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Dynamite Bait Festival - Day 5

Dynamite Bait Festival

So we have reached the final day of the festival and despite being a very wet week we have seen some great results, read on for the final day of the festival and to find out who has been crowned Dynamite Baits Champion 2010.

Day 5

There was a slight respite in the rain today but the damage had already been done as the cold water going into the lakes for the past 2 days has knocked things on the head and the catches were not as good across the board.

At the draw this morning all of the anglers were presented with goodie bags brimming with products supplied by our sponsors Dynamite Baits, the bag contained 1 x tin of the new Dynamite Bait luncheon meat, 1 bag of Silver X carp green groundbait, 1 bag swimstim original groundbait, 1 bag of swimstim green groundbait, 1 bag swimstim black groundbait, 1 bag of swimstim green 3 mil pellets and 1 bag of original swimstim 3 mil pellets.

After Clint read through the formalities for the final day the draw started and after a dip into the bag some were practically racing to their pegs whilst others who had not drawn as well looked for information from the other competitors to get the most out of their peg.

A Section Bolingey

The weights were down on Bolingey today and even though there were some good overall results there were certain pegs within the sections that really struggled. Pete Thomas was the lake winner today with 144lb 4oz; Pete was on peg 27 and caught 47 carp on the pole with meat at 5 and 13 meters towards the island. Second on peg 29 was Colin Mulholland, Colin caught on pellet at 14 meters, had a few shallow and some bigger fish down the edge on worm for a total weight of 92lb 1oz. Third with 72lb 9oz was Andy Geldart, Andy was on peg 12 and caught 14 fish, 4 of them were on the method and the rest shallow and on the bottom at 14 meters with pellet and meat. The next best weight came from Paul Varley on peg 17 with 71lb 13oz.

Section Winners

Pete Thomas                9 points           peg 27             144lb 4oz

Colin Mulholland        9 points           peg 29             92lb 1oz

Paul Varley                 9 points           peg 17             71lb 13oz

Clive Poole                  9 points           peg 3               48lb 8oz

B Section Pollawyn

It was the toughest day of the week on Pollawyn with the overall & section weights down on previous days. The weights might have been lower but in some areas it was incredibly close for the section points. Lewis Murawski was the lake winner today on peg 21 with 63lb 10oz, Lewis caught on the pole at 14 & 16 meters with meat. Second was Andy Nelson, Andy caught on the pellet waggler from peg 20 for a weight of 58lb 11oz. Third with 57lb 13oz was John Battersby, John was on peg 22 and caught on pellet. The next best weight was 56lb 12oz and this came from Steve Potter on peg 23, Steve also took the biggest fish of the week with his catch of a 20lb 12oz carp.

Section Winners

Lewis Murawski         9 points           peg 21             63lb 10oz

Andy Nelson               9 points           peg 20             58lb 11oz

Kieron Rich                 9 points           peg 45             43lb 4oz

Alan Such                   9 points           peg 9               35lb 8oz

C Section Twin Oaks/Trelawney

Both lakes have really performed well over the last two weeks and withstood the pressure of the matches but today despite good winning weights the sections were down slightly. The lake winner was Paul Cannon on Trelawney peg 23, Paul caught on the pellet waggler for a weight of 112lb 4oz. Phil Ringer weighed in with 96lb 6oz to take second, Phil was on Twin Oaks peg 16 and caught on the method feeder with pellet. Third was Steve Ringer on Twin Oaks peg 8, Steve caught on the method for a weight of 66lb 3oz. The next best weight came from John Panter on Trelawney peg 12, John weighed in with 61lb 9oz caught on the method with pellet.

Section Winners

Paul Cannon                9 points           peg 23             112lb 4oz

Phil Ringer                  9 points           peg 16             96lb 6oz

John Panter                 9 points           peg 12             61lb 9oz

Gareth Drury               9 points           peg 35             53lb 5oz

D Section Trewaters

Despite a week of hard fishing and poor weather the weights, especially on the middle lake, were still fairly reasonable today and seem to be better than in previous days. The match was won today with 38lb 4oz and this came from Alan Scotthorne on peg 21, Alan caught to the far bank with a 2 gram float and in the margins at 13 meters with pellet. Second on peg 23 was Rod Finch, Rod caught on worm for a weight of 34lb 12oz. Jim Barrowman was third with 31lb 2oz, Jim caught on pellet from peg 33. The next best weight came from Lee Kerry on peg 54, Lee weighed in with 30lb 8oz caught down the edge on maggot.

