Devon’s award is long-overdue recognition

by angling correspondents Roger Stocks and Stuart Lilley
Roger Stocks: 07733 092237 – Stuart Lilley 07811 923599 – email: roachpole10@aol.com

WE are over the moon that a young angler was recognised at last Friday’s Bassetlaw Sports Awards.
The young sports person of the year has finally gone to someone from the world of angling with Devon Whitworth winning the Under 14s girls category.
The award was presented by Garry Fisher of Transform Schools Bassetlaw and Claire O’Hara the European freestyle kayak champion.
Devon has competed for the last four years in the essentially male dominated sport of angling at local, regional and national level.
She was the winner of Worksop DAA Triathlon competition in the under 12s category in 2005/2006 and has also finished in the top six individually in her age group in the NFA Nationals as part of the high-performing WDAA cadet squad.
She was made the squad captain at the NFA national championships on the Bridgewater Canal at Warrington where she led the team to a bronze medal, and in the process was an individual section winner.
We all agree that she is seen as an excellent role model to youngsters of both genders and is showing promise as a coach. Thanks go to her grandparents Garry and Doreen Butt for their help and support over the years and everyone involved with the Worksop junior angling section.

Last Sunday saw the second round of the Worksop DAA/Gateford Angling Supplies Winter League taking place at Sandhill Lakes in bright and breezy conditions and with the fish a little more spread out than on the previous match.
The main basin proved to be the place to draw with Phil Turner weighing a winning net of 14lb 4oz of skimmers off peg 52 using pole fished blood worm and joker at 14 and a half meters.
Paul Ashley was second, employing groundbait feeder for a weight of 10lb 12oz of mostly skimmers from peg 32 and making up the frame was Johhny Johnson from peg 64 with 10lb 5oz.
Mark Pressley and Andrew Pickerskill are tied for the league leadership with eight points, in second Andy Lakey and Matt Godfrey have 11, and Paul Ashley and Danny Harding are third.
Sherwood Forest Farm Park are running a spring pairs league with the top prize being a week’s holiday at White Acres Fishery the details. It starts Sunday 25th March, running for 10 matches, with the best seven matches counting on section points. Pairs entry fee is £50 per pair, £20 pegging and pools on the day. If you fish the first seven matches the remaining three will be free. To reserve a place contact Mick or Brian on 07721 316334.

LAKESIDE ROUND-UP
Saturday saw Wickersley AC open on the main lake. 1st Jeff Clarke 67lb peg 25 bomb and meat; 2nd Carl Sweatnam 27lb 7oz peg 12; 3rd Wayne Spencer 19lb 8oz peg 13.
Over on the strip lakes, pleasure angler Paul Todd took a 50lb+ net of goldfish, skimmers, roach and perch to pole fished sweetcorn and chopped worm.
On the trout lake, fluff chucker Mark Robinson had 13 fish to 6lb 10oz using cats whisker and floating line. Worksop’s Dennis McMain had 15 fish to 3lb using various flies and floating line.

RIVERSIDE ROUND-UP
ON Tuesday there was a rover match on Sandmartins and the main lake. 1st Jamie Masson 52lb 6oz Sandmartin peg two caught on the feeder; 2nd Geoff Bennett main lake 49lb 4oz peg 26 pole and pellet; 3rd Paul Cross 34lb 9oz main lake peg 35 feeder.
Friday’s open match took place on the main lake. 1st Kieth Noble 30lb 4oz peg 26 pole and pellet; 2nd Jamie Masson 26lb peg 35 feeder.
Saturday’s open match took place on Sandmartins and the main lake. 1st Pete Hodgess 62lb 11oz peg 35 feeder; 2nd Keith Noble 41lb 12oz peg 10 pole and pellet; 3rd Geoff Bennett 40lb 14oz peg 26 pole and pellet.

LODGE FARM ROUND-UP
ANY anglers interested in fishing the Gateford Angling Open matches held on a Wednesday on the lily pond at the Scrooby Top venue can contact Geoff on 01909 531115 during shop hours.
The result from the aforementioned match from last week: 1st Ivor Jones 30lb 10oz peg 74 maggot feeder; 2nd Keith Morris 20lb 12oz peg 69 mag and wag; 3rd Stuart Brumpton 18lb 9oz peg 72 maggot feeder.
The latest round of Lodge Farm Winter League took place last Sunday on the top pond. 1st Adam Wake 17lb 12oz peg 33 groundbait feeder and maggot; 2nd David Frost 10lb 2oz peg 46 ground bait feeder and maggot; 3rd Daz Godley 6lb 15oz peg 12 groundbait feeder and maggot.
Bill’s form tips for the field and signal ponds is to fish pellet or maggot on the deck at six metres, corn is selecting the odd better fish but the ground bait feeder is also worth a lookout. On Long Island, quality carp are showing early in the day and late on the pole line between eight and 10 metres with pellet and corn being Bill’s preferential hookbaits.

