December 12th  2011

A cold enough week but then hard frosts running up to and including the weekend. The outlook appears to be for more wet and stormy weather and especially as we head towards next weekend. Back to last weekend then and not surprising that competitors were faced with a good covering of ice on the Sibsey Trader Drain on Saturday morning.
The golf course section was the choice for the Christmas Benevolent match and here the conditions took their toll as only six of those involved had anything to show for their efforts, four of those in the ounces category. Runaway winner was Boston’s Ben Brighton who stuck to the pole and breadpunch for the sole double figure weight, that being of roach. Pole and pinkie was the choice for Sean Creasey who also scored an easy runner up position with another all roach catch. After that small perch was the order of the day for Janusz Kedzierski who took third using pole and worm. Fred Bispham took section 1 by default with a couple of ounces and Don Green section 2 with 3ozs, second Kryztof Lamek on 2ozs.
1 Ben Brighton Garbolino Lincs County Red 12lbs;
2 Sean Creasey Boston 6lbs 4ozs;
3 Janusz Kedzierski BAC Poleski 6ozs.
On behalf of the Boston Benevolent Society Mark Cook would like to thank both Boston Angling Centre and Westwood lakes for their support and everyone else who donated prizes to the match. This now brings an end to the match calendar for this year and so he would like to wish you all a merry Christmas and a happy new year and thank you for all your support throughout 2011.
The severe overnight frosts certainly put a damper on this latest Priory Lake open match as only six of the eleven involved managed to trouble the scales. Edgar Purnell eased to his second win in a row from the fancied peg 110. Here he took two carp in successive casts using double red maggot and straight lead, but then had a complete blank for the next hour. Switching then to the long pole he took the odd skimmer and a few bits to win by nearly 12lbs from Phil Clark. Both he and Paul Mosley landed a few perch and a single bream but Phil emerged the better by just 2ozs with George Gosling another 4ozs back in fourth with a level 4lbs.
1 Edgar Purnell 16lbs 4ozs;
2 Phil Clark 4lbs 6ozs;
3 Paul Mosley 4lbs 4ozs;
4 George Gosling 4lbs;
5 Malc Green 3lbs 14ozs.
Sunday was another of those cold cloudy and windy days but at least the forecasted heavy rain held off until dark. Even so, a disastrous day for Fishtoft AC on Sunday at Westwood lakes where no one weighed in much more than a few ounces. Terry Gooding won the day with a few ide to pole and maggot with Mark Cook choosing identical tactics to finish 8ozs back in second, Nick Mummery just moving the scales to take third.
1 Terry Gooding 1lb 8ozs;
2 Mark Cook 1lb;
3 Nick Mummery 2ozs.
Next Sunday meet McDonalds 8.30am.
Not much action from Westwood Lakes as only the Thursday over 50s match survived, a lack of interest - and the weather possibly being the main culprits. A switch to Kestrel Lake brought a narrow win for organiser Ron Roberts as weights again fell, this time below the 20lbs mark. Ron used double red maggot over Marukyu Obait to land a mixture of barbel, carp and ide and finish with just over 2lbs to spare over Smudge Smith and Bill Mead just ounces further back.
1 Ron Roberts Westwood 18lbs 4ozs;
2 Smudge Smith Bagem 16lbs;
3 Bill Mead Ropsley AC 15lbs 10ozs;
4 Alan Dixon Fishtoft AC 15lbs;
5 Graham Barker Ropsley AC 14lbs 8ozs.
Fixtures:
Every Tuesday Open Match, draw 9am in Fishermans Rest Cafe- Fish 10am- 3pm. £11 All In
Thursday Over 50s, Skylark Lake draw 9am- Fish 10am- 3pm. £7.50 All in
Sunday Open Match, draw 9am Fish 10am-3pm. £16 All in
The New Year’s Pairs match takes place on Skylark & Kestrel with a 20 pair limit. Please remember to book in for all matches contact Alex on 07846 769003.
Finally to the R. Steeping where catches held up well despite recent weather and another close set of weights with ounces covering the top four. Both the top two used pole and pinkie for roach but Bob Smith shaded the outcome and beat Janusz Kedzierski by only 1 ½ozs. Janusz improved over last week and put a few more ounces onto the scales this time, as well as taking second, less than half a pound ahead Denis Houghton who also kept a mere 3ozs advantage over Alec Rawlings.
1 Bob Smith 8lbs 8 ½ozs;
2 Janusz Kedzierski 8lbs 7ozs;
3 Denis Houghton 7lbs 15 ½ozs;
4 Alec Rawlings 7lbs 12 ½ozs.