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![]() 1st Mark Lyons |
Monday Evening Open - Top Pond - Mon 28 April 2008
Well done to Mark who just edged out William to win the first Monday
Evening Open of 2008. See Pictures and discuss on
the Magiscroft Forum -
here
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![]() 1st Colin Hart |
Magiscroft Club League 1 - Main Loch - Sun
27 April 2008 1st Colin Hart - 11lb 8oz Pairs - See Pictures and discuss on
the Magiscroft Forum -
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![]() 1st Chris Paton |
Sunday Open - Main Loch - Sun
30 March 2008 A sharp overnight frost put a stop to the expected good catches and meant that Carp never moved onto the pole line. That suited Chris who planned to commit to feeder and hair-rigged corn and his method was right on the day for a clear win with 7 Carp, a skimmer and an Ide on peg 9. Ian had the best silver fish catch of Ide caught shallow at 13 metres on peg 6 for a well earned 2nd, but not enough to keep Chris out of the Ayrstrike final. 1st Chris Paton - 7lb 10½oz (3.470kg) See Pictures and discuss on
the Magiscroft Forum -
here
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![]() 1st Jim Hillhouse |
Sunday Open - Main Loch - Sun
6 April 2008 1st Jim Hillhouse - 8lb 11oz |
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![]() 1st Chris Paton |
Sunday Open - Main Loch - Sun
30 March 2008 A pretty miserable day for the 10 who fished a sweep on the far side of the Main Loch. Rain pretty much stopped play and with no Carp and no roach feeding only a few Ide and Skimmers saved the day. Chris fished peg 49 and took most of his multi-coloured catch of Ide, Pink Orfe and Blue Orfe on worm in a burst in the middle of the match. Jim worked away with pellet to take 2nd place with a catch of skimmers.
1st Chris Paton - 4lb 7oz See Pictures and discuss on
the Magiscroft Forum -
here
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![]() 1st James Woodrow |
Sunday Open - Main Loch - Sun
23 March 2008 A really interesting match with a variety of tactics and fish caught, despite a biting cold wind with occasional snow ! Woody fished another tidy match on peg 18 steadily catching Carp on paste and corn at 13 metres to run out the winner. Colin had some nice skimmers in his net, from peg 12, also on paste - while James on 14 relied on pellet and was also rewarded with skimmers. 1st James
Woodrow - 15lb 8½oz (7.050kg) See Pictures and discuss on
the Magiscroft Forum -
here
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![]() 1st George Glen |
Magiscroft Club Winter
League 4 Main Loch - Sun 16 March 2008 A good match fished from 6 to 19 on the cafe bank. George only had 3 to 4lb of roach going into the final hour but a switch to paste fished 8ft deep right under the tree on peg 19 saw him catch 8 carp in the last hour for a clear win. Dave included a lovely tench with 3 carp in his catch for second from peg 16. 1st - George
Glen - 18lb 1oz See Pictures and discuss on
the Magiscroft Forum -
here
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![]() 1st Kevin Murphy |
Sunday Open - Island Pond -
Sun 2 March 2008
1st - Kevin Murphy - 57lb
7oz (26.050kg) See Pictures and discuss on
the Magiscroft Forum -
here
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![]() 1st Davie Corcoran ![]() |
Ayrstrike Qualifier - Main Loch -
Sat
1 March 2008 Big Davie is the first angler to earn a coveted place in the Ayrstrike grand final after holding off Ewan Weed to win the first qualifier. Strong winds and a cold day made for miserable fishing conditions and low weights all round. So Davie concentrated on the feeder and took 5 Carp on Corn and maggot on peg 17. The speculation
at the weight-in was that Ewan might have done enough with his catch of
mainly skimmers from peg 11 ... but he was just ounces short. See Pictures and discuss on the Magiscroft Forum - here Full Press Release and details of more Ayrstrike matches |
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![]() 1st Stuart Rae |
Magiscroft Club - Main Loch -
Sun
17 February 2008 A 'natural baits only' match and with Carp
not really feeding silver fish made up most of the catches ... expect
for Stuart who had 2 near 3lb Carp to make up the bulk of his catch on
maggot bait via feeder filled with joker. George had the best of the
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![]() 1st Chris Paton |
Sweep - Main Loch - Sun
3 February 2008 Chris had a few small fish on the pole but won clearly due to a couple of Carp and a couple of Skimmers on the maggot feeder ... corn for the Carp, maggot for the skimmers.
