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Manic fortnight sees Teesside youngster bank over £6,000 in winnings.
MAP and Marukyu-backed star James Dent has enjoyed a fortnight to remember at White Acres, winning one 180-peg festival, finishing second in another and winning a qualifying match for the £50,000 winner-takes-all Maver 'Match This' Final!

He commented: “I have had what can only be described as a dream fortnight. To win the Dynamite Festival was awesome alone, but then to go on and win the Maver 'Match This' qualifier and finish second in the Milo Festival was brilliant!

"I have to be honest and say that I have been drawing brilliantly, and when you are fishing every day you become very smooth, so by the end of the second week I was fishing extremely efficiently. I would class the last day of the Milo Festival as my best performance. I drew Peg 18 on Twin Oaks, and hardly put a cast wrong, going on to win the lake with 190lb.

"I picked up just over £6,000 over the two weeks, and my sharing partner, Andy Geldart added another £1,000 to the pot, meaning that we went home with about £3,500 each. I don't know what I am going to do with the money as yet, I am thinking about buying a new van, but I might just save it up. I will be travelling over to France to fish the World Youth Championships later in the year, which normally costs a few quid, so the money will probably come in handy for that!" 

Results:

Dynamite Baits Festival

1 James Dent 36pts (Dropping 8)
2 Steve Ringer 36pts (Dropping 7)
3 John Whincup 35pts (Dropping 8)

Maver 'Match This' Qualifier

1 James Dent 170lb
2 Dan White 142lb
3 James Stones 116lb

Milo Festival

1 Martin Trice 36pts (Dropping 8)
2 James Dent 35pts (Dropping 8)
3 Des Shipp 35pts (Dropping 7)