Karl ran Gary close with a 3½lb Tench but Gary won through with a well earned net of small Carp taken on the Slider from peg18.

1^st Gary McKay - 4lb 14oz (2.210kg)
2^nd Karl Altdorfer - 4lb 10oz (2.100kg)
3^rd Drew McCluskey - 2lb 3½oz (1.010kg)

Joint 1st Frank Smith & Derek Brady

A 4lb Tench for Derek in the last 5 minutes led to an amazing tie for first place Frank. All the more remarkable for the fact that Frank and Derek were paired together and walked the pairs event as a result! Frank had a nice mixed catch including Ide and Carp to 2lb.

Individuals -
1^st = Derek Brady - 8lb 0oz (3.630kg)
1^st = Frank Smith - 8lb 0oz (3.630kg)
3^rd Gary McKay- 4lb 5oz (1.960kg)

Pairs -
1^st Derek Brady & Frank Smith - 16lb 0oz (7.260kg)

1st Drew McCluskey

Sunday Sweep - Main Loch - 14 November

Skimmers were the winning fish on the day for Drew with a combination of long pole and feeder helping him to a clear win.

1^st Drew McCluskey - 6lb 4oz (2.830kg)
2^nd Stef Hunter - 4lb 7oz (2.010kg)
3^rd George Yardley Jnr - 2lb 3oz (1.000kg)

1st Stef
Hunter

Sunday Sweep - Main Loch - 31st October

Many of the new small carp helped out on a disappointing low weight day.  Stef sorted out a number of skimmers as well as small carp for a clear win.  

1^st Stef Hunter - 5lb 6oz 
2^nd Drew McCluskey - 3lb 3oz
3^rd  Bryan Hewitt - 3lb 3oz

1st Kevin Murphy
10lb 4oz

DAIWA Junior Autumn Series Final - Top Pond - 23rd October

Kevin Murphy completed a great run to win the last match and win the DAIWA Junior Autumn Series with a fine catch of 10lb 4oz of small carp.  Kevin wins a superb 14.5m Daiwa Pole generously donated by our sponsors along with great prizes for the runners up.  

Andrew Rollinson and Lorna Figures came so close and well deserved their 2nd and 3rd places.  Well done to all of the kids who contested a great series and thanks to Daiwa and all those who have helped out.   Full series results here.

Final Series Winners -
1^st Kevin Murphy - 27pts - 17lb 8oz 
2^nd Andrew Rollinson - 27pts - 13lb 10oz
3^rd Lorna Figures - 26pts - 7lb 6oz

Overall 2nd Andrew, 1st Kevin, 3rd Lorna

2nd Lorna
Figures
6lb 15oz

1st Brian
Cochrane

Central Scotland Club - Island Pond - 24th October

Magiscroft record holder Brian is making a habit of winning with big weights and put an excellent catch of 25lb 9oz on the scales, mainly carp on pellet including a fish near 5lb.

1^st Brian Cochrane - 25lb 9oz 
2^nd Frank Smith - 22lb 11 1/2oz
3rd Sean McGurgan - 10lb 1/2oz

2nd Drew
McCluskey

1st Mark
Lyons

Sunday Sweep - Main Loch - 24th October

Young Mark fished another good match for a clear win.  He included a 2lb carp in his net of carp and skimers, mainly caught on 9m pole with maggot on the hook, feeding leam and fishmeal groundbait. 

1^st Mark Lyons - 12lb 10oz 
2^nd Bryan Hewitt - 7lb 0oz

2nd Bryan Hewitt

1st Chris Paton

Magiscroft Club Winter Series - Main Loch - 17th October

Chris showed his International class with a excellent catch in only 4 hours.  Cupping in groundbait with leam at 13 metres he took a succession of small carp on single white maggot fished a float length overdepth.   

1^st Chris Paton - 11lb 4 1/2oz (5.120kg) 
2^nd Chris Hughes - 5lb 1oz (2.290kg)
3^rd Brian Docherty - 4lb 9oz (2.080kg)

Match in Progress

1st Bryan Hewitt

Sunday Sweep - Main Loch - 10th October

A match that never really got going on a Wintery feeling day.  Mainly Carp fed but not in great numbers but that didn't worry Bryan who won his second match in a row with 3lb 11oz of Carp, Skimmers and Roach down deep on the long pole off peg 12. 