1st Chris Paton - 4lb 8oz |
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![]() 1st Kevin Murphy |
CIPS Rules League Match 3 - Main Loch -
Sun 27 January 2008 Congratulations to Simon Murray for edging through to win Scotland's first ever CIPS rules league. Simon did enough with a well earned section second while both leaders Colin McKerrell and Colin Hart just fell at the last hurdle. On a difficult day, with very few bigger fish feeding, Kevin made the best of the fish available for a mixed catch of small Roach, Ide and Skimmers to win using bloodworm and joker. Full Results and League Table - Here 1st Kevin Murphy - 1.490Kg (3lb 4½oz) |
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![]() 1st James Woodrow |
CIPS Rules League Match 2 - Main Loch -
Sun 20 January 2008 Small Roach were the target for most of the 22 anglers in this second round match since Bream and Carp were not feeding. That played into Woody's hands and his bloodworm and joker game plan got him over 100 fish to edge out George by the narrowest margin. George fished for Skimmers and had a few along with roach on 14m pole with maggot and bloodworm. His last cast resulted in a 2lb Carp which only counted as 1lb. With the match weighed in kilos some hurried calculations were needed ... ultimately Woody triumphed by just 6 grams ... ¼ of an ounce ! Colin McKerrell and Colin Hart lead the league with 1 round left. Full Results and League Table - Here 1st James Woodrow - 4lb 8½oz (2.050kg) |
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![]() 1st Bobby Marshall |
CIPS Rules League Match 1 - Island Pond -
Sun 13 January 2008 A frozen Main Loch meant that the first in the 3 match series had to be switched to the Island Pond. The 20 competitors were not deterred though led by Bobby who had a good catch of Carp with 2 Barbel and some Chub for a clear win. The rules specify no Carp baits, like pellets, corn or fishmeal, and carp over 1lb only count as 1lb. On the Island Pond though, Carp were always likely to be important and Bobby still managed enough on maggot at 11m and 14m on peg 7. He would normally have weighed around 30lb (instead of 15lb 14oz) including 1 Carp of 7lb! On the other side of the water the two Colins battled it out for 2nd place on pegs 22 & 23 with great catches of silver fish. Colin Mc fished pinkie over joker for 152 Roach to pip Colin H who went for a bigger stamp and included some quality Roach by feeding more chopped worm and caster. Full Results and League Table -
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![]() 2nd Colin McKerrell ![]() Colin in action |
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![]() 1st Davie Corcoran |
Sunday Open - Main Loch -
Sun 6 January 2008 Very late Carp for Davie and Jim thwarted young Stephen's valiant attempt to beat the 12 other hardy competitors on a very hard day. Stephen had a hard earned catch of skimmers and small Carp and was looking good for a win, since Carp had not fed all day, probably due to snow melt chilling the Main Loch down to 3 degrees. There was always a chance of the odd big fish as the light faded
though, and so it turned out with Jim getting his one Carp on Corn with
15 minutes to go, and Davie getting the match winning fish, also on
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![]() 1st Colin Hart |
New Year Open - Island Pond -
Wed 2 January 2008 Colin achieved
an amazing feat by not only winning the New Year Open for the
second year running ... he also broke
another Magiscroft record for
the second year running at the same time ! Congratulations to Colin who
is on top form at the moment. 1st Colin Hart - 64lb 14½oz (29.440kg) |
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![]() 1st Colin Hart |
Sunday Open - Main Loch -
Sun 30 December 2007 Well done to Colin with a nice catch of skimmers from peg 10 for a clear win on a very hard day for the 13 hardy competitors. Colin fished double pinkie over groundbait and leam at 13 metres. Carp didn't feed today, maybe because of cold nights, and only George managed 2 carp which earned him 2nd place. 1st Colin Hart - 7lb 9oz (3.430kg) |
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![]() 1st Derek Brady |
Boxing Day Open - Top Pond -
Wed 26 December 2007 Carp were tightly shoaled again leading to a struggle for most of the competitors in the traditional Boxing Day Open on the Top Pond. Derek was on the fish and followed Big Davie's lead from the last match by fishing corn off the bottom to edge out Chris and Woody. 1st Derek Brady - 16lb 3oz (7.340kg) |
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![]() 1st Davie Corcoran |
Sunday Open - Top Pond -
Sun 23 December 2007 It took a couple of hours to break the ice on a frozen pond so the match was reduced to 3½ hours, which is all Davie needed to stay warm and win by a clear margin with a nice net of Carp. Davie and Derek mainly caught on corn on pegs 12 and 13 where the Carp were tightly shoaled. Davie caught best fishing off the bottom. 1st Davie Corcoran - 21lb 5½oz (9.680kg) |
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![]() 1st Kevin Murphy ![]() Colin and Ghostie |
Sunday Open - Island Pond -
Sun 16 December 2007 Corn was the winning bait again, this time for 19 year old Kevin in an interesting match on a bitterly cold December day with ice on the water first thing. Kevin drew peg 26 and had a mainly carp catch. He caught most of his fish close to the island but importantly fed further away from the far bank to avoid spooking the fish. Dave fished a very good match for 2nd place, edging out George's Carp catch with his mixed net with plenty of silver fish on maggot first then corn later from peg 8. 1st Kevin Murphy - 29lb 13oz (13.520kg)
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![]() 1st James Woodrow |
Sunday Open - Island Pond -
Sun 9 December 2007 Woody persisted with sweetcorn all day to take a great catch of carp for 42lb 7oz on another cold day after snow on Saturday. He fished against the island at 14 metres on peg 24, feeding corn occasionally and searching along the far bank to steadily pick off fish to 3lb. Colin caught well to start with on peg 2, also on corn, but struggled later to end up well adrift on Woody in 2nd. 1st James Woodrow - 42lb 7oz (19.250kg)
