POOL REPORTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING  29th July 2012
With weather brightening up and the sun starting to shine at last, Tunnel Barn Farm has had pleasure anglers reporting excellent catches including f1’s, roach and skimmers.
TBF Opens and matches this week have been won with bags in excess of 170lbs. 
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 super black ground bait has been tempting large mirrors and commons up to 12lbs.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 super skimmer dark 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 2.5lbGood bags of silvers are being caught.Chopped worm & caster @ 7m shallow and down the edges has been producing well.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 29th JULY 2012
Date: Monday 23rd July 2012Pools: New PoolNo F/man: 21
Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO1st D Chapman Coventry 156 – 5 292nd Rob Swain White Heart Birmingham 127 – 10 373rd Pete Caton Banbury Gunsmiths 119 – 13 394th Barry Duggan Warwick Portabello 103 – 12 255th Tom Neale Rutlanders 87 – 7 16th Chris Constable TBF Vets 85 – 3 7

Date: Tuesday 24th July 2012 TBF Over 50’s Club Pools: High PoolNo F/Man: 28
Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO1st Rob Swain White Heart Birmingham 134 – 9 42nd Reg Davis TBF Vets 98 – 12 153rd D Holmes Barford AA 97 – 8 384th Pete Hancox Birmingham 90 – 6 415th K Turner Red Lion 88 – 3 46th Kevin Keasey TBF Vets 85 – 9 47

Date: Wednesday 25th JulyPools: Canal poolNo F/Man: 17
Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO1st Paul Newell Kingsmill Redditch 170 – 11 62nd Pete Rice Bagem Baits 128 – 8 223rd Andy Jackson Mosella 124 – 4 134th C Horsley TBF 108 – 15 35th Pete Caton Banbury Gunsmiths 103 – 2 46th Kevin Folwell Drennan Oxford 87 – 11 20
Date: Thursday 26th July 2012   TBF Vets MatchPools: Jennys, Club & Canal PoolsNo F/Man: 52
Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO1st A Dawson Tunnel Barn Farm Vets 120 – 10 J 262nd J Berry Tunnel Barn Farm Vets 105 – 12 J 153rd John Stockton Tunnel Barn Farm Vets 90 – 15 Can 14th Reg Davis Tunnel Barn Farm Vets 85 – 13 Cl 135th D Holmes Tunnel Barn Farm Vets 84 – 6 J 166th Ken Turner Tunnel Barn Farm Vets 81 – 6 Cl 12
Date: Friday 27th July 2012 The Friday FlyerPools: New PoolNo F/Man:  22
Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO1st Ronnie Biggs OHMS 135 – 9 12nd David James Mosella 113 – 2 103rd Andy Jackson Mosella 105 – 12 134th Phil Moore TBF 103 – 2 195th Pete Caton Banbury Gunsmiths 98 – 4 56th Les Wetton TBF 87 – 4 26

Date: Saturday 28th July 2012 MAVER MATCH THIS QUALIFIERPools: New, Club, Top, Canal & Extension PoolsNo F/Man: 93
Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO1st Gareth Malham Malman Floats 152 – 13 T 312nd Paul Newell Kingsmill Redditch 140 – 13 T 83rd Warren Martin Matrix 135 – 2 Cl 244th Jason Brown Maver Gold 128 – 13 Cl 95th Lee Wright Matrix/Dynamite baits/Trentman 125 – 10 Cl 206th Chris Weeder Jnr 110 – 1 Cl 227th Kerry Kirkwood St Helens Angling 109 – 2 Cl 148th Ronnie Biggs OHMS 106 – 2 Cl 19

Date: Saturday 28th July 2012Pools: Jennys Pool No F/Man:  18
Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO1st Stu Palsar Middy 144 – 10 242nd Pete Caton Banbury Gunsmiths 123 – 6 183rd K Armstrong Hemsworth Angling 118 –11 154th Arthur Hicks Colmic 100 – 7                         85th Rob Round Maver Solihull 88 – 4 266th Dean Hancox TBF 79 – 7 2

Date: Sunday 29th July 2012Pools: New Pool No F/Man:  27
Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO1st Pete Rice Bagem Baits 122 – 12 272nd Stu Palsar Middy 119 – 7 413rd Pete Caton Banbury Gunsmiths 110 – 1 134th Paul Bick Shakespeare 101 – 11                         445th Rob Avery Kingfisher Angling 97 – 9 296th Dave James Browning 90 – 15 217th Paul Newell Kingsmill Redditch 83 – 6 108th T Sheppard Banbury Gunsmiths 77 – 10 1