August 20, 2005
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Manor Farm Leisure. The Boundary Pool.
The JINX Series 2005
Match 6.
Well all to soon the final match of The Jinx Series had come around with the Venue being The Boundary Pool at Manor Farm Leisure.
A bit of a change for me was that during the preceding week Dave the Fish had expressed a desire to come and see if all the things that he had read and heard about the series were true (as if you could make them up!!!!
) so he volunteered to pick me up and drive me on the day.
As has been my custom for the series we left early, so that I could arrive in good time to get a look at the fishery and try to get a feel for it. A stop off on route in Battersea saw us fortified with Sausage, Egg, Bacon and Bubble + a mug of tea.
A trouble free trip saw us arrive in plenty of time, while an initial look around The Boundary Pool revealed a lake that was at least 2 feet down from what appeared to be it’s normal level with a stiff breeze blowing into the opposite bank to the one we were going to fish, very few fish moving, though a pleasure angler was catching a few small carp to feeder tactics.
Back to the café for a tea and a sausage sandwich and the lads were starting to arrive.
Soon we were all assembled, even Matt who had flown in from holiday at 9am.
12·45 and with the draw due at 1PM and no Malc to be seen, I thought I’d better give him a ring!!! Well he was driving down a dirt track somewhere in the surrounding countryside,
LOST AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!, Sorry Gem
but I think he needs a Sat Nav system before he fits a stereo into the car.
Draw finally done, the start of the match was put back to 2·30 pm. With only 15 of us present for the last match we were well spread out with just Matt, Dan and myself in “bantering” distance on pegs 1,3 and 4 at our end. The fishing? Not quite what we had been led to expect, finicky and frustrating bites or were they liners being the pattern of the day for me at least. I’d been told that to have any chance of winning the series that I needed Matt to be 3rd and for me to win the section (Steve W, who was also in with a shout being the wild-card as he was in another section) but with a couple of hours gone, young Dan was showing us both a clean pair of heels.
With a couple of hours to go and us all scratching it was time for a bit of refreshment, with tea being served in a most civilised way by “Butler” Dave.
Events show that a good last hour with a couple of better fish gave Matt the section and the series, while a bonus carp hooked up the bum (Mugged???) allowed me to sneak past Dan at the death.
Congratulations must go to Dai, who managed his 1st ever match win on the day with 29lbs 12ozs of feeder caught carp, a great result for a good mate.
Just the raffle remained, which finished in the dark and the final results of The Series to be announced!
But alas no Series Final Results!
Malc had managed to post the result sheet to one of his poor customers somewhere in England, but they’ve been posted on the site now.
A word of thanks from me to Dave the Fish for acting as my Chauffeur & Butler on the day, Hope you enjoyed your insight into what makes The Jinx Series the matches to be on.THE RESULTS ON THE DAY
1st Dai Thomas 29lb 12oz 2nd Matt Nutt 21lb 00oz 3rd Dirk Williams 20lb 08oz 4th Peter Morton 18lb 00oz 5th= Keith Ashby 17lb 08oz 5th= Malc Doyle 17lb 08oz 7th Dan Thomas 17lb 06oz 8th= Geoff Eggison 14lb 12oz 8th= Steve Wilson 14lb 12oz 10th Mark Causer 13lb 00oz 11th Nick Jones 11lb 06oz 12th Roy Ravenhill 8lb 04oz 13th Paul Roberts 5lb 08oz 14th Nick Williams 4lb 14oz 15th Nick Watkins-Price 3lb 02oz Finally i’d like to say a big THANK YOU to the inimitable Malc for running the most pleasurable match series that I’ve ever taken part in. Captain Chaos might be a better name, but without his efforts it just wouldn’t be the same!!!!
THANK YOU to Trevor Price and all at G.O.T.Baits & Merlin Baits for the series sponsorship and the very generous raffle prizes that have hopefully raised a few bob for DEBRA.
Next an equally big THANK YOU to all of the lads that have fished in the series.
As with all matches, it’s the anglers taking part that make or break the events and as a newcomer to the series I couldn’t have wished to have fished with a better bunch of lads who made me feel at home straight away.
Finally, Congratulations to Matt, 4 section wins and a new record weight for the series says it all, A very worthy Winner.
I’ll definitely be back for next years series.This is Malc’s run down on the series result
THE JINX SERIES 2005 
SPONSORED BY
G.O.T BAITS
&
MERLIN BAITS
HELPING TO RAISE FUNDS
FOR THE CHARITY
DEBRA
THE FINAL RESULTS
Well thats another Years “JINX” SERIES over
and what a series it’s been
Plenty of new faces and a new Series match record put on the scales by Matt in round 1 with a cracking weight of 211lb 4oz
We’ve also seen many personal records being broken including Marks best match weight of 116lb 2oz which was also his first match ton
Young Dan setting his best match weight at 95lb 8oz which also included a new personal best Carp of 15½lb
Dai not to be out done by Dan put in a new best match weight of 69lb 6oz and also recorded his first match win
There has been a total of 5 100lb plus nets and a 200lb plus net and only a total of 12 blanks recorded during the series which is also a new record as normally there are a lot more of those
We’ve had loads of entertainment from Neo in the way of snapped pole sections, swimming pole sections and general misfortune but he’s taken all the stick in the way it’s been intended.
