WIGAN DAA (WEDS)

Leeds-Liverpool Canal, Adlington Marina (36 pegs)

No one could have expected Wednesday’s winning weight, Mick Hargreaves setting a new four-hour match record for the canal with 54-10-8 of bream to 4lb! The Sensas NW man drew in Marina Bay and fished caster and breadpunch at 14m to finish a clear winner. Brian Stevens also found a few bream on caster and punch to take second on 24-0-4.

Result: 1 M Hargreaves, Sensas NW, 54-10-8; 2 B Stevens, Wigan Angling Centre, 24-0-4; 3 W Kearney, Tri-Cast Rochdale, 9-5-0; 4 J Gilbert, Tri-Cast Rochdale, 8-9-8; 5 C Whalley, Sensas NW, 7-12-8; 6 J King, Sensas NW, 7-3-0.