August 21, 2010

• Rolf’s Lake. Holton. Oxfordshire.

  

  Jinx Match 6

  Well it’s the Final Jinx Match of the year today, and it’s still all to play for with Malc, Clive and myself all still in with a chance of individual glory . It’s been a fantastic Series this year , really enjoyable and we’re finishing off with a BBQ at the end of the match . The cats decided they wanted feeding and got me up early this morning so the car was soon loaded up and found it’s way straight to The Jimmy Griddle in Battersea for my customary ‘Full English’ before transporting me to Rolfs .
  
  Pulling into the car park just after 9am there were a good few people present already as they had fished the Friday Night Open and were just starting to surface from their slumbers, In fact the first friendly face to great me was Dai’s German Shepherd ‘Gina’……

  

   Time for a coffee and a chat and it seemed that the night match hadn’t fished that well, which most put down to low oxygen levels, and with that being the case John soon had the aerators and the pump up and running, then I set off to help Malc,Liam and John pack away the lights that had been set up from the previous night.
  
  Just as we were finishing Malc’s wife Julie put in an appearance, somehow Malc had persuaded her to come down and camp in a tent over the weekend, although she’s not keen on either fishing or camping . It’s taken me 9 years to meet this Saint, although I’ve spoken to her over the phone on numerous occasions, though it was a bit of a worry as it meant for the first time ever the whole Jinx Clan  would be in attendance at a Jinx Match !!!!!!!!!!!
  

  

  So with the car park filling up Nick’s wife Lisa arrived with a batch of homemade Eccles cakes, and while we sampled them (and very nice they were too ) talk turned to what lay ahead, and the general consensus was that it would probably be hard.
  Draw time approached at 12ish and with B section being my home for the day and the honour of drawing first having won my section on the last match it meant that Peg13 was lurking in the bag for me, much to everyones amusement. Plunging my hand into the bag I was rewarded with………………………………… peg 29 , Mat being the lucky angler on Peg13 today.
  
  Well at least it meant a nice short walk, but with Simon on peg 32 and Dave Moore on peg 9 I was going to have my work cut out today.
  

  

  I had Nick Jones, making a welcome return as a guest to my left on peg 30 and Steve(steak) my pairs partner to my right on peg 28 for company today. With a cloudy grey sky which the sun was trying to break through and a strong south westerly wind blowing down into the little lake today I couldn’t help feeling that we could be in for a bit of a grueller .
  
  The rigs were simple and freshly tied as we had plenty of time before the 1·30 pm start, consisting of a couple of Malman 4×12 Adam’s on 0·20 Power Match with a size 14 QM1 hooks for the 5mtr line on the deck while a 0·2 MW HC margin again on 0·20 with a size 14 Guru QM1 was set up to fish to the bushes in the margins. I also set up my feeder rod as a back up, but was hoping I wouldn’t need it. Bait for today would be the usual variety of hard fishery pellets, corn and GOT Baits soft hookers.
  
  So at 1·30pm John rang the fishery bell to signal the All-In. A couple of pots of pellet and corn and a handful of pellet to each bush took care of the feed before a banded 8mm was shipped out to the 5mtr line.

  

  A few people were quickly into fish, so perhaps a good day was in the offing after all, indeed after 5 minutes my float buried and I lifted into what was obviously a Carp and within a couple of minutes a Common of around 8lbs was safely in the keepnet . However within 20 minutes the vast majority of the big lake appeared to switch off, in fact for the next 2 hours all I managed to add was a Bream of around 2½lbs and a few Roach. Steve was using worm but all he could find were small Perch no matter where he tried in his peg, though he was briefly attached to a Carp that was obviously foul hooked before it trashed his rig .
  
  Indeed it was turning into the predicted grueller, though Simon was picking of the odd fish fishing to the bush on peg 32….
  

  

   …… and along with a couple of weigher’s he also managed a Chub of 4lbs which was a new PB for him  ……
  

  

   Jean arrived with a very welcome cup of coffee  while I had a look on the feeder and managed to nick another Carp of around 6lbs, but with Dave on peg 9………
  

  

   ……….. and Steve on peg 11 …….
  

  

   ……. still taking the odd fish it wasn’t enough, so after re-feeding the peg it was time to let it settle and take a walk with the camera.
  
