Kamasan Starlets top Preston World Club Classic on Newark Dyke
Kamasan Starlets have won the 2012 Preston World Club Classic, after a gripping final day on an up and coloured Newark Dyke. With three teams in contention, the match came to a tense finale- seeing anglers from Ultimate Barnsley, Kamasan Starlets and Matrix Dynamite Trentmen sitting for big fish in the knowledge that just one bite could see them and there team jet off to Italy for the 2013 World Club Championship.
In the end, it was the newly crowned World Champion- Sean Ashby who swung the verdict in favour of his Kamasan Starlets team- banking a large barbel that catapulted him from last in section to first. Matt Godfrey of Ultimate Barnsley also landed a 2 kilo barbel as the end of the match approached, gaining him valuable section points, but sadly it didn’t prove quite enough for the northern team- who finished a point and a half behind there rivals.
Starlets captain, Mark Downes explained: “we are obviously delighted to have won what has been an elusive title for us- we have finished second and third over the last two years. It is lovely when a plan comes together, and though catching big fish was important, it was our small fish tactics that really clinched us the title. When you consider that a third of the weights we recorded were less than a kilo, it gives you some idea just how hard certain areas of the match were!
When plumbing up, many teams tried to avoid the weed- but we actively searched for it, as we found that by feeding tiny nuggets of cloudy groundbait over the top of it we were able to catch the small fish that lived within it- where as anglers who fished on a clear bottom would catch nowhere near as many.
We started the match by balling in groundbait with just a little bit of joker on what were to become our big fish lines- to try and catch whatever fish we could. Once dried up, we filled these lines in with worms casters, and rich balls of joker. Big fish tackle comprised of strong Drennan Double Strength Line and Kamasan Animal hooks to make sure that we landed the fish that we hooked. Fortunately, a few of our anglers managed big fish- which has proved decisive in the end.
We cant wait to fish the World Club Championship- and are sure that the money that Preston Innovations have kindly donated through sponsorship will go a long way towards ensuring that we come back with a good result.”
In the individual stakes, it was Starlets man Hadrian Whittle who came out top over the two days, with a perfect two point score. On the first day, he won his section with a 4-320 net, which mainly consisted of four bream caught late on in the match on flat float tactics. On the second day, he caught some quality roach early, and a late bream to clinch the section with 3-390. He commented: “It is great to win the individual title, but it is the team result that counts- and I am over the moon that we have managed to win it! The match really did have a gripping finale, and was certainly among the most tense I have ever been in involved in.”
Result:
Day One Team
1 Matrix Dynamite Trentmen- 20pts[ch8232]
2 Kamasan Starlets 24pts[ch8232]
3 Ultimate Barnsley 27pts
Day One Individual [ch8232]
1 Rob Perkins (Matrix Dynamite Trentmen) 9-540[ch8232]
2 Steve Hemmingray (Kamasan Starlets) 7-150
[ch8232]3 Barry Oliver (Maver Image) 5-770
Day Two Team
1 Ultimate Barnsley 19pts
2 Kamasan Starlets 20.5pts
3 Daiwa Dorking 22pts
Day Two Individual
1 Simon Fields (Ultimate Barnsley) 13-840
2 Eric Yeomans (Shakespeare Superteam) 9-490
3 Darren Cox (Kamasan Starlets) 5-440
Overall Teams
1 Kamasan Starlets- 44.5pts
2 Ultimate Barnsley Blacks- 46 pts
3 Matrix Dynamite Trentmen- 51.5pts
4 Daiwa Dorking- 53pts
5 Shakespeare Superteam- 65pts
6 Maver Image- 68.5pts
7 Garbolino RAF- 73pts
8 Browning Hotrods- 79pts
9 Spro Dorset Raiders- 89pts
10 Garbolino Blackmore Vale 90pts
Overall Individual
1 Hadrian Whittle 2pts
2 Will Raison 4pts
3 Matt Godfrey 4pts