Match Report
The second of the Angling Trust Winter League Northern semi-finals again faced the changes in the weather conditions with overnight temperatures of minus 3 degrees, which was going to have a big effect on the fishing in the match held on Sunday 1st April 2012 on the Stainforth & Keadby Canal, Thorne.
The venue in the run up to the semi-final had been producing consistent double figure weights in the matches but the changes in the conditions had considerably reduced the expectation levels.
Bright sunshine and the continuing cold northerly wind also did not help the venue fish to its potential.
Ultimate Barnsley Blacks, dropped only 7 points out of a potential 80, ran out the eventual winners, with four section wins 5 seconds and one third, with a total point’s tally of 73, a clear 15 points ahead of their nearest rivals Saints.
On the Individual front Jason Cunningham of Shakespeare Superteam broke the Barnsley monopoly with a winning weight of 3 kgs 280 narrowly beating Simon Fields of Ultimate Barnsley Blacks with a weight of 3 kgs 210.
Individual placings:
1st Jason Cunningham (Shakespeare Superteam) E3 – 3.280
2nd Simon Fields (Ultimate Barnsley Blacks) H5 – 3.210
3rd Dave Brooks (Ultimate Barnsley Blacks) E4 – 2.850
4th Andy Geldart (Ultimate Barnsley Blacks) J1 – 2.380
5th Ian Blakely (Saints) H6 – 2.370
6th Nigel Bull (Shakespeare Superteam) H8 – 2.340
Team placings:
1st Ultimate Barnsley Blacks 7-8-8-7-7-7-6-8-8-7 (73 points) 17.030
2nd Saints 5-7-6-5-5-4-8-7-5-6 (58 points) 11.740
3rd Shakespeare Superteam 8-5-7-4-8-5-7-6-3-4 (57 points) 13.570
4th Browning Hotrods 6-6-5-8-4-3-5-5-6-8 (56 points) 11.370
5th Matrix Dynamite Trentmen 2-4-3-6-6-6-4-4-7-5 (47 points) 10.410
6th Sams Tackle Wigan 4-3-4-3-3-8-3-3-4-3 (38 points) 6.840
7th High Hayes Fishery 1-2-0-2-2-1-1-2-1-2 (14 points) 2.440
8th Maver Newman Scott 3-0-2-0-1-2-2-1-2-1 (14 points) 2.320