  Paul’s wife Jayne had pulled peg 8 out of the bag for him today and I caught him in the middle of a spirited fight with one of the pegs residents  …….
  

  

   Nick(monkey) and Jon were the Pink Hat wearers for this match  and Nick was having a bit of a mare on peg 5  and staring another Minxing firmly in the face despite support from Lisa and son Josh today……
  

  

   I could see Gem down on peg 38, tucked up in her fleece against the wind and with weigher’s on the board leaving more than a few of us worried  ……
  

  

   A chat with Tony on peg 26 revealed that silvers were all he could muster and he was just hoping the Carp would turn up for him before the end of the match…….
  

  

  Paul was next up on peg 25 and was positively ‘bagging’, the trouble was that they were all small silvers instead of the hoped for Carp, but fishing maggot was probably asking for it ……

  

  Next up was Dave Collier on peg 23 admitting to a couple of carp and apparently sharing the bush between their pegs with Malc in an attempt to extract a few more from his peg……
  

  

   Malc for his part was fishing his usual match as close into the bank as he could get while keeping an eye out for how Clive was doing on peg 20…….
  

  

   Now Clive it has to be said isn’t exactly enamoured with peg 20 , but with the fishing being hard for everyone was giving it his best shot and owning up to 3 Carp at that point……
  

  

   Geoff on peg 19 was happy enough with his lot and asked me to pop along with my camera at the weigh in as he had a couple of Perch that he wanted a picture of  …….
  

  

   So back top my peg, Steve was still working his way through what had to be one of the largest shoals of small Perch going, while the tip of my pole float was as dry as a bone, stubbornly refusing to go under and get wet . However it was Mat over on Peg13 who was taking a proper beating from the peg as all he had to show for his efforts was a couple of Roach  …….

  

   Well with around an hour to go, wonder of wonders, my float slid away , I almost missed it as it caught me by surprise, it gave a really good account of itself and although it didn’t feel like a really heavy fish it took a surprisingly large amount of elastic out of the top kit, so much so that I was forced to land it on a top3……
  

  

   but a fish is a fish when you’re struggling and I was happy just to see the Carp nestling safely in the net . I actually managed to catch another 4 after that, but in all honesty I could have done with another hour before the All-Out was called at 6·30pm, because the fish were bubbling in my swim as we packed away .
  
  It transpired that a few of the lads that were stopping over and travelling back on Sunday started the Weigh-in almost immediately and by the time I’d packed away they were a good half way round the lake. Ade had kicked things off with a level 65lbs from peg 34 while Gem had set The Minx Mark at 34¼lbs from peg 38 . Budgie had managed a very creditable 84lbs from peg 40 but it would only be good enough for 2nd in section and 2nd overall on the day  as Terry on peg 2 had taken 98lbs 6ozs for the section win and his first ever Match win . Steve’s 62¼lbs gave him 2nd in B section, while Kevin Loveland weighed 49¾lbs to win C section. Geoff’s 44½lbs took 2nd in section and I caught up in time to photograph his 2 Perch……

  

   …….. my fish came to 41¼lbs but Simon won B section with a fine 68¾lbs and 3rd overall on the day .
  
  So with the Weigh-in complete Malc retired to work out the final positions while we tucked into the BBQ prepared by John and the ladies  ……….

  

   Nick had brought some home brew for us to try and very palatable it was as well , while Burgers , sausages, chicken etc all found a willing home as the days events were discussed …….

  

  Then Malc stepped up to Thank John and Pauline on behalf of the whole Jinx Squad for allowing us to run the series at the lake  before finally announcing the series result with the rider that it was all subject to verification as it was so close, but the winner of the Series was Clive  at long last having been runner up for the 2 previous years. 3 points back in 2nd place was Malc (The Jinx) , who tied with me on points, but beat me on aggregate weight to leave me in 3rd place .

  However Malc  and Simon  had triumphed in the Pairs, while Clive took 2nd place   with his partner Ade  and 3rd place went to Gem (The Minx)  and her partner Budgie .

  So with yet another Jinx Series coming to a close farewells were said and plans laid for next year, but as I made my way back to the car park in the gathering gloom I spotted Liam sitting on peg 32 having a go with Simons tackle and he appeared to be playing a Carp…….

  

  ….. which was soon landed with Simon acting as Liam’s ghillie and proudly displayed for the camera  …….

