Big Bag For Brogden

Ted Carter ace in Match This Final.
Ted Carter ace John Brogden has won the Maver Match This qualifier at Heronbrook Fishery. The venue regular drew well on Canal Peg 11 and opted to fish long pole over to the reeds for most of the match to top the talented field with a winning 130-03-00.

One of the hottest days of the year so far greeted the 106 anglers for this latest Mega Match This qualifier. The fishery has been in great form of late producing some truly impressive weights. However, due to the searing heat, anglers were expecting a difficult match, but this proved not to be the case with every pool producing three-figure weights! 

Finishing runner-up on the day, and just missing out on a place in the Grand Final, was David Emlyn (Oakengates). David drew Peg 2 on Meadow lake and fished a superb match ending the day with 128-14-00 fishing pole and pellet shallow.

Michael Elliott finished in third place from Peg 8, also on Meadow. Michael opted to fish caster shallow to end the day with 123-12-00 of F1s.

Finishing in fourth place on the day was Lingmere Fishery owner, Stephen Openshaw. Steve drew Peg 21 on Bridge. Fishing pellet at 13m towards a shelf on the far bank he ended the match with 111-08-00.

Matrix / Bait Tech man Grant Albutt finished in fifth place from Peg 35 on the match lake. Upon arriving at his peg, Grant could see plenty of fish moving in front of him just below the surface and opted to fish casters up in the water over to the point of an island to weigh in 103-03-00 at the end of the five hours.
Qualifier for Grand Final: John Brogden (Ted Carters Southport)

Result

1 John Brogden (Ted Carter Southport) 130-03-00 (Canal 11)
2 David Emlyn (Oakengates) 128-14-00 (Meadow 2)
3 Michael Elliott (Matrix Dynamite Trentmen) 123-12-00 (Meadow 8)
4 Stephen Openshaw (Lingmere) 111-08-00 (Bridge 21)
5 Grant Albutt (Matrix / Bait-Tech) 103-03-00 (Match 35)
6 Simon Skelton (Middy)    98-11-00 (Canal 12)
7 Chris Gorrell  96-10-00 (Meadow 25)
8 Lee Thornton (Middy / Bag 'Em Baits) 92-00-00 (Meadow 10)

Qualifiers for Maver Pole Championships: John Brogden (Ted Carters Southport), David Emlyn (Oakengates), Stephen Openshaw (Lingmere Fishery), Simon Skelton (Middy) and Chris Gorrell.

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