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News Page ____________________________________________________________________ 5th May 2008 The Sunday Open was on Mucky Meadow and Willow Pools once again with 22 anglers.
Although the morning was wet the afternoon wasn’t too bad. Steve Henderson won the match from peg 48 on Mucky Meadow with 118 lb 15 oz, he also had the best silver weight. Once again peg 42 was in the money with Kev Williams coming 2 nd with 110 lb 6 oz. Sean Coffey, Mark’s Tackle Stourport, came third with 86 lb 7 oz. Fourth place went to Neil Gater, Bateman Vine, on peg 62 on Willow Pool with 83 lb and in 5 th place was John Newton on in the inform peg 55 with 72 lb 4 oz. Sunday Open 22 fished
As I look out of the window with the sun beating down I can see plenty of fish taking surface baits. The natural expanders left as they are make a great floating bait with the floating scopex hookers on the hook. There has been some great sport this week surface fishing. If you prefer to fish on the bottom it is still the 4mm Furnace Feed pellet that is the most effective but lots of anglers have also been using the 6 mm – no particular colour is doing better than the other. If you would like to see how the Summer Accumulator is going please click here oooooooooooo 28th April 2008 The Sunday Open was on Mucky Meadow and Willow Pools again this week with 18 anglers.
The temperature was much warmer compared to last week and the weights showed an improvement. Paul Cook, Mark’s Tackle Stourport, won the match with 116 lb 2 oz from peg 42 fishing pellet and maggot. In second was Tim Jones, Golden Maggot, with 99 lb 1 oz from peg 50 and he was closely followed by Chris Senter, Alan’s Tackle Worcester, on peg 52 with 90 lb 3 oz Fourth for the second week in a row was John Savings, Furnace Mill, with 85 lb 3 oz which was exactly 30 lb more than his catch last week. Peg 55 on Willow Pool is a hot peg at the moment as it won the match last week and produced the top weight on the pool this. 68 lb 2 oz could only make 6 th place but Martin Tayloe was happy to win his section. Sunday Open 18 fished
4mm Furnace Feed pellet is working well with natural expanders or ready prepared sinking hookers and sweetcorn as an alternative. Maggot and caster are also effective. Lots of fish have been feeding off the top with pleasure anglers reporting great sport using floating scopex hookers. ooooooooooooo 20th April 2008 This Sunday's Open was the first one of the afternoon matches this year. We had 17 anglers and they fished on Mucky Meadow and Willow Pools.
It was an interesting start to the season with Ky Faulkner, Rod & Gun, on peg 55 on Willow and Dave Williams, Halesowen RBL, on peg 45 on Mucky both having a total weight of 71 lb 10 oz. In third was Colin Matthews, Furnace Mill, with 62 lb 8 oz from peg 42 and fourth was John Savings, Furnace Mill, with 55 lb 3 oz from peg 51 on Mucky. 5 th place went to Sean Coffey from Stourport with 50 lb 4 oz from peg 47. Sunday Open 17 fished
4mm Furnace Feed pellet is working well with natural expanders or ready prepared sinking hookers and sweetcorn as an alternative. Some good silver fish showing including bream and chub and of course plenty of carp. oooooooooooo 30th March 2008 The Winter Accumulator final match was on Furnace and Mucky Meadow Pools.
The final consisted of two four hour matches with 15 anglers on each pool. There were six sections of five and points were awarded 10 for first down to 2 for last. Each angler drew a random peg in the morning and in the afternoon they swapped pools.
