Castleford angler crowned Angling Trust Veterans National Champion 2011
John Gee from Castleford, West Yorkshire became the Angling Trust Veterans National Champion on Wednesday 3rd August 2011 at Partridge Lakes, Culcheth, Warrington. John found the ide ravenous from peg 24 on Covey 2 and caught ide up to 1lb steadily all day fishing maggot to the far bank at 13m to place 24.500kg on the scales to give him the Championship title.
Runner up on the day and not too far behind was England International Manager, Joe Roberts from Northampton fished worm across to the far bank on peg 67 on Covey 3 and also caught ide and a few small carp throughout the day for 22.460kg. Alec Rawlings drew fancied peg 19 on Willow, the peg which won this year’s Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier, and started well catching the resident chub which went up to 3lb, also taking a few ide on worm and caster at 14m. But the fishing slowed a bit for Alec in the latter stages of the match and his 21.280kg ended up as a third place finish.
Hot and sunny conditions greeted the 160 competitors to the picturesque and well maintained Partridge Lakes near Warrington for the 2011 Veterans National Championships. The conditions put pay to the outstanding weights seen at Partridge Lakes recently, though it did make for a tight contest and with carp not really feeding it was ide and chub that made up most of the catches which gave plenty of bites to those who targeted them.
Angling Trust would like to offer their thanks and appreciation to all the staff at Partridge Lakes who went out of their way to ensure everyone had a good day.
Individual Results:
1st – COVEY 2 24 John Gee – 24500
2nd – COVEY 3 67 Joe Roberts – 22460
3rd – WILLOW 19 Alec Rawlings 21280
4th – COVEY 2 25 David Harris – 20400
5th – COVEY 3 66 Edward Battersby – 19700
6th – COVEY 4 85 Keith Bonas – 17260
7th – COVEY 1 7 James Byrne -16980
8th – SPEY 20 Mark Addy – 16700
9th – COVEY 4 96 Robert Rothwell – 16160
10th – SPEY 7 Robert Campbell -15300
Section Winners
Lake & Peg
COVEY 1 7 James Byrne -16980
COVEY 1 20 Christopher Weeder -14180
COVEY 2 24 John Gee -24500
COVEY 2 40 Leo Barlow -11700
COVEY 3 60 Glenn Oakley -14800
COVEY 3 67 Joe Roberts -22460
COVEY 4 85 Keith Bonas -17260
COVEY 4 96 Robert Rothwell -16160
SPEY 7 Robert Campbell -15300
SPEY 20 Mark Addy -16700
MARSH 2 Michael Cowley – 9900
MARSH 21 Paul Barnes -10700
PINE 4 John Ellis – 8420
PINE 14 Michael Rimmer – 7900
WILLOW 9 Trevor Furby – 12000
WILLOW 19 Alec Rawlings – 21280
PIPER 35 Samuel Egerton – 12280
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