ANGLING TRUST RIVERFEST QUALIFIER (SUN)

River Weaver, Northwich (60 pegs)

Five-times World Champion Alan Scotthorne led them home in this eliminator as the Drennan/Sensas star weighed in 43-4-0 of bream from fancied peg 5 on Hulse’s Island. Pole and groundbait feeder with maggot and worm gave him 15 bream and a comfortable winning margin over runner-up Ben Roberts, who took 24-4-0 of bream and skimmers on pole and feeder from peg 31. Joining them in the final is fellow zone winner Steve Whitfield, who was third with 16-8-0 off peg 48.

Result: 1 A Scotthorne, Drennan/Sensas, 43-4-0; 2 B Roberts, Drennan NW, 24-4-0; 3 S Whitfield, Bag ‘Em Baits, 16-8-0; 4 P Keeley, Liverpool, 15-8-0; 5 R Malle, Sensas Mark One, 14-7-0; 6 P Bick, Shakespeare Bait-Tech, 12-0-0.

Qualifiers: A Scotthorne, B Roberts and S Whitfield.