Championship Round One

Attendance : 14
Venue : Weybread Club Pit
Total weight : 154lb 14oz
Average weight : 11lb
D.N.W : 1

Harleston Junior Angling Club held its first match of its popular Thursday evening summer series in the prolific Club Lake at Weybread, attracting a turn out of fourteen keen youngsters including three new faces to the club. The weather was ideal for fishing with a warm south wind and light cloud cover.

Last seasons Championship runner up fourteen-year-old Harleston regular Jack Weatherley took full advantage of the conditions and a good draw hammering out a match winning 39lb 7oz to take an early lead in the series. His catch consisted of twelve good carp caught on a variety of methods and baits from peg nine on the car park bank

Diss junior star Ricky Leggett finished second with another good haul from peg seven on the end of the island. Ricky presented pellets on the surface and tight to the island at fourteen metres to land five big Mirrors and a net of smaller Carp and silver fish for a 30lb 6oz total.

Finishing well behind the front runners on the night was thirteen year old Travis Woodward who completed the top three with his catch of 15lb 6oz, three big Carp from peg seventeen all taken on his favourite method feeder tactic with pellet hook baits presented into open water.

Philip Shulver finished fourth from peg twenty-nine after winning a peg-to-peg battle with Edward Howman his weight of 13lb 12oz just enough to beat of the challenge of Edward weighing 13lb 6oz after throwing back a four pound common right at the final whistle. Harry Ramsey produced the top weight from the new faces finishing sixth with a respectable 11lb 8oz mixed catch of mainly silver fish from peg five.

1. Peg 9 Jack Weatherley 39lb 7oz
2. Peg 7 Ricky Leggett 30lb 6oz
3. Peg 17 Travis Woodward 15lb 6oz
4. Peg 29 Philip Shulver 13lb 12oz
5. Peg 30 Edward Howman 13lb 6oz
6. Peg 5 Harry Ramsey 11lb 8oz
7. Peg 26 Shane Riches 9lb 3oz
8. Peg 15 Daniel Elliott 8lb 10oz
9. Peg 11 Ian Lange 4lb 4oz
10. Peg 28 James Lowe 3lb
11. Peg 27 James Collings 2lb 10oz
12. Peg 13 C Regan 1lb 8oz
13. Peg 14 R Clayden 1lb 14oz
14. Peg 3 Matthew Loane DNW

Specimen Carp Shane Riches 8lb 14oz