19th March Conway WL10

Result
1st - Steve Brew - 78.2lb (point)
2nd - Ian Simpson - 60.9lb (concrete tower)
3rd - Jeff Grantham - 53.0lb ( 3 past tree LHS)
Sec A - Mick Flanagan - 31.9lb (1st past tree LHS)
Sec B - Rick Keeley - 20.1lb (left of point)

The final match was always going to be about the draw for the winter league title as Mick Flanagan needed nothing other than a win to catch Ian S, and lots of others needed the win to sneak ahead of Jeff Grantham into 3rd, so the point peg that has been a carp hole all year was the place to be.

At the draw Steve Brew pulled it out again, 2nd time in 3 weeks and despite a few nervous moments early on as Ian Simpson on the next peg sneaked his fish away a few times, the point and its 5m advantage over the rest proved the winner. Steve fished shallow feeding and fishing 6mm pellet for 78.2lb of mainly carp to 14lb. Ian Simpson on the next peg was going fish for fish shallow on the 6mm pellet early on but as they backed off had to go for skimmers on pellet at 14m ending up with 60.9lb.

The catch of the day and in my opinion the series though was Jeff Grantham who decided and stuck to an all out roach onslaught and plundered 53.0lb on maggot shallow with just 1 small F1 - an awesome display of roach fishing (pity his pole is now worn out shipping in and out!!). Mick Flanagan knew at the draw his race was done but managed 31.9lb of roach and carp for a section with Rick Keeley bagging the other section after a late change to roach in the last hour hauling him into contention.

Another tremendous series over with some stunning weights, four matches averaged over 25lb per man and no less than 14 weights over 40lb recorded. Especially when you consider its winter it just goes to show what a tremendous venue it is. Special thanks to Conway Fisheries and to WBAC for donating £100 each and to all that fished as we were able to payout 11 anglers who had fished at least 5 rounds.

Winter League Result
1st - Ian Simpson - 7pts (3 wins 2 seconds)
2nd Mick Flanagan - 9pts (2 wins 2 seconds 1 third)
3rd - Steve Brew - 13pts (beat Jeff G on weight)

On a final note we have already agreed to leave the point peg out next year and put the two pegs in either side to make things a little fairer. We will also be looking at how to change the payouts for 2011/12, the points system is working fine for the league (I would say that!!!) but payouts are likely to changed, maybe pairs drawn on the day or pay £15-20 for every 3-4peg section and drop the 1,2,3 payout. We will discuss at the next meeting. Plans for next year are to have 2 winter league matches a month from Nov - March, again best 5 to count.

Thanks to all that took part, all who braved the weather, all who broke the ice and all the belly laughs throughout. What would you do if you couldn't fish with the following crowd (add the name of your choice): -
- Papa smurf.....................
- Leprachaun..................
- Bandit.........................
- Table dancer/two hats........
- Coach...........................
- Bananavan man...........
- Jbay n sons (fathers)...,
- Pissypants....................
- Tidymatch...............
- Silver fox / plant mgr..........
- Silverback...............
- H is for holidaymaker..............
- Dougie pastemeister................
- Speedy Gilmore.....................
- Apologies to those missed...!!