1^st Bryan Hewitt - 3lb 11oz 
2^nd Mark Lyons - 2lb 12oz
3^rd Alex Napier - 2lb 0oz

Central Scotland Club Match - Island Pond - 10th October

Stef Hunter managed the cold conditions well for a clear win with a nice mixed catch of Carp and Ide.

1^st Stef Hunter - 14lb 4oz 
2^nd Frank Smith - 8lb 12oz
3^rd John Callaghan - 7lb 6oz

1st Bryan Hewitt 

Linlithgow 'Alex Morgan Memorial'
Island Pond - 3rd October

Decent weights given the unsettled weather and Bryan edged our Barry with a nice mixed catch.

1^st Bryan Hewitt - 15lb 3oz 
2^nd Barry Morgan - 12lb 4oz
3^rd Karl Altdorfer - 5lb 12oz

2nd Barry Morgan

1st

Sunday Sweep - Main Loch - 3rd October

An interesting match when all expected a hard time but small carp fed well late on to make some decent weights and enable Chris to a clear victory.  Maggot bait fish over occasional balls of groundbait with leam near the bottom in around 14ft depth was the winning approach. 

1^st Chris Paton - 9lb 10oz
2^nd Rab Crossan - 5lb 3oz
3^rd Mark Lyons  - 5lb 1 oz

1st Rab Crossan

Daiwa Scottish National Championships
Main Loch - 26th September

Rab Crossan reminded everyone why he has won more big matches in Scotland than anyone, by winning his fourth Scottish National title with a great performance on a very windy, difficult day.  Magiscroft Select (Rab, Gary McKay and Chris Paton) took the team event comfortably ahead of JB Angling.

Full results and Pictures at SFCA website - here

1st Davie McAuley

Cibo Classic - Continental Style Open
Main Loch - 12th^th September

All who took part agreed that this was a very special, unique and enjoyable event. The innovative format was the first of it's kind in Scotland and will set a precedent for more matches like this in future.  The event ran along continental lines and comprised one 3 hour match, a break for some superb hot Italian food and wine, then a re-draw before a second 2 ½ hour match followed by the prize giving and more delicious Italian food and drinks.

Full Results and Pictures - here

Davie with Saverio

1st Brian Cochrane

Records tumbled again at Magiscroft topped by Brian Cochrane with a superb winning catch of 34lb 2oz of Ide and Carp from the Island Pond which is a new Magiscroft 5hr match record.  Brian Clark pushed him all the way with another great catch of 31lb 8 1/2 oz which is a new record for the Main Loch.

The Magiscroft team took the match with 51 points and leapfrogged Monlkands Wasps to the top of the league by 6 points with one match to go.

Full Results and Pictures at SFCA website

Individuals

1^st Brian Cochrane - 34lb 2oz (15.480kg)
2^nd Brian Clark - 31lb 8 1/2 oz (14.300kg)
3^rd Gary McKay - 26lb 1 oz (11.810kg)
4^th Gus Brindle - 25lb 10oz (11.620kg)

2nd Brian
Clark

1st David
Lee

Well done to Dave Lee for a good win with a nice catch
 of 11lb 4oz. 

1^st David Lee
2^nd David Anderson
3^rd Lorna Figures

2nd David
Anderson

1st Tony
Ball

Another good win for Tony, on peg 8 this time.  The winning method was the same though, worm well overdepth with loose fed caster and occasional pots of chopped worm.

1^st Tony Ball - 15lb 1oz (6.820kg)
2^nd Paul Joyce - 14lb 10oz (6.620kg)
3^rd Darren Ferguson - 12lb 8 oz (5.860kg)
4^th Hugh Lennon - 10lb 13oz (4.900kg)
5^th Colin Hart - 10lb 2 oz (4.580kg)

2nd Paul
Joyce

1st Gary
McKay

Gary just pipped Rab by one fish in a great match where Gary's net of Carp edged out Rab's mainly skimmer catch.

