximum points? Join us tomorrow for the final match action report and to find out who will be the 2011 White Acres Gaymers Festival champion.
Day Four
It is the final day of the festival already and it has flown by. All the changes we have made to the festival this year have gone down a storm with the anglers and it has been a really enjoyable week.It was another warm day on the lakes and compared to last year when the anglers only just had time to dry out before they had to fish again it has seemed positively tropical!
Read on to find out if anyone has topped the leader board on maximum points
A Section Trewaters
Good weights from across all the pegs today with both lakes fishing well and providing decent nets of fish for all the anglers. Winning the lake and his fourth straight section win was Barry Parker; Barry was on peg 51 and caught on the pellet and groundbait method feeders alternating between pellet and meat on the hook for an overall weight of 76lb 15oz. Alan Millward weighed in with 47lb 13oz to take second, Alan was on peg 28 and caught mainly down the edge on meat. Ian Carley on peg 41 was Third, Ian caught on the method with groundbait and pellet for a weight of 47lb 4oz. Fourth was Stephen Baker, Stephen weighed in with 46lb 8oz and caught on the pole with meat at 4 meters and on paste at 4 meters in the last hour and was on peg 26.
Section Winners
Barry Parker peg 51 5 points 76lb 15oz
Alan Milward peg 28 5 points 47lb 13oz
Ian Carley peg 41 5 points 47lblb 4oz
Danny Edwards peg 19 5 points 45lb 7oz
B Section Twin Oaks
Although it was still a fairly tough day on Twin Oaks which is not quite fishing to its usual form it was probably the best day of the week with good weights coming from both sides. The lake winner with also the biggest winning weight of the week was Lee Baker with 116lb 3oz, Lee was on peg 17 and caught mainly on the method but also had a few down the side on meat. Second on peg 20 was Ian Turner, Ian caught all on maggot on the inside for a weight of 84lb 8oz. Will Sweeney on peg 26 was third, Will weighed in with 74lb 1oz and caught mainly on the pellet feeder and later on during the match in the margins with worm. Fourth with 73lb 11oz was Maurice Brown, Maurice was on peg 16 and caught down the edge on corn.
Section Winners
Lee Baker peg 17 5 points 116lb 3oz
Ian Turner peg 20 5 points 84lb 8oz
Jon Cook peg 33 5 points 60lb 14oz
Dave Parkinson peg 10 5 points 46lb 5oz
C Section Acorn & Canal
A mixed days fishing for the anglers on both of these lakes in the section today with some anglers producing a good weight but for others it was a harder day. Ramzi King was the lake winner today on Acorn peg 15, Ramzi caught on the method feeder and weighed in with 79lb Second was John Pilling with 75lb 4oz, John was on peg 13 and caught on the method feeder with micros and had a few down the edge on casters. Third with 67lb 9oz was Rob Frost, Rob caught on the method from Acorn peg 7. On Canal peg 16 Chris Haywood weighed in with 35lb 12oz to take fourth.
Section Winners
Ramzi King peg 15 5 points 79lb
Rob Frost peg 7 5 points 67lb 9oz
Chris Haywood peg 16 5 points 35lb 12oz
Matthew Geary peg 8 5 points 23lb
D Section Trelawney
It was a much better day on Trelawney with good weights coming from across the lake and only a couple of anglers that struggled to build up a good net. Colin Ellaway on peg 24 was the lake winner with 57lb 14oz, Colin caught on the little bomb with an 8 mil pellet. Second was Michael Gibbs, Michael caught on the pole at 5 meters with paste from peg 23 and weighed in with 57lb 1oz. On peg 5 Phillip Thornley was third, Phillip weighed in with 53lb 4oz and caught on the feeder with worm and caster. Chris Bell weighed in with 49lb 14oz to take fourth; Chris was on peg 28 and caught on the bomb with pellet.
Section Winners
Colin Ellaway peg 24 5 points 57lb 14oz
Phil Thornley peg 5 5 points 53lb 4oz
Chris Bell peg 28 5 points 49lb 14oz
Nigel Lale peg 17 5 points 44lb 4oz
Here are the full final results from the festival
| Name | Points | Weight | |
| 1st | Barry Parker | 20 points | 264lb |
| 2nd | John Pilling | 18 points | 247lb 14oz |
| 3rd | Nigel Lale | 18 points | 208lb 12oz |
| 4th | Ricky Lale | 18 points | 199lb 11oz |
| 5th | Ricky Dennis | 18 points | 197lb 14oz |
| 6th | Steve Horton | 18 points | 182lb 10oz |
| 7th | Ian Carley | 18 points | 179lb |
| 8th | Will Sweeney | 17 points | 206lb 1lb |
| 9th | Phil Thornley | 17 points | 193lb 14oz |
| 10th | Stephen Baker | 17 points | 187lb |
| 11th | Dave Parkinson | 17 points | 150lb 5oz |
| 12th | Ramzi King | 16 points | 239lb 12oz |
| 13th | Gareth Phillips | 16 points | 201lb 10oz |
| 14th | Ian Tuirner | 16 points | 197lb 9oz |
| 15th | Phil Morris | 16 points | 181lb 11oz |
| 16th | Jamie Gilliland | 16 points | 165lb 12oz |
| 17th | Reg Barras | 16 points | 153lb 8oz |