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![]() 1st Colin Hart |
Sunday Open - Island Pond -
Sun 2 December 2007 A very close match on a cold day with an exciting weigh-in as Chris took the lead on peg 3, then Brian nicked ahead on peg 25 then finally Colin trumped them both on peg 28. All 3 had mainly Carp catches and Chris caught on corn, worm and paste and included a 7lb+ Ghostie. Brian caught mainly on paste. Colin caught on corn, loose feeding pellet, but a clever change to caster in the last hour won him the match as Chub and Ide boosted his weight above his rivals. 1st Colin Hart - 23lb 7oz (10.630kg)
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![]() 1st Trevor Bond |
Magiscroft
Club Winter League 2 (Natural Baits Only) Main Loch - Sun 25 November 2007 The forecast snow fortunately didn't materialise but the Carp didn't show for most apart from Trevor. With only natural baits only allowed, many fished for silver fish including George who had mainly skimmers on pole and tip, and Woody with a busy net of small roach. Trevor had faith in the feeder though and was rewarded with 3 nice Carp to 4lb for a well earned win in the individual and pairs events. 1st Trevor Bond - 9lb 10½oz (4.3800kg) Pairs 1st Trevor Bond & Ross Clark - 14lb 1½oz (6.390kg)
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Edinburgh Club - Island Pond - Sun 25 November 2007
1st Davie Matthew - 9lb 14oz (4.480kg) |
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![]() 1st James Woodrow |
Sunday Open - Main Loch -
Sun 18 November 2007 Woody waited patiently until the fish came on his 13m paste line in the last hour on peg 13. When they did he quickly took Carp and a couple of skimmers for a clear win. Brian stuck to the tip on peg 11 and is rueing a few lost fish. 1st James Woodrow - 11lb 14oz (5.390kg)
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![]() 1st George Glen |
Sunday Open - Main Loch -
Sun 11 November 2007 A cold day but an interesting match with a photo finish where only ounces separated George and Colin. George took the honours with 8 Carp all on legered corn from peg 18. At the other end of the cafe bank on peg 6 Colin had a great mixed catch on feeder and the pole close in for second place ahead of Woody who caught best on paste from peg 17. 1st George Glen - 15lb 15½oz (7.250kg)
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Sunday Open - Main Loch - Sun 4 November 2007 An overnight drop in temperatures affected backup weights but George picked off 6 Carp and a nice tench for a clear win on peg 9. He caught on the pole and the tip but corn fished with the bomb was best on the day. 1st George Glen - 14lb 5½oz (6.510kg) |
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![]() 1st Chris Paton |
Sunday Open - Main Loch - Sun 28 October 2007 The tip edged out the pole again an Chris won his second Sunday open in a row with a big feeder and a variety of hook baits from peg 17. 1st Chris Paton - 9lb 1oz (4.110kg)
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![]() 1st Colin Hart |
Magiscroft Club Winter League 1 Main Loch - Sun 13 October 2007 A great performance and a big winning margin for Colin who fished the pellet waggler for an all Carp catch from Peg 18. Kevin continued his great run of form in second with a more mixed catch of Carp and Ide on the pole from peg 2. 1st Colin Hart - 40lb 9oz (18.400kg) Pairs 1st Colin Hart & Ross Clark - 40lb 13oz (18.510kg)
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![]() 1st Kevin Murphy |
Monklands Open - Island Pond and Top Pond Sun 30 September 2007 Young Kevin is showing great skill and maturity at the moment. He beat a top quality field of 40 to win the Monklands Open with a good catch of Carp on a tricky day from peg 5 on the Island Pond, just edging Colin into 2nd. 1st Kevin Murphy - 22lb 12oz (10.320kg) |
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![]() 1st Gary McDonald ![]() League 1st Gary McDonald |
Friendly Junior League Final - Top Pond -
Sat 29 Sept 2007 There's been no stopping Gary McDonald from Cumbernauld whose 4 2nds and a 1st (in this match) won him the series by a big margin over 20 others. The fact that 16 kids contested this final round of 6 matches shows how keen they are, and they have all shown growing skills using different methods on different waters this year. Thanks to all who contributed prizes and especially Willie and Peter for their organising and coaching efforts. 1st Gary McDonald - 3lb 14oz Final League Top 3
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![]() League 2nd Scott McAuley |
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![]() 1st Stewart Rae |
Magiscroft Club Summer League 6 Main Loch - Sun 16 September 2007 Though Stewart (Carp 'n Paste again!) and pairs partner Woody won the match, the day belonged to Jim Hillhouse who strolled to victory in the overall individual league. 1st Stewart Rae - 33lb 14oz (15.590kg) Pairs 1st Stewart Rae & James Woodrow - 46lb 4oz (15.590kg) Final League 1st Jim Hillhouse - 32 pts
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![]() 1st James Anderson |
Friendly Junior League - Top Pond - Sat 15 Sept 2007 Well done James, who competed in his first ever match - and won ! 1st James Anderson - 4lb 12oz |
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![]() 1st Tommy Lauriston |
Sunday Open - Main Loch - Sun 9 September 2007 Congratulations to Tommy for his well deserved first open match win! 1st Tommy Lauriston - 18lb 11oz (8.480kg)
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Barras Fruit Co. Pleasure Open - Island Pond -
Sun 2 Sept 2007 Neil is pretty new to match fishing but is learning fast as seen by his great win in the Barras Open with a nice catch of Ide. Margaret was so close in second with good carp, only one fish away from winning. A sell-out for the 5th year running, the Barras Open is still the friendliest match around! Thanks to all who took part, Frieda for the lovely buffet and especially Derek Brady of the Barras Fruit Co. for continuing his his very generous sponsorship, the prizes presented by Derek's wife Moira.
