37 Star Thursday, December 15, 2016 Ace dace haul – anglers land their Quarry THE SEVERN at is in tremendous form at present and produced two superb match results, writes Malcolm Kelly. The first of the December events showed that dace are packing into the Quarry length when Aidey Piggott (Deg- gy’s) took top spot with 43-9-0 at peg 56. Like most of the many double-figure bags, Piggott’s catch came to whip and maggot tactics. Darren Frost (Tricast Weston) pressed hard, end- ANGLING ing on 41-6-0 at peg 50. Steve Maher (SM Floats) Wednesday open at Bold- also beat the 40lbs mark ings. Peg 13 on the Syca- with 40-12-0 at peg 55. more Pool yielded 47-9-0 to The contest held last the maggot bait of Graham Saturday surpassed even Palmer (Fitters) who netted that standard, and the top carp to 6lbs. ’s Isla Rowntree, centre, with Maddi Smith, left, and Alison Kinloch Ewan Grivell-Mellor makes the mud fly as he competes at Shrewsbury two both smashed the long- Dave Brown (Maver) was standing venue match re- on the other ‘point’ peg, cord. The event produced number eight, and used an average weight for each maggot and bread to catch competitor of over 24lbs. carp to 5lbs on his way to Whip and maggot domi- 28-9-0. At peg 47, 18-7-0 was nated again and the win- enough to give third to Tony ner this time was Ian Ward Foster (PI Boldings). (ABC Baits)with a terrific The Beech Pool was more 52-11-0 at peg 42. Yet that consistent on Thursday gave him only three ounces when Dave Brown moved to spare over Clive Wynn. up to first. He was on peg Wynn had 52-8-0 from peg 26, and found carp to 6lbs, 55, and was chased hard by putting 67-9-0 on the scales Winner Ian is the Scott Geens (Preston Inno- for victory. vations) whose third-placed Andy Williams (Vespe) 47-15-0 came from peg 46. finished one fish behind at If you fancy fishing dace peg 16 with 62-14-0 of carp for pleasure, day tickets are to 5lbs. Phil Foster (PI Bold) available in advance from took over third from brother Total Angling. Day tickets Tony by scaling 51-9-0 at can be bought on the bank peg five. but cost more. On Saturday the top Entry to the open matches weight was 36-5-0 by Andy is again through Total An- Kyte (Middle Severn An- gling; call 01743 462699. gling) on peg 23, working class of the Field n n n n maggot to pick up carp to Fluctuating temperatures 5lbs. Opposite him on peg are not helping fish to settle seven, Marshall Sherwood CYCLO-CROSS into a regular feeding pat- (PI Bold) had carp to 4lbs tern, leading to some wide for 29-10-0 and second. Russ [email protected] variations in match weights. Allen () was third This was seen in the with 23-15-0 at peg 26. CONSISTENT duo Ian Field and Hannah Payton both showed their class with impressive vic- Close finish, but tories in the fifth and final round of the British Cycling National Trophy Cyclo-cross Series. Haldron swoops The stars of the sport descended on the Shrewsbury Sports Village for the second time this year on Sunday as Mid Shropshire at the Hawk Pool Wheelers staged the event. It followed the memorable weekend in THE Hawk Pool at Monkhall gave a good tight frame on Sat- January when the club’s dedicated band urday when Leon Haldron (Sensas Strike) won by less than of volunteers hosted the British National a pound with a weight of 88-12-0. Championships. Organiser Dave Mellor stressed that a Haldron fished waggler and maggot at peg 13, to catch tremendous team effort behind the scenes It’s a muddy day’s work out on the course carp to 4lbs and F1s to 2lbs. ensured that the latest high-profile cycling Callum Shepherd (Sensas ANGLING event to come to Shrewsbury proved an- Strike) went for a pellet ap- other huge success. proach at 16 metres to take He was pleased that a trio of Olympians a similar stamp of fish for his 92-1-0, and third were Andy took part in the elite men’s race, with tri- runner-up 87-15-0 at peg 18. Welding and Ben Stanford ple Olympian Liam Killeen, who finished as Third went to Mitch Davidson on four points and 136-10-0. runner-up to Field, lining up against Grant (Monkhall/OAC) who had 75- n n n n Ferguson, who represented Team GB in 11-0 on maggot at 13 metres Peg 29 at Aston Eyre ben- at peg 10. mountain biking in Rio recently, and Nick efited from the fish being Individual winner of the Craig, who competed in Sydney. shoaled