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Yeah I remeber Sammy Mann, - good egg.
Am I right, -he won the Evesham Festival; Ind one year with 9 lb odd from the top end of Evesham.
If anyone else can remember it I was 4th or 5th and lost two chub with bite-offs that happened quite a bit in those days. I was near Bob Green and Frank Barlow
Choppie, I'll swear crappity smack Sammy Mann won it one year; it may have been the team match though;
If I remember right you had to use the pole for the first half of the match; ne feeders at all. I had 6 lb odd of small dace, roach and bleak; fished 11 to hand with pinkie
Angling Times Winter League South Staffs Division Winners 1978.
Final Round; Shrewsbury, River Severn.
Final Round Individual Result:
1. Paul Sinfield Avon Matchmen
2. Mark Downes Starlets
3. Sam Mann Starlets
4. Mark Banks Galaxy
5. Paul Downes Starlets
6. Barry Carr Stafford
Final League Placings:
1. Starlets 29 points
2. Avon Matchmen 28 points
3. Stafford Trotters 27 points
4. Galaxy 23 points
5. Springhead 11 points
6. New Willenhall 8 points
Back row (L-R): Mark Downes; Bill Hines; Steve Parker; Carl Baker; Dave Lodge; Keith Thomason;
Dave Carter; Pete Hobson.
Middle row (L-R): Paul Downes; Pete Aske; Terry Lines; Barry Fulford; Ted Farmer.
Front row (L-R): Dave Williams; Gary Farmer; Steve Webb; Sammy Mann; Glenn Law.
I think that’s right, if not blame Angling Times circa 1978.
I used to keep press cuttings, used them for team sponsorship applications.
And yes, we do look a mess, but you should have seen the other teams!