Neville Groves had only fished 9 times in the league but an average score of 25 earned him 19 th place in the final qualifiers. He went on to win the final with a maximum of 20 points. In the morning Neville drew peg 32 on Mucky and got the best overall weight with 46 lb 2 oz, he then drew 22 on Furnace for the second 4 hours and again landed the most fish with 74 lb 13 oz. It was very close for 2 nd , 3 rd and 4 th with three anglers getting 18 points so that positions came down to combined weights. Alan Gethin came 2 nd with 75 lb 10 oz, Nigel Marchington was 3 rd with 67 lb 4 oz and Tim Jones came 4 th . John Newton just missed out on 5 th place with 63 lb 5 oz to Tojo’s 63 lb 7 oz. Match One - 30 fished
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Top 5 in the final
The Winter Accumulator 2007/2008 League Champion was Kev Williams. He fished 20 out of a possible 21 matches and with most of his scores 25 or above his overall score was 479. This was 24 points higher than his main rival, Dean Homer, who scored 455. In third place was John Newton who managed to hold off David Hobbis with 446 points to 434.
92 different anglers fished during the winter with approximately 45% fishing in 10 or more matches. Ed and Jane would like to thank all the competitors for taking part and showing good sportsmanship and camaraderie throughout all the matches.
Final top ten were as follows: K.Williams 479, D.Homer 455, J.Newton 446, D.Hobbis 434, T.Jones 426, M.Isherwood 420, M.Round 383, S.Moss 353, N.Marchington 332 and D.Johnson 326. To see the final placings in the Winter Accumulator League please click here. oooooooooooo 16th March 2008 The Sunday Open was on Furnace, Mucky Meadow and Willow Pools this week for the last of the Winter Accumulator qualifying matches.
Kev Williams had already secured his position as the League Winner with a total of 479 points but he only managed to win the silver prize this week. Neville Groves, Fosters Top 4’s, won the match from peg 54 on Mucky with 76 lb 5 oz. He was followed by Mark Isherwood, Metal Closures, with 70 lb 13 oz from peg 72 on Willow and in third was Martin Guest, T & D, with 65 lb 12 oz from peg 38 on Mucky. Fourth place was the best that Furnace could produce with Sean Moss, Furnace Mill, landing 62 lb from peg 15.
Could anyone who has qualified but is unable to fish the final please tell Ed or Jane so that they can offer the place to the next on the list. The final will be two four hour matches on Sunday 30 th March, draw 8 am fish 9 am to 1 pm and then fish 3 pm to 7 pm. There will be a small open at the normal time for any anglers who haven’t qualified but would still like to fish. The Easter Festival is on Saturday 22 nd and Monday 24 th March with a normal open on the Sunday.
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Maggot, caster, pellet and corn seem to be the preferred baits this week. Pleasure anglers have reported lots of activity with plenty of small and large carp and some nice silver fish including good bream and chub. oooooooooooo 9th March 2008 The Sunday Open was on Furnace, Mucky Meadow and Mill Pools. Mucky Meadow produced the top two weights with Sean Moss on peg 38 landing 73 lb 12 oz and Kev Williams on peg 46 landing 53 lb 12 oz, 22 ½ lb of which were silver fish caught on the maggot. John Newton came third from peg 88 on Mill Pool with 45 lb 12 oz.
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Kev Williams has extended his lead to 20 points and with only 1 match left looks set to win the league. Dean Homer is in second with 440 points followed by John Newton on 422 and Tim Jones and David Hobbis are joint 4 th with 413 points each.
Maggot, pellet and corn seem to be the preferred baits this week. Pleasure anglers have reported large bags of carp and plenty of silver fish including good bream and chub. oooooooooooo 2nd March 2008 The Sunday Open was on Furnace and Mill Pools. Once again Mill performed well producing the top three. Mark Isherwood, Metal Closures, came first with 58 lb 7 oz from peg 84. In second place was John Newton, Furnace Mill, with 46 lb 1 oz from peg 76 and he was followed by Dave Johnson, Stevens Tackle, with 44 lb 9 oz from peg 88. The best weight on Furnace was Darren Randle, Mossella, on peg 22 who came 4 th with 38 lb 2 oz.
