On a somewhat windy day, 11 society members fished this match. The venue was very new to most of us as we had never been there, but Ken Arnold, Brian Tinman and Clive Biddulph had been down to have a practice the week before. The crack was "don't bother with maggots, as you just get "bits" you need pellet and corn." So after Brian "Golden Arm" Tinman drew the peg Ken had practiced on and bagged up, we all thought it was a done deal. But no way! Nick Bastock fished the long pole from peg 11 to put 55 Lbs 14 Ozs on the scales to win, followed by Colin Morris on peg 5 with 45 Lbs 12 Ozs and third was Graham Jones with 42 Lbs 15 Ozs. Yours Truly finished fastest loser in 4th with 39 Lbs 9 Ozs. The other 7 weights were: Will - 32 Lbs 3 Ozs, Brian - 30 Lbs 6 Ozs, Ken - 28 Lbs 7 Ozs, Clive 25 Lbs 4 Ozs, Dave - 32 Lbs 9 Ozs, Pat - 12 Lbs 6 Ozs and Ray - 12 Lbs 2 Ozs. Most of us found the fish responded well to maggot by the way, so it just goes to show that practice doesn't always make perfect then!