After a spell of warm weather the hope was that spawning had been completed. But following a very wet 24 hours the water temperature had been greatly reduced. Not what the 14 anglers on the Silvers lake at Kingsland had been hoping for. The previous seasons 2 biggest weights had come from this venue. Competing for the Exeter Trophy, donated by the Marquess of Exeter (Burghley House), whose daughter is Lady Victoria Leatham the club’s patron.
Fishing in his first Club day this year the Club Chairman Andy Wilson won the match with 58lb 2oz from peg number 3. Fishing the top 4 of his pole in left-hand margin, using 10mm hard pellet hair rigged over 4mm pellet.
Second Place was Paul Wild with 44lb 0oz from Peg 14 and third place was Antony Johnson with 42lb 4oz from peg 7.
Pools Results – 1st Paul Wild, 2nd Antony Johnson, 3rd Nathan Grech
Section wins for Mike Moseley and Steve Borrett
Individual Knockout Cup
Mike Moseley beat Stuart Baxter
Full Result
1st Andy Wilson 58 lbs 2 oz – Peg # 3
2nd Paul Wild 44 lbs 0 oz – Peg # 14
3rd Antony Johnson 42 lbs 4 oz – Peg # 7
4th Nathan Grech 30 lbs 4 oz – Peg # 2
5th Mike Moseley 28 lbs 8 oz – Peg # 10
6th Colin Fisher 18 lbs 1 oz – Peg # 8
7th Steve Borrett 14 lbs 5 oz – Peg # 6
8th Ray Torrington 13 lbs 10 oz – Peg # 5
9th Ron Needham 11 lbs 13 oz – Peg # 1
10th Phil Price 10 lbs 8 oz – Peg # 13
11th Neil Footitt 7 lbs 6 oz – Peg # 11
12th Jason Chatham 5 lbs 10 oz – Peg # 9
13th Neil Speechley 5 lbs 5 oz – Peg # 4
14th Stuart Baxter 4 lbs 1 oz – Peg # 12
