Report by Tom Scholey
With 80 anglers competing, the River Avon once again stood up to the pressure in the final bloodworm qualifier of the year. Coming out on top was Ultimate rod Glen Lawrence. Glen started his session on bloodworm, taking several dumpy roach. After half an hour, he switched to chopped worm and caster line fed down the side, and hooked and landed a 5lb tench! He took just a few small roach for the duration of the match, but his 8-9-0 bag was still enough to take the honours.
Hadrian Whitle took second spot, with a 7-15-0 net. Hadrian caught several big eels on flat float, as well as a couple of pounds of roach on bloodworm, and 1lb of bleak caught up in the water.
Ever consistent Leigh Gardner was third. Leigh caught 7-10-0 of roach on bloodworm, catching all his fish from one line at 11 metres.
1 Glen Lawrence (Ultimate Barnsley Blacks) 8-9-0 (peg 61)
2 Hadrian Whittle (Kamasan Starlets) 7-15-0 (peg 69)
3 Leigh Gardner (Shakespeare Superteam) 7-10-0 (peg 24)
4 Paul Jackson (Worcester Sports) 6-6-0 (peg 21)
= Lee Kerry (Preston Innovations/ Sonubaits) 6-6-0 (peg 63)
Qualifiers
Paul Jackson
Tom Scholey
Glen Lawrence