1st Neil Chapman - 26lb 8oz (12.020kg)
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![]() 1st David McKenna |
Friendly Junior League - Main Loch - Sat 1 Sept 2007 1st
David McKenna - 2lb 5½oz |
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Magiscroft Club
Summer League 5 Main Loch - Sun 26 August 2007 Paste did the business for Woody from end peg 1 but Derek fished a good match for 2nd on worm shallow from peg 8. Jim Hillhouse now has an unassailable lead in the Summer League and has been pronounced 'the champion' ! 1st James Woodrow - 18lb 10oz Pairs 1st James Woodrow & Brian Wallace - 21lb 15oz
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Junior
Celtic Cup International - Main Loch - Sun 19 Aug 2007 Magiscroft was honoured to host the second running of the Junior Celtic Cup between Scotland and Wales and it was a superb event that all enjoyed. After terrible weather on the Saturday practice day everyone expected a hard match but the Main Loch fished surprisingly well and the youngsters put on a great display with a very high standard of angling on both sides. After a very close battle the result went right down to the wire with Scotland just edging the match by 5 section wins to 4. Thanks to everyone involved for making a great event, especially Scotland sponsors Daiwa Sports Ltd. Roll on next year in Wales ! Full results and pictures at SFCA website soon.
Results
Individuals -
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![]() 1st Conor McLaughlin |
Friendly Junior League - Top Pond - Sat 18 Aug 2007 1st
Conor McLaughlin - 3lb 11½oz |
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![]() 1st Kevin Murphy |
Sunday Open - Main Loch - Sun 12 August 2007 1st
Kevin Murphy - 26lb 11oz
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DAIWA Scottish League Match
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- Main Loch Sunday 5 August 2007 Heavy rain and unseasonally cold weather made this a difficult match but the competition was still hot with everything to fight for in the last round. Monklands 'A' made a strong late challenge but Central also fished a good match to retain their lead and run out 2007 team champions. Stef Hunter also held on to his lead with a well earned section 2nd to take the Individual title. Well done to all the competitors and special thanks to sponsors Daiwa and Anglers Emporium. The anglers also wish to thank Mike and Ewan Weed for their great organisation. Full Report, Results and Pictures at SFCA website soon.
1st Brian Lynn - 20lb 14oz (9.470kg)
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Friendly Junior League - Top Pond - Sat 4 August
2007 1st Gordon Allison - 2lb 9½oz |
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![]() 1st James Woodrow |
Monday Evening Open - Main Loch -
Mon 30 July 2007 Woody took another good winning catch with Carp on waggler and pellet first then paste close in later on. 1st James Woodrow - 31lb 1½oz
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![]() 1st Stuart Rae |
Sunday Open - Main Loch - Sun 29 July 2007 Stuart is definitely the expert on paste for Carp and used it to great effect fishing relatively deep (4 sections) for a good win on a difficult day. Stephen also fished a good match taking his Carp mainly on the waggler. 1st Stuart Rae - 23lb 12oz
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![]() 1st Sean McLaughlin |
Friendly Junior Competition (Beginners) Main Loch - Sat 28 July 2007 With the upcoming Celtic Cup friendly International against Wales in mind there was a great turnout and excitement about the latest junior event. The Main Loch is a challenge for the kids but they are learning fast, none more so than Sean who had a well deserved win including a lovely tench in his catch. 1st Sean McLaughlin - 4lb 6½oz
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![]() 1st Darren Ferguson |
Monday Evening Open - Main Loch -
Mon 23 July 2007 Waggler yet again was the winning method and Darren fished it well using a normal waggler instead of a splasher. 1st Darren Ferguson - 37lb 7oz
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Magiscroft Club
Summer League 4 Main Loch - Sun 22 July 2007 A difficult match on a bright and flat-calm day looked like heading to a low weight win until Jim made a great comeback in the last hour to win with Carp on the splasher waggler. 1st Jim Hillhouse - 20lb 5oz Pairs 1st Jim Hillhouse & Barry Lindsay - 21lb 15oz
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Monday Evening Open - Main Loch -
Mon 16 July 2007 1st Ian Whitson -
33lb 14oz
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![]() 1st Jim Jones |
Sunday Open - Main Loch - Sun 15 July 2007 Jim fished a great match for Carp on waggler for a win by a huge margin. One or two more fish could have helped him break the lake record ! 1st Jim Jones - 41lb 3oz
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![]() 1st James Woodrow |
Monday Evening Open - Main Loch -
Mon 9 July 2007 1st James Woodrow - 28lb 9oz
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![]() 1st Bobby Marshall |
Sunday Open - Main Loch - Sun 8 July 2007 1st
Bobby Marshall - 32lb 15½oz
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![]() 1st Danny Griffin |
Monday Evening Open - Main Loch -
Mon 2 July 2007 Warrington based Danny Griffin is an established visitor to Magiscroft and showed how to fish the waggler for Carp with a record breaking catch taken all in two hours ! Danny fished a waggler shallow with pellet on peg 18 and his swim only came to life after an hour of the 3 hour match. He then took a succession of Carp, with most around 2lb, to set a new Main Loch record, beating the current 5 hour record ! Woody fished another good match taking mainly skimmers on the pole for second place. 1st Danny Griffin - 43lb 6½oz (19.690kg)
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Sunday Open - Main Loch - Sun 1 July 2007 1st
Gary McKay - 20lb 1oz (9.100kg)
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Friendly Junior Competition (Beginners) Top Pond - Sat 30 June 2007 1st Kyle McClackin - 5lb 7½oz (2.480kg)
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![]() 1st James Woodrow |
Monday Evening Open - Main Loch - Mon 25 June 2007 Woody's great run continues with a clear win in what was an otherwise close match. Cool conditions put an end to the waggler's success in recent matches and Woody caught mainly Carp on paste to start with on peg 18 before taking a few Carp late on the waggler. Derek fished a nice match for second, with a good mixed catch all up in the water on long pole from peg 10. 1st James Woodrow - 20lb 12oz (9.410kg)
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Barras Fruit Co. Pleasure League - Match
3 Main Loch, Island Pond & Top Pond - Sun 24 June 2007 A suitably exciting finish to a super series following this great match with a surprise result ! League leaders Magiscroft Juniors and Airdrionians faltered at the final hurdle and Lanarkshire took advantage to overtake them ... but it was Freida's Favourites who swept ahead from 6th place and 15 points behind to win the match and the league with a dominant performance.