Section Winners

Alan Scotthorne          9 points           peg 21             38lb 4oz

Rod Finch                   9 points           peg 23             34lb 12oz

Lee Kerry                    9 points           peg 54             30lb 8oz

Ashley Clements         9 points           peg 49             26lb 4oz

E Section Porth

It was a mixed day on Porth and the weights were very close across the sections. Mark Pollard was the lake winner with 13lb; Mark was on peg 37 and caught on the waggler with maggot. Second was Steve Cooke on peg 33, Steve caught on the waggler with maggot and caster for a weight of 11lb 3oz. Harry Billing was third with 10lb 5oz, Harry was on peg 78 and caught on the pole with maggot over groundbait. The next best weight was 9lb 10oz and this came from Gary Webber on peg 71, Gary caught on the tip with maggot and groundbait and switched to the waggler later on in the match.

Section Winners

Mark Pollard               9 points           peg 37             13lb

Harry Billing               9 points           peg 78             10lb 5oz

Andy Bennett             9 points           peg 17             9lb 14oz

Paul Burton                 9 points           peg 85             8lb 5oz

That was the Dynamite Bait Festival 2010 and here is how our final top 24 looked.

Overall Top 20

1^st        Alan Scotthorne          36 points (dropping 8)                        385lb 14oz

2^nd        Ashley Clements         36 points (dropping 8)                        361lb 12oz

3^rd        Tony Stevenson          35 points (dropping 6)                        252lb 13oz

4^th        Steve Ringer               34 points (dropping 8)                        286lb 12oz

5^th        John Cockayne            34 points (dropping 7)                        252lb 4oz

6^th        Joe Carass                   34 points (dropping 5)                        262lb 15oz

7^th        Andy Geldart              34 points (dropping 5)                        210lb 5oz

8^th        Andy Bennett             34 points (dropping 5)                        206lb 6oz

9^th        Dean Smith                 34 points (dropping 4)                        326lb 3oz

10^th      Tim Nash                     34 points (dropping 2)                        286lb 8oz

11^th      Andy May                   34 points (dropping 1)                        184lb 11oz

12^th      Harry Billing               33 points (dropping 7)                        241lb 12oz

13^th      Andy Power                33 points (dropping 5)                        219lb 11oz

14^th      Matt Godfrey              33 points (dropping 5)                        186lb 4oz

15^th      John Battersby                        33 points (dropping 4)                        207lb 14oz

16^th      Russ Grimes                33 points (dropping 4)                        174lb 3oz

17^th      Steve Conway             33 points (dropping 2)                        218lb 5oz

18^th      Phil Ringer                  32 points (dropping 4)                        283lb

19^th      Lewis Murawski         32 points (dropping 4)                        221lb 1oz

20^th      Andy Dare                  31 points (dropping 5)                        346lb 7oz

Alan Scotthorne takes his first White Acres festival win and is crowned Dynamite Baits champion 2010. It was a close fought race with two anglers tied on points and dropped result so it had to go down to weight in the end. Alan Scotthorne (Shimamo/Mustad/Van Den Eynde) took the win with a perfect 36 points and a weight of 385lb 14oz, second also with 36 points but a lesser weight of 361lb 12oz was Ashley Clements (Garbolino Lindholme/Browning Quaker) and third with 35 points and a weight of 252lb 13oz was Tony Stephenson (York Tackle). As well as the cash prizes provided by White Acres/Parkdean Holidays our winners received additional prizes from our sponsors Dynamite Baits with the top three received cheques for Dynamite products £500 for the winner, £250 for second and £150 for third also the biggest fish winner of the week Steve Potter received a cheque from Dynamite for £100.

Once again thank you & congratulations to all of the anglers who fish the festival – we will try and order some better weather for next year. Thank you once again to our sponsors and to those of you following the festival results on the web.

To find out who has qualified from this festival for the Preston Innovations festival please keep an eye on our web site as the list of qualifiers will be updated shortly.

Bye for now – until the Milo Festival.

Cheers, Kirsty

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