Results - Ayrstrike 11/12 - Magiscroft - Saturday 3rd May

[GG]

Result just in -

Match 11 - Main Loch Cafe Bank
1st James Woodrow 13lb 2oz ( Goes forward to final )
2nd Darren Ferguson 6lb 6oz
3rd= Chris Hughes 2lb 0oz
3rd= Kevin Murphy 2lb 0oz

Match 12 - Main Loch Far Bank
1st Colin Hart 10lb ( Goes forward to final )
2nd Jim Hillhouse 3lb 14oz
3rd William Stewart 3lb 10 oz

Well done to Woody and Colin who both qualify for the grand final ! More details and Pics to follow later.

[old john]

Well done Woody and Colin see you don there.

old john

[Tommy L]

James ( Woody ) Woodrow aka Silverfish with his winning catch which became the highest weight of all qualifiers to date.





Colin ( Two Nets ) Hart aka as Chart cannot hide the Smug grin on his face.

Congratulations to both on their qualification to the final.

[Del-boy]

Great result lads, two of my best mates in one day. Magic absolutely Magi, Magi, Magic ............................................... You can't prove it George !

Del-boy

[Tommy L]

The Ayrstrike qualifiers better known on this forum as 'The Smug Club' is growing and growing and now numbers 12. One of the recent recruits who will not be named to protect the innocent demonstrated the meaning of 'Smug' today whilst the battle to qualify for the final was at it's height. The following photo sums up the meaning of 'Smug' in action at 1430 hours today.

[Daren Adams]

Well done Colin and Woody.

[Tommy L]

As the clock turned to 8-30 am this morning the gates opened at Magiscroft to welcome the competitors for Ayrstrike rounds 11 and 12. Today would see another two anglers qualify for the final at Springwater on Sunday 25th may 2008. As the entrants assembled there were 22 due to fish so the sections were split with one section on the Cafe Bank and one on the far bank of the Main Loch. Out of the numbers who turned up there were 3 already through to the great day at the end of May, namely Stewart , Kevin and myself.

The draw took place with pegs on either bank all in the hat together. When the draw was complete the Cafe Bank had two qualifiers Kevin and myself and the far bank had one in Stewart. At least the qualifiers were split 2 and 1 rather than 3 on the one bank. The rain promised for today didn't materialise and appart from being cold in the morning the tepreatures rose in the afternoon. Whilst setting up the waters were flat calm prior to a mild breeze from the East which didn't trouble anyone that much.

Woody who failed to draw an end peg was beaten to it by myself, he drew next to me on Peg 9. His first remark to myself when he arrived on the bank was that he would give me 40 quid to go fish the Island Pond. Being an angler for whom money talks I declined that offer as I thought from the end peg I could drive home a mental advantage in preparation for the final. The only mental issue was that I should have taken the money and ran to The Island. ( It was only patter ).

Right from the off there were persons puting in great efforts to qualify. The end pegs on the Cafe bank were drawn by Chris Hughes (Tree end ) and myself ( Island end ) On the far bank William Stewart ( Island end ) and Colin Hart ( Birches end ). Today I decided to cup in some ground bait and by the time I had done so Colin Hart was already netting his first silver fish of the day. On the Cafe Bank Woody was not far behind Colin. As the first hour passed it looked from my viewpoint that Colin Hart was the front runner on the far bank and that the Cafe bank was between Woody and Darren Ferguson, the talk was that Darren had caught a run of skimmers early on.

As afternoon arrived it was obvious that the Carp were not coming out to play and it would be a silver fish match. Woody was living up to his Silver fish board name catching fish after fish in the first two hours. By 2pm he rekoned he had 8 lbs and having watched everyone of them netted I couldn't disagree. Colin Hart was by far the buisiest angler on the far bank throughout the match. My two fellow Ayrstrike Final Smug Club members having gave it their best lifted their foot of the accelerator with Stewart heading for a cup of tea and Kevin his afternoon on the job nap. Stewart wasn't the only person drinking tea.

