With all 60 pegs in at Tyler’s Common Horseshoe Lake for the first time in it’s history this was expected to be the hardest of all the qualifiers and with it being a bright day with no ripple on the water it didn’t disappoint in difficulty, but all 60 anglers were in the same boat which made it an even affair and the winner could have come from any peg. 

The first past the winning post was 2009 Fish ‘O’ Mania finalist Chris Vandervleit (Maver – Van Den Hyde) who weighed in 59lb 4oz from peg 25 who fished maggot on the long pole.  

In second place and also qualifying for the £3K final on peg 10 was 19 year old venue regular and one to watch in the future Jason Collins (Browning – Wickford) who switched from his usual meat approach on the venue to fish the pole towards the island at 14m using 6mm pellet as hook bait and 4mm pellet as feed and tipped the scales at 47lb 8oz finishing in third place and just missing out on the final was former England International Dickie Carr who was positioned next to Chris Vandervleit on peg 26 weighed in with 42lb 2oz. 

4th place went to Jonnie Cousins (Wickford Angling Centre) with 38lb 4oz, 5th place went to Tony Baily (Billercay AC) 25lb 8oz followed by Les Crowhurst (Tyler’s) in 6th spot with 25lb. Pete Upperton (Passies – Sonubaits) and Mark Sugden (Tyler’s) both finished joint 7th with 22lb 4oz, 9th came Graham Dack (Middy) 21lb 14oz and 10th fell to Richard Wager 20lb 8oz (Ockendon Bait & Tackle)

 

We now move to the South Coast next Saturday (3rd October) where we visit the Snake Lake at Wylands International Angling Centre in Battle for the 8th Qualifier in the series. 

Full Match Result 

Chris Vandervleit
 59lb 4oz
 
Jason Collins
 47lb 8oz
 
Dickie Carr
 42lb 2oz
 
Jonnie Cousins
 38lb 4oz
 
Tony Baily
 25lb 8oz
 
Les Crowhurst
 25lb 
 
Pete Upperton
 22lb 4oz
 
Mark Sugden
 22lb 4oz
 
Graham Dack
 21lb 14oz
 
Richard Wager
 20lb 8oz
 
Perry Stone
 20lb 
 
Barry Upperton
 19lb 8oz
 
Jim Collins
 18lb 12oz
 
Pat Cooper
 17lb 8oz
 
Steve Barnett
 17lb 8oz
 
Dave Ealding
 17lb
 
Dennis Lipscombe
 16lb 12oz
 
Paul Law
 15lb 9oz
 
Martin Smith
 15lb 8oz
 
Tony Raymond
 15lb 4oz
 
Peter Steward
 14lb 6oz
 
Steve James
 14lb 4oz
 
Malcolm Bond
 13lb 10oz
 
Geoff Woods
 13lb 8oz
 
George Manoli
 13lb 
 
Tony Eustace
 12lb 12oz
 
Alex Reynolds
 12lb 4oz
 
Dave Davis
 12lb 4oz
 
Micky Hood
 12lb
 
John Thompson
 11lb
 
Jason Nash
 10lb 14oz
 
Eric Sugden
 10lb 
 
John Bell
 7lb 14oz
 
Darren Connock
 7lb 2oz
 
Barry Oliver
 7lb 
 
Albert Bowers
 6lb 8oz
 
Phil Starkey
 4lb 12oz
 
Adrian Marshall
 DNW
 
Billy McKinley
 DNW
 
Colin Bartlett
 DNW
 
Danny Coss
 DNW
 
Dave Dugg
 DNW
 
Dean Hunt
 DNW
 
Frank Thomas
 DNW
 
Graham Hyde
 DNW
 
Jimmy Dean
 DNW
 
John Green
 DNW
 
Ken Ogborn
 DNW
 
Lenny Goulding Snr
 DNW
 
Michael Newland
 DNW
 
Pat Keeley
 DNW
 
Paul Rounce
 DNW
 
Paul Williams
 DNW
 
Ricky Cook
 DNW
 
Rob Bishop
 DNW
 
Robbie Taylor
 DNW
 
Steve Copping
 DNW
 
Tom Webster
 DNW
 
Tony Bell
 DNW
 
Zac Brown
 DNW