Preston Festival 2011
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With another successful festival over and done with we are now on to our most prestigious festival of the year the Preston Innovations Festival which leads to the £25,000 Parkdean Masters Grand Final.

This is a qualification only event and all of the entrants have either been highly placed in one of our previous festivals throughout the year or have won one of our weekly residents matches so you can imagine the calibre of anglers taking part.

The sections being used this week are Pollawyn, Twin Oaks & Trewaters, Trelawney & Acorn & Python, Porth and Bolingey. It has been a cold and damp week and although the temperature as upped slightly from last week it is still pretty miserable out there.

We will be closely watching the top 24 over the next few days to see who is in with a chance of making this years big money final, each day we will be bringing you the latest update so watch this space!

Day One

The draw is brought forward to 9am on the first day of the festival and the anglers are all grouped together to go over the rules and the format for the week. After last weeks results most of the same lakes are in so the anglers have been following the form so have an idea of a good draw for them.

With Clint's speech over it was on with the draw, read on for the action from day one.

A Section Pollawyn
Pollawyn was hard last week and today was no different in fact it was more of a struggle for the anglers with not many of the bigger fish showing and some anglers struggling for bites. This transitional period, especially as it dropped from warm to cold so quickly, always has an affect on the fishing but fingers crossed once it gets settled we should see the catches increase across the week. Alex Murray was the lake winner today on peg 20, Alex caught on the waggler with maggot and the short pole with meat for a weight of 49lb 3oz. Second with 33lb 2oz was Kevin Wadge, Kevin was on peg 28 and caught on the waggler with pellet and the bomb & pellet. Third went to Mark Harper with his three fish coming in at 32lb 4oz which included a 21lb mirror, Mark was on peg 6 and caught 1 on the method and 2 on the pole with worms over groundbait. The next best weight was 30lb 9oz and this came from Nathan Watson on peg 52, Nathan caught on the pole to the island with worm.

Section Winners
Alex Murray peg 20 9 points 49lb 3oz
Mark Harper peg 6 9 points 32lb 4oz
Nathan Watson peg 52 9 points 30lb 9oz
Jake Dye peg 15 9 points 28lb 2oz

B Section Trewaters/ Twin Oaks
Twin Oaks has been split with Trewaters for this festival as these venues seem more capable of competing with each other at the moment. The high numbers on Twin oaks are fishing consistently with weights coming from across the board and on the lower numbers they are still struggling in the early pegs with the far end pegs producing the better weights. It was a good day over on Trewaters with both lakes producing fair weights. The lake winner today on Twin Oaks peg 14 was Jamie Parkhouse, Jamie caught on the pole at 5 meters with meat for a weight of 136lb 6oz. Second was Danny Wynn, Danny weighed in with 106lb 1oz caught at 5 meters on meat from Twin Oaks peg 16. On Trewaters peg 21 Martyn Howard weighed in with 72lb 12oz to take third, Martyn caught a few on the method early on and the switched to the small groundbait cage feeder where he had a few more fish. Tony Butler on Twin Oaks peg 12 had the next best weight with 68lb 13oz, Tony caught on the pellet waggler and short on the pole with pellet.

Section Winners
Jamie Parkhouse peg 14(TO) 9 points 136lb 6oz
Martyn Howard peg 21(TW) 9 points 72lb 12oz
Paul Burton peg 35(TO) 9 points 68lb 12oz
Barry Parker peg 39(TW) 9 points 57lb 3oz

C Section Trewaters/Acorn/Canal
This is another split section on the festival and the lakes have been slightly changed around from what was sent out in the format. Trelawney has been fishing harder we felt it could compete better with Python and Acorn which is why we have made the change, Python & Acorn are new venues to some of the anglers and as it was not in last week we shall just have to see what happens this week. Acorn peg 15 provided the winner today with James Hawkins weighing in with 80lb 12oz, James caught on the method feeder with pellet. Second was Lee Edwards, Lee was on Python peg 13 and caught pretty much all of his fish on the method for a weight of 56lb 13oz. Third was Chris Downs on Python peg 12 with 54lb 4oz, Chris caught all F1's and one goldfish on the method feeder with maggot. The next best weight came from Steve Clark on Python peg 15 with 51lb 14oz, Steve caught on the method with maggot. The best weight on Trelawney was 44lb 5oz and this came from Darren Cox on peg 23, Darren caught 6 carp at 14.5 meters on worm.

