OUR PICK OF THE WEEK

DYNAMITE BAITS OAKFIELD FISHERY (SUN) Red Kite (24 pegs)

Martin Page won this match with ease as the Marston AC man weighed in 132-0-0 of carp to 6lb plus F1s off peg 1. He caught on pellet at 14m and 5m. Second was Roger Young with 75-8-0 of mainly F1s on pellet from peg 7. Result: 1 M Page, Marston AC, 132-0-0; 2 R Young, Dynamite Oakfield, 75-8-0; 3 R Seymour, Oakfield, 70-1-0; 4 A Foulkes, Dynamite Oakfield, 68-4-0; 5 C Davis, Dynamite Oakfield, 57-9-0; 6 P Bennett, Oakfield, 55-8-0.

KENT LEAGUE (SUN) Nicholls Pit (44 pegs)

Maver Cardinals Red took this latest round on 32 points to close the gap on leaders Browning SE Xitan, who have 133 points and lead by 18. Top rod was Preston Innovations Delcac B man Craig Palmer, who drew peg 30 and fished groundbait and Method feeder with maggot and mini boilies to net bream and a bonus 14lb carp for 57-13-9. Xitan’s Danny Wynne, on peg 54, took second with 51-0-0 of bream and skimmers, fishing groundbait feeder and worm all day.

Result: 1 C Palmer, Preston Innovations Delcac B, 57-13-0; 2 D Wynne, Browning SE Xitan, 51-0-0; 3 B Chapman, Maver Cardinals Red, 42-4-0; 4 S West, Blean Angling, 36-10-0; 5 D Botley, Maver Matchpack, 36-4-0; 6 K Tong, Browning SE Sphere, 31-8-0.

Teams: 1 Maver Cardinals Red, 32pts; 2 Preston Innovations Delcac B, 31; 3 Browning SE Sphere, 28; jt4 Browning SE Xitan and Preston Innovations Delcac A, both 27; 6 Maver Matchpack, 23.

League: 1 Browning SE Xitan, 133pts; 2 Maver Cardinals Red, 115; 3 Preston Innovations Delcac A, 114; 4 APR, 105; 5 Preston Innovations Delcac B, 101; 6 Maver Cardinals Black, 98.

OCKENDON BAIT & TACKLE (SUN) Puddledock Farm, Snake Lake (39 pegs)

The Reynolds clan were at it again, taking first and second as Will top-scored with 162-0-0 of carp to 8lb from peg 5. He fished pellet shallow to the far bank at 14m, followed by groundbait and dead maggot in the margins. Bill Reynolds was second with 153-0-0 from peg 1, where he adopted the same approach to land fish to 5lb. Result: 1 W Reynolds, Guru, 162-0-0; 2 B Reynolds, Guru, 153-0-0; 3 S Murray, Ockendon Bait & Tackle, 124-0-0; 4 S James, Ockendon Bait & Tackle, 119-12-0; 5 T Todd, Ockendon Bait & Tackle, 112-8-0; 6 S Mould, Ockendon Bait & Tackle, 107-4-0.

RIVER MEDWAY OPEN (WEDS) River Medway, Barming (18 pegs)

The river is in good roach form at the moment, and a fine 20-7-0 of fish to 1lb won this midweek open for Kevin Pack. The Maver Cardinals man drew peg 51 and caught on hemp at 14m to get clear of Kevin Dyer who, from peg 38, took 8-11-0 of roach on hemp and maggot on the long pole. Result: 1 K Pack, Maver Cardinals, 20-7-0; 2 K Dyer, Preston Innovations Delcac, 8-11-0; 3 R Kennison, Browning SE, 8-5-0; 4 S Sanders, Preston Innovations, 8-0-0; 5 M Roberts, Maidstone Victory, 7-11-0; 6 G Usmar, Maidstone Victory, 4-10-0.

TONY RIXON’S FLOAT-ONLY SERIES (SUN) Bait-Tech Viaduct Fishery, Campbell & Cary Lakes (40 pegs)

This league drew to a close with overall victory for Mosella man Craig Edmonds, who tied with Tom Magnall on 25 points. Craig’s 8623-0 weight aggregate saw him clear of Tom on 650-4-0. Shaun Townsend won the individual race from peg 125 on the Campbell Lake with 217-2-0 of carp to 9lb

plus skimmers, fishing pellet on the deck at 14m and meat in the edge. Tom Magnall was second with 216-13-0 of carp and skimmers on pellet fished on long pole and waggler and meat in the edge of peg 121 on the same lake.

Result: 1 S Townsend, Sensas Bathampton, 217-2-0; 2 T Magnall, Mosella, 216-13-0; 3 D White, Bait-Tech Viaduct, 185-10-0; 4 B Gullick, Mosella, 174-1-0; 5 S Tucker, Garbolino Bait-Tech, 160-1-0; 6 B Hagg, Guru, 157-10-0.

Top silverfish weight: S Kitteridge, Viaduct, 34-5-0. Final league: 1 C Edmonds, Mosella, 25pts (862-3-0); 2 T Magnall, Mosella, 25 (650-4-0); 3 B Gullick, Mosella, 24; 4 T Rixon, 23 (superior weight); 5 G O’Shea, Preston Innovations Thatcher’s, 23 (superior weight); 6 D Romaine, Bait-Tech Viaduct, 23.

WHITE ACRES GOLD RESIDENTS (MON) Twin Oaks Lake (30 pegs)

Burt Baits man Elliot Mavers led the way on Monday with 140-15-0 of carp. He drew peg 17 and fished pellet feeder and pellet in the margins to get well clear of Mark Lee on peg 5. Mark stuck to the pellet feeder all day to bag 87-14-0 of carp.

Result: 1 E Mavers, Burt Baits, 140-15-0; 2 M Lee, Excelsior AC, 87-14-0; 3 S Richards, DT Floats/Bag ‘Em Baits, 79-11-0; 4 D Hancock, Burt Baits, 77-2-0; 5 B Pitman, White Acres, 73-11-0; 6 M Wiles, Dynamite Baits, 73-6-0.

WHITE ACRES RESIDENTS ROVER (THURS) All lakes (40 pegs)

MAP/Bait-Tech man Tony Curd picked peg 12 on the Canal Pool for this rover –and it turned out to be a winner as he took 158-10-0 to the scales, made up of carp to 8lb plus F1s fishing pellet shallow at 11m. Matt Wiles, in second on peg 5 of Acorn Lake, opted for pellet shallow at 14m and in the edge to weigh in 129-6-0 of carp.

Result: 1 T Curd, MAP/Bait-Tech, 158-10-0; 2 M Wiles, Dynamite Baits, 129-6-0; 3 N Swallow, Barford Tackle, 109-11-0; 4 L Hughes, Droitwich, 103-10-0; 5 D Hodgson, Burt Baits, 103-8-0; 6 B Hancock, Burt Baits, 102-12-0.

Top junior: D Luck, 52-2-0. Top lady: L Richards, 9-12-0.