NJAA KO 2004 Cheshire Heat

Six-man teams from Barnton & Frodsham AC, Lymm AC and Warrington AA took part in the Cheshire leg of the National Junior Angling Association’s Knockout Cup, 2004, which was held on Sunday at the Junior and Middle Cisterns in Anderton Nature Park .

This was the first time that Barnton & Frodsham's water had been used for a team competition. All 18 of the under-16 year old anglers who competed caught fish and they put a combined weight of just over 98lbs onto the scales.

In first place was Warrington AA who put in a fine team performance to claim 4 section wins and 2 runner-up spots to accumulate 16 points. The second slot went to the youngsters from Barnton & Frodsham AC. They used their knowledge of these waters, which are run by their Club, to claim 11 points. This just edged them ahead of the Lymm AC team who had a total of 9 points.

Trophies were awarded to the three anglers with the top weights on the day. The runaway individual winner was Daniel Ashbrook from Barnton & Frodsham with a net of 20-9-0 . Drawn on the Junior Cistern on the bank next to the track, Daniel fished big maggot and caster close to the reed bed to take an excellent mirror carp of 15-2-0 , a tench close to the 4lb mark, plus roach and rudd.

Second was Danny Griffiths, (Warrington AA), with 9-14-0 . Danny used big maggot to take tench, skimmers, rudd, roach and a bream from the Junior Cistern. This pool also provided the third highest individual weigh. This went to Andrew Lewis, (Warrington AA), with 9-10-0 .

The top weight from the two sections fishing on the Middle Cistern was a net of 7-3-0 put together by Ian Morrison, (Warrington AA).

Peg	Angler	Team	Weight	Points
A1	N. WRIGHT	BARNTON	1-9-0	1
A2	E.McKENNA	LYMM	3-13-0	2
A3	R. HINES	WARRINGTON	9-6-0	3
B1	C. HARRIS	BARNTON	3-9-0	2
B2	J. GOULDING	LYMM	2-3-0	1
B3	D. GRIFFITHS	WARRINGTON	9-14-0	3
C1	L. ANDREWS	BARNTON	3-1-0	2
C2	R. STEWART	LYMM	1-10-0	3
C3	R. LENIHAN	WARRINGTON	3-15-0	1
D1	D. ASHBROOK	BARNTON	20-9-0	3
D2	D. McNAMARA	LYMM	6-10-0	1
D3	A. LEWIS	WARRINGTON	9-10-0	2
E1	C.LIGHTBURN	BARNTON	6-15-0	2
E2	T. MILLARD	LYMM	2-1-8	1
E3	I. MORRISON	WARRINGTON	7-3-0	3
F1	D. MOORE	BARNTON	1-11-0	1
F2	K. GREEN	LYMM	4-0-0	3
F3	L. WRIGHT	WARRINGTON	2-7-0	2

The Reserves match, held on the Junior Cistern, was won by John Andrews, (Warrington AA), with 14-15-0. John’s catch included a common carp of just under 13lb that took him over an hour to land.