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KNOCKOUT 2006 NORTH WEST REGIONAL HEAT Event: NJAA Knockout 2006, NW Regional Heat Date: Saturday 20 May Venue: Landgate Lodge, Bryn, Wigan. Participants: 24 Juniors plus 5 Reserves
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Match Report (by Martin James, Match Organiser) Garswood Hall played host to the North West qualifying heat, and for the second year running, the match was fished at their club water, Landgate Lodges. The main lodge hosted the main event, with the reserves fishing the smaller 'Channel' lodge. A rainy Lancashire day did little to damped the enthusiasm of the anglers from the 4 competing clubs, Garswood Hall, Warrington Anglers, Leigh Ospreys and Stalybridge & District Junior Angling Section (SADJAS). Sensibly, all of the adults present agreed to leave the pegs and take up an observation point at the car park once the match started. This took the pressure of the young anglers, and allowed them to focus on their fishing.
Once the match was underway, it was soon apparent that bites were going to be harder to come by than in practice sessions. Landgate lodge has good stocks of tench and bream, but the shoals of roach are quite unpredictable, and so most anglers had opted to target the larger fish, using pole-fished soft pellet, worm or caster. Thomas Hadley on end peg in F section was one of the first to find a better stamp, with a decent tench of around 3lbs taken on caster. Meanwhile, on A section, Michael Chase (SADJAS) had found some quality skimmers, whilst Jake Prescott (Garswood) was matching him fish for fish with small tench. With Aaron Lowe of Garswood catching well on B section, and Jon Andrews of Warrington finding a few small tench on 'E', the results looked to be very close, and at the 'All Out' it was too close for the observers to call. The final result could not have been closer. Only 3 points separated the 4 teams, with a tie on 15 points for second place between Leigh and SADJAS demanding a count-back on weight. Garswood had taken the top spot with 16 points, with Warrington in 4th with 14pts. After a few tense moments as calculators were put into overdrive, the result was announced that Leigh Ospreys had clinched the 2nd qualifying spot by just 90 grams! The Leigh team had to thanks their 2 section winners (Thomas Hadley and Marcus Littlewood) for contributing most of their weight. Warrington's James Postlethwaite took the reserves match by a margin of just 2 ounces. His catch of 3 small carp plus a few bits came off the end peg 70 on the Channel lodge. FULL MATCH RESULTS
TEAM RESULT 1st - Garswood Hall (16pts) 2nd - Leigh Ospreys (15pts) - weight 7150g 3rd - SADJAS (15pts) - weight 7060g 4th - Warrington (14pts)
INDIVIDUALS 1st - Aaron Lowe (Garswood Hall) 3110g 2nd - Thomas Hadley (Leigh Ospreys) 2840g 3rd - Michael Chase (SADJAS) 2690g
RESERVES 1st - James Postlethwaite (Warrington) 3lbs 8ozs |
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