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Darren Randle’s win last week and 4 th this mean that he has now reached 24 th place in the league and with only two qualifying matches left looks to have secured his place in the final. Tojo’s 5 th place means that he has jumped from 33 rd to 28 th and at the top of table John Newton’s 2 nd place has put him into 3 rd nudging Tim Jones into 4 th 4 points behind. Dean Homer closed the gap a little on Kev Williams for the number 1 spot as he is now only 10 points behind. oooooooooooo 24th February 2008 The Sunday Open was Furnace, Mill and Mucky Meadow Pools. The day started well but then after a few light showers we had one or two very heavy downpours but at least it was a lot milder than last week!
Darren Randle won from peg 87 on Mill Pool. He landed 61 lb 1 oz, in a very close second was Kev Driver, Park Inn, with 60 lb 1 oz from peg 90, also on Mill. Third place went to Paul Hadlington, Club 2000, on peg 38 on Mucky with 57 lb 8 oz. Last weeks winner, John Newton, came 4 th with 57 lb 5 oz from peg 25 on Furnace, his weight included 22 lb 14 oz of silvers. It was a good match all round as the two anglers in joint 8 th spot weighed in 50 lb 2 oz.
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Darren Randle’s win earned him 32 points and he has gone from 34th to 27th in the league earning him a place in the final. Neil Gater also did well this week with 28 points taking him from 33rd to 28th . This means that Mark Workman and Tony Marson have been nudged out but there are still 3 more qualifying matches were they could win back their place in the final. Kev Williams has extended his lead over Dean Homer to 14 points but Tim Jones is quietly coming up behind into third place with 369 points only 20 points behind Dean. oooooooooooo 17th February 2008 The Sunday Open was spread out a little this week due to the ice on the water caused by some VERY cold nights, we recorded -7. We used part of Furnace, Mill and Willow with space left for pleasure anglers and Park Inn AC used Mucky Meadow.
John Newton won from peg 90 on Mill Pool. He landed 73 lb 2 oz and fished corn and pellet. In second was Sean Moss who was also on Mill, he landed 52 lb 11 oz from peg 86. Third place went to Kev Williams on peg 55 on Willow with 46 lb 11 oz and in 4 th was Nigel Marchington with 41 lb 14 oz from peg 92, also on Mill. In the league Kev Williams has reclaimed 1st place with Dean Homer snapping at his heels one point behind. This was the seventeenth match in the accumulator and with only 4 matches left points are starting to make a real difference.
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oooooooooooo 10th February 2008 The Sunday Open was on Mucky Meadow and Furnace Pools this week.
Dean Homer, Vine Bateman, came first with 48 lb 5 oz from peg 2 on Furnace. In second place with 37 lb 12 oz was Ray Lamb, Mossella, on peg 54 on Mucky. Third place went to Dave Hobbis, Vine AC, with 29 lb 12oz from peg 21. We have had some beautiful sunny weather over the last 3 days or so and the water was starting to warm up but then we had a very hard frost again last night. Both pools fished quite similarly with places 5, 6, 7 and 8 weighing in 28-15, 28-10, 28-9 and 28-6.
In the league Dean Homer has taken the lead with 356 and Kev Williams is now in second with 350 points.
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oooooooooooo 3rd February 2008 The Sunday Open was on Mucky Meadow, Willow and Furnace Pools this week.
Mucky Meadow came first with 67 lb 15 from Nigel Marchington, Golden Maggot, on peg 49. Second place went to Dave Williams, Halesowen RBL, peg 2 on Furnace with 52 lb 2 oz and third went to Tim Jones, also Golden Maggot, with 45 lb 11 oz from peg 71 on Willow Pool. Chris Bradney, T & D Electrical came in a close 4 th with 45 lb 9 oz from peg 38 on Mucky.
In the league the top 10 haven’t altered much but Dean Homer (320 points) has started to close the gap on Kev Williams (326 points).
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The wind was cold with some very strong gusts but thankfully the rain wasn’t too bad until after the match. Maggot and caster did well this weekend, along with micro pellet and corn. oooooooooooo 27th January 2008 The Sunday Open was on Mucky Meadow and Furnace Pools again this week.
