1st Alan Crook ( Maver NW ) 12.11.0. all roach to 10 oz , bread and bloodworm / joker .
2nd John Leeds ( Tri Cast Rochdale ) 10.6.0.
3rd Kevin North ( Lancashire MG ) 8.8.0.
4th Steve Wilson ( Lancashire MG ) 7.15.0.
5th. Roger Gardom ( Wigan MG ) 7.5.4.
With bloodworm & joker allowed on this round on the Rufford Arm Canal some cracking weights were had in the awfull windy conditions , Alan Crook won with quality roach to 10 ounces starting on bread then later on bloodworm over joker . John Leeds found 3 big skimmers in his first 3 bungs on bread topping up with roach for 10.6.0. I had my arm twisted by Danny Martin to turn out for his Wigan MG outfit as I now live in Wigan so with bloodworm allowed I was really looking forward to the match . Starting on bread down the track to my left on the deepish canal I was pleasantly surprised when the float buried first bung , always good on a cold windy winters day haha and a 1 oz roach was swung in with great relief , England manager Mark Addy nearly fell in next door as he was still feeding his lines
anyways caught 1/2 oz to 2 oz dumpy roach steady on the bread for 2 hours before it slowed then switched to my right hand joker line and continued a nice steady match with slightly smaller roach averaging an ounce , the swirling gusting wind made presentation very difficult with the finely shotted strung out bloodworm rigs but it was the same for everyone . Peg dried up last 45 minutes despite topping up all lines with a little bit 
ended weighing in 7.5.4. lovely days fishing despite the conditions 