As the all out came it was obvious who had won each section. Woody didn't think so and had that uneasy look on his face as the weigh in on the farbank started. William stewart was first to weigh in on the farbank and held his lead right along until Jim Hillhouse weighed in a nice sized Carp to overtake Williams weight. As 'Two Nets' lifted his keepnet from the water it was all over bar the shouting and Colin was into the Final.

The weigh in on the Cafe Bank started with Chris Hughes who was quickly upstaged by Darren Ferguson. When we asked Darren to pose for a photograph with his fish he said no point as Woody had outfished him on the day. That still didn't take the worried look of Woody's face. A few nets later Woodys catch weighed in at 13lbs 2 oz qualifying him to the final with the biggest weight so far.

As the sun shined on the Main loch it was two pleased anglers who made their way up to the Cafe to be presented with their much sought after prize and some money which was secondary as their goal was a place in that final.

Well done Woody and Colin.

[Doc]

Couldnt happen to two nicer guys, who are always prepared to help us lesser mortals ... well done guys

[jaybee]

WELL WHAT CAN I SAY MY COMEBACK WAS A DISASTER,FIRSTLY I DREW THE CAFE SIDE WHICH I DONT KNOW AT ALL THEN WHEN I GOT TO MY PEG I HAD WOODY ON MY LEFT!! ALL I CAN SAY IS IT WAS A PLEASURE WATCHING AN ANGLER WHO KNOWS HIS WATER WELL AND STARTED AS HE WAS DESTINED TO CONTINUE CATCHING SILVER FISH GALORE!! I HAD TIME TO WATCH AS I FRANKLY DID NOT HAVE A PROPER PLAN AND CHOPPED AND CHANGED CONSTANTLY EXPECTING MIRACLES TO HAPPEN.WAS NOT TO BE AND I ONLY HAD A SKIMMER AND FOUR SMALL ROACH BUT ONCE AGAIN WELL DONE WOODY A TREAT TO SEE AN ANGLER IMPROVING YEAR AFTER YEAR.REMINDS ME OF STEF HUNTER WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER. LOTS OF NATURAL TALENT.
P.S. I SHALL RETURN NEED TO DO MORE HOMEWORK FOR THE BARRA'S LEAGUE COME ON TEAM STILLWATER.
JAYBEE

[Gus]

Well guys. 12 down and only 4 to go. So if like me you haven't managed to qualify yet time is running out!!! The remaining qualifiers are:

Thu 8 May - Magiscroft Main Loch. Draw 1715 hrs. Fish 1800 - 2100 hrs. If you want to fish but can't get their in time for the draw give me a call. As long as I know that you are coming I will take undrawn pegs to my peg with me and write my peg no on the baord. You can come down and draw on the bank. At present the only individuals booked in are me, Ian Whitson, Woody, Doc and Derek Brady. As Woody has already qualified that is currently a 1 : 4 chance of going through.

Sat 10th May - Dormont Lakes. Draw 0930 hrs. Fish 1100 - 1600 hrs. Currently there is only 1 ticket remaining for this blockbuster!

Sat 17th May - Orchill. Draw 0930 hrs. Fish 1100 - 1600 hrs. Currently, the following anglers are booked in for this one. John Rae, Athony Ball, Bryan Hewitt, Bryan Docherty, Thomas Lauriston, Stephen Hunter and Drew McCluskey. With John Rae and Tommy already through thats a 1 : 5 chance.
and on the same day
Sat 17th May - Broom, Canal. Draw 0930 hrs. Fish 1100 - 1600 hrs. Currently, only three anglers have booked in, Mick Slater
Bri Clark and me! Head to head with Shrek - could be messy!!

Provided all of the anglers list who have not yet paid turn up and do so, the prize for the individual winner will be £3000 - even if we don't sell another ticket.

After all of this effort I better qualify or there will be even more trouble from her indoors. Tight Lines and hope to see you all at one of the remaining matches.

Gus

[Daren Adams]

Good luck Gus you deserve it after organising this event well done.

[xbrvhrtx]

Great report tommy

Well done guys