Practice match 23rd Walsall Canal
Posted: February 23rd, 2008, 7:54 pm
Walsall canal Tipton
83 fished
With the ice thawing by Thursday the canal produced a much better match for most of the anglers below peg 93 with nearly half the field catching 4lb plus.
Former world champ Tommy Pickering showed his class on peg 1 with a catch on skimmers and roach that totalled 9-14-10 on bloodworm and joker.
1st Tom Pickering (Preston/ Barnsley) 9-14-10 peg1
2nd Darran Bickerton (Daiwa Trentmen) 6-13-8 peg 10
3rd Simon Preece (WB Clarke VDE) 6-9-0 peg 69
4th Martin Harrell (Team Maver Midlands) 6-8-0 peg 81
5th Rob Quinn (Shakespeare) 6-5-8 peg 6
section winners
1-9 D.massey 4-14-5 peg 3
10-18 A.Davies 5-3-13 peg 13
31-41 C.Gorrell 6-0-10 peg 35
42-53 A. Moulton 5-8-0 peg 46
58-67 John Fowler 6-1-0 peg 60
68-76 A.Higginbottom 5-2-0 peg 73
77-90 T.Peel 5-11-0 peg 82
91-100 L.Breeze 3-9-0 peg 91
101-109 Jon Arthur 3-11-0 peg 105
110-118 Paul Bick 4-10-4 peg 117
83 fished
With the ice thawing by Thursday the canal produced a much better match for most of the anglers below peg 93 with nearly half the field catching 4lb plus.
Former world champ Tommy Pickering showed his class on peg 1 with a catch on skimmers and roach that totalled 9-14-10 on bloodworm and joker.
1st Tom Pickering (Preston/ Barnsley) 9-14-10 peg1
2nd Darran Bickerton (Daiwa Trentmen) 6-13-8 peg 10
3rd Simon Preece (WB Clarke VDE) 6-9-0 peg 69
4th Martin Harrell (Team Maver Midlands) 6-8-0 peg 81
5th Rob Quinn (Shakespeare) 6-5-8 peg 6
section winners
1-9 D.massey 4-14-5 peg 3
10-18 A.Davies 5-3-13 peg 13
31-41 C.Gorrell 6-0-10 peg 35
42-53 A. Moulton 5-8-0 peg 46
58-67 John Fowler 6-1-0 peg 60
68-76 A.Higginbottom 5-2-0 peg 73
77-90 T.Peel 5-11-0 peg 82
91-100 L.Breeze 3-9-0 peg 91
101-109 Jon Arthur 3-11-0 peg 105
110-118 Paul Bick 4-10-4 peg 117