Anglers muck in to move fallen tree at Ravenfield Ponds as others stay in the warm
THE weather has continued to upset sport over the last week, resulting in an increasing number of anglers deciding to stop at home and some matches not being fished as a result.
But for one group the weather was the least of their problems.
Anglers arriving at Ravenfield Ponds on Saturday to fish the Winter League found their access blocked by a tree which had fallen across the road.
But these lads aren’t the sort to be put off by such a simple problem and they quickly sourced a saw and had the offending item cut into pieces that they could remove.
And in the end all that effort was worthwhile, especially for two anglers.
Paul Davis and James Fisher, who is making a habit of winning at Ravenfield, fished peg for peg to tie with 19lbs 5ozs each.
Third place went to Stuart Senior with 9lbs 2ozs.
Sunday saw Round 3 of the Elsecar Winter League being fished with somewhat predictable results.
Once again the man who has been unbeatable for weeks now at the venue, Paul Slack, came away with yet another victory, and comfortably too, with a 7lbs 4ozs net.
And just to prove that he’s not just a master pole angler, Paul fished the feeder at 22m for a mostly skimmer net.
Trevor Parkin, no less, was the main challenger with a net of 5lbs 3ozs.
Trevor started with ten roach on the pole before changing to the feeder to find another 15 skimmers.
The section winners were Mick Smith 2lbs 110ozs, Dean Cardwell 2lbs, Les Billups 5lbs and Barry Owen 2lbs 2ozs.
A man with a long record of winning matches going back to the 60’s, Mick Peverley, proved that he still has it by winning last week’s 65’ers match held on Adam’s Lake at Hayfield.
He hooked 88lbs 13ozs while Tom Amos wasn’t far behind with 86lbs 7ozs, which left Kevan Jones’ 67lbs 7ozs in third and Tim Hamilton’s 55lbs 1oz in fourth.
The section winners were Nick Platts 38lbs 7ozs, Billy Meadows 46lbs and Ron Smith 52lbs 1oz.
A total of 37lbs 8ozs gave Liam Levitt victory in Sunday’s open match held on the Main Lake at Lowfield Lakes.
Ben Fox was next best with 30lbs 3ozs, leaving Chris Nardoni’s 26lbs third and Steve Corbett’s 14lbs 10ozs fourth.
Ryan Laycock topped Tuesday’s match held on the Bottom Lake at Barnburgh Lakes with a weight of 63lbs.
Tom Hill was runner-up with 57lbs and the section winners were Paul Brunyee 50lbs and Dave Cheetham 49lbs 14ozs.
Tyler Turton led the way in Sunday’s match held on the Top Lake with 52lbs 3ozs.
Luke Wolstenholme was second with 42lbs 4ozs and Paul Nash was third with 29lbs 6ozs.
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