POOL REPORTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING  8th July 2012
With weather temperatures still fluctuating and the persistant rain, Tunnel Barn Farm has yet again had pleasure anglers reporting good catches including f1’s, roach and skimmers.
TBF Opens and matches this week have been won with bags in excess of 201lbs. 
Top PoolPellet to the islands at 6m for f1’s, ide, roach & skimmers.Meat and corn over hemp down the inner margins at 3m is now starting to produce the better stamp of f1’s.Maggot and caster shallow and on the deck has been producing large bags of silvers.Paste down edges over hemp for f1’s, producing match-winning weights.
Bottom PoolPellet at 6m to 8m has been producing f1’s and silverfish.Pleasure anglers have reported large bags of perch up to 3lb being caught on chopped worm and caster.Paste over hemp down the inner margins has reported catches of large mirrors and commons up to 12lb.
House PoolMethod feeder to the island using dead red maggot in a yellow toffee ground bait has been tempting large mirrors and commons up to 14lbs.Pellet at 6m or 8m down on the deck for mixed bags of f1’s, bream, roach and carp.Meat down the edges over hemp is now producing a larger stamp of f1 carp.Paste and corn over hemp down the edges, is now starting to produce good bags of fish.Chopped worm and caster to the island and shallow down the edges has also been producing good bags of fish.
Extension poolChopped worm and caster at 14m.    Pellet at 6m and 8m down the track producing good bags of f1’s, roach and perch.  4mm cubes of meat through a kopykat slop ground bait down the inner margins has been producing good bags of f1’s, roach and skimmers. Paste over hemp on the top 2 down the edges has been producing large f1’s, mirrors and commons.
New PoolChopped worm & caster to the island.Caster shallow @ 6m has been producing large bags of f1’s roach & skimmers.Corn, paste & meat over hemp down the edges has seen large bags of f1’s & mirrors being caught by both match and pleasure anglers.
Canal PoolIn general pellet and maggot are the best baits at 6-8m and across to the island.Mirrors and Commons are feeding and pleasure anglers are reporting f1’s up to 2lbGood bags of silvers are being caught.Anglers’ reporting large bags of mirrors and f1’s being caught using paste, meat and corn down the edges.
Club Pool Corn and meat at 6m and down the edges producing f1’s, mirrors and carp.  Chopped worm and caster to the island is producing f1’s in excess of 4lbs and mirrors up to 6lbs.  Pleasure anglers have had good bags fishing pellet and maggot of large bream, roach and f1’s at 6m. Paste on the top 2 down edges producing has been producing good bags of f1’s, mirrors and commons.
Jenny’s PoolPellet or maggot to the island or at 6-8m down the track has been producing good bags of f1’s, silvers and mirrors.The fish have moved into the inner margins where caster has been working well with good bags of f1’s & stockies being caught.Corn over micro pellet has been producing large f1’s. Paste over hemp at 4m and down the edges is now starting to produce good bags of f1’s, mirrors and commons.

Worm and caster can be purchased from the tackle shop.  These baits need to be pre-ordered in the shop by Monday Morning as our deliveries come in on a Thursday.

RESULTS FOR OPEN CONTESTS WEEK ENDING 8th JULY 2012
Date: Monday 2nd July 2012Pools: Extension PoolNo F/man: 24
Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO1st Kevin Folwell Drennan Oxford 125 – 1 132nd Dave Purvis TBF Starlets 124 – 8 23rd D Chapman Coventry 114 – 9 174th Matt Prosser Maver Tipton 94 – 8 225th C Horsley TBF 89 – 15 66th John Merchant TBF Starlets 86 – 11 30
Date: Tuesday 3rd July 2012 Jenny Hamlington Memorial MatchPools: Club, Canal, Jennys & Top PoolsNo F/Man: 58
Individual resultsPos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO1st Pete Rice Bagem Baits 201 – 1 Can 12nd Kevin Folwell Drennan Oxford 138 – 2 T 293rd Dave James Mosella 137 – 12 J 154th Barry Buggan Tunnel Barn Farm Vets 109 – 5 T 35th Chris Constable Tunnel Barn Farm Vets 102 – 1 T 56th Pete Hancox Birmingham 93 – 11 Can 2
The winning pair on the day with 5 points and a combined weight of 197-13 was Dave James and Bill Eade.In Second place also with 5 points and beaten on weight was Jim Hill and Kevin Adderley with a weight of 156-4.Third Place with 6 points was Tony Ainsworth and Kevin Folwell.

Date: Wednesday 4th JulyPools: Club poolNo F/Man: 16
Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO1st Pete Rice Bagem Baits 158 – 4 212nd Chris Barley Finedon AC 128 – 12 83rd R Stuart Docklow Pools 119 – 3 154th W Beech Alvechurch Fisheries 99 – 11 115th Dave Purvis TBF Starlets 86 – 10 136th Chris Constable Tunnel Barn Farm vets 82 – 1 19

Date: Thursday 5th July 2012   TBF Vets MatchPools: House, New & Canal PoolsNo F/Man: 49
Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO1st T Musticone Tunnel Barn Farm Vets 109 – 8 H 332nd John Merchant Tunnel Barn Farm Vets 104 – 9 C 13rd J Stockton Tunnel Barn Farm Vets 97 – 5 N 244th Reg Davis Tunnel Barn Farm Vets 94 – 7 N 225th A darling Tunnel Barn Farm Vets 93 – 14 N 196th Chris Constable Tunnel Barn Farm Vets 87 – 7 H 2
Date: Friday 6th July 2012 The Friday FlyerPools: Canal PoolNo F/Man:  16
Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO1st Pete Rice Bagem Baits 166 – 12 92nd Ron Biggs OHMS 158 – 11 53rd Tony Sheppard Banbury Gunsmiths 132 – 2 114th Tom Neale Rutlanders 122 – 5 15th Les Wetton Tunnel Barn Farm 98 – 9 76th Denis Lutchwyche Hambury 84 – 2 3

Date: Saturday 7th July 2012 Pools: House & Extension PoolsNo F/Man: 35
Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO1st P Bick Shakespeare 176 – 6 H 92nd Andy Jackson Mosella 157 – 4 E 273rd Pete Rice Bagem Baits 153 – 3 H 44th Pete Caton Banbury Gunsmiths 142 – 4 E 15th Tony Shepard Banbury Gunsmiths 140 – 4 H 186th Jason Lebosquet Garbolino 129 – 6 H 167th Rob Avery Kingfisher Redditch 122 – 6 H 68th Jack Harness TBF 121 – 5 E 36
Date: Sunday 8th July 2012Pools: Extension, Canal & Top Pools No F/Man:  62
Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO1st Dale Sheppard Hemsworth Angling Centre 155 – 11 T 12nd Stu Palsar Middy 141 – 9 C 193rd C Leyland Hemsworth Angling Centre 128 – 9 T 294th Dave James Mosella 127 – 6                         C 105th Rob Avery Kingfisher Angling 121 – 14 C 246th Mick Bower Hemsworth Angling Centre 121 – 5 C 67th Jason Weir Guilford AC 113 – 12 C 98th Pete Caton Banbury Gunsmiths 111 – 2 C 12