Section Winners
James Hawkins peg 15(A) 9 points 80lb 12oz
Lee Edwards peg 13(PY) 9 points 56lb 13oz
Darren Cox peg 23(T) 9 points 44lb 5oz
Andy Pounder peg 18(T) 9 points 43lb 3oz

D Section Porth
Porth fished well last week with the water still being coloured we are expecting some more good results this week. A lot more of the bigger bream have been showing and today was no exception with another record breaking festival catch on this venue. The lake winner today with the biggest festival catch recorded on Porth was Mal Proctor; Mal was on peg 71 and weighed in with a staggering 98lb 14oz caught on the method with boilie. On peg 17 Steve Sanders was second, Steve caught on the boilie for a weight of 27lb 10oz. Third with 25lb 3oz was Paul Christie, Paul was on peg 16 and caught on the groundbait method at 40 yards out with white boilie on the hook. The next best weight was 20lb 8oz and this came from Nick Speed on peg 74, Nick caught on the groundbait feeder with worm.

Section Winners
Mal Proctor peg 71 9 points 98lb 14oz
Steve Sanders peg 17 9 points 27lb 10oz
Chris Kitchin peg 90 9 points 15lb 3oz
Chris Jenkinson peg 40 9 points 14lb 10oz

E Section Bolingey
With Bolingey having a rest over the weekend it should be back on form today, the lakes have been flushed through over the weekend to preserve the quality of the water as meat has been used on the venue for the first time since the spring. There were good weights for overall and sections today with close back up weights across the lake also. Tony Watling was today's lake winner, Tony was on peg 7 and caught 35 carp on the 6 meter pole with meat for total weight of 138lb 2oz. Second with 130lb 2oz was Andy Bennett, Andy caught on the short pole with meat from peg 3. Adam Richard was third, Adam caught on meat at 5 meters and pellet to the island from peg 27 for a weight of 109lb 14oz. Simon Colclough was on peg 46 and had the next best weight with 108lb 12oz, Simon caught on meat and 5 meters and down the edge on worms and casters.

Section Winners
Tony Watling peg 7 9 points 138lb 2oz
Adam Richards peg 27 9 points 109lb 14oz
Steve Ringer peg 42 9 points 105lb 8oz
John Harvey peg 11 9 points 89lb 8oz

With the fist day of festival action over and done with, here is how the first leader board of the week looks.

Overall Top 20

	Name	Points	Weight
1st	Tony Watling	9 points	138lb 2oz
2nd	Jamie Parkhouse	9 points	136lb 6oz
3rd	Adam Richards	9 points	109lb 14oz
4th	Steve Ringer	9 points	105lb 8oz
5th	Mal Proctor	9 points	98lb 14oz
6th	Jon Harvey	9 points	89lb 14oz
7th	James Hawkins	9 points	80lb 12oz
8th	Martyn Howard	9 points	72lb 12oz
9th	Paul Burton	9 points	68lb 12oz
10th	Barry Parker	9 points	57lb 3oz
11th	Lee Edwards	9 points	56lb 13oz
12th	Alex Murray	9 points	49lb 3oz
13th	Darren Cox	9 points	44lb 5oz
14th	Andy Pounder	9 points	43lb 3oz
15th	Mark Harper	9 points	32lb 4oz
16th	Nathan Watson	9 points	30lb 9oz
17th	Jake Dye	9 points	28lb 2oz
18th	Steve Sanders	9 points	27lb 10oz
19th	Chris Kitchin	9 points	15lb 3oz
20th	Chris Jenkinson	9 points	14lb 10oz
21st	Andy Bennett	8 points	130lb 2oz
22nd	Danny Wynn	8 points	106lb 1oz
23rd	Ian Exall	8 points	97lb
24th	Gareth Malham	8 points	84lb 10oz

These are the anglers that have started their week on a high and will be hoping for more section wins throughout the week, as we always see with the festival results any thing can happen over the next few days and we are predicting another close week, join us each day for the latest top 24 - will we see any of the above names in the final on Saturday?

Day Two

After a good start for some it was fingers crossed for another good draw but for the others that did not have the best of first days it was knuckle down and get on with it to give them a chance of getting to Saturdays final. It was a damp day but milder than it had been previously with the temperature up a couple of degrees although some of the venues were a lot gustier.

A Section Trewaters/ Twin Oaks
Good weights coming from both lakes and they are competing fairly with each other. Over on Trewaters the better weights are still coming from the middle lake but it is still close on the bottom lake. The Better weights today came from the low side of Twin Oaks but it was more consistent weights on the back lake. The lake winner today with 100lb 11oz was Andy Leathers; Andy caught on the method with pellet and on the pole at 5 meters with meat from Twin Oaks peg 14. Second on Twin oaks peg 16 was Paul Holland, Paul caught on the method & pellet with maggot on the hook for a weight of 91lb 13oz. Third was James Dent, James was on Trewaters peg 21 and weighed in with 80lb 13oz caught tight across on the method with pellet. On Twin Oaks peg 23 Shaun Barnett had the next best weight with 70lb 11oz, Shaun caught down the edge with worms and caster.