  

    Scary really as it looks like we’ll have yet another Jinx  to contend with in the future .

  OVERALL RESULT

  Position	Peg	Angler	Weight
  1st	2	Terry Goff	98lbs 06ozs
  2nd	40	Marcus Burgess	84lbs 00ozs
  3rd	32	Simon Mound	68lbs 12ozs
  4th	34	Ade Williams	65lbs 00ozs
  5th	11	Steve Wilson	62lbs 04ozs
  6th	8	Paul Roberts	58lbs 04ozs
  7th	36	Jon Hatch	50lbs 00ozs
  8th	18	Kevin Loveland	49lbs 12ozs
  9th	9	Dave Moore	49lbs 00ozs
  10th	19	Geoff Palmer	44lbs 08ozs
  11th	29	Peter Morton	41lbs 04ozs
  12th=	26	Tony Roberts	39lbs 04ozs
  12th=	22	Malc Doyle	39lbs 04ozs
  12th=	15	Dave Webster	39lbs 04ozs
  15th	38	Gem Doyle	34lbs 04ozs
  16th	20	Clive Pritchard	32lbs 08ozs
  17th	23	Dave Collier	31lbs 08ozs
  18th	14	Nick Williams	20lbs 08ozs
  19th	17	Dai Thomas	19lbs 04ozs
  20th	7	Alex Clark        (guest)	13lbs 04ozs
  21st	28	Steve Akal	10lbs 12ozs
  22nd	31	Nick Jones       (guest)	10lbs 08ozs
  23rd	25	Paul Dolby	10lbs 04ozs
  24th	5	Nick Watkins-Price	8lbs 08ozs
  25th	13	Mat Edwards	12ozs

  Names in PINK are those that were MINXED

  SECTION RESULTS

  Position	Peg	Angler	Weight
  1st	2	Terry Goff	98lbs 06ozs
  2nd	40	Marcus Burgess	84lbs 00ozs
  3rd	34	Ade Williams	65lbs 00ozs
  4th	8	Paul Roberts	58lbs 04ozs
  5th	36	Jon Hatch	50lbs 00ozs
  6th	38	Gem Doyle	34lbs 04ozs
  7th	7	Alex Clark        (guest)	13lbs 04ozs
  8th	5	Nick Watkins-Price	8lbs 08ozs
  Position	Peg	Angler	Weight
  1st	32	Simon Mound	68lbs 12ozs
  2nd	11	Steve Wilson	62lbs 04ozs
  3rd	9	Dave Moore	49lbs 00ozs
  4th	29	Peter Morton	41lbs 04ozs
  5th	26	Tony Roberts	39lbs 04ozs
  6th	28	Steve Akal	10lbs 12ozs
  7th	31	Nick Jones       (guest)	10lbs 08ozs
  8th	13	Mat Edwards	12ozs
  Position	Peg	Angler	Weight
  1st	18	Kevin Loveland	49lbs 12ozs
  2nd	19	Geoff Palmer	44lbs 08ozs
  3rd=	22	Malc Doyle	39lbs 04ozs
  3rd=	15	Dave Webster	39lbs 04ozs
  5th	20	Clive Pritchard	32lbs 08ozs
  6th	23	Dave Collier	31lbs 08ozs
  7th	14	Nick Williams	20lbs 08ozs
  8th	17	Dai Thomas	19lbs 04ozs
  9th	25	Paul Dolby	10lbs 04ozs

  Overall Individual Series Result.

