Tim dominates shock struggle (From Worcester News)

Tim dominates shock struggle

5:00pm Thursday 23rd July 2009 in Sport

WORCESTER star Tim Biddle took the only double-figure catch of the day at the Tewkesbury club contest.

With the River Severn carrying extra colour, thoughts of big weights were in the minds of the 35 anglers competing.

But it did not work out that way as Biddle blitzed the match with figures of 23lbs 10oz from upstream peg 81.

After starting on the accepted open-end feeder method, he changed after a fruitless first hour.

Biddle then fished maggot over small balls of groundbait on a five-metre whip to hammer out a staggering 230 small skimmer bream.

Second place fell to a net of tiny bream weighing 9-2 and Russell Jeynes claimed third prize with two bream and eels from peg five going 6-13.

Severn regular Pete Jones had a similar catch weighing 6-9. Club star Gary Brixton recorded one of the biggest winning weights in a Portobello contest.

Brixton took a staggering 161-13 of paste-caught carp from his peg on Broadheath Fisheries’ Ash Pool.

Runner-up Mick Weston continued his good form by netting 87-0 on the pellet and Brixton’s son Gary came third with 74-2.

Fourth-placed Stuart Tibbetts bagged 73-6.

Bob Griffiths won a close Barbourne AC match on the old pools at Cob House Fishery.

He netted 47-8 of carp to double figures from the margins of his peg on corn and meat.

Still-water expert Pete Hughes used the same approach to take 40-6 to the scales.

Andy Wheeler continued his good run with a third-placed 34-6, while Nigel Hobday weighed in a paste-caught 26-10 from his peg next to the winner.

This weekend, the club visit the old pool at Greenhills Fishery.

Dave Hinley used his loaf to win the Arbo club event on their own pool by offering bread shallow on the waggler for a five-carp haul from peg three going 20-14.

Ade Wilks was again among the front-runners with 18-15 of carp all taken from the margins of peg 22 for second prize.

Seasoned veteran Acko Staite secured third with 9-8 of small fish caught on a sliding Polaris float, beating Tim Yapp’s 8-5.

The club’s annual fish takes place on Sunday at Sion Farm.

Big weights continue to come from the Whitehall AC lake at Cotheridge.

Nigel Crane netted a massive 68-11 in two-and-a-half hours on paste from peg 24 to win their Thursday evening open.

St John’s MG man John Snelson finished second on peg 27 with 47-8, while in-form Dave Warren had to be content with a third-placed 47-2.

Method feeder and pole-fished pellet were the tactics used by Neil Humpage to register first place on the Wednesday open at Cob House Fisheries.

With the Laugherne Island Pool in fine form, Humpage took 104-14 to the scales from permanent peg 28.

Mike Hendry came second with 69-14 from peg one, beating Julian Shellam’s third-placed 60-10.

In the Saturday open, Jason Elwell recorded more than a ton when he weighed in 108-8 from peg 30.

Gloucester’s Steve Ford was declared runner-up with 76-3 and third came Dave Butler, weighing 73-2. Saturday, August 15, sees a pairs event on Laugherne and Wyatts Pools.

Entry costs £30 per team and details are available from Helen Taylor on 01886-888697.

Moorlands Farm Saturday open: C Pace 71-14, M Lefevre 68-12, N Marchington 58-12; Sunday open: M Watson 89-10, N Groves 87-14, D Clewley 86-7.