It was peg 20 on Furnace that won the match this week. Dean Homer, Vine Bateman, landed 30 lb 7 oz. Second place went to Gary Thomas, Metal Closures, who landed 27 lb 2 oz from peg 50. In third place was Kev Williams, Wolverhampton , with 26 lb from peg 37.
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It was great to see the sun this weekend for a change but the wind was cold and very strong which made it a little tricky to use the pole. Caster did well this weekend, along with micro pellet, corn and maggot. oooooooooooo 20th January 2008 The Sunday Open was on Mucky Meadow and Furnace Pools again this week.
First this week was John Newton, Furnace Mill, with 61 lb 14 oz from peg 22 on Furnace. For the second week running in second place was Mick Round, Old Dial, with 41 lb 13 oz from peg 19. In third was Tim Jones, Golden Maggot, with 37 lb 4 oz from peg 54 on Mucky.
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The weather has been a lot milder this week and the rain was not too bad over the weekend. Lots of fish have been seen cruising around but they have proved a little tricky to catch!
Space is a little limited next week so please make sure that you book in to avoid disappointment. oooooooooooo 13th January 2008 The Sunday Open was on Mucky Meadow and Furnace Pools this week.
We had a hard frost on Saturday morning but it was much milder on Sunday and thankfully the rain that was forecast didn’t reach us whilst the match was on.
Nigel Marchington, Golden Maggot, won the match from a peg that we don’t usually include in the opens on Furnace, he landed 51 lb 13 oz from peg 7. In second place was Mick Round, Old Dial, with 50 lb 6 oz from peg 36, he landed some very big fish.
In third place was Kev Driver, Park Inn, with 35 lb 3 oz from peg 2. Newcomer to Furnace Mill, Chris Hill, Mossella, came in fourth with 29 lb 6 from peg 42. The next 8 weights ranged from 25 lb 7 oz to 21 lb so it was quite a close match with anglers trying to calculate their position in the league table.
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oooooooooooo 6th January 2008 The Sunday Open was on Mucky Meadow, Furnace and Willow Pools this week.
The weather has been fairly mild over the last week with no frosts in the morning until today! Ed was out early making sure that not too much ice was around.
Mucky Meadow was the best pool this week with John Knight, Willow Creek, on peg 49 winning with 81 lb 2 oz. In second place was David Hobbis, Vine AC, with 55 lb 11 oz from peg 36 and in third was Tojo, Club 2000, with 32 lb 9 oz from peg 64 on Willow Pool. The best that Furnace could produce was 30 lb for 4 th place this was won jointly between Neville Groves and Tim Jones on pegs 2 and 19.
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Look at this for an interesting piece of old news: 4th September 2005 LOCAL LAD TURNS UP THE HEAT AT FURNACE AS THE FURNACE MILL MATCH RECORD IS SMASHED YET AGAIN! The record created on 18 th July didn’t last very long! Local angler, Paul Cook from Stourport, landed an outstanding catch of 214 lb 13 oz. This beat the previous record held by Chris Senter of 205 lb 8 oz. Mucky Meadow Pool hosted the match again. Kev Williams, from Codsall, beat his weight last week by 2 lbs but could only manage 3rd place. Paul Cook who fishes for Mark’s Tackle, Raven Street , Stourport used pellet and paste to start, but found that his old favourite the white maggot was the most effective for him. Although he was catching regularly throughout the match it was after a very heavy shower and short lived thunderstorm that the fish went crazy particularly during the last hour. Sunday Open
oooooooooooo For some other old news why not check out the four links below?: To see results published on our site for 2007 follow this link:Old News - Match Results 2007 To see results published on our site for 2006 follow this link: Old News - Match Results 2006 To see results published on our site for 2005 follow this link: Old News - Match results 2005
To see results published on our site for 2004 follow this link: Old News - Match Results 2004 ooooooooo
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