Mangnal gets his tactics right to win Weekend Open title
TOM Mangnal weighed in as top rod in Avon Angling's Weekend Open, fished at Landsend Fisheries, near Wedmore.
Mangnal poled worm over chopped maggot into the island margins at 13-15 metres off Match Five and brought 127-8-0 of carp, weighing into low double figures, to the scales.
Second place and the top silvers catch went to Tony Rixon, who included a winning 27-8-0 of skimmers and chub in a 113-13-0 total catch, taken from Specimen 36.
Overall: 1, Tom Mangnal 127-8-0, Match 5; 2, Tony Rixon (Avon Angling Mosella) 113-13-0, Specimen 36; 3, Sam Elliott (Avon Angling Junior) 108-6-0, Match 21; 4, Dave Evans 73-14-0, John's 65; 5, Reg Elliott 69-7-0, John's 42; 6, "Fabio" Harding 68-4-0, Match 7.
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Silverfish: 1, Tony Rixon (Avon Angling Mosella) 27-8-0, Specimen 36.
Ian Cole clinched victory by a 1-10-0 margin in the South West Disabled and Over 50s AC match, fished at Acorn Carp Fishery, Kingston Seymour.
Cole poled a single maggot hookbait to the bottom of the island shelf at ten metres off peg 37 for 57-11-0 of carp to almost 5-0-0.
Overall: 1, Ian Cole 57-11-0, peg 37; 2, Clive Richards 56-1-0, peg 36; 3, Ray Bazeley 38-6-0, peg 34; 4, Nick Tomkins 37-10-0, peg 29; 5, Mike Chapman 26-4-0, peg 21; 6, Dave Blakemore 23-10-0, peg 23.
Silverfish: 1, Dave Bacon 6-8-0, peg 27; 2, Colin Golding 4-8-0, peg 35.
Matt Challenger knocked up his second successive win and missed improving on Avalon Fishery's existing silverfish record by ounces with a 54-12-0 catch of skimmers.
He poled chopped worm and caster at varying distances off peg nine and scraped home by 2-2-0 after adding 13-6-0 of carp to his total weight.
Overall: 1, Matt Challenger 68-2-0, peg 9; 2, Nick Coles 66-0-0, peg 12; 3, Jon Rowlands 65-6-0, peg 3; 4, Geoff Challenger 54-15-0; 5, Kev Jeffries 54-11-0; 6, Pete Exley 36-14-0.
Rob Mills ran in just one fish clear of his nearest challenger in the Carpenters Arms 2,000 AC match, fished on Brick Lake at the Sedges Fishery, Bridgwater.
Mills poled paste at seven metres centre off peg eight and brought a seven-carp catch, totalling 64-9-0, to the scales.
Overall: 1, Ron Mills 64-9-0, peg 8; 2, Rex Davis 60-3-0, peg 19; 3, Joe McMahon 47-11-0, peg 7; 4, Alan Lines 39-9-0, peg 12; 5, Chris Banks 32-6-0, peg 1; 6, Paul Swain 24-0-0, peg 3.
Silverfish: 1, Rex Davis 9-8-0, peg 19.
Only 6oz separated first and second place in the Bathampton Disabled and over 55s midweek match. fished on Hunstrete's Bridge Pool.
Top man was John Smith, who poled luncheon meat and later a banded 8mm pellet at 16 metres off disabled peg six. He weighed in an 83-14-0 of carp to 12lb plus a 1-12-0 catch of skimmers that tipped the scales in his favour. The runner-up was Bob 'The Bread' Price who fished the same tactics at peg 18 for an 85-4-0 all-carp catch.
Overall: 1, John Smith 85-10-0, peg 6; 2, Bob 'The Bread' Price 85-4-0, peg 18; 3, Mike Nicholls 46-14-0, peg 32; 4, Ray Bazeley 40-7-0, peg 14; 5, Dave Bacon 36-13-0, peg 15; 6, Terry Bruton 35-12-0, peg 4; 7, Richard Coles 35-0-0, peg 11; 8, Mike Taylor 34-4-0, peg 13; 9, Brian Sheppard 32-1-0, peg 7; 10, Pete Philips 31-6-0, peg 8; 11, Paul Haines 31-0-0, peg 33; 12, Mike Jones 21-8-0, peg 5.
Silverfish: 1, Rich Coles 27-2-0, peg 11; 2, Andy Smith 9-12-0, peg 10; 3, Mike Nicholls 9-12-0, peg 32; 4, Dave Poole 9-8-0, peg 17; 5, Bill Ferris 9-4-0, peg 31; 6, Alan Jones 9-3-0, peg 24.
Mike Honey scraped home by 1-7-0 from Bernice Britton to win Kingswood Disabled's 'Secretary Cup', which was fished for at Acorn Carp Fishery, Kingston Seymour.
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