The over 60s moved their match from Avington to Hambridge Canal to avoid the bank work being done by the Canal and River Trust. A small feld turned out, and Dave Smith took the win with 2lb 10oz, and Richard Wiggins close behind. In the series the bes 6 results count and now many of the leaders are having to give up points each time they score, closing up the leader board. The full result is:
Dave Smith 2-10-0
Richard Wiggins 2-7-0
Brian Pallett 1-13-0
The over 70s took their penultimate match to Knotts Lake, looking for tench. The bags were mostly made of silver fish with Eric Goswell the clear winner and making a late run at the series title. For the remaining podium places it was close with A. Pearce second weighing in 3lb 14oz, Ken Hunt on 3lb 8oz and S. Dyer just missing out of the top three. It make Ken look uncatchable for the second year running with on match to go. The full result is:
E. Goswell 5lb 8oz
A. Pearce 3lb 14oz
K. Hunt 3lb 8oz
The club champioship marked the half way stage on Alders, where the bream kept away from their baits resulting in a low weight but close match. It was close on the day, and the series is also close with only 5 points covering the top 4 leaders. Steve Myers and Linda Pallett tied for the win of the 16 anglers on 3lb 2oz. The full result was:
Steve Myers and Linda Pallett both 3-2-0
Les Durnford 2-14-0
The Over 60's took their next match to Alders for the second time hoping for bonus bream to lift their weights. The bags were lower than earlier in the year, but most of the field caught fish. Brian Cripps took his second win of the series to become series leader. Its a close contest with only 9 points covering the top 5 at this stage. The result:
Brian Cripps 5-4-0 peg 17
Brian Pallett 3-10-0 peg 23
Richard Wiggins 3-8-0 peg 21
The over 60s started the inward 6 of their series with a trip to Willows hoping for another carp fest. The top three had three carp apiece, it just depended on who got the largest. Richard Wiggins took the honours with over 32lb. There were a few blanks but thats the nature of a match where you need to chase the big ones to score well. Now that 6 matches have been held, some anglers will be dropping points as the best 6 count at the end., so the position at the top will get closer as others start to make 6 count.The result:
Richard Wiggins 32-8-0 peg 39 3 fish
Brian Pallett 27-10-0 peg 34 3 fish
Brian Cripps 27-4-0 peg 52 3 fish