1^st Gary McKay - 16lb 13oz (7.620kg)
2^nd Rab Crossan - 16lb 10oz (7.530kg)
3^rd Stef Hunter - 13lb 7oz (6.080kg)
4^th Paul Joyce - 13lb 4oz (6.000kg)
5^th Barry Morgan - 12lb 1oz (5.450kg)

1st Tony
Lamb

Well done to Tony Lamb for his clear win to take the 2004 Scottish Junior title and a superb Daiwa 221 pole as 1st prize.  He kept his nerve taking a string of small carp to edge ahead of Mark Lyons and won comfortably in the end.

Congratulations to Jamie McKay who just pipped Andrew Rollinson to win the Under 15s competition.

Many thanks to sponsors DAIWA for the great prizes and to all the others who contributes to a very successful day.

The Winners

1st Tony
Ball
Gary & big Ghostie

A terrific catch of quality Ide to 1lb won this one for Tony.  He fished around the middle on peg 10 and fished caster and worm mainly overdepth.  Stef had a busy catch for second but his numbers of fish could not compete with the size of Tony's fish.  

Gary included a superb 4lb 12oz Ghost Carp in his mainly Carp catch, not enough to take two matches in two days!

1^st Tony Ball - 20lb 0oz (9.070kg)
2^nd Stef Hunter - 15lb 4oz (7.680kg)
3^rd Gary McKay - 14lb 0 oz (5.730kg)
4^th Darren Ferguson - 13lb 6oz (5.440kg)
5^th Barry Morgan - 11lb 0 oz (4.820kg)

2nd Stef
Hunter

1st Gary McKay

Congratulations to Gary McKay for his great performance to equal the Magiscroft record with 29lb 11 1/2oz and take the £505 winners cheque.

Full Report and Pictures Here

2nd Steve Norman

1st Paul Joyce

While Colin drew all the attention on end peg 3, Paul quietly amassed a great net of Ide from a middle peg to pip Colin by 6oz, the weight of one fish.  Paul stuck to a short pole line for all of his fish, many on worm.

1^st Paul Joyce - 17lb 5oz (7.850kg)
2^nd Colin Hart - 16lb 15oz (7.680kg)
3^rd Alex Napier - 12lb 10 oz (5.730kg)
4^th Gary McKay - 12lb 0oz (5.440kg)
5^th Derek Brady - 10lb 10 oz (4.820kg)

2nd Colin
Hart

A great match and a great performance from Brian (again) on the far side this time, not peg 15 for a change!  Brian took all of his fish up in the water in a catch that included a mixture of Ide, Skimmers and Carp up to 2lb.

1^st Brian Lynn - 17lb 1oz (7.720kg)
2^nd Ewan Weed - 13lb 14oz (6.270kg)
3^rd Stephen McCaveny - 10lb 5oz (4.660kg)
4^th Darren Ferguson- 10lb 0oz (4.540kg)
5^th Davie Corcoran - 9lb 9oz (4.340kg)

2nd Ewan
Weed

In contrast to the Monklands Club fishing the opposite side at the same time, the Magiscroft guys struggled on the cafe bank and Colin and Derek needed on 6lb 2oz between them to win.

Pairs -
1^st Colin Hart & Derek Brady - 6lb 2oz (2.760kg)
2^nd Mark Lyons & James Woodrow - 3lb 13oz (1.710kg)
3^rd Brian Docherty & Saverio Petri - 3lb 11oz (1.660kg)

Individuals -
1^st Colin Hart - 3lb 9oz (1.620kg)
2^nd Brian Docherty - 2lb 9oz (1.160kg)
3^rd Derek Brady - 2lb 8oz (1.140kg)

2nd Brian
Docherty

1st Lorna Figures

We owe a great deal of thanks to Ralph Farrell of Herbie's Taxis for very kindly sponsoring this event with great prizes and providing prizes for other matches too. A great time was had by all, especially first place Lorna Figures who won a super float rod.

Lorna is the first female to win any match at Magiscroft and she fished so well we can expect much more from her in future. Cupping fishmeal groundbait across to the Island Lorna took a succession of small carp on pellet from a peg near the tree that was not one of the best - a great display to hold off David in second place.