Section Winners
Andy Leathers peg 14(TO) 9 points 100lb 11oz
James Dent peg 21(TW) 9 points 80lb 13oz
Shaun Barnett peg 23(TO) 9 points 70lb 11oz
Andy Geldart peg 45(TW) 9 points 70lb 8oz

B Section Trelawney/Acorn/Python
Good weights from all three venues today with Trelawney fishing better than it has in previous matches. The weights on both Acorn and Python were both better today also so hopefully these will improve as the week goes on with some feed going in. On Trelawney peg 31 Derek Willan took the lake win with 64lb 13oz, Derek caught all F1's at 16 meters on the pole with chopped worm and caster. Jamie Parkhouse was second, Jamie had three shallow with pellet but the rest of his fish were at 5 meters on meat for a weight of 64lb 12oz from Trelawney peg 26. Third was Mick Kearns on Acorn peg 7, Mick caught on the pole at 6 meters for a weight of 59lb 15oz. Tony Curd was on Trelawney peg 32 and had the next best weight with 55lb 8oz, Tony caught on the pole at 14.5 meters with worm. The best weight on Python was 51lb 13oz and this came from Tony Butler on peg 9, Tony caught on the long pole down the edge with worm.

Section Winners
Derek Willan peg 31(T) 9 points 64lb 13oz
Mick Kearns peg 7(A) 9 points 59lb 15oz
Cameron Hughes peg 2(T) 9 points 52lb 1oz
Tony Butler peg 9(PY) 9 points 51lb 13oz

C Section Porth
The bream are still active at Porth and we are once again seeing some top results, as we are having these high end weights from the venue we are tending to overlook the fact that the rest of the anglers that have not drawn the out and out flier bream pegs are still managing to put together reasonable nets of small fish but without the bonus bream they are down the ranks when it come to the section points. Steven Homewood was the lake winner today with another impressive haul of bream for a weight of 81lb 11oz; Steven was on peg 16 and caught on the method feeder with corn on the hook. Second on peg 71 was Lee Edwards, Lee caught on the method feeder for a weight of 58lb 3oz. Third with 38lb 10oz was Darren Cox, Darren caught on the method with white boilie from peg 19. On peg 20 Frankie Gianoncelli had the next best weight with 20lb 5oz, Frankie caught on the method with boilie.

Section Winners
Steven Homewood peg 16 9 points 81lb 11oz
Lee Edwards peg 71 9 points 58lb 3oz
Mikey Williams peg 81 9 points 13lb 1oz
Joe Carass peg 33 9 points 12lb 13oz

D Section Bolingey
There were a few stand out weights on Bolingey today with the anglers sacking up on the impressive carp from this venue. The back up weights were close across the board but there were a few anglers in each section that did have a harder day and struggled to build up any form of weight. Richie Hull was todays lake winner with the best weight so far this week 164lb 12oz, Richie was on peg 25 and caught on the method, at 14.5 meters and down the edge with meat. Second was Tom Wallis, Tom caught on the pole with worm over groundbait for a weight of 153lb 12oz from peg 29.Simon Fry weighed in with 116lb 2oz to take third, Simon was on peg 17 and caught on the method with pellet and at 5 meters with meat. The bext nest weight came from Mike Mcmillan on peg 45; Mike caught on the short pole with meat and weighed in with 108lb 1oz.

Section Winners
Richie Hull peg 25 9 points 164lb 12oz
Tom Wallis peg 29 9 points 153lb 12oz
Simon Fry peg 17 9 points 116lb 2oz
Neil Machin peg 6 9 points 115lb 8oz

E Section Pollawyn
It was a slightly better day today with a few more fish being caught across the lake and even though some of the anglers struggled for carp the skimmers were showing a bit more today which boosted some weights for the anglers. In some sections the weights were a lot closer than others when it came to points. The back arm section is still fishing very hard with that one landed bonus carp making all the difference but some of the anglers are simply not getting the bites on the silvers let alone the bigger fish. Andy Bennett was today's lake winner on peg 16 with 66lb 11oz, Andy caught on the pole at 5 meters with meat. Richard Bacon was on peg 27 and weighed in with 57lb 3oz to take second; Richard caught on the pellet waggler and had 4 fish on the long pole with meat. Third was Mark Fox, Mark was on peg 26 and caught on the deck at 14 meters with worm for a weight of 51lb 3oz. The next best weight was 41lb 8oz and this came from Ant King on peg 17, Ant caught 3 fish on the method with boilie, 1 on the pole at 5 meters with meat and a few shimmers.

Section Winners
Andy Bennett peg 15 9 points 66lb 11oz
Richard Bacon peg 27 9 points 57lb 3oz
Bob Giles peg 1 9 points 40lb 7oz
Jason Le Bosquet peg 47 9 points 32lb 3oz

And here is how the leader board is shaping after the second day.

