SECOND WIN IN A ROW FOR TON-UP MICHAEL FARRELL
CAN HE MAKE IT THREE
WHO'S THE MAN AT THE BACK?
MICHAEL FARRELL CLAIMED HIS SECOND WIN IN A ROW WHEN WINNING AT LOWER BROADHEATH FISHERY ON THE ASH POOL. FAZ SHOWED US ALL OF HIS SKILLS WHEN CATCHING ON VARIOUS DISCIPLINES, WAGGLER, LONG POLE, SHORT POLE, AND IN THE MARGINS FOR A WINNING WEIGHT OF 129 POUNDS 14 OUNCES. ALONG WITH HIS WINNINGS, HE WILL ALSO COLLECT THE FRIENDSHIP TROPHY.
FISHING IN THE NEXT PEG TO THE WINNER JUAN PERIERA STUCK TO THE FEEDER AND LANDED 86 POUNDS 12 OUNCES WHICH WAS ENOUGH FOR SECOND PLACE. JUAN MADE USE OF THE VACANT PEG ACROSS FROM HIS OWN PEG 11 IN THE CORNER.
IN THIRD PLACE CAME FRANK WALLACE WHO STRUGGLED EARLY ON IN THE FIVE-HOUR MATCH FROM PEG 15. HE STARTED THE MATCH ON THE FEEDER WHICH HE COLLECTED A FEW CARP BUT THEN THINGS WENT WRONG ON THE POLE UNTIL HE WENT IN THE MARGINS FOR SOME LATE ACTION AND ENDED WITH 77 POUNDS 8 OUNCES.
THE THREE SECTIONS WINNERS ALL PUT OVER 60 POUNDS ONTO THE SCALES. IN THE FIRST SECTION SOPHIE CRUMPTON FINISHED WITH 60 POUNDS 7 OUNCES, IN THE SECOND SECTION ROB COX PUT JUST SHY OF 65 POUNDS ONTO THE SCALES WHICH INCLUDED A NICE LOOKING 13-POUND LUMP. MARTYN HARRIS COMPLETED THE SECTION WINNERS WITH A NICE-LOOKING NET OF FISH WHICH TOOK THE SCALES AROUND TO A LEVEL 61 POUNDS.
FISHING IN THE NEXT PEG TO THE WINNER JUAN PERIERA STUCK TO THE FEEDER AND LANDED 86 POUNDS 12 OUNCES WHICH WAS ENOUGH FOR SECOND PLACE. JUAN MADE USE OF THE VACANT PEG ACROSS FROM HIS OWN PEG 11 IN THE CORNER.
IN THIRD PLACE CAME FRANK WALLACE WHO STRUGGLED EARLY ON IN THE FIVE-HOUR MATCH FROM PEG 15. HE STARTED THE MATCH ON THE FEEDER WHICH HE COLLECTED A FEW CARP BUT THEN THINGS WENT WRONG ON THE POLE UNTIL HE WENT IN THE MARGINS FOR SOME LATE ACTION AND ENDED WITH 77 POUNDS 8 OUNCES.
THE THREE SECTIONS WINNERS ALL PUT OVER 60 POUNDS ONTO THE SCALES. IN THE FIRST SECTION SOPHIE CRUMPTON FINISHED WITH 60 POUNDS 7 OUNCES, IN THE SECOND SECTION ROB COX PUT JUST SHY OF 65 POUNDS ONTO THE SCALES WHICH INCLUDED A NICE LOOKING 13-POUND LUMP. MARTYN HARRIS COMPLETED THE SECTION WINNERS WITH A NICE-LOOKING NET OF FISH WHICH TOOK THE SCALES AROUND TO A LEVEL 61 POUNDS.
