Fished on a bright, but very windy, day the "home" team’s knowledge of the venue just edged out the LAS anglers in this first leg of this 2-leg match. The return leg will be fished on Cressage Meadow at a date to be fixed when the WUL guys Summer Sunday matches finish in October. Pole and pellet proved to be the winning method, which found mostly carp to 5 Lbs. There were a lot of roach to be had on the maggot, but averaged only 3-4 Ozs. However, we now know that if everyone had caught a couple of pounds of them first, then had gone for the carp, we could have won the team event. We all learn….!

Total weights:

• WUL 52 Lbs 7 Ozs 
• LAS 48 Lbs 7 Ozs

The top seven places were:

1. 1st J Rushton (WUL) 20 Lbs 9 Ozs 
2. 2nd R Mullinder (WUL) 15 Lbs 1Ozs 
3. 3rd B Smith (LAS) 12 Lbs 14 Ozs 
4. 4th G Stinton (LAS) 7 Lbs 12 Ozs 
5. 5th B C Jones (LAS) 7 Lbs 7 Ozs 
6. 6th P Nolan (LAS) 5 Lbs 4 Ozs 7th 
7. D Upton (LAS) 3 Lbs 9 Ozs