Overall Top 24

	Name	Points	Weight
1st	Lee Edwards	18 points	115lb
2nd	Jamie Parkhouse	17 points	201lb 2oz
3rd	Andy Bennett	17 points	196lb 13oz
4th	Bob Giles	17 points	122lb 7oz
5th	Andy Leathers	17 points	117lb 4oz
6th	Andy Geldart	17 points	100lb 15oz
7th	Darren Cox	17 points	82lb 15oz
8th	Tony Watling	16 points	165lb 9oz
9th	Richard Bacon	16 points	134lb 15oz
10th	Simon Fry	16 points	131lb 9oz
11th	Tony Butler	16 points	120lb 10oz
12th	Nick Speed	16 points	120lb 6oz
13th	Harry Billing	16 points	117lb 9oz
14th	Gareth Malham	16 points	113lb 7oz
15th	Stewart Bracey	16 points	108lb 11oz
16th	Shaun Barnett	16 points	99lb 9oz
17th	Jake Dye	16 points	82lb 15oz
18th	Chris Jenkinson	16 points	79lb 12oz
19th	Jason Le Bosquet	15 points	105lb 5oz
20th	Paul Burton	15 points	99lb 7oz
21st	Joff Rogers	15 points	95lb 4oz
22nd	Nathan Watson	15 points	84lb 14oz
23rd	Steve Clark	15 points	63lb 5oz
24th	Joe Carass	15 points	53lb 2oz

There is just the one angler on maximum points which is very unusual for this stage in the festival but with the standard of anglers in each section they will be taking points from each other in each match.

This time last year there was 5 anglers and maximum points and 15 points would not have put you in the top 24 at this stage, with these low points it looks like we are going to a very close festival and it is far from over for some anglers yet.

Join us tomorrow to find out if the Welsh International has managed another section win to boost his chances of a place in Saturdays final plus a possible festival win.

At the mid way point we should have a rough idea of some names we can expect in the line up but we shall have to see what happens in the match action from day three.

Don't forget Saturday's final is free of charge and open to the public so if you fancy coming down to watch the final we have special rates for the weekend or just come along for the day. Food and beers available all day.

Day Three

Mid way point already and things are once again shaping up to be another close festival.

As the only angler going into day three on maximum points Lee Edwards had some work to do to keep up this impressive winning streak, the points are very close and even though it is not an overly high scoring festival the results are tight.

No one is yet guaranteed a place in the final as it could all change over the next couple of days, read on to see what today's action has done to the overall results.

A Section Trelawney/Acorn/Python
All three lakes have fished reasonably well today and even though it was a bit of a struggle on the low section of Trelawney it was reasonably close and the sections were also close on Python & Acorn, Today's lake winner with the biggest weight of the festival so far on Trelawney was Andy Geldart with 120lb 4oz, Andy was on Trelawney peg 25 and caught on the pole at 16 meters both shallow and on the bottom with pellet. Second went to Nathan Watson on Python peg 9, Nathan caught on the pole shallow with pellet and down the edge on worm and caster for a weight of 69lb 1oz. David Burley was on Acorn peg 15 and weighed in with 64lb 15oz to take third, David caught on the method tight across to the island and down the edge on the pole with meat.

Section Winners
Andy Geldart peg 25(T) 9 points 120lb 4oz
Nathan Watson peg 9(PY) 9 points 69lb 7oz
David Burley peg 15(A) 9 points 64lb 15oz
Andy Dargue peg 12(T) 9 points 51lb 3oz

B Section Porth
It was a good day on Porth with the bream still showing, although there were not as many caught today they are still coming from round the same areas and in the other sections the weights are close when it comes to points. Mark Brennan was today's lake winner with 46lb 9oz, Mark was on peg 71 and caught 12 bream on the method feeder alternating between white boilie and corn on the hook. Adam Barnes on peg 16 was second, Adam caught on the method with micros and groundbait and white boilie on the hook for a weight of 38lb 2oz. Jamie Parkhouse on peg 17 weighed in with 16lb 15oz to take third, Jamie caught on the method with boilie. The next best weight came from Cameron Hughes on peg 19, Cameron caught 1 bream on the feeder and the rest were small fish on the pole with casters for a total weight of 15lb 3oz.

Section Winners
Mark Brennan peg 71 9 points 46lb 9oz
Adam Barnes peg 16 9 points 38lb 2oz
Steve Parry peg 81 9 points 13lb 14oz
Paul Barnard peg35 9 points 13lb 9oz

C Section Bolingey
Mixed day on Bolingey with a few better weights, a lot of reasonable back up weights and only just a couple of anglers finding it a struggle. Today's lake winner with 132lb was Simon Jones, Simon was on peg 18 and caught half his fish on the method and half on the pole short with meat. James Granger was second, James was on peg 27 and caught on the long pole with pellet and down the edge on meat for a weight of 130lb 8oz. Phil Ringer weighed in with 116lb 12oz, Phil was on peg 19 and caught 26 on the method with ringers groundbait and ringer boilie on the hook. The next best weight was 105lb 12oz and this came from Leigh Hodgkinson on peg 11, Lee caught on the pole at 5 meters and down the edge on meat.

