GOODWIN TRIUMPHS AT ULLEY
Small fish dominate
ULLEY RESERVOIR TWO-DAY FESTIVAL (SAT & SUN) Ulley Reservoir, Rotherham (28 pegs)
TRI-Cast Calder angler John Goodwin took this two-day event on the vast South Yorkshire water. His combined weight of 16-8-0 was enough to finish over 3lb in front of second-placed Andy Anderson on 13-1-0.
On day one John took 2-14-0 of small fish on the pole from peg 5, but Greg Owen won the day with 7-13-0 from peg 21.
On day two the champion drew the fancied peg 22 and fished groundbait feeder and worm for five big skimmers topped up with a couple of decent perch on the whip for 13-10-0 to seal the deal.
Day one result: 1 G Owen, Parkgate Angling, 7-13-0; 2 J Farmer, Tri-Cast Calder, 6-12-0; 3 P Kozyra, Colmic, 3-15-0; 4 D Richardson, Vespe, 3-12-0; 5 S Whitfield, Bag ‘Em Baits, 3-9-0.
Day two result: 1 J Goodwin, Tri-Cast Calder, 13-10-0; 2 A Anderson, Parkgate Angling, 11-11-0; 3 B Searle, Steel City AC, 7-2-0; 4 S Whitfield, Bag ‘Em Baits, 5-14-0; 5 J Dye, Parkgate Angling, 5-14-0.
Overall result: 1 J Goodwin, Tri-Cast Calder, 16-8-0; 2 A Anderson, Parkgate Angling, 13-1-0; 3 J Farmer, Tri-Cast Calder, 9-14-0; 4 B Searle, Steel City AC, 9-10-0; 5 S Whitfield, Bag ‘Em Baits, 9-7-0; 6 G Owen, Parkgate Angling, 8-7-0.