Colmic / Bag’em Larford Lakes | Golden Reel Team Championships 20th August 2017
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14 teams (56 anglers) lined the banks at Larford lakes to fish the golden reel team championships.
Following on from the Saturday Grand final which paid a remarkable £62,000 in prize funds, this was now the team event to win to complete the prestigious weekend events
Fishing on both the match & specimen lakes, each team of 4 had to place anglers on the match grass (section A), Match burr bank (section B), Speci burr bank (section C) & chalet bank (section D).
To win a section gave the winner 1 point and last place 14 points.
Winning team on the day was Cookie Monsters, Max G, Paul Cook, Chris Senter & Ray Lamb who scored a brilliant 12 points putting them 4 points clear of their nearest rival.
2nd placed team was Team Poland who scored a brilliant 16 points including 2 section winners.
A poor result from C section cost them the overall championship.
3rd placed Richies Baggers, Brian Clark, Dean Hunt, Mark Skidmore & Richie Lawson scored 17 points, placing them a comfortable 8 points clear of their nearest rivals.
4th overall was Colmic Baggers, Phil Briscoe, Harry Harris, Neil Colcombe & Martin Harrell who scored a total points score of 25 to beat winter wonders by the same points score but a superior overall weight.
Position | Name | Points |
---|---|---|
1 | Neil Colcombe & Steve Rocke | 3 |
2 | Brain Clarke & Rich Lawson | 4 |
3 | Simon Deakin & Rich Weaver | 5 (weight) |
4 | Paul Cook & Ray Lamb | 5 |
5 | Perry Mountain & Martin Harrell | 6 |
8 | Eric Passey & Mark Jones | 9 |
9 | Peter Jones & Ali Jones | 9 (weight) |
10 | Ian Wood & Brian Jones | 9 |
11 | Carl Brooks & John Breeze | 10 |
7 | Simon Harris & Paul Buckall | 7 |
6 | Mark Skidmore & Mark Hawthorne | 7 (weight) |
Section Winners-
Section A – Simon Richardson – 108-08-00 – £100
Section B – Chris Senter – 104-01-00 – £100
Section C – Chris Bradney – 84-01-00 – £100
Section D – Stu Homewood – 119-05-00 – £100
Winning team collected £800
2nd team collected £500
3rd team collected £350
Here is one of the match highlights – Chris Bradney with this common that weighed 30lb 11oz caught on the pole (Chris is a strapping 6ft 2 and dwarfs the fish!)