Shakespeare Championship Qualifier
Sunday July 18th
Warwickshire Avon – Evesham Town Waters and Hampton Ferry
65 pegs
First ever barbel wins it for Tim!
At the draw, Tim Kaye of the Riverlution match squad feared the worst when he pulled out Peg 10 on the Town stretch.
It’s a swim that rarely features in the main prizes at Evesham but Tim set about it by covering every option for small and big fish.
It paid off when he landed his first ever barbel (pictured), a superb 10-2-0 fish, close in on a worm rig in the last hour! Added to the roach he’d already landed on hempseed it gave him a winning total 0f 13-9-0.
Runner up from Peg 58, the previous day’s winner, was venue regular winner Steve Ashmore (WB Clarke) with 8-14-0 of mainly roach on hemp and tares.
Third was John Price (Garbolino Banbury Gunsmiths) with 6-4-0 of hemp roach from Peg 6 and fourth with a tench and two eels from Peg 64 was Welsh international Andrew Murphy (Tredegar AC).
There was a tie for fifth between Tony Davis (Shakespeare Old Boys) at Peg 16 and Terry Parrot (Alcester Sports) both with 5-3-0 of roach.
Qualifiers: Tim Kaye, Terry Parrot, Steve Ashmore
Next qualifier – Saturday July 24th – bookings through Diana Raphael on 01386 442458
Abu Garcia Wychavon Championship Qualifier
Saturday July 17th
Warwickshire Avon – Evesham Town Waters and Hampton Ferry
60 pegs
Roach winner for Richie!
Strong winds and a very clear river again made life difficult for competitors in the latest Abu Garcia Wychavon Championship qualifier at Evesham but in form Richie Reynolds (Quorn VDE) made a mockery of the conditions to run out a comfortable winner from unfancied Peg 58.
Working with lightly shot pole rigs from 0.30g to 1g and Richie fed steadily with hemp and tares from the off and used the same on the hook to land roach up to the 10oz mark for a 13-15-0 total.
Second place went to a more fancied swim in the form of Peg 35 where Dave Partridge (Warwick) worked hard with a waggler and bronze maggots fished well across the river for a good net of small chub and a 10-2-0 total.
Third was Steve Pierpoint (WB Clarke) from Peg 22, one below the bridge, with 6-9-0 of hemp caught roach and fourth was Ian Shepherd with another hemp caught roach bag of 6-3-0 from Peg 1. Making up the frame with 6-2-0 of hemp roach from Peg 30 was Alex Powell.
Qualifiers: Steve Pierpoint, Dave Partridge, Leigh Gardener
Next qualifier – Sunday July 25th – bookings through Diana Raphael on 01386 442458
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