Three out of three for Rixon
The Avon Angling Centre manager long-poled both pellet and paste at John's 42, where he connected with an unbeatable 131-2-0 of carp to 12-0-0. Bathampton AA's Leon Hubbard finished second at Match 19, where he poled the same bait as the winner at 14 metres centre for 119-12-0 of carp to almost 9-0-0.
Meanwhile, at peg five on the opposite bank, Josh Garratt long-poled paste close to the end of the island and struggled to catch a similar 68-5-0. John Bradford weighed in the top silverfish catch with 33-2-0 of chub, taken from the far bank margins off Specimen 34 with caster.
Result: 1, Tony Rixon (Avon Angling Mosella) 131-2-0, peg John's 42; 2, Leo Hubbard (Sensas Bathampton Avon Aquatics) 119-6-0, Match 19; 3, Josh Garratt (Maver Veals) 68-5-0, Match 5; 4, Rod Wootten (Sarfix South West) 66-5-0, Match 3; 5, Chris Davies (Westerleigh) 61-3-0, Match 6; 6, Tony Page (GOT Baits) 57-0-0, peg 32. Silverfish: 1, John Bradford (Avon Angling) 33-2-0, peg Specimen 34; 2, Nicky Collier (GOT Baits) 26-8-0, Specimen 36; 3, Ryan Jordan (Bristol PSV) 25-12-0, Match 8.

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