up in front of the first round of the Winter Pairs peg in the frosty weather and Wonderful at Monkhall was Dave Parry produced the winner on both (Decca AC) with a waggler days of the first weekend of Mellor said he received plenty of positive and maggot catch of 115-5- the month. feedback from competitors, officials and 0, which was made up with The Saturday open saw spectators who enjoyed their quick return carp to 5lbs and F1s to 3lbs Darren Cole (Excelsior) dou- visit to the Sundorne venue. at peg 14 on the Hawk Pool. ble the runner-up weight He added: “It was a really good event, Second and third also when he won with 43-4-0. a stress-free day and we had a wonderful came from the Hawk, with Fellow Excelsior rod Jason bunch of volunteers who helped make sure Andy Welding (Sensas Astle netted 20-2-0 for sec- everything ran smoothly. Strike) runner-up with an- ond at peg 12 and at peg 14 “The reaction from the riders was abso- other waggler and maggot John Watkins (DBL) had 17- lutely fantastic and the international com- based net. He was on peg 12-0 in third. missaire was enthusing about the event. one and weighed in 89-6-0 of On Sunday Dave Oliver “There were some really good races and Wheel-to-wheel action in the men’s veterans’ event Nicholas Scott (yellow) in the veterans’ race carp to 4lbs and F1s to 3lbs. (DBL) drew 29 and won with Ian Field just blew everyone away in the Third at peg 12 was Morgan 35-4-0, ahead of Rob McKee senior race. nated the elite race to seal his third succes- but it was Isla Rowntree, from Ludlow, Pickering was the overall winner. In the Davidson (Monkhall/OAC) (Pole Pushers) on 23-2-0 at “He was incredible and has certainly laid sive series triumph, finishing well clear of who came out on top for the series. Smith under-14 girls, Anna Wadsworth won her with 78-7-0 taken on maggot peg 14 and Mark Jones (Lit- down a marker for the National Champion- runner-up Killeen. finished second overall and Alison Kinloch first round of the series, but Millie Couzens over pellet at 17.5 metres. tle ) on 18-6-0 at peg ships in Bradford next month. In the women’s race, Payton prevailed in third. kept her white jersey and took the overall Dave Parry and Kev Hayes 13. “But it was also very nice to see three fine style, attacking early on the opening The junior men’s race was won by honours. finished equal on points with On Sunday this week peg Olympians competing in the same race in lap and never looking back to wrap up her Thomas Mein, with Sam Moses the overall Of the local entrants from Mid Shrop- Steve Owen and Paul Hem- 14 brought the winner, Neil Shrewsbury – and that underlines the qual- series victory in style. victor of the series. shire Wheelers, Shrewsbury’s Ewan Griv- ming. But with Hayes adding Kramer (DBL) recording 71- ity of the event. In the other races, Nick Craig won his At under-16 boys level the race was won ell-Mellor, 18, finished 28th in the elite the top weight from the Lark 13-0 despite losing five good “The course was muddy in parts after the fourth round of the series to secure the by Charlie Craig, clinching his first series men’s race, coming eighth in the under-23 Pool, 50-15-0 to the 115-4-0 carp on the overflow. rain that came on Saturday. veterans 40-49 National Trophy Series, title in the process. category. by his partner, they took top Gordon Heritage (Excel- “Ian Field said he changed his bike every with the over-50s veterans race won by Harriet Harnden completed a clean Mid Shropshire Wheelers was also repre- pairs place with three points sior) was on the next peg, 15 lap, whereas in Shrewsbury in January the Pete Middleton, who also won the series sweep of five round wins and the overall sented in the under-14s, with young- and an aggregate weight of where 35-4-0 gave him sec- riders were changing every half-lap. Chang- overall. series title in the under-16 girls. ster Ryan Greaves 31st in the boys race 166-4-0. ond, just ahead of the 33-0-0 ing every lap isn’t too bad.” In the veterans women’s race, Maddi In the under-14 category, Joe Kiely won and Shrewsbury’s Daphne Jones 18th in Owen and Hemming fin- by Carl Hamer (Little Dawley) Field, who arrived as series leader, domi- Smith took her third win of the series, his second race of the series, but Finlay the girls event. ished on three points and at peg 30.