With all 60 pegs in at Tyler’s Common Horseshoe Lake for the first time in it’s history this was expected to be the hardest of all the qualifiers and with it being a bright day with no ripple on the water it didn’t disappoint in difficulty, but all 60 anglers were in the same boat which made it an even affair and the winner could have come from any peg.
The first past the winning post was 2009 Fish ‘O’ Mania finalist Chris Vandervleit (Maver – Van Den Hyde) who weighed in 59lb 4oz from peg 25 who fished maggot on the long pole.
In second place and also qualifying for the £3K final on peg 10 was 19 year old venue regular and one to watch in the future Jason Collins (Browning – Wickford) who switched from his usual meat approach on the venue to fish the pole towards the island at 14m using 6mm pellet as hook bait and 4mm pellet as feed and tipped the scales at 47lb 8oz finishing in third place and just missing out on the final was former England International Dickie Carr who was positioned next to Chris Vandervleit on peg 26 weighed in with 42lb 2oz.
4th place went to Jonnie Cousins (Wickford Angling Centre) with 38lb 4oz, 5th place went to Tony Baily (Billercay AC) 25lb 8oz followed by Les Crowhurst (Tyler’s) in 6th spot with 25lb. Pete Upperton (Passies – Sonubaits) and Mark Sugden (Tyler’s) both finished joint 7th with 22lb 4oz, 9th came Graham Dack (Middy) 21lb 14oz and 10th fell to Richard Wager 20lb 8oz (Ockendon Bait & Tackle)
We now move to the South Coast next Saturday (3rd October) where we visit the Snake Lake at Wylands International Angling Centre in Battle for the 8th Qualifier in the series.
Full Match Result
Chris Vandervleit
59lb 4oz
Jason Collins
47lb 8oz
Dickie Carr
42lb 2oz
Jonnie Cousins
38lb 4oz
Tony Baily
25lb 8oz
Les Crowhurst
25lb
Pete Upperton
22lb 4oz
Mark Sugden
22lb 4oz
Graham Dack
21lb 14oz
Richard Wager
20lb 8oz
Perry Stone
20lb
Barry Upperton
19lb 8oz
Jim Collins
18lb 12oz
Pat Cooper
17lb 8oz
Steve Barnett
17lb 8oz
Dave Ealding
17lb
Dennis Lipscombe
16lb 12oz
Paul Law
15lb 9oz
Martin Smith
15lb 8oz
Tony Raymond
15lb 4oz
Peter Steward
14lb 6oz
Steve James
14lb 4oz
Malcolm Bond
13lb 10oz
Geoff Woods
13lb 8oz
George Manoli
13lb
Tony Eustace
12lb 12oz
Alex Reynolds
12lb 4oz
Dave Davis
12lb 4oz
Micky Hood
12lb
John Thompson
11lb
Jason Nash
10lb 14oz
Eric Sugden
10lb
John Bell
7lb 14oz
Darren Connock
7lb 2oz
Barry Oliver
7lb
Albert Bowers
6lb 8oz
Phil Starkey
4lb 12oz
Adrian Marshall
DNW
Billy McKinley
DNW
Colin Bartlett
DNW
Danny Coss
DNW
Dave Dugg
DNW
Dean Hunt
DNW
Frank Thomas
DNW
Graham Hyde
DNW
Jimmy Dean
DNW
John Green
DNW
Ken Ogborn
DNW
Lenny Goulding Snr
DNW
Michael Newland
DNW
Pat Keeley
DNW
Paul Rounce
DNW
Paul Williams
DNW
Ricky Cook
DNW
Rob Bishop
DNW
Robbie Taylor
DNW
Steve Copping
DNW
Tom Webster
DNW
Tony Bell
DNW
Zac Brown
DNW