Sponsored (with pink T-shirts) by Freida from the Lochview Cafe ... her Favourites had the individual winner on the day in Chris Hughes, and 3 section 2nd places from Lorna Figures, Paul Vernel and Jim Hillhouse. Chris won through on the day with a 28lb catch of Ide and some Carp from peg 5 on the Island pond. Well done also to young Craig McGhee for a great display to come second with a 21lb catch of Carp on the waggler to win the Main Loch. In the Individual league, Gary McKay showed his consistency to win ahead of Jim Hillhouse and David Anderson. Well done to all who helped and took part, especially to all those who had the best overall results in their teams and won a free day's fishing at Magiscroft. Special thanks to Chris Hughes for his splendid organisation and good humoured presentations, Freida for a lovely final buffet and last (but not least) Derek Brady of the Barras Fruit Co. who's generous sponsorship and encouragement made for such a successful event, enjoyed greatly by all. Roll on the Barras Pleasure Open in September and surely an even bigger and better Pleasure League next year. Match Top 3
Final League Top 3
Full League And Individual Results and Pictures here soon !
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Monday Evening Open - Main Loch - Mon 18 June 2007 Two Monday wins in a row for the in form Paul with an outstanding performance to more than double second place weight. Paul took his weight in Carp on the waggler with pellet and with the floating feeder. Woody is also in great form and took his 2nd place catch on the pole but could not compete with Paul. 1st Paul Joyce - 34lb 6oz (15.590kg)
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![]() 1st Davie Corcoran |
Magiscroft Club
Summer League 3 Main Loch - Sun 17 June 2007 Two wins in a row for Davie with another good performance on his favourite water ! George had a good run of Carp on the waggler and pellet in the middle of the match to take the lead but Davie swept past with a great last hour on pellet shallow on 13m pole. 1st Davie Corcoran - 20lb 6oz (9.240kg) Pairs 1st Davie Corcoran & Chris Hughes - 21lb 10½oz (9.830kg)
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Friendly Junior Competition (Beginners) Top Pond - Sat 20 May 2007 Well done to all of the kids for keeping going through terrible conditions of unseasonal cold wind and rain. Gary worked hard and fished very well for a good win with Ben in 2nd. 1st Gary McDonald - 5lb 1½oz (2.310kg)
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![]() 1st Paul Joyce |
Monday Evening Open - Main Loch - Mon 11 June 2007 After a scorching day the Carp didn't feed, so Paul's hard work catching mainly Ide and Silver fish up in the water was more than enough for a clear win over Woody. 1st Paul Joyce - 13lb 10oz (6.180kg)
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DAIWA Scottish League Match 2
- Main Loch Sunday 10 June 2007 A cracking match with good catches all over the Main Loch (average just under 13lb) and excellent leading weights topped by Big Davie's 18.020kg of Carp ( 39lb 11½oz). Full Report, Results and Pictures - here 1st Davie Corcoran - 39lb 11½oz (18.020kg)
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DAIWA Scottish Junior National Championships Island Pond - Saturday 9 June 2007 Andrew took the title of Scottish Junior Champion with a nice catch of Ide on a hot slow day and just managed to prevent David winning his third title in a row. 21 fished another great event generously sponsored again by DAIWA Sports and we were honoured to have Dave McAuley of Daiwa present the many prizes. Full Report, Results and Pictures - here 1st Andrew Rollinson - 16lb 15oz (7.680kg) Under 15s 1st Andrew Fernie - 6lb 14½oz (3.130kg)
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![]() 1st Dave Smith |
Monday Evening Open - Main Loch - Mon 4 June 2007 The first Monday evening open on the Main Loch was a great match, a really close affair with an exiting finish and a nail-biting weigh-in. All the leading anglers fished it differently but Dave placed his faith in Paste and was rewarded with a nice net of Carp to just edge out Paul. 1st Dave Smith - 20lb 14oz (9.470kg)
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Barras Fruit Co. Pleasure League - Match
2 Main Loch, Island Pond & Top Pond - Sun 3 June 2007 The Barras Pleasure League continued with an exciting round 2. Though conditions were tricky with cool rain, the weights were better than the first match with good catches on all of the waters. The Airdrionians put on a great show for a clear team win and the individual winner in Gary McKay. Gary had a great catch, mainly carp, on the Top Pond of around 200 fish. Airdrionans also closed right up on Magiscroft Juniors who still lead the league with one match to go, but only by 3 points. Should be a very tense but exciting final match on 24th June ! Full League And Individual Results here Individuals Top Teams
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![]() 1st James Woodrow |
Monday Evening Open - Island Pond -
