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Matt Nutt's Charity Match
supporting The Disabled-Angler.co.uk Charities Championship 2006
Well - 20 anglers assembled in the car
park at Rolf's Lake to take part in this Charity Match organised by
Matt Nutt to support the fund raising efforts of The Disabled-Angler.Co.Uk
.
They are running a series of matches over the course of the year leading
up to an All Winners Final to be fished at Holly Farm on Sept 30th,
and while this match wasn't a qualifier, the aim was to boost the funds
for the chosen charities: Macmillan (Cancer relief) & Francis House
(Children’s Hospice).
The warmest day of the year so far, with the sun streaming from a clear
blue sky greeted those who had traveled from as far away as Yorkshire
and Wales, such is the draw that Rolf's Lake exerts, being the venue
where Gary Thorpe broke The World Match Record with a phenomenal weight
of 490lb 8oz.
As always Rolf's proved that it's not the easy venue that some would
have you believe, and while some anglers caught well, others struggled
as the fish in some pegs seemed more intent in lapping up the sunshine
than feeding.
The winner on the day was Matt Nutt with an excellent bag of 231lbs
from peg 19 caught on 6mm hookers fished up in the water over sprayed
caster. Second on the day was a 1st time visitor to Rolf's, Stuart Joy
with a very creditable 142lbs from peg 8. While third place was filled
by the irrepressible Malc Doyle, better know as The Jinx with a hard
earned 114lbs 2ozs.
Spreading the spoils around on the day
were the 4 section winners
1st time visitor Wayne Panting from the Disabled Angler website putting
together a 70lb net off of Peg 1 late on as the fish made him wait.
Jason Grant with 48lbs 14ozs from a jacuzzi of a swim that proved to
be hard work on a day. Dirk Williams (The Dangler himself) just missed
out on the main frame and his 1st Rolf's Ton with a fine bag of 95lbs
8ozs. While the final section place went to Keith Ashby aka Gandhi with
a weight of 77lbs.
All in all a smashing day, A Big Thank You to Matt for a very well organised
match, and to all the anglers who attended on the day who raised a very
creditable £575 boosting the overall total so far raised to £1129.
Hopefully we can do it all over again next year.
Results on the day:
1 Matt Nutt...................... 231lbs.
2 Stuart Joy..................... 142lbs.
3 Malc Doyle..................... 114lbs 02ozs.
4 Dirk Williams.................... 95lbs 08ozs.
5 Keith Ashby.................... 77lbs.
6 Wayne Panting................ 70lbs.
7 Brian Bevan.................... 69lbs 04ozs.
8 Jason Grant.................... 48lbs 14ozs
9 Colin Sharrard................. 42lbs 06ozs.
10 Nick Neo...................... 41lbs 08ozs.
11 Nick Bryant................... 37lbs.
12 Dave Webster................ 31lbs.
13 Nigel Raynor.................. 17lbs 08ozs
14 Andy Lewis.................... 17lbs 04ozs.
15 Dave the fish................. 16lbs.
16 Dave Ashby................... 11lbs 08ozs.
17 Richard Graham.............. 11lbs.
18 Johnney Hohlweg............. 8lbs 08ozs.
19 Ron Byuss..................... DNW
20 Peter Morton................. DNW
Thankyou to all who attended, for your support in our fund raising,
and to Rolf whos venue is a credit to him. A couple of special thanks,
firstly to Matt Nutt, for doing such a brilliant job of organising this
event, and also to Pete Morton, for the excellent pics and report.
Ian (Slacklines)
http://www.disabled-angler.co.uk/
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