Maidstone Victory Christmas match
Congratulation Ryan, it was hard but it worth worth the hard work.
Report by Mick Roberts:
34 anglers fishing this years Christmas match at a mild and blustery Hartley Lands Fishery.
Temperatures in the mid teens meant the Carp were still active, especially on The Res, where all the larger weights came from.
The match started and finished with rain which gave us all a soaking as we packed up.
Jeff Davis lead the way with an impressive Carp haul all caught on the pellet waggler from the right hand bank of The Res. Birthday boy Mike Rose had a good day from the same bank to finish second overall, with Peter Hone making up the podium with another Carp bag.
Meanwhile, on Bramley, our star junior Ryan Kennison showed the old boys how it’s done with lake winning 26lb 3oz, with Mick Wright and Scott Dampier matching each others weight for equal 2nd. Winner of the previous two seasons Christmas matches, Jay Challis had to settle for 4th on his lake this year.
A big thanks to everyone that helped run the match, Keith for getting all the prizes and helping with the draw despite being unable to fish, Mike Rose for pegging and all the people that shared the weighing in and assisted with the results collation.
An overcast Reservoir showing were the biggest weights came from
Full Results: 35 fished (34 in pools)
The Res:
Jeff Davis 113lb 1oz £25
Mike Rose 82lb 4oz £20
Peter Hone 76lb 5oz £17
Bob Turner 64lb 11oz £13
Guy Usmar 60lb 15oz
Peter Dent 58lb 14oz
Bob Ashen 53lb 1oz – £10 best silver fish weight (10lb 2oz)
John Barker 46lb 4oz
Rob Bullard 25lb 6oz
Paul Willard 23lb 7oz
Keith Hawkins 23lb 6oz
Terry Jarvis 23lb 3oz
Jon Overton 17lb 15oz
Trevor Oldfield 13lb 11oz
Anthony Filmer 10lb 3oz
Mick Roberts 9lb 8oz
Bryony Baker 8lb 6oz
Brian Pink 6lb 2oz
DNW: Tom Holloway
Bramley:
Ryan Kennison 26lb 3oz (Junior)
Mick Wright 24lb 6oz £22.50
Scott Dampier 24lb 6oz £22.50
Jay Challis 23lb 12oz £17
Trevor Froud 21lb 1oz £13
Mark Oliver 19lb 7oz
Gary Frew 13lb 3oz
Graham Edwards 10lb 14oz
Brian Knott 10lb 2oz
Ken Burdekin 8lb 13oz
Peter Blake 7lb 2oz
Kev Rogers 7lb 0oz
Steve Giles 5lb 13oz
Jim Randell 5lb 4oz – £10 best silver fish weight (5lb 4oz)
Lou Buells 4lb 11oz