Tunnel Barn Farm results and form to 25th April 2010

There have been lots of 100lb+ weights this week, with both pleasure and match anglers catching at 6m. The best baits have been red maggot, pellet, corn and Rob Hitchen’s green paste. Lots of fish up in the water.

Top Pool
The bowl area has been fishing well with 174lb caught in a match this week. Paste and corn have been the best baits with the fish up/down in the water.

Bottom Pool
Some big carp caught in the afternoon after the weather has warmed up in the margins to corn. Lots of f1 carp, bream, roach, perch and tench to pellet or maggot.

House Pool
Pellet has been the best for carp, bream ad tench up/down in the water. Method feeder with red maggot for commons against the islands.

House 2/Extension Pool
Banded pellet up in the water at 4m for f1 carp, bream, tench and roach. Maggot for perch.

New Pool
Lots of f1 carp at 6m to paste up in the water. Some big fish in the margins on corn. Lots of silverfish to maggot.

Canal Pool
Red maggot for f1 & f2 carp, bream, tench, roach, barbel and rudd up and down in the water fished at 6m to 8m.

Club Pool
Paste has been the best bait at 5m to 7m and in the margins. F1 & f2 carp on all pegs up/down in the water. Tench, barbell, roach and perch to maggot.

RESULTS FOR OPEN CONTESTS

Date: Monday 19th April 2010

Pools: Canal Pool

No F/Man: 20

Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO
1st Rob Swain Tackle Box 132 – 4 – 0 5
2nd Paul Clark Oxford 75 – 10 – 0 24
3rd Mark Wyatt Tunnel Barn Farm 63 – 3 – 0 11
4th Brian Edwards Youngs TBF 61 – 6 – 0 1
5th Charlie McGurrin Fosters 61 – 3 – 0 21
6th John Perella Oxford 57 – 15 – 0 6

Date: Wednesday 21st April 2010

Pools: Top Pool

No F/Man: 16

Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO
1st Mark Johnson Daiwa Gordon Lg 134 – 6 – 0 29
2nd Aurthur Hinks Colmic 104 – 14 – 0 7
3rd Pete Hancox Birmingham 101 – 9 – 0 13
4th Paul Wellington Mosella Black Country 82 – 4 – 0 1
5th Barry Whitteridge Tunnel Barn Farm 58 – 8 – 0 33
6th John Stratford Youngs TBF 58 – 7 – 0 22

Date: Thursday 22nd April 2010

Pools: Club Pool

No F/Man: 20

Pos NAME TEAM WEIGHT PEG NO
1st Rob Swain Tackle Box 58 – 8 – 0 8
2nd Graham Young Youngs TBF 48 – 9– 0 15
3rd Alan Squires Stirup Cup 39 – 9 – 0 1
4th Mike Philips Coventry 37 – 8 – 0 19
5th Phil Burgess Youngs TBF 36 – 6 – 0 21
6th Goedon Robinson Stirup Cup 35 – 5 – 0 24

Date: Saturday 24th April 2010

Pools: New & Canal Pools

No F/Man: 40

Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO
1st Andy Jackson Redditch 112 –2 – 0 N 33
2nd Rob Quinn Shakespeare 92 – 12 – 0 N 24
3rd Steve Ringer Ringers 90 – 15 – 0 N 21
4th John Newton Smithys Tackle 76 – 6 – 0 C 24
5th Stu Palsar Shakespeare 72 – 14 – 0 N 10
6th Gerry Woodcock Gerrys of Nottingham 67 – 8 – 0 N 30

Date: Sunday 25th April 2010

Pools: New Pool

No F/Man: 33

Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO
1st Paul Newell Kings Mill Redditch 98 –8 – 0 37
2nd Stu Palsar Shakespeare 90 – 13 – 0 7
3rd Pete Caton Banbury Gunsmiths/Dynamite Baits 88 – 5 – 0 6
4th Jason Neath Daiwa Gordon Lg 86 – 11 – 0 36
5th Mark Johnson Daiwa Gordon Lg 76 – 14 – 0
6th Andy Jackson Redditch 73 – 6 – 0 13