Gaz Kirkham’s charity match at Barston Lakes on Sunday saw 42 anglers raise nearly £300 for the Acorns Children’s Hospice in Selly Oak. 

It was won by Tim Bull on peg 13, who fished at 90 metres on The Method for 61-8-0 of carp, skimmers and F1s, using mini boilies as hook bait. Second place Paul Law fished the same way from peg 23 for 52.14-0. Chris Senter on peg 23 fished pole and paste for an excellent 45-12-0 bag of skimmer and third spot.