Mon 28 May 2007 Woody is on top form at the moment and powered to a clear win over a 'sell out' field of 28 with a great all silver fish catch on a tricky night when the fish, especially Carp, were playing hard to get. Woody drew peg 9 and as expected he had a good start with Ide on worm, but he built his win in the last half of the match by working hard to eke out Chub, Orfe and the odd Ide on caster. Kevin completed the 1-2 for Magiscroft yongsters with a nice mixed catch. 1st James Woodrow - 29lb 0oz (13.160kg)
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Magiscroft Club Summer League 2 Main Loch - Sun 27 May 2007 Jim was both a winner and a loser, after fighting titantic battles with big Carp in the latest Magiscroft Club match. Fishing peg 33 Jim had a relatively quiet match until late on when he hooked into a 6lb Carp that he played for nearly 10 minutes and netted with 6 sections of pole in the air. That fish helped him to the win, but shortly after a bigger 7lb+ fish gave him the same kind of long fight ... this time the fish came out on top by smashing Jim's No.6 section and escaping (pole and fish rescued later). Jim won the match, and the Golden Peg, which unfortunately was only 1 match old and £21, so his combined winnings were not enough to pay for an expensive new pole section. Margaret Rae tops the league standing after 2 matches with 12 points. 1st Jim Hillhouse - 13lb 8oz (6.130kg) Pairs 1st Jim Hillhouse & Jim Jones - 21lb 12oz (9.870kg)
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![]() 1st William Stewart |
Monday Evening Open - Island Pond -
Mon 21 May 2007 The biggest match catch by a junior at Magiscroft is also the new 3 hour Island Pond record after young William dominated the best ever Monday Open. His all Carp catch came mainly on Paste from peg 17 for a clear win, what a great performance. Ian was well behind the pack with half an hour to go but a switch to paste led to a string of big Carp to take 2nd from peg 4. 1st William Stewart - 41lb 3½oz (18.700kg)
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Sunday Open - Main Loch - Sun 6 May 2007
1st Ian Whitson - 32lb 8oz (14.740kg)
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Friendly Junior Competition (Beginners) Top Pond - Sat 20 May 2007 Well done to Scott for a clear win in the latest Junior Competition. 1st Scott McAuley - 6lb 11½oz (3.050kg)
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![]() 1st James Woodrow |
Monday Evening Open - Island Pond -
Mon 14 May 2007 Even though cold rain made conditions difficult for the 26 competitors but this was still a great match, every bit as good as the record breaking match last Monday. Woody put in yet another great performance to win with a mainly Carp catch tight across on peg 7. A late run of Carp on paste from peg 15 saw Stewart nearly catch up, but he was just short. 1st James Woodrow - 34lb 9oz (15.680kg)
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![]() 1st Paul Vernel |
Barras Fruit Co. Pleasure League - Match 1 Main Loch, Island Pond & Top Pond - Sun 13 May 2007 The first Barras Pleasure League got off to an exciting start with a fantastic turnout. The 16 teams of 4 made for one of the biggest matches in Scotland in years and generated a tremendous big match atmosphere, but in a friendly setting. The build up to this series has been very enthusiastic and everybody enjoyed the tension of the draw then the banter during the competition, weigh-in and results presentation. The team event was a very close fought match generally, with 2nd to 6th places only separated by 1 point. However Magiscroft Juniors broke the mould, winning by a big margin with 52 points, a brilliant performance from the youngsters. A change of weather, for the worse, led to some tricky fishing in places but Paul Vernel showed the way with a great catch of Carp mainly on paste for a clear individual win ahead of Stef who was standing in to help out Scott's CAC. Roll on the next match in the series - in only 2 weeks time on 3rd June ! Full League And Individual Results here Individuals Top Teams
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![]() 1st Ian Whitson |
Monday Evening Open - Island Pond -
Mon 7 May 2007
The first Monday evening match on the Island Pond was the best ever with many 20lb and 25lb weights coming nowhere. Ian fished a great match, steadily picking up Ide, Carp and Tench on worm to win with a new Island Pond 3 hour record. 1st Ian Whitson - 35lb 6oz (16.050kg)
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![]() 1st Paul Joyce |
Sunday Open - Main Loch - Sun 6 May 2007
A very good match with fish all along the far bank for the 23 competitors. Paul had a nice catch of mainly Carp and, like Stewart in 2nd, paste was the best bait. 1st Paul Joyce - 21lb 6oz (9.700kg) |
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Friendly Junior Competition (Beginners) Top Pond - Sat 5 May 2007 The first Junior competition of 2007 was split into 2 sections with the 14 beginners fishing the Top Pond. Everyone had fun and had plenty of bites from small Carp and Chub and in a close finish Andrew just edged out Gordon. Well done to everyone and we all look forward to the next event on 19 May. 1st Andrew Fernie - 4lb 12½oz (2.170kg)
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Friendly Junior Competition (Intermediates) Top Pond - Sat 5 May 2007 The 8 'Intermediate' or more experienced Juniors contested a close match on the Main Loch. James had Carp and Kevin Silvers, but their weight was the same so they shared the win.