Section Winners
Simon Jones peg 18 9 points 132lb
Leigh Hodgkinson peg 11 9 points 105lb 12oz
James Howarth peg 36 9 points 100lb 12oz
Gary Webber peg 4 9 points 96lb 10oz

D Section Pollawyn
It was a much better day on Pollawyn today and although a few anglers struggled and the section weights were up across the lakes even in the hard back arm, as well as carp a few more skimmers are showing to boost the weights. The lake winner today on peg 27 was Tom Wallis, Tom caught on the pellet waggler at 5 ft for a weight of 122lb 1oz. Second with 84lb 10oz was Des Shipp, Des was on peg 24 and caught at 16 meters with meat & hemp, on the top 5 with meat and had some slivers down the edge on casters, Third was Richie Hull, Richie was on peg 25 and weighed in with 78lb 10oz caught on the pole at 14.5 meters with meat. Craig Elkin had the next best weight; Craig was on peg 16 and caught on the long pole with meat for a weight of 63lb 10oz.

Section Winners
Tom Wallis peg 27 9 points 122lb 1oz
Des Shipp peg 24 9 points 84lb 10oz
Neil Machin peg 2 9 points 50lb 12oz
Scott Russell peg 38 9 points 28lb

E Section Trewaters/Twin Oaks
With hardly a breath of wind over at Twin Oaks the low numbered pegs once again struggled but the middle and far of the lake fished well as did the back lake where the weights were fairly consistent across the section. Trewaters is still competing well and this is proving to be a very fair split section of lakes. Richard Bacon was today's lake winner with 142lb 7oz, Richard was On Twin Oaks peg 12 and had a load of fish on the pellet waggler and a few on the short pole with meat. Second was gareth Malham on Twin Oaks peg 16, Gareth caught on the method feeder and the short pole with meat for a weight of 127lb 2oz. Steve Ringer was on Trewaters peg 29 and weighed in with 113lb 10oz to take third, Steve caught on the method with pellet. Simon Willsmore on Twin Oaks peg 25 had the next best weight with 77lb 2oz, Simon caught on the long pole shallow with pellet and the short pole with meat.

Section Winners
Richard Bacon peg 12(TO) 9 points 142lb 7oz
Steve Ringer peg 29(TW) 9 points 113lb 10oz
Simon Willsmore peg 25(TO) 9 points 77lb 2oz
Rob Kite peg 39(TW) 9 points 58lb 1oz

With day three over and done with, let's see how the current leader board stands.

Overall Top 24

	Name	Points	Weight
1st	Andy Geldart	26 points	221lb 3oz
2nd	Richard Bacon	25 points	277lb 6oz
3rd	Jamie Parkhouse	25 points	218lb 1oz
4th	Darren Cox	25 points	185lb 13oz
5th	Gareth Malham	24 points	240lb 9oz
6th	Lee Edwards	24 points	172lb 10oz
7th	Nathan Watson	24 points	154lb 5oz
8th	Andy Leathers	24 points	141lb 13oz
9th	Tom Wallis	23 points	282lb 13oz
10th	Steve Ringer	23 points	256lb 4oz
11th	Jason Le Bosquet	23 points	181lb 1oz
12th	Des Shipp	23 points	169lb 6oz
13th	Harry Billing	23 points	150lb
14th	Mark Brennan	23 points	142lb 3oz
15th	Tony Watling	22 points	208lb 6oz
16th	James Granger	22 points	174lb 1oz
17th	Frankie Gianoncelli	22 points	140lb 5oz
18th	Tommy Hiller	22 points	132lb 7oz
19th	Callum Dicks	22 points	114lb 15oz
20th	Steve Parry	22 points	112lb 12oz
21st	Richie Hull	21 points	249lb 2oz
22nd	James Hawkins	21 points	164lb 10oz
23rd	Paul Holland	21 points	150lb 4oz
24th	Leigh Hodgkinson	21 points	143lb 12oz

There are now no anglers on maximum points which is unusual for a festival but make things even more exciting. There are still anglers that can finish on maximum points excluding their dropper so the game is well and truly not over yet!

Points were won and lost across all the sections yesterday and with these close results and two days left no go no one can afford to take a step back and assume they have a guaranteed place in the final.

Join us tomorrow for the latest set of results which will give us a small inside look at the line up for Saturday but with the points and weights this close we are definitely going to see a very close overall result.

Day Four

Exciting times ahead as we go in to the penultimate day. By the end of today we will have a firm idea of a number of anglers that will be in the final so there a few people that will be hoping the draw bag is kind to them today.

Another damp start to the day but the temperature is gradually creeping up again making it a fairly muggy day with a few drizzly showers. Let's see what the lakes did today read on for the latest updates.