1^st Lorna Figures - 11lb 4oz
2^nd David Anderson - 9lb 1oz
3^rd Jamie McKay - 6lb 10oz
4^th Jamie Lavitt - 5lb 2oz
5^th Steven Mann - 4lb 15oz

1st 2nd 3rd

1st Drew
McCluskey

Drew usually targets the Carp on Monday evenings and he succeeded this time in ending Darren Ferguson's super winning streak in a match with a good turnout of 24. Drew cupped in loose fishmeal groundbait and occasionally worm and took most of his carp on pellet from end peg no.17. Barry was busy again on peg 9 to take second place with a mixed bag including lots of Orfe and Ide.

1^st Drew McCluskey - 16lb 0oz (7.250kg)
2^nd Barry Morgan - 12lb 3oz (5.530kg)
3^rd Stef Hunter - 11lb 5 ½ oz (5.140kg)
4^th John Callaghan - 10lb 6oz (4.700kg)
5^th Saverio Petri - 9lb 1 ½ oz (4.120kg)

2nd Barry Morgan

1st Steve
Hunt

A close fight among the top 3 went to Steve by virtue of his slightly bigger skimmers taken at the bottom 7m out on peg 14.

1^st Steve Hunt - 14lb 0oz 
2^nd Alex Napier - 13lb 2oz 
3^rd Colin Hart - 12lb 1 oz 

2nd Alex
 Napier

1st Darren Ferguson

Who can stop Darren after he completed 3 Monday night wins in a row with another fine catch in another great match.  Carp made a comeback for most people this time and Darren included some along with Ide and a 3 1/2 lb Tench in a nice mixed catch from peg 5 again.

Gus Brindle must wonder what he has to do to win after another second place, this time from peg 26.

1^st Darren Ferguson - 18lb 13 oz (8.530kg)
2^nd Gus Brindle - 16lb 8 oz (7.480kg)
3^rd Barry Morgan - 15lb 1 oz (6.830kg)
4^th Jem Paveley - 14lb 2oz (6.410kg)
5^th Gary McKay - 13lb 5 oz (6.040kg)

2nd Gus
Brindle

1st Bobby Marshall

A 4lb Ghost Carp added to a fine catch of Ide won the second league match for Bobby from peg 2 on the Island Pond.  Luckily for Bobby, he was on one of the Golden Pegs so he took the special prize pot which with pools took his winnings to over £360!

Brian Clark came close with a great performance from peg 32 on the Main Loch with a hard earned catch of Skimmers Ide & Carp.  Brian helped the Magiscroft team (with Gus Brindle and George Glen) to a clear win over Monklands Puddlechuckers.

Individuals

1^st Bobby Marshall - 16lb 7 oz (7.450kg)
2^nd Brian Clark - 15lb 5 oz (6.940kg)
3^rd Chris Paton - 15lb 1 oz (6.820kg)
4^th Gus Brindle - 14lb 13oz (6.720kg)
5^th Stef Hunter - 14lb 3 oz (6.440kg)

Teams

1^st Magiscroft - 48 pts
2^nd Moonklands Puddlechuckers - 44 pts
3^rd Monklands McWhitlyn - 42 pts

1st Alex Kerr

A great first ever match win for Alex, a very promising young angler.  Well done too to Cameron on a great performance with his new pole.

1^st Alex Kerr - 8lb 2oz
2^nd Cameron Wood - 7lb 0oz
3^rd Andrew Rollinson - 6lb 7 1/2 oz
4^th Jamie McKay - 6lb 1/2 oz
5^th Christopher McKay - 4lb 3 1/2 oz

2nd Cameron Wood

1st Darren Ferguson

In-form Darren continued his good results with another win on Monday.  Fishing peg 5 he fed caster and worm on a short pole line again.  This took a stream on Ide and Orfe until the action died when he picked up a few carp across.

Gus worked hard mainly on peg 18 for a well earned second place, his catch being mainly taken on worm.