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![]() 1st Darren Ferguson |
Monday Evening Open - Top Pond - Mon 30 April 2007
A clear win for Darren on the last Monday night match on the Top Pond before they move to the Island Pond. Darren picked out the bigger Carp on peg 6 to stay clear of George who had mainly Chub from peg 2. 1st Darren Ferguson - 23lb 10½oz (6.680kg)
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![]() 1st Kevin Murphy |
Magiscroft Club Summer League 1 Main Loch - Sun 29 April 2007 Kevin won his second Magiscroft Club Golden Peg pool in 6 months with a great catch silver fish of Ide, Skimmers and small fish to beat Margaret who has some nice Carp. 1st Kevin Murphy - 13lb 13½oz (6.680kg) Pairs 1st Kevin Murphy & Paul Joyce - 16lb 2oz (6.680kg)
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![]() 1st = Colin Hart |
Monday Evening Open - Top Pond - Mon 23 April 2007
Another close Monday night on the Top Pond, so close that Colin and Drew could not be separated for first. Small Carp and Chub are feeding ravenously and everyone caught plenty of fish.
1st = Colin Hart - 18lb 1oz (8.200kg)
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![]() 1st William Stewart |
Sunday Open - Main Loch - Sun 22 April 2007
Young William showed his more experienced opponents the way with a nice catch of Carp in tricky cool conditions.
1st William Stewart - 14lb 1½oz (6.390kg) |
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![]() 1st James Woodrow |
Monday Evening Open - Top Pond -
Mon 16 April 2007
The first Monday evening open of 2007 got the series off with a bang as Woody broke the Top Pond 3 hour record with a cracking catch of small Carp and Chub, mainly taken on sweetcorn close in.
1st James Woodrow - 33lb 1oz (15.000kg)
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![]() 1st Gary McKay |
Sunday Open - Main Loch - Sun 15 April 2007
With Carp not feeding, small silver fish made the weights and Gary picked out a few skimmers as well to win ahead of Gus.
1st Gary McKay - 7lb 10½oz (3.470kg)
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![]() 1st Jim Hillhouse |
Magiscroft v Lanarkshire Club Challenge Main Loch - Sun 8 April 2007 Two wins in a row for Jim with a nice catch of Carp all taken on sweetcorn on a short pole line on peg 4. Corn was the best bait of the day all round and worked for Bryan too next to Jim on peg 5.
1st Jim Hillhouse - 19lb 11½oz (8.950kg) |
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Magiscroft Club Winter League Final Main Loch - Sun 1 April 2007 A full house for Jim ... by winning the individual match he also won the pairs event and the overall Winter League trophy ! He kept faith with paste bait on a difficult day to win with an all Carp catch. Jim Jones went close with a mixed catch including Skimmers and Carp but fell behind late in the match. 24 fished.
1st Jim Hillhouse - 9lb 3oz (4.170kg) Pairs Final Winter League Placings 1st Jim Hillhouse - 20 points
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![]() 1st Paul Joyce |
Sunday Open - Main Loch - Sun 25
March 2007
Paul was way out on his own with a great catch on a really hard day when everyone else struggled. Drawn on end peg 19 Paul cleverly fished close in to his right in about 6ft of water. That was where he quickly caught 3 big Carp to 6lb on paste before picking off a number of smaller Carp to win by a big margin. The rest of the 19 competitors couldn't catch Carp, perhaps due to the cold east wind, and Big Davie's hard earned catch of skimmers was a distant second. 1st Paul Joyce - 22lb 6oz (10.150kg)
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![]() 1st Drew McCluskey |
Sunday Open - Main Loch - Sun 18
March 2007
A really interesting match even though a strong and bitterly cold wind with snow made things very uncomfortable for the 15 competitors. Drew left it late to pick up a collection of decent Carp mainly in the last hour on paste from peg 16 for a good win. Brian just edged out Bryan for second with a nice mixed catch including skimmers and Carp on feeder and double red maggot. 1st Drew McCluskey - 14lb 12oz (6.680kg)
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Kincaple Club - Top Pond - Sun 18 March 2007
1st Dave Horban - 27lb 5oz (12.400kg)
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![]() 1st Davie Corcoran |
Sunday Open - Main Loch - Sun 11 March 2007 Davie just edged out Paul in a photo finish in the latest Sunday Open. Davie fished peg 11 at full depth at 11 and 14 metres with double red maggot over fishmeal groundbait and leam for a mainly Carp catch with some skimmers. Paul made a late play with bigger Carp on paste from peg 17 but came up just short. 17 fished. 1st Davie Corcoran - 8lb 2oz (3.680kg)
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![]() 1st Stewart Rae |
Sunday Open - Main Loch - Sun 4 Mar 2007 The re-opened Main Loch had been fishing well but a change of weather made for a tricky match. Stewart did what he does best and won well with 3 good Carp all taken on Paste in the last 90 minutes. Though it was windy he fought with the pole at 14.5 metres and earned his fish. 14 fished. 1st Stewart Rae - 7lb 4oz (3.300kg)
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Magiscroft Club Winter League 3 - Island
Pond Sun 18 Feb 2007 Bobby set a new Island Pond match record with a super all Carp catch of 49lb 2½oz from peg 24. He and Jim on the next peg drew where the Carp were tightly shoaled after an icy night. Both were plagued with line bites and foul hooked fish. It was Bobby who came out well on top of the 20 anglers by fishing sweetcorn hookbait over pellet on 13m pole. He found that fishing well away from his baited area produced better bites and more fish. On the low numbered pegs all of the weights came on feeder and bomb to the far bank. That's how Margaret fished and she put in a great performance for well earned 3rd place with a nice net of Carp. 1st Bobby Marshall - 49lb 2½oz (22.290kg) 2nd Jim Hillhouse - 26lb 8oz (12.020kg) 3rd Margaret Rae - 18lb 4oz (8.280kg) 4th Kevin Murphy - 12lb 5½oz (5.600kg) Pairs
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![]() 1st Stewart Rae |
Sunday Open - Main Loch - Sun 4
Feb 2007 Stewart's confidence in paste bait paid off even in cold conditions (with water temperature 4 degrees) for a clear win on peg 17. He switched to paste 2 hours into the match after Brian took the lead with two decent Carp on the next peg. Stewart caught straight away at 13 metres after he changed then picked up 6 Carp. 15 fished. 1st Stewart Rae - 11lb
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![]() 1st Chris Paton |
Sunday Open - Main Loch - Sun 28 Jan 2007 The pole has been winning most matches recently but Chris bucked the trend using feeder and bomb to edge out Bryan. Chris used chopped worm and bloodworm in the feeder with corn or maggot bait for a mainly Carp catch on peg 14. Bryan was close with decent Carp on the Pole from peg 21. 17 fished. 1st Chris Paton - 7lb 11oz (3.490kg)
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Sunday Open - Main Loch - Sun 21 Jan 2007 Jim is picking up regularly in matches now and did enough to pip Bobby and the rest of the 18 competitors. 2 good sized carp on bloodworm bait from peg 18 were enough on another cold hard day. Bobby worked hard for a well earned mixed catch on bloodworm from peg 10.
