Mallory Park Fisheries

Saturday 20th May 2006

The second memorial event was fished at the Glebe and the Foundation Lake in appalling conditions. Saturday was cold, with a strong northwest wind and heavy showers. 112 Anglers supported this event, many of which were not match anglers but friends who wanted to show their support. These pleasure anglers may not have been so used to inclement weather but battled on anyway.

Last year’s winner of the event, Alex Bones, had a good draw on Glebe Pool 1 and was soon catching steady on the feeder. If it had not been for a snag in his feeder swim then 200lbs would have been on the cards. Constantly having to set up made it hard work for him but nevertheless a brilliant performance with a final weight of 113lbs to take day 1.

Not far behind Alex Bones was the old Norfolk legend Jimmy Randle, who has been fine-tuning his paste techniques. He weighed in 105lbs to win zone 2 on Glebe Pool 4.

The Foundation Lake was hard work and regular Mallory member Steve Slater just won with 55lbs. The supporting weights were not bad considering the conditions. Several of the non-match anglers were pegged in Pretty Fish pond and had a wonderful time catching carp and crucians all day.

Sunday 21st May 2006

Another very wet day, the only good thing was that the wind had switched to southwest, which the complex is more suited to, and 120 Anglers were out to brave the conditions.

After the draw it looked is if Alex Bones was in contention again; he drew a potential flier, the first peg on Glebe Pool 7. This was black with fish but would they be happy in the bad conditions? It was hard going but Alex winkled out 90lbs in atrocious conditions, to win the zone, but it was not the highest weight on the day.

Mallory regular ‘end peg’ Andy Towers was on form and drew peg 1 at the Glebe, storming away to win the zone with 154lbs, a good catch on the pole. The Foundation fished a lot better than on Saturday and Leicester’s professional angler Steve Porter won a close battle with 82lbs.

Linda Marks presented the special Ivan Marks solid silver trophy to the overall winner, Andy Towers.

Overall the complex fished much better on Sunday with several 100lbs weights. A first ton came out of Pretty Fish Pool when Keith Hovis Hudson weighed 104lbs.

Only the silver fish have spawned, the carp are moody. We desperately need some good warm weather.

Special thanks to all of the helpers and sponsors.

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