1^st Darren Ferguson - 18lb 14 oz (8.550kg)
2^nd Gus Brindle - 16lb 10 ½ oz (7.550kg)
3^rd Brian Cochrane - 14lb 7 oz (6.540kg)
4^th Alan Jones - 13lb 3oz (5.980kg)
5^th Willie Jolly - 12lb 10 ½ oz (5.740kg)

2nd Gus
Brindle

1st Brian Lynn

Monklands Open - Main Loch - 27 June

A very strong field of 38 contested the first big match of the coming months and Brian showed his class on peg 15 to edge out Stef and Paul.  Brian took mainly Ide with some Skimmers and Carp mainly shallow feeding maggot and pinkie on a long pole line.

Cool rain over the previous days days pushed fish down generally deeper than recently.  This enabled Stef to catch fair number of fish on the feeder from his peg on the far side after catching well on the pole to start with.

1^st Brian Lynn - 16lb 3 ½ oz (7.350kg)
2^nd Stef Hunter - 14lb 15 oz (6.770kg)
3^rd Paul Joyce - 13lb 10oz (6.210kg)
4^th Rab Crossan - 12lb 7 ½ oz (5.650kg)
5^th Ewan Weed - 9lb 14oz (4.470kg)

2nd Stef
Hunter

1st Darren Ferguson

Darren smashed the Magiscroft match record in an amazing 3 hours with a fantastic catch on peg 6. He fed caster and chopped worm on a short pole line and took mainly Ide with double caster or worm on the hook. A great performance, but how long before this record goes?

Paul had a great catch next peg to Darren that would have won most matches. Magiscroft match weights just get better and better and with the average weight being 11lb 8oz the Monday Opens are great fun as well as very competitive.

1^st Darren Ferguson - 29lb 11 ½oz (13.480kg)
2^nd Paul Joyce - 20lb 14oz (9.470kg)
3^rd Drew McCluskey - 15lb 2oz (6.850kg)
4^th Gary McKay - 15lb 1oz (6.820kg)
5^th Bobby Marshall - 13lb 1oz (5.930kg)

2nd Paul
Joyce

1st James Woodrow

James Woodrow made his first match win a special one with a great performance to take the 2004 Barras Open. 'Woodrow' has learned a lot by coming through the Top Pond Junior Match ranks and into the Magiscroft Junior team. When he drew in a decent area on peg 8 great things were expected of him and he didn't disappoint with a steady stream of Ide and Orfe taken on caster for a clear win with just under 18lb.

Stephen Hamilton led the pack with a nice nixed bag for 2^nd place clear of Godfrey then 'Scoob', Lewis and Mike close behind.

From the excitement at the draw (using tangerines as draw cards!), through the tension of the competition, a nail biting weigh-in, to the excellent presentation buffet, everyone had a great time.  It is definitely the friendliest match around!  Thanks to all who took part and especially Derek Brady of the Barras Fruit Co. for his very generous sponsorship.

Full report and pictures here .

1^st James Woodrow - 17lb 14oz (8.100kg)
2^nd Stephen Hamilton - 12lb 12 oz (5.770kg)
3^rd Godfrey Hales - 10lb 5 ½ oz (4.690kg)
4^th 'Scoob' (Colin Ryan) - 10lb 2oz (4.580kg)
5^th Lewis Donald - 9lb 11 ½ oz (4.400kg)
6^th Mike Burton - 9lb 4oz (4.200kg)

'Woodrow'
& Derek 

1st Mark Lyons

Another great performance by a Magiscroft Junior saw Mark Lyons dominate a top class field from the off. He caught from start to finish and didn't give the others, including many Scottish Internationals, a chance to catch him. He caught an equal mix of carp and skimmers fishing just 6 sections out on peg 11 feeding groundbait and caster.

1^st Mark Lyons - 16lb 7oz (7.450kg)
2^nd Willie Jolly - 12lb 6 ½ oz (5.620kg)
3^rd Ewan Weed - 10lb 1oz (4.570kg)
4^th Barry Morgan - 9lb 11oz (4.390kg)
5^th Alex Napier - 8lb 5oz (3.780kg)

2nd Willie
Jolly

1st David
Anderson

David is on top form and included a lovely 3lb Mirror Carp in his winning catch, a new Saturday Junior record. Even without the big carp he would have just edged out Andrew who would have expected to win most top pond 3hr matches with a fine 9lb 12oz.