Matt has also given everyone a few laughs with his high rise landing tactics.
We’ve suffered the normal mishaps from yours truley in the form of being late, getting lost, leaving stuff at home, getting dumped on by fisheries and generaly running a series like a total pillock, but thats all part of the fun.
The banter has flowed during every match especially if drawn near Dirk or Paul.
And a nicer bunch of lads could not be found to fish with…Now for the Final Positions
This years winner for the second year running is MATT NUTT with 6 points and a total weight of 404lb 8oz Well done Matt a fine effort.
Second place this year goes to new boy Peter Morton with 8 points and a total weight of 213lb 9oz not a bad result when you think Peter had not seen 5 out of the six venues before.
Third place with 9 points is THE JINX himself by way of a greater weight as Keith Ashby, Steve Wilson & Malc Doyle all scored the same 9 points but Malc comes out on top with a total weight of 299lb 5ozNOW THE FULL POSITIONS & WEIGHTS
Worst result is in RED and final total is minus worst result (total weight also included)1st Matt Nutt 1 3 2 1 1 1 6 Points 404lb 08oz 2nd Pete Morton 2 2 1 2 1 2 8 Points 213lb 09oz 3rd Malc Doyle 2 1 5 3 1 2 9 Points 299lb 05oz 4th Steve Wilson 4 1 3 1 1 3 9 Points 217lb 08oz 5th Keith Ashby 1 5 2 1 3 2 9 Points 207lb 04oz 6th Dai Thomas 3 3 2 3 1 1 10 Points 142lb 13oz 7th Mark Causer 1 2 3 2 6 3 11 Points 185lb 12oz 8th Geoff Egginson 3 5 1 3 2 3 12 Points 174lb 15oz 9th Dirk Williams 2 5 1 4 4 1 12 Points 161lb 02oz 10th Dan Thomas 5 2 3 4 3 3 15 Points 160lb 03oz 11th Roy Ravenhill 3 5 1 2 6 5 16 Points 176lb 11oz 12th Paul Roberts 4 1 6 2 5 4 16 Points 163lb 02oz 13th Eric Robothan 2 5 2 3 4 6 16 Points 136lb 04oz 14th Neil McCurran 1 6 6 1 3 6 17 Points 138lb 10oz 15th Derek Robothan 5 1 3 5 4 6 18 Points 62lb 12oz 16th Nick Jones 3 5 4 6 3 4 19 Points 76lb 11oz 17th Dave Ashby 4 6 4 4 2 6 20 Points 79lb 13oz 18th Nick Watkins-Price 5 5 4 6 2 5 21 Points 16lb 06oz 19th Nick Williams 4 5 5 4 4 5 22 Points 63lb 04oz 20th Tim Westmoreland 6 3 6 6 6 6 27 Points 8lb 08oz 21st Pete Thompson 5 6 6 6 6 6 29 Points 11lb 00oz 22nd Dave Moore 6 5 6 6 6 6 29 Points D.N.W Not fished any, 6 points awarded for each match
Jimmy Ledham
Scott EssaryNow we move on to the PAIRS RESULTS
Comeing home in FIRST PLACE are Peter & Steve with a 60 Point total and combined weight of 431lb 1oz well done as up to the last match it was all still to play for.
THE PAIRS RESULTS
Worst result is in RED and the final total is minus worst result (total weight also included)1st Peter Morton & Steve Wilson 19 14 13 16 5 12 60 points 431lb 01oz 2nd Dai Thomas & Mark Causer 13 15 19 14 32 11 72 points 349lb 07oz 3rd Matt Nutt & Nick Jones 16 23 16 27 14 13 82 points 481lb 03oz 4th Geoff Eggison & Dirk Williams 17 38 4 29 21 11 82 points 336lb 00oz 5th Nick Williams & Malc Doyle 18 20 32 22 17 19 96 points 338lb 09oz 6th Roy Ravenhill & Paul Roberts 18 22 31 14 43 25 110 points 339lb 13oz 7th Derek Robothan & Dan Thomas 36 9 21 31 28 33 122 points 222lb 05oz 8th Eric Robothan & Dave Ashby 26 45 20 20 16 52 127 points 206lb 01oz 9th Keith Ashby & Dave Moore 29 38 33 28 37 31 158 points 207lb 07oz 10th Tim Westmoreland & Nick Watkins-Price 46 28 42 52 36 41 193 points 24lb 14oz 11th Neil McCurran & Scott Essary 32 52 52 29 34 52 199 points 120lb 10oz 12th Jimmy Ledham & Pete Thompson 44 52 52 52 52 52 252 points 11lb 00oz Thanks to all for a good 2005 series.
Malc Doyle100lb+ JINX CLUB MEMBER
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