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24
hr carp comp – May 10th - May 11th
2008 - Treoes
Ok
folks, let’s start with all the facts and figures and
some photos. Here we go..
There
were 25 competitors in
total, consisting of 21
singles and 9 pairs
entries. We had trophies for Singles winner-biggest bag,
Singles runners up-biggest bag, Biggest specimen, Pairs
combined weight winners and Pairs combined weight
runners up.
Singles
results..
1st
Julian Addecott
2nd Ian Griffiths
3rd Nigel Sproston
4th John Monkley
5th Greg Jerrett
6th Janice Ravenhill
7th Kevin Feeley
8th Robert Ellis
9th John Wood
10th Steve Cochran
11th Chris Williams
12th Alan Trowbridge
13th Jenny Collins
14th Steve Curtiss
15th Roy Tomlinson
16th Rhys Mahony
17th Ben Philips
18th place shared by Adrian Carmody,Keeran
Carmody,and Adam Preddy |
Pairs
results..
1st
Ian Griffiths and Kevin Feeley
2nd Julian Addecott and Jark-van-Vuuren
3rd Chris Williams and Nigel Sproston
4th Steve Cochran and John Monkley
5th Dennis and Joshua Boley
6th Jenny Collins and Janice Ravenhill
7th Robert Ellis and Steve Curtiss
8th John Mitchell and Steve Marsh
9th Adrian Carmody and Keeran Carmody |
Biggest
fish results (Specimen trophy)
1st
Nigel Sproston Grass carp 17lb 10oz
2nd Nigel Sproston Common carp 15lb 8oz
3rd Robert Ellis Mirror Carp 13 4oz
4th Julian Addecott Common Carp 12lb 2oz
5th Ian Griffiths Common Carp 11lb. |
Fish
statistics.
A
total of 75 carp were caught with a combined
weight of 392lb.
11 bream were caught with the biggest being caught
by Ben Philips
6 Tench were caught, the biggest
by Julian Addecott
1 eel was caught by Joshua Boley. |
The
Gallery

Above:
The trophies, all new and shiny, including the booby
prize for the lowest scorer.
Above: Singles winner Julian Addecott (Mal) being
presented his trophy by the match organizer
Nigel ‘Sproggy’ Sproston.
Above: Singles runner up Ian Griffiths.

Above: Pairs winners Ian Griffiths and Kevin Feeley.

Above: Pairs runners up Jarck Van Vuuren and Julian
Addecott.

Above: Nigel ‘Sproggy’ Sproston holding his much
deserved Specimen Fish trophy, awarded to himself by
himself for a cracking 17lb 10oz grass carp.

Above: I
don’t know whether that’s a smile or Steve Marsh is
about to burst into tears! But all the same a fitting
trophy for our best loser. Colin looks a little
bewildered at this point as I’d just given that spam
to him for an afternoons session and Steve
goes and wins it! Go figure..?
Well, that’s the tale of the tape and a cracking
weekend was had by all. The weather was absolutely
beautiful, though it did seem to turn the fish off
feeding until after dark and in some swims not at all. A
lot of comment was made to the superb works that have
been carried out on Treoes and I know I speak for us all
in thanking Brian Dickman and his team for making Treoes
a venue to be proud of and one that caters for every
member young and old, able and disabled.
Fishing
during Saturday daytime proved a hard task for everyone
with only a handful of carp being caught. Dusk produced
carp with more regularity and the night produced the
winning bags. This includes Nigel Sprostons scuba diving
method that landed him his specimen grassy. Jarck Van
Vuuren commented to me (Mal) that Sproggy must be into a
big fish as he heard an almighty SPLASH across the lake.
In fact this WAS sproggy going headfirst into his swim
for an after-dark dip with the fishies, well done Nigel.
Dawn broke on Sunday morning
with the lake covered in mist and a stunning
orange/red sky, worth the effort to get up so early, the
sun rose to a clear sky and again we enjoyed hot
sunshine throughout the competition. Fish were spawning
along the island fringes once again and proved to be a
tough quarry during Sundays stint.
Thanks
It goes without saying that Nigel deserves a huge
thank you for his efforts in organizing the 24hr carp
comp series. Organizing these events is no easy task and
he does a fine job in getting it right, well done
Sproggy.
Another
big thank you to Brian Dickman for very kindly donating
the trophies for this match and allowing the series to
become self funding as a result.
Thank
you to Colin Farnham and his team for looking after
Treoes throughout the year and maintaining a very high
standard of venue for the members to enjoy.
And
finally, a thank you to the participants for your superb
company, crazy antics, scuba diving and of course taking
part. See you all on the next one.
GAC’s
unofficial roving match reporter,
Mal.
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