Well done to all 12 that took part who caught a total of over 82lb (average 6lb 9oz) making this surely the best Junior match so far at Magiscroft, with great prizes too thanks to donations and extras from the tackle shop.  Congratulations to Lorna too who did extremely well in her first ever match.

1^st David Anderson - 13lb 4oz
2^nd Andrew Rollinson - 9lb 12oz
3^rd Sean Gibson - 9lb 10oz
4^th Lorna Figures - 8lb 4oz
5^th Steven Mann - 7lb 8oz

Top 5

1st Colin
 Hart

3rd Dougie
Garmory

A cool, rainy evening dampened spirits but not the excellent winning weights. Colin and Alan took great catches of Ide and only one fish separated them .... in Colin's favour.  Colin was on peg 23 and loose fed caster towards the far bank and took most of his fish on the drop with a light rig and caster hookbait.  Dougie fished positively for carp and was not far away with some nice fish mainly caught on worm.

1st Colin Hart - 19lb 11oz (8.920kg)
2nd Alan Jones - 19lb 4½ oz (8.740kg)
3rd Dougie Garmory - 16lb 5oz (7.400kg)
4th Barry Morgan - 15lb 11oz (7.100kg)
5th Stef Hunter - 9lb 10oz (4.360kg)

2nd Alan
Jones

The lead changed a number of times during this interesting match as fish moved along the cafe bank. The skimmers went towards to the right hand side late in the day and Darren took advantage in the last hour to win from a peg near the lifebelt.

1st Darren Ferguson - 10lb 10oz (4.800kg)
2nd Barry Morgan - 9lb 10oz (4.370kg)
3rd Ewan Weed - 8lb 11oz (3.920kg)
4th Brian Lynn - 8lb 3oz (3.690kg)
5th Chris Paton - 8lb 2oz (3.670kg)

2nd Barry
Morgan

1st Barry Morgan

The best ever Monday Evening match saw an average weight of well over 11lb with a great variety of catches. Barry had a very impressive catch of mainly Ide and Orfe on peg 19 for a well earned win. He loose fed caster on a short pole line and took a huge number of fish, mostly on single caster on the drop and off the bottom.

In contrast Mark took a higher proportion of bigger fish in his 2nd placed net including Carp and big Ide from peg 2.  Derek Brady had the biggest fish of the night with a 4lb 6oz Tench that took him a timed 43 minutes to land on a no.4 elastic !

1st Barry Morgan 20lb ½ oz
2nd Mark Cook 18lb 8½ oz
3rd Drew McCluskey 17lb ½ oz
4th Brian Cochrane 16lb 5 ½ oz
5th Alan Jones 15lb 12 oz

2nd Mark
Cook

Colin led his partner Jim to the pairs victory with a super catch of Ide and Orfe mainly on caster. George included a near 4lb Tench along with a lot of big Ide caught on worm. That was enough for 1st individual place but not enough for second in the pairs behind Saverio and Ross.

Pairs -
1st Colin Hart & Jim Hillhouse 29lb 6oz
2nd Saverio Petri & Ross Clarke 28lb 11oz
3rd George Glen & Willie Sinclair 22lb 4oz

Individuals -
1st George Glen 20lb 5oz
2nd Colin Hart 18lb 5oz
3rd Saverio Petri 13lb 14oz

Saverio Petri

Skimmer Bream gave the winning weights again with the best pegs being to the right hand side in front of the cafe. Brian loose fed maggot and pinkie for a nice catch of skimmers and Ide caught up shallow, and Bobby fished the same way for second.

1st Brian Lynn 15lb 12oz
2nd Bobby Marshall 13lb 15oz
3rd Ian Whitson 12lb 15oz

2nd Bobby Marshall

David is proving hard to beat on Saturday mornings and he showed his ability by picking out bigger carp from a shallow peg, mainly taken on maggot. Andrew MacLeod won the race to the first fish. Well done to the 12 juniors taking part .. they are all catching well and learning a great deal.

1st David Anderson 9lb 11oz
2nd Steven Mann 7lb 12oz
3rd Alex Kerr 7lb 9oz
4th Sean Gibson 6lb 15oz
5th Cameron Wood 6lb 1oz

2nd Steven Mann