Saturdays 31 man field were faced with very testing conditions thanks to storm Amy. However thankfully most of the field got to grips with the situation and managed to return some decent weights. Salop feeder veteran Brian Ashley secured top spot from unfancied peg 46 with a pleasing 35lb 11oz. After a slow start he managed to keep bites coming fairly consistently by alternating 2 lines. Nev Bailey snr took second spot from peg 54 on the point. Having decided to fish method  feeder at 35m it was matter of keeping patient and changing a few things where needed to keep the bites coming. The result was a creditable 33lb 5oz. A familiar name that being Bucknall secured 3 place, but this time it wasn’t Paul it was brother Jason who took the spoils. Drawn on peg 47 he netted 22lb 4oz of Skimmers and Roach. Just one ounce behind in joint 4th we’re Steve Mcqueen and Mick Tonks. Drawn on pegs 79 and 5 respectively they both managed to bring g 22lb 3oz to the scales

. A special mention goes out to young Dylan Eagan who took part in his first Blackfords match.  Fishing mainly the pole he put together a very creditable double figure weight in very tricky conditions. Well done young man , hopefully this has given you a taste for many more Blackfords matches to come!

Section Winners… .

Paul Bucknall.                19lb 10oz.           (Peg 6)

Danny Plummer.            20lb 15oz.           (Peg 38)

Jim Gear.                         14lb 14oz.         (Peg 48)

Brian Nicholls.                 21lb 11oz.        (Peg 53)

Gary Oliver.                       16lb 5oz.           (Peg 64)

Andy Cooper.                    18lb.                  ( Peg 80)

Regards…….