July 2, 2005

  • Willow Park Fishery.

    Southern Intersite Match.

    WillowParkFishery.jpg picture by pnm123

    What can you say?
    Team MD’s approached the match in their usual professional manner.

    Preparation….. Absolutely None!!
    Team Selection….. Last Minute Panic ….. But all members of the team were forum members.
    Tactics….. Just catch a bleedin fish.
    Objectives….. Enjoy the day.

    The scene was set at 8·30am with a phone call from THE JINXinforming me that he had taken a slight detour from Reading and was just turning round at Jct1 of the M3.

    8·55am and My phone goes again, Yes you guessed it, it’s THE JINX again.
    “I’m here at GOLD VALLEY but where is everyone else?”
    My reply wasn’t really suitable to post here but was along the lines of so I passed the phone to Dave the Fish to guide him in while I went in to draw for the team.

    The match itself is probably best glossed over, as for most it was a bit of a struggle though special mention must go to young ashley who along with his dad John stepped into the breach at the last minute and managed a creditable 25lbs 15ozs for 2nd in his section from the Middle Lake.

    A vote of thanks also to Jason (NoFinFish) who popped down during the day to support the team, and Beebs who also put in an appearance and invited us back to his house for a pint after. Much appreciated

    Here’s how the team performed on the day……..

     Peter (Mugger) Morton  33lbs 14ozs     4 Points 
     Malc (THE JINX) Doyle            27lbs 12ozs   2 Points
    Ashley (Stalker123)Griffiths                 25lbs 15ozs   3 Points
     Keith (Gandhi) Ashby  18lbs 14ozs   3 Points
     John (Carper783) Griffiths  12lbs 12ozs   1 Point
     Matt (Dark Horse) Nutt  12lbs 07ozs   2 Points
     Daniel (DanFish) Thomas   5lbs 10ozs   1 Point
     David (DaiFish) Thomas   4lbs 08ozs   1 Point
     Nick (Neo-1) Williams   3lbs 00ozs   1 Point
     Dave (TheFish) Collier   2lbs 08ozs   1 Point

    My Thanks to all that fished, everyone tried their best and you can’t ask for more than that.

    And here’s a few pics from the day…..

    Ashley with Keith “Fishermans Blues” Arthur .

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    Dai struggling manfully trying to fish his “washing machine” swim…

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    Dan with a specimen Perch…

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    And a Bream for me…

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    and finally Malc & Gemma watch the Weigh-In…

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