SHERWOOD FOREST FP GUIDE
A COUPLE of mild days and the fishery is again on top form with 30lb of skimmers being the norm on the Sherwood Lake.
Arnie Payling fished in gale force winds and heavy rain on peg 18 fishing pole and 4mm pellet at 7m. He had over 35lb in a four-hour session made up of skimmers (2lb). Rob Ward went one better on peg 26, alternating between the bomb cast to the aerator and the pole fished to the weed bed, he had a mixed net of skimmers and carp all on sweet corn that weighed 49lb 10oz.
Craig Brazier won the Tuesday rover match on peg 26 on the Holmedale Lake with over 30 carp (5lb for a total of 74lb 5oz) fishing a small pellet feeder and two red maggots on the hook cast to the old lily beds. Pleasure anglers are also enjoying some great sport with carp being landed (9lb corn and pellet being the best baits) and fishing from mid-morning onwards, pegs around the island and one to five down the bottom have been the best.
The Langdale is fishing the best it’s fished for a long time, pole fished maggot to a feature (best pegs one, two, three, 19, 22, 24, 26, 27, 29) feeding six maggots every put in for chub (3lb and carp and Ide) 2lb regular pleasure nets in excess of 30lb.
The Cavendish has been more sheltered from the winds and continues to produce lots of skimmers on the pole and pellet, even on the coldest days 20lb is still on the cards from pegs one to 16.
Pegs one to seven are the best on the Maunside, pole fished maggot and pellet to the far shelf for Chub and Orfe (2lb and the odd carp to 5lb).

DAIWA HALLCROFT ROUND-UP
DAIWA Hallcroft Open (Saturday 6th) Moat (39 pegs): 1st N. Speed 63lb 7oz peg outer 41 pole and meat over pellet at 13 metres; 2nd D. Slaymaker 40lb 10oz peg outer 18 pole and pellet; 3rd S. Crompton 39lb peg outer 54
Tournament League (Sunday 7th) Moat Outer (23 pegs): 1 Neil Parkinson 32lb 8oz peg 14 bomb and corn; 2nd Stuart Gray 26lb 5oz peg 63 pole and pellet; 3rd Jamie Wilde 21lb 8oz peg 24 bomb and corn.
Tigra/Daiwa Hallcroft Silverfish teams of four (Round 6) Bridge/Moat/Reed (52 pegs): 1st Jamie Masson 15lb 11oz peg moat island 54 caster and bloodworm over joker; 2nd Don Slaymaker 13lb 4oz peg bridge outer 45 caster and bloodworm over joker; 3rd Steve Spurr 12lb 14oz peg reed 33 pellet. Overall top six team positions: 1st Triana 83 pts; 2nd Hallcroft Select 95; 3 Tigra Green 125.
Tournament League (Monday) Reed (14 Pegs): 1 Jamie Masson 32lb 8oz peg 31 pole and pellet; 2nd Mark Wilson 29lb 14oz peg 34 caster and pellet on the pole; 3rd Ian Littlewood 28lb 12oz peg seven bomb and corn.
Tournament League (Tuesday) Moat (15 Pegs): 1st Luke Sears 18lb 10oz peg outer 21 groundbait feeder and maggot; 2nd George Hammond 18lb 14oz peg island 64 feeder; 3rd A. Favill 18lb peg outer six.
Daiwa Hallcroft Veterans League (Thursday) Moat (24 Pegs): 1st Dick Clegg 19lb 4oz peg island 42 groundbait feeder and maggot; 2nd T. Sears 18lb 6oz peg island 40; 3 C. Goulder 13lb 12oz peg island 49.
Tournament League (Friday) Croft (11 Pegs): 1st Daz Oldham 60lb peg six pole and pellet; 2nd S. Clarke 48lb 14oz peg eight pole, meat and pellet; 3rd Luke Sears 36lb 8oz peg four feeder and maggot.