A Section Porth
The bream seem to have backed off slightly and are spread out across more of the pegs now, although they are still a few more being caught on the same pegs the rest of the sections are looking interesting with some better weights coming from across the board. Lee Kerry on the “flier” peg 71 was the match winner today; Lee caught bream on the method for a weight of 27lb 6oz. Second just a few ounces behind was Lee Thornton, Lee caught 7 bream on the method for a weight of 27lb 3oz from peg 17. Andy Nelson on peg 39 weighed in with 18lb 12oz to take third, Andy caught on the pole with chopped worm. The next best weight was 17lb 9oz from Alex Murray; Alex caught skimmers on the pole at 8 meters with chopped worm and caster from peg 32.

Section Winners
Lee Kerry peg 71 9 points 27lb 6oz
Lee Thornton peg 17 9 points 27lb 3oz
Andy Nelson peg 39 9 points 18lb 12oz
James Stones peg 81 9 points 12lb 11oz

B Section Bolingey
And still the weights keep coming from Bolingey with over half the anglers weighing in with 75lb plus and we have also had the biggest weight of the week recorded so far. Although in some of the sections the weights were exceptionally close with just a pound or so separating the anglers for the ever important points. The lake winner today with an impressive 173lb 4oz was Adam Rooney, Adam was on peg 11 and caught on the method front to back. Martin Howard on peg 23 was second with 168lb, Martin caught on the long pole to the island with 6mil pellet. Cameron Hughes was third, Cameron caught on the method and pole at 5 meters with meat for a weight of 150lb 2oz from peg 19. The next best weight was 130lb 12oz and this came from Jamie Parkhouse on peg 20, Jamie caught 3 shallow, 2 on the method and the rest at 6 meters on meat.

Section Winners
Adam Rooney peg 11 9 points 173lb 4oz
Martyn Howard peg 23 9 points 168lb
Mark Brennan peg 47 9 points 117lb 2oz
Wayne Sharman peg 29 9 points 96lb

C Section Pollawyn
A bit of a mixed day on Pollawyn today and although the weights were down on the previous day they were also scattered out a bit more across the lake with closer weights across the sections. The lake winner today was Andrew Crocker, Andrew was on peg 15 and caught 1 on the method then the rest on the pellet waggler for a weight of 72lb 11oz. Chris Downs on peg 24 weighed in with 67lb 13oz to take second, Chris caught on the pole shallow with meat. Mark Pollard was third, Mark caught on the long pole with chopped worm and caster for a weight of 64lb 7oz from peg 24. James Hawkins on peg 29 had the next best weight with 57lb 7oz, James caught on the bomb with pellet.

Section Winners
Andrew Crocker peg 15 9 points 72lb 11oz
James Hawkins peg 29 9 points 57lb 7oz
Lee Edwards peg 45 9 points 49lb 8oz
Darren Cox peg 10 9 points 25lb 13oz

D Section Trewaters/Twin Oaks
Good weights from all the lakes in this section with the weights spread out a bit more than in previous days, the low numbered pegs on Twin oaks fished better but it was a struggle for the anglers at the far end of the high numbered side with the fish moving to the other end of the lake. The weights were consistent on Trewaters and produced some of the better results today. Oliver Scotthorne on Trewaters peg 27 was the match winner today with 120lb 7oz, Oliver caught shallow on the pole at 13 meters with casters. Neil Machin weighed in with 109lb 9oz to take second; Neil caught on the pole down the edge and at 5 meters on meat from Trewaters peg 19. Des Shipp was on Twin Oaks peg 35 and weighed in with 109lb 8oz to take third, Des caught a few on the method and some on the pole down the edge with casters. Andy Power had the next best weight; Andy was on Twin Oaks peg 2 and caught on the long pole on the deck with 6 mil pellets for a weight of 99lb 7oz.

Section Winners
Oliver Scotthorne peg 27(TW) 9 points 120lb 7oz
Des Shipp peg 35(TO) 9 points 109lb 8oz
Andy Power peg 2(TO) 9 points 99lb 7oz
Harry Billing peg 41(TW) 9 points 60lb 1oz

E Section Trelawney/Acorn/Python
It was another reasonable day on these lakes today with some of the weights, especially on Acorn & Python, being very close. Trelawney fished a bit harder again today but the weights (apart from a couple of anglers who really struggled) were tight when it came down to the points. Taking the win today on Python peg 13 was Bob Giles, Bob caught shallow on the pole with pellet and weighed in with 77lb 9oz. Second also on Python was John Whincup, John was on peg 16 and had a weight of 68lb 1oz which he caught on the pole shallow with pellet. Pete Thomas was on Acorn peg 5 and was third with 57lb 13oz, Pete caught shallow at 14.5 meters on meat. Simon Colclough was on Acorn peg 13 and had the next best weight, Simon weighed in with 52lb 8oz caught on the pole to the island shallow with pellet. The best weight on Trelawney today was 47lb 13oz and this came from Adam Richards on peg 29, Adam caught on the pole at 16 meters with worm.