  Position	Points	Angler							Total Weight
  1st	10points	Clive Pritchard	1	3	1	3	2	5	424lbs 08ozs
  2nd	13points	Malc Doyle	5	1	6	1	3	3	436lbs 12ozs
  3rd	13points	Peter Morton	4	2	4	2	1	4	425lbs 00ozs
  4th	15points	Simon Mound	1	5	7	3	5	1	466lbs 12ozs
  5th	15points	Marcus Burgess	7	8	2	3	1	2	403lbs 12ozs
  6th	15points	Steve Wilson	3	1	5	4	8	2	369lbs 12ozs
  7th	17points	Ade Williams	2	1	6	10	5	3	318lbs 04ozs
  8th	18points	Fred Parker	10	2	3	1	2	10	369lbs 12ozs
  9th	18points	Geoff Palmer	3	3	7	6	4	2	296lbs 08ozs
  10th	19points	Dai Thomas	2	3	1	8	5	8	325lbs00ozs
  11th	20points	Nick Williams	10	4	1	2	6	7	277lbs 00ozs
  12th	23points	Ant Haywood	1	10	4	5	3	10	336lbs 00ozs
  13th	23points	Al Loader	8	2	5	6	2	10	273lbs 04ozs
  14th	23points	Dave Webster	2	7	10	4	7	3	241lbs 04ozs
  15th	23points	Nick Watkins-Price	5	10	5	2	4	7	221lbs 00ozs
  16th	24points	Gemma Doyle	7	8	7	1	3	6	276lbs 01ozs
  17th	24points	Dave Moore	3	4	8	6	9	3	253lbs 04ozs
  18th	24points	Dave Collier	6	4	10	7	1	6	224lbs 06ozs
  19th	27points	Tony Roberts	6	6	3	7	7	5	272lbs 08ozs
  20th	27points	Jon Hatch	4	9	3	7	8	5	259lbs 02ozs
  21st	27points	Mitch Auger	4	10	2	4	7	10	225lbs 00ozs
  22nd	27points	Paul Roberts	5	6	6	8	6	4	205lbs 12ozs
  23rd	29points	Kevin Loveland	10	7	4	9	8	1	101lbs 08ozs
  24th	30points	Terry Goff	7	9	8	5	9	1	209lbs 14ozs
  25th	30points	Mat Edwards	10	9	2	8	4	7	204lbs 00ozs
  26th	35points	Steve Akal	9	5	10	9	6	6	152lbs 12ozs
  27th	39points	Paul Dolby	6	9	10	5	10	9	98lbs 08ozs

  NB:Anglers were allowed to drop their worst section result during the series so that the Overall Series results were decided by best 5 out of 6 section points. Overall weight counting in the result of Anglers tieing on points.

  Overall Pairs Result.

  Position	PAIRS							Weight	Points
  1st	Simon Mound & Malc Doyle	10	15	42	10	19	15	903lbs 08ozs	69
  2nd	Ade Williams & Clive Pritchard	12	6	20	37	29	20	742lbs 14ozs	87
  3rd	Gemma Doyle & Marcus Burgess	38	40	20	12	20	17	679lbs 13ozs	107
  4th	Geoff Palmer & Steve Wilson	20	19	33	29	28	15	666lbs 12ozs	111
  5th	Ant Haywood & Nick Watkins-Price	19	19	31	20	24	54	652lbs 00ozs	113
  6th	Dave Webster & Fred Parker	46	26	33	13	21	32	639lbs 04ozs	125
  7th	Jon Hatch & Fred Parker	38	36	14	22	27	27	641lbs 02ozs	126
  8th	Steve Akal & Peter Morton	39	22	41	26	14	32	587lbs 12ozs	133
  9th	Mat Edwards & Dave Moore	13	40	25	38	30	34	512lbs 04ozs	140
  10th	Nick Williams & Paul Dolby	41	47	15	18	29	41	529lbs 14ozs	144
  11th	Paul Roberts & Tony Roberts	31	32	28	42	36	18	478lbs 10ozs	145
  12th	Terry Goff & Dai Thomas	26	37	27	39	41	20	535lbs 14ozs	149
  13th	Dave Collier & Mitch Auger	36	22	39	34	30	47	462lbs 06ozs	161
  14th	Al Loader & Kevin Loveland	45	32	26	42	33	30	385lbs 04ozs	163

  NB: Pairs were allowed to drop their worst points total during the series so that the results were decided by best 5 out of 6 points scores. Overall weights counting in the result of Pairs tieing on points. Guests fished when a Pairs Partner was absent and their weights and  points were included in the overall totals.

  So just a few words of Thanks to finish off. It’s been a great Series this year and that’s due in no small way to Malc(The Jinx) himself, for organising and running the whole thing, and who has probably been more organised this year than at any time that I can ever remember . (EDIT:or not as subsequent checks have revealed )
  
  John & Pauline who have been kind enough to put up with The Jinx Squad and their antics once more at their Fishery which does them and Rolf’s memory enormous credit as always
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  Finally, The Jinx Squad and their Guests over the course of the Series. It’s the people that fish it that makes the Series the pleasure it is . Take a bow, and see you all next year .
  

  

  

   

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