Spring Festival 2023
Day 1
29/04/2023
Day one of the three day festival and at last spring has sprung and the sun came out.
Open draw done, spirits were high and away they went.
Well done Mathew Matthew Crowe on top weight for Canal and Steve Clark top on Willow.
Day one too results…
Willow…
Section 1
1st Steve Clark 100lb 5oz P4
2nd Will William Duncan 49lb 10oz P17
Section 2
1st Jim Barroman 99lb 12oz P14
2nd Ian Boden 82lb 9os P10
Canal…
Section 1
1st Matthew Crowe 131lb P26
2nd Paul Ready 107lb 3oz P22
Section 2
1st Marv Price 92lb 3oz P33
2nd Richard Baker 85lb 8oz P32
Early days as tomorrow everyone swaps lakes and we go again, forecast looks good as well.
Well done all
Day 2
30/04/2023
Day two of the three day festival and it’s been another belter of a match with plenty of close results .
Well done again to Matthew Crowe weighing in the biggest weight for the second day running, also well done to Gary Mallett, Mark Pollard and Jim Barroman all taking their section wins today.
Day three tomorrow and it’s an open draw across both lakes so bring your best drawing arm tomorrow gents.
Results...
Willow…
Section 1
1st Gary Mallett 93lb 13oz P20
2nd Marv Price. 74lb 12oz P3
Section 2
1st Matthew Crowe 145lb 14oz P11
2nd John Dale 137lb 3oz P15
Canal…
Section 1
1st Mark Pollard 113lb 11oz P27
2nd Daren Mallett 81lb 4oz P25
Section 2
1st Jim Barroman 107lb 4oz P33
2nd Nigel Shipp 100lb 7oz P36
Matthew Crowe and Jim Barroman go into day three both on 2 points with Marv Price not far behind on 3 points.
Good luck to all tomorrow
Day 3
01/05/2023
Day three and final day of our spring festival.
A slight change in the weather today with cloud and some light rain at times, but that didn’t dampen the spirits as all 28 anglers were well up for it.
Another well contested and close match on both lakes with results on the day as follows:
Willow…
Section 1
1st Steve Clark 90lb P17
2nd Marv Price 87lb 7oz P2
Section 2
1st John Dale 95lb 5oz P13
2nd Scott Webster 93lb 5oz P10
Canal…
Section 1
1st Paul Ready 87lb 10oz P27
2nd Chris Cooper 76lb 7oz P25
Section 2
1st Jim Barroman 125lb 11oz P31
2nd Matthew Crowe 114lb 12oz P34
Well done again to all that framed and picked up winnings over the three days.
Well done Jim Barroman with a perfect score of 3 points and picking up first prize and the shield.
Well done Matthew Crowe on picking up second with 4 points.
Well done Steve Clark picking up third overall with 5 points .
Also a mention to Marv Price who also picked up 5 points but just missed out on the overall weight that decided.
Thanks again from myself and Jason on yet another competitive but enjoyable festival with plenty of banter and laughter along the way.
All finished off with a BBQ and beer, absolutely brilliant, see you all again soon.
