ANGLING: Dave’s the best of a hardy bunch at Ravenfield

One angler at Ravenfield said that 'it started windy…then it got very windy… and then it lashed it down'.

Despite this, everyone remained until the end in what proved to be a hard competition.

Dave Lawton repeated his recent winning form, alternating between the pole and the waggler to fish with a 5lbs 12ozs net of small fish from peg 12.

Stuart Senior, at adjoining peg 13, fished similarly for a second placed 5lbs 6ozs which left Barry Heappey's 2lbs 14ozs from peg 16 on the dam in third.

The Walkley Winter League was fished in the same conditions at Aston on the Lily and Split Lakes where the winning weights were considerably much higher, but again where many struggled.

Richard Allen had the best weight from peg 40 on the Split Lake. Richard fished into the corner for a winning total of 146lbs 8ozs. All the subsequent weights came from the Lily where Chris Garlick made the best of number 31 taking eleven fish for a total of 97lbs 5ozs.

Mick Todd at peg 29 was third with 93lbs 9ozs, beating Stephen Forster's 79lbs 6ozs into fourth place and Carl Roberts's 64lbs 2ozs into fifth. Mark Bowes was sixth with 63lbs 15ozs.

Steve Robinson beat Brett Atkin in the second round of the individual knockout with a total weigh over the two legs of 77lbs 11ozs to Brett's 46lbs 4ozs.

Steve was helped in the second round with a 46lbs 10ozs sturgeon, one of Aston's residents.

Brett Atkin continues to lead the league but is now sharing with Paul Burton, both anglers having 215 points.

Steve Robinson and Richard Allen are tying for the third place with 214 points with Carl Roberts creeping up into fifth place with 212 points.