1st Jim Jones - 7lb 0oz (3.170kg)
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![]() 1st James Woodrow |
Sunday Open - Main Loch - Sun
14 Jan 2007 Another winning performance from Woody who fished a tidy match on the pole taking a mixed catch of Carp and silver fish on another cold, rainy day. Woody was on peg 18 and at the other end of the match on peg 8 Jim worked away picking out mainly small Carp for 2nd. 1st James Woodrow - 7lb 13oz (3.550kg) |
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![]() 1st Drew McCluskey |
Sunday Open - Island Pond - Sun 14 Jan 2007 Ide made the difference for Drew who caught bigger fish late on to overtake Tony's busy catch of small Roach. 1st Drew McCluskey - 11lb 10½oz (5.290kg)
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Silver Fish Open - Main Loch - Sun 7 Jan 2007 A bonus bream swung the result for Kevin on a very difficult day. Even thought conditions were not ideal, that fact that most competitors were trying out bloodworm and joker baits made for an interesting match that everyone enjoyed. 1st Kevin Murphy - 3lb 11½oz (1.690 kg)
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New Year Open - Top Pond - Tue 2 January
2007 A great start to the new year for Colin who obliterated the Magiscroft match record with an expert performance and super 79lb 6oz catch of carp around 1lb in the traditional New Year Open. The carp are shoaling tightly at the moment in the cold weather but Colin still had to work hard and think fast to make the most of his good draw on peg 5. He had a slow first hour unlike others who got a good start round the Top Pond, then he caught steadily for the rest of the 4½ hour match while the rest slowed right down. Part of Colin's success was due to very careful feeding with very little corn using corn on the hook right across to the island. 'Woody' is on top form at the moment and had the best catch on the other side of the pond with 31lb 12oz, but he had no choice but to settle for second, nearly 48lb behind Colin ! 1st Colin Hart - 79lb 6oz (36.000kg)
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New Year's Eve Sweep - Island Pond - Sun 31
December 2006 1st Gary McKay - 7lb 6oz |
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Open Sweep - Island Pond - Fri 29 December 2006 David improvised his way to a clear win on a terrible day when gale force winds made fishing really difficult. He fished a very small feeder filled with pinkies and groundbait close to the far bank with pinkie on the hook on a 1ft tail. He took a string of carp for a well deserved win. 1st David Anderson- 22lb 1oz |
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Karl's Boxing Day Open - Top Pond - Tue 26
December
2006 James Woodrow didn't have to smash any ice this boxing day, but he did smash the Magiscroft match record with a 'Christmas Cracker' of a catch (45lb 6½oz) in an excellent match given the very cold conditions. 'Woody' took nearly all of his fish with sweetcorn tight to the far bank on peg 4. After a slow start he caught carp steadily through the 4½ hours of the competition. Gary was matching Woody for a while on the next peg (3) but lost the fish in the last hour. David fished a very good match on the other side of the pond to take 3rd with the biggest match catch taken by a junior at Magiscroft. Thanks to Karl Altdorfer for organising the event as a popular antidote to Christmas leftovers ! 1st James Woodrow - 45lb 6½oz (20.600kg)
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Silver Fish Open - Island Pond - Sun 3 December
2006 The competitors voted the first ever Magiscroft silver fish only match a popular success after an unusual and interesting event on a cold, blustery and rainy day. No carp or tench counted and carp baits like pellets, corn and fishmeal were not allowed. Gary was the clear winner with a nice catch of Ide on caster from peg 24. He could have had more Ide if carp hadn't kept getting in the way ... he had to put back 30-40lb of carp to 4lb ! Woody didn't have any Ide from peg 26 but had a very busy net of small roach with a few chub for a well deserved 2nd place. 1st Gary McKay - 15lb 10oz (7.080kg) |
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Sunday Open Sweep - Main Loch - Sun 19 Nov 2006 4 Carp gave Chris a clear win from peg 20 on a poor day. 1st Chris Paton - 6lb 10oz |