The Big Bash Report

Garbolino Lindholme Lakes,
organiser Kev Allen Wednesday 21st. May 2008.

Wednesday 21st. May 2008 saw 271 anglers descend upon the Garbolino Lindholme Complex, near Doncaster, to compete in the annual "Big Bash" match, organised by Kev Allen, in aid of the charity "Breast Cancer Care". Sponsored by Carp Vader Bait Company.

A rolling draw from 8.00am. ensured that the endless line of hopeful anglers were all at their pegs and ready to fish for the 10.30 am "all in". A double blast from Lindholme Lakes owner, Neil Grantham's shotgun, signalled the start and a frenzy of activity burst out along the banks of Beeches, Bonsai, Laurels, Loco, Oasis, Strip, and Willows lakes - as anglers busily prepared their swims for the ensuing battle.

As the day progressed, it became apparent that the resident carp in the lakes were not in as generous a mood as the anglers participating and many anglers were already struggling for bites. Pegged on Bonsai Lake, Kev Allen was into his stride early - taking mainly barbel and carp on meat and caster, as was Steve Rothery pegged 3 places away. Kev lost his way when he broke the number 4 section on his Maver pole, not once, but twice - and the surrounding anglers quickly caught his early pace.

Laurels Lake seemed to fish the best overall on the day, top weight for the lake was 51-09 closely followed by a 50lb from Andy Woflall. On Loco the top weights were 25-15 from R Pillastone and a 24lb from Dave Watts of Teeside. Oasis Lake was proving particularly difficult and many anglers remained biteless after several hours. The top weights on there was a 24-8 from J Leach and a 18-10 from M Bailey. The Strip was fishing slightly better and John Allerton was busy catching small carp on pellets and caster. Willows Lake was reasonably consistent and S Davies had the best weight of 51-09 to win the lake.

Results :
1st. B WALTERS Peg 67 on BONSAI
2nd J ALLERTON Peg 1 on STRIP.
3rd. S DAVIES Peg 59 ON LAURELS .

Sections :

S ROTHERY 27-9
K KIRKWOOD 46-9
P CANNON 37-3
C PEBERDY 42-1
B WALTERS 74-15
R AUSTIN 40-1
J LEACH 24-8
W JERRAM 8-7
I WIDDOWS 18-12
M JONES 14-7
S CAMERON 17-9
M BAILEY 18-10
M YOUNG 16-12
T BURT 27-10
R TUXFORD 33-04
J ALLERTON 64-08
J HURRY 13 - 9
G WILLERTON 21 - O
R PILLASTONE 25-15
P BROWN 8- 01
D WATTS 24-O
C KENDAL 13-10
L BAMFORD 40-12
K LEACH 23-0
D WRIGHT 39-12
L GELDART 23-8
S DAVIES 51-9

ALL SECTION WINNERS RECEIVED CARP VADER GOODIE BAGS
THE WINNER ALSO RECEIVED A CAT FISH FISHING HOLIDAY IN SPAIN DONATED BY WWW.CARPDREAMFISHING.COM AND A TROPHY DONATED BY GBA GROUP OF GRIMSBY

At the end of the day, £5769 had been raised for the Charity and with further sponsorship and DVD sales to come in, the total will be even higher.

Anyone wanting to buy a copy of the DVD of the day's events, please contact Kev directly on 07878 706752 or visit the website www.thebigbash.co.uk. The DVDs cost £5.00 each, and all proceeds go to the charity.

The only disappointment to the day was the number of "No Shows" as 350 anglers had booked onto the match, but 80 did not turn up. As a result of this, next year's event will require a non-refundable deposit paid when booking a peg.

All in all it was an excellent day, with plenty of banter before and after the match and an amazing array of raffle prizes that Kev had managed to obtain from local, National and International companies.

Details of future events will appear on the Big Bash website (www.thebigbash.co.uk) in the near future.