| 18th | Chris Bell | 16 points | 148lb 4oz |
| 19th | Lee Baker | 15 points | 229lb 1oz |
| 20th | Chris Heywood | 15 points | 167lb 13oz |
| 21st | Rich Britton | 15 points | 156lb 3oz |
| 22nd | Maurice Brown | 15 points | 152lb 10oz |
| 23rd | David Gibbs | 15 points | 127lb 8oz |
| 24th | Michael Gibbs | 14 points | 148lb 9oz |
| 25th | Brian Wood | 14 points | 146lb 11oz |
| 26th | Andy Poole | 14 points | 145lb 11oz |
| 27th | Clive Hamilton | 14 points | 130lb 5oz |
| 28th | Mark Read | 14 points | 126lb |
| 29th | Andrew Gurd | 14 points | 97lb 13oz |
| 30th | Mel Hodgson | 13 points | 201lb 6oz |
| 31st | Rick Broadway | 13 points | 187lb 2oz |
| 32nd | Rob Frost | 13 points | 171lb |
| 33rd | Alan Milward | 13 points | 161lb 5oz |
| 34th | Danny Edwards | 13 points | 159lb 9oz |
| 35th | Jerry Pocock | 13 points | 131lb 8oz |
| 36th | Pete Eden | 13 points | 114lb 3oz |
| 37th | Dave Woolgar | 13 points | 99lb 3oz |
| 38th | Colin Ellaway | 12 points | 145lb 4oz |
| 39th | Tony Shine | 12 points | 141lb 3oz |
| 40th | Jon Cook |
12 points | 141lb 1oz |
| 41st | Mick Warner | 12 points | 140lb 10oz |
| 42nd | Dave Haines | 12 points | 139lb 13oz |
| 43rd | John Price | 12 points | 137lb 9oz |
| 44th | Rich Lacey | 12 points | 132lb 14oz |
| 45th | Alan Symonds | 12 points | 113lb 7oz |
| 46th | Brandan Turner | 12 points | 108lb 7oz |
| 47th | Gary Walker | 11 points | 147lb 2oz |
| 48th | Kevin Sims | 11 points | 119lb 3oz |
| 49th | Andy Lemon | 11 points | 117lb 10oz |
| 50th | Arthur Rigley |
11 points | 107lb 4oz |
| 51st | Phillip Green |
11 points | 96lb 9oz |
| 52nd | Paul Haines | 11 points | 85lb 7oz |
| 53rd | Jon Ball | 10 points | 128lb 13oz |
| 54th | John Cain | 10 points | 121lb 10oz |
| 55th | Mick Hudson | 10 points | 115lb 8oz |
| 56th | = Matthew Geary | 10 points | 97lb 4oz |
| 56th | = Mick Baskerville | 10 points | 97lb 4oz |
| 58th | Richard Smith | 9 points | 117lb 1oz |
| 59th | Craig Greenway | 9 points | 107lb 7oz |
| 60th | Bill Dutfield |
9 points | 105lb 13oz |
| 61st | Dean Smith | 9 points | 105lb |
| 62nd | Darren Mason | 9 points | 71lb 13oz |
| 63rd | John Dale | 9 points | 69lb 9oz |
| 64th | Dave Ruddock | 8 points | 135lb 7oz |
| 65th | Steve Couch | 8 points | 124lb 11oz |
| 66th | Ian Copeland | 8 points | 101lb 12oz |
| 67th | James Williams | 8 points | 97lb 4oz |
| 68th | Dom Ellaway | 8 points | 89lb 5oz |
| 69th | Ray Bazeley | 8 points | 75lb 11oz |
| 70th | Tony Blake |
7 points | 97lb 5oz |
| 71st | Ivan Coleman |
7 points | 81lb 12oz |
| 72nd | Craig Cox | 7 points | 70lb 15oz |
| 73rd | Peter Good | 7 points | 54lb 13oz |
| 74th | Mitch Revill | 6 points | 75lb 12oz |
| 75th | Debbie Wiltshire | 6 points | 54lb 12oz |
| 76th | Claire Hollis | 5 points | 88lb 12oz |
| 77th | Chris Couch | 5 points | 69lb 4oz |
| 78th | John Newton | 5 points | 68lb 7oz |
| 79th | Luke Ellaway | 5 points | 43lb 5oz |
| 80th | Dean Evans | 4 points | 57lb 1oz |
As the only angler to finish on maximum points the winner this year was Barry Parker, there were a mixed set of results for the anglers in the top spots on the final day with points being gained and lost across the pack but with another section win under his belt Barry easily took the win. It was a very close festival and could have gone a number of ways on the final day as the points were so close and also the weights close. With six anglers all tied on 18 points the remainder of the top spots was determined on weight but as you can see from the above results it has been a very close festival.
As mentioned before the changes we have made to this years festival have gone down well with the anglers and it has been a great week. Many thanks to all the anglers that have fished this week for making it such an enjoyable festival and also thank you once again to Gaymers for sponsoring the event and with their sponsorship money it allowed us to give prizes to the top 8 anglers who also picked up cash prizes. The prizes given out in the festival were as follows.
- First received a set of Daiwa Tournament luggage and a Spro Blue Arc reel.
- Second & third received a Maver Reacterlite 9ft match rod and keepnet.
- Fourth & fifth received a Maver Powerlite 11ft feeder rod and keepnet
- Sixth, seventh & eighth received a Garbolino Maxim 11ft feeder rod & keepnet.
Once again thank you to all of the anglers that fished this week and for those of you that have avidly been following the results. Also congrtulations to all of the anglers that took part this week especially our top three of Barry Parker, John Pilling & Nigel Lale. Unfortunately as the winner Barry will not be able to fish this festival next year but he does receive an invitation to fish the Preston Innovations festival in October so we wish him the best of luck in this festival for later on in the year.a
Cheers, Kirsty