RICH PICKINGS AGAIN FOR ANDY IN CANAL CLASH
Worm and maggot tempts a 25lb catch in Gloucester battle
GLOUCESTER CANAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (SUN) Gloucester Canal (51 pegs)
ANDY Richings has won this coveted title for the second time.
The Sensas Lobby’s Tackle man weighed in 25-14-0 of skimmers and big hybrids from peg 63 on the Netheridge section using groundbait feeder with worm and maggot.
Second was Welsh international Lee Edwards, with 9-7-0 of roach, perch and skimmers off peg 169. He went down the long pole route with bloodworm and joker at 14.5m.
Result: 1 A Richings, Sensas Lobby’s Tackle, 25-14-0; 2 L Edwards, Maver/ ABC, 9-7-0; 3 D Jones, Matrix Dynamite Baits Trentmen, 8-14-0; 4 T Frampton, Gloucester Angling, 8-9-0; 5 P Cox, Sensas Strike, 8-7-0; 6 S Hemingray, Drennan/Sensas, 7-8-0.