Above: The ace Total Fishing team. Class will always out.

IN a result regarded by the doyens of the media as so predictable they decided to report the 
Wimbledon exit of Lleyton Hewitt instead, the cream rose to the top in the Midlands heat of the 
intersite challenge, and Total Fishing showed various wannabe websites what match fishing 
as a team is really all about.
Led by the indefatigable Pete ‘El Capitano’ Palmer, the crack outfit comprising Pete himself, WCA, 
Mark Mason, One Out of the Frame, Kev Kania, Paul Holt, Paul Kania, Mighty Maggot, Jez O’Neill 
and Keith Taylor, out-thought, out-classed and out-fished various rag bag outfits from Talk 
Angling, Maggot Drowning, Fishing Magic and Angling Forums to steer themselves to a clear 
two-point victory. 
It all took place at BW’s Stockton Reservoir, a noted carp water which fished quite hard on the 
day, despite five weights over 20lb. 
Individual honours went to maggotdrowning’s Steve Wilson with a fine 31-10-5 bag, but it was 
Total Fishing’s all round ability that shone through, with the team recording no blanks and 
boasting the second and third individuals with Keith ‘Crusty’ Taylor weighing in 29-13-0 from 
near to Steve Wilson, and Paul Kania weighing in 23-10-0.
Also weighing in double figures for the best online team in angling were Mark Mason, One Out 
of the Frame and Jez O’Neill, but the key to the success was a team plan which saw none of the 
ten man outfit fail to trouble the scalesman. 
Maggotdrowning finished second on the day, two points behind TF, with Talk Angling third, 
Angling Forums fourth and Fishing Magic in fifth. 
“It was a brilliant effort from our lads, both to put in the effort in practice and make it work on the 
day,” said TF’s Geepster. “We have closed up the gap on Angling Forums and Maggotdrowning 
in the series and they have to be worried that our obvious class is shining through. 
“It’s a bit like when Scotland scored against Brazil all those years ago in the world cup. The whole
 Scottish nation all thought ‘Bugger it, we’ve gone to early’ and that’s what the other teams are 
thinking now…”
Result: 1 Total Fishing, 35pts; 2 Maggotdrowning, 33; 3 Talk Angling, 31; 4 Angling Forums, 29; 
5 Fishingmagic, 10.
League to date: 1 Maggotdrowing, 63pts; 2 Angling Forums, 59; 3 Total Fishing 54; 
4 Talk Angling 52; 5 Fishing Magic, 28.
 

Some of our heroes. Left Paul Kania, middle The Mighty Maggot and right Crusty.

Left One Out of the Frame and right Kev Kania, both looking cool in their Total Fishing gear.

Name / Section / Peg / lbs ozs / pts 


Maggotdrowning.com 

Malc Doyle (Captain) B/11 9-0 pts 3 

Steve Wilson G/45 31-10 pts 5 Winner 

Keith Ashby A/6 14-5 pts5 

Vince Nugent E/35 9-11 pts4 

K. Arathoon F/40 4-0 pts3 

Dirk Williams D/21 Blanker 

Scott Essery J/61 5-14 pts3 

A Luetchford H/51 6-0 pts2 

Nick Jones I/56 6-13 pts3 

Martin C/16 10-6 pts5 

Total: 33 


Angling Forums 

Zinky Chris Royle C/12 4-1 pts4 

Jollyboy (Captain) B/7 13-3 pts4 

King Numpty I/52 9-9 pts5 

Pea Belly Edwards H/46 10-11 pts3 

Reg G/41 Blanker 

Katmeat Kent J/57 16-0 pts5 

Kalvin E/22 4-8 pts3 

Lofty D/17 17-4 pts5 

Total: 29 



FishingMagic 

Dave Cooper A/3 1-14 pts3 

Fred Bonney B/8 0-12 pts1 

Derek Garner H/47 2-5 pts1 

John Fletcher G/42 6-5 pts3 

Stormin Norman F/37 3-5 pts2 

Total: 10 


Talk Angling 

Eric Robathan (Ejayer) C/15 2-4 pts3 

N. McMurran (Polepot) D/20 0-6 pts3 

Fred Davis H/50 15-12 pts5 

Lester Jones (Lester) J/60 5-0 pts2 

Nick Hancock (NJH) F/39 20-10 pts5 5th place 

Mark O’Neil (MPO 3(Capt) E/25 22-7 pts5 4th place 

Gary Plant B/10 5-0 pts2 

Barry Gannon I/55 7-12 pts4 

Pete Thompson G/44 2-8 pts2 


Total: 31



Total Fishing 

Pete Palmer (Captain) D/19 9 0 pts4 

WCA C/14 1-2 pts2 

Mark Mason J/59 12-0 pts4 

OOOTF H/49 12-10 pts4 

Kev Kania A/4 7-13 pts4 

Paul Holt I/54 6-4 pts2 

Paul Kania B/9 23-10 pts5 3rd place 

Mighty maggot E/24 1-3 pts2 

Jez O’Neil F/38 18-10 pts4 

Keith Taylor (Crusty) G/43 29-13 pts4 2nd place 

Total: 35