Section Winners
Bob Giles peg 13(PY) 9 points 77lb 9oz
Pete Thomas peg 5(A) 9 points 57lb 13oz
Adam Richards peg 29(T) 9 points 47lb 13oz
Timmy Rowe peg 18(T) 9 points 24lb 10oz

As we go into the final day here is how the current leader board looks.

Overall Top 24

	Name	Points	Weight
1st	Andy Geldart	34 points	235lb 13oz
2nd	Darren Cox	34 points	211lb 10oz
3rd	Lee Edwards	33 points	222lb 2oz
4th	Jamie Parkhouse	32 points	348lb 13oz
5th	Richard Bacon	32 points	297lb 5oz
6th	Des Shipp	32 points	278lb 14oz
7th	Mark Brennan	32 points	259lb 5oz
8th	Harry Billing	32 points	210lb 1oz
9th	Nathan Watson	32 points	165lb 12oz
10th	Andy Leathers	32 points	152lb 6oz
11th	Steve Ringer	31 points	279lb 10oz
12th	Tom Wallis	30 points	340lb 10oz
13th	James Hawkins	30 points	222lb 1oz
14th	Adam Rooney	29 points	300lb 6oz
15th	Richie Hull	29 points	299lb 6oz
16th	Martyn Howard	29 points	276lb 13oz
17th	Cameron Hughes	29 points	274lb 7oz
18th	Paul Yates	29 points	216lb 12oz
19th	Callum Dicks	29 points	125lb 6oz
20th	Neil Machin	28 points	279lb 7oz
21st	Bob Giles	28 points	236lb 3oz
22nd	Paul Christie	28 points	158lb 13oz
23rd	Mark Pollard	27 points	159lb 12oz
24th	Andy Bennett	26 points	281lb

At the higher end of the leader board the points are creeping up which has definitely secured some of these anglers a podium position and place in the final but as we go down to 24th place the points are very spread out which is going to make for a very exciting final day.

There are still a couple of anglers that could jump back up the ranks if they do the business on the final day but there are also a few that will slip out of the standings if they don't pick up high section points.

This is once again going to come down to a photo finish and the dropped result is likely to pay more of a key part than it has on previous festivals.

Join us tomorrow to find out who is the White Acres Preston Innovations Festival champion, who are top ten prize winners are and which names will be in the line up of the top 24 anglers for the 2011 Parkdean Masters Final.

Grand Final

We face an exciting day ahead, a win for some could not only secure them a place in the top ten but also a place in Saturdays final.

It is going to be too close to call at this stage so read on to see what had happened today and to see which anglers have come out on top.

A Section Bolingey
A fine flourish to the end of the week for the anglers on Bolingey with top weights still coming from across all sections. The lake winner today with 136lb 14oz was Paul Holland; Paul was on peg 20 and caught down the edge on maggot. Mark Harper on peg 23 weighed in with 129lb 6oz to take second. Third was Andy Nelson, Andy was on peg 7 and caught down the edge on meat for a weight of 126lb. The next best weight came from Alex Murray on peg 22 with 117lb 8oz

Section Winners
Paul Holland peg 20 9 points 136lb 14oz
Andy Nelson peg 7 9 points 126lb
Andy Geldart peg 29 9 points 110lb 10oz
Lee Kerry peg 26 9 points 88lb 6oz

B Section Pollawyn
A fairly tough day for the anglers on Pollawyn but although the weights were down it was the closest they had been all week when it came to points. Paul Burton on peg 30 was the lake winner today, Paul caught on the bomb, waggler and method for a weight of 68lb 10oz. Second with 66lb 12oz was Mick Kearns, Mick was on peg 20 and caught on the bomb with worm. Karl Webster on peg 25 weighed in with 60lb 7oz to take third, Karl caught on the long pole with meat. Rob Williams had the next best weight with 51lb 9oz; Rob was on peg 18 and caught 7 fish on the straight lead with pellet.

Section Winners
Paul Burton peg 30 9 points 68lb 10oz
Derek Willan peg 21 9 points 50lb 1oz
Nigel Smith peg 13 9 points 35lb 14oz
Rob Minikin peg 45 9 points 34lb 13oz

C Section Trewaters/Twin Oaks
These lakes have competed well together through out this weeks festival so it will be a split that we will definitely be seeing in the future. Although mainly due to the cold weather and pressure the weights were down today it was still tight across the sections. Today’s winner was James Howarth on Twin Oaks peg 8 with 124lb 3oz. On Twin Oaks peg 6 Joe Carass took second with 80lb. Tommy Hiller was on Trewaters peg 19 and weighed in with 72lb 11oz to take third. The next best weight was 68lb 15oz and this came from Jon Arthur on Twin Oaks peg 25

Section Winners
James Howarth peg 8(TO) 9 points 124lb 3oz
Tommy Hiller peg 19(TW) 9 points 72lb 11oz
Jon Arthur peg 25(TO) 9 points 68lb 15oz
Darren Cox peg 49(TW) 9 points 51lb 14oz

D Section Trelawney/Acorn/Canal
It was especially close over on Trelawney today and although the weights were down slightly there were better back up weights from across the lake. It was a slower day on Acorn but again the weights were close across the section and on Python it was also close when it came to those all important points. The lake winner today was Mike McMillan on Python peg 14 with 49lb. Simon Fry on Trelawney peg 10 weighed in with 47lb 5oz to take second. Chris Kitchin was third on Trelawney peg 23 with 45lb 5oz. The best weight on Acorn was 43lb 6oz and this came from Scott Russell on peg 15.

Section Winners
Mike McMillan peg 14(PY) 9 points 49lb
Simon Fry peg 10(T) 9 points 47lb 5oz
Chris Kitchin peg 23(T) 9 points 45lb 5oz
Scott Russell peg 15(A) 9 points 43lb 6oz

E Section Porth
The weights were down slightly today with fewer bream being caught but the method and boilie is still catching the fish and producing the better weights. First with 32lb 8oz was Danny Grimsey on peg 75. On peg 16 John Whincup weighed in with 31lb 4oz to take second. Third was Steve Ringer on peg 38 with 17lb 11oz. Timmy Rowe on peg 74 had the next best weight with 16lb 8oz

Section Winners
Danny Grimsey peg 75 9 points 32lb 8oz
John Whincup peg 16 9 points 31lb 4oz
Steve Ringer peg 38 9 points 17lb 11oz
Simon Colclough peg 85 9 points 11lb 6oz

That was the final day of action from the 2011 White Acres Preston Innovations festival and with all the results in and calculated here is how the final top 24 looks.

Overall Top 24

	Name	Points	Weight
1st	Andy Geldart	35 points (dropping 8)	346lb 7oz
2nd	Darren Cox	35 points (dropping 8)	263lb 8oz
3rd	Lee Edwards	35 points (dropping 6)	290lb 12oz
4th	Steve Ringer	35 points (dropping 5)	297lb 5oz
5th	Des Shipp	33 points (dropping 6)	312lb 10oz
6th	Martyn Howard	33 points (dropping 3)	295lb 5oz
7th	Neil Machin	33 points (dropping 2)	319lb 15oz
8th	James Howarth	33 points (dropping 2)	299lb 9oz
9th	Richard Bacon	32 points (dropping 7)	313lb 15oz
10th	Tom Wallis	32 points (dropping 5)	376lb 9oz
11th	Jamie Parkhouse	32 points (dropping 5)	365lb 15oz
12th	Mark Brennan	32 points (dropping 5)	296lb 6oz
13th	James Hawkins	32 points (dropping 5)	229lb
14th	Harry Billing	32 points (dropping 4)	236lb 11oz
15th	Nathan Watson	32 points (dropping 1)	222lb 4oz
16th	Andy Leathers	32 points (dropping 1)	202lb 12oz
17th	Paul Yates	31 points (dropping 6)	259lb 3oz
18th	Callum Dicks	31 points (dropping 6)	232lb 8oz
19th	Simon Fry	31 points (dropping 3)	254lb 8oz
20th	Derek Willan	31 points (dropping 3)	233lb
21st	Jason Le Bosquet	31 points (dropping 3)	216lb 2oz
22nd	Tommy Hiller	31 points (dropping 1)	209lb 6oz
23rd	Richie Hull	30 points (dropping 4)	331lb 8oz
24th	Paul Holland	30 points (dropping 4)	290lb 9oz

Wow what a race to the finish!

It was such a close race that some anglers didn’t have a clue if they had made the final or not, with such a shift of points on the final day there were a few disappointed anglers who though they might have had a shot at the £25,000 with a 29 point finish but this was not to be.

We would like to thank all the anglers that have fished this week and congratulate them all especially our top three of Andy Geldart, Darren Cox and Lee Edwards, it is another strong top ten and a very strong final line up with 5 former Parkdean Masters and at least 12 former finalists, tomorrow is going to be a very exciting day – will we have a new Master or will someone do the double for the first time?

Once again a massive thank you to Preston Innovations for the continued support and generous sponsorship of the festival, Preston Innovations provided fantastic prizes for the top ten anglers and their representative Tommy Pickering was here to hand out the prizes.

So this is the end of the main 2011 festivals at White Acres and the climax will be tomorrows Parkdean Masters £25,000 grand final. Join us soon for the update on the final.

Thank you again to all the anglers that have fished this week and to all of you that have been avidly following the daily reports.

Cheers, Kirsty