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Ilminster AA members fished the penultimate fixture in the association's evening league on Wednesday August 17. Due to the failing light the match was shortened by 15 minutes but weights were still good with some nice rudd being caught. Ilminster Angling Association evening league Dillington Pond, Somerset | 17/08/11 | 5 fishedVenue expert Moses Holbrook was victorious yet again, this time with 8lb 1oz taken from peg 7. Jamie Rich was the bridesmaid for the third match on the trot with 6lb 12oz fishing from peg 1, while league leader, Alvin Jones, was third with 5lb 14oz from peg 9.

£1000 Qualifier, Kestrel Lake | Sunday 14/08/11 | 23 pegsVenue regular Mick Stamp used worm and caster in the open water to tempt small carp, ide, barble and chub from peg 22 on kestrel lake, while second place Rob Morris fished pellet in the open water for 73lb 2oz

• 1st Mick Stamp (Sonni Preston) 82lb 02oz• 2nd Rob Morris (Worksop AC) 73lb 2oz• 3rd Jimmy Brooks (Angler’s Corner) 68lb • 4th Boris Kilmer (Miracle Baits) 63lb 12oz• 5th Adam Playford (angler’s corner) 62lb 12oz

£1000 qualifier, Skylark Lake | Tuesday 16/08/11 | 26 pegsLake specialist Steve Lane made no mistake after drawing the golden peg, winning his bonus £200 by fishing maggot down the edge from peg 6 to catch a good bag of small ide, carp and skimmers. • 1st Steve Lane (Castle AC/ WWL) 67lb 8oz• 2nd John Gooden (Mill Don Baits) 58lb 12oz• 3rd Clive Wheeler (Miracle Baits) 54lb 02oz 

Junior Open, Hawk Lake | Wednesday 17/8/117 to12-year-olds• 1st Ted Wheeler 37lb 9 oz• 2nd Brady 29lb 04oz
13 to 16-year-olds • 1st Adam Swain 54lb 09oz • 2nd Ben Eliding 40lb 
 Over Fifties, Skylark Lake | Thursday 18/8/11 
 • 1st John Gooden (Mill Don Baits) 68lb 10oz• 2nd Brian Thompson (Orchard Park) 56lb 08oz• 3rd Ron Roberts (WWL) 42lb 10oz

Upcoming FixturesTuesday. Draw 10am, fish 11am-5pm £11 all inWednesday Junior open match, Hawk Lake. Draw 9am fish 10am-3pmThursday Over Fifties.

With the big money Match This final playing host to a superb line up of hopefuls this weekend promises to be a good one. Pole Fishing editor Jon Arthur will be there competing in the runners-up £5,000 final on the specimen lake and Joe Carass will be sat behind Lee Kerry as his wingman for the day. Tom Scholey, Pole Fishing’s editorial assistant, will be sat with with Stuart Lister hoping he can coach Stu to a big pay-day win. I, on the other hand, will be at Roy Marlow’s fantastic Glebe and Mallory Park complex fishing in the annual AT Masters event.

In a frame dominated by bloodworm and joker weights, sticking to his trusted hemp attack proved key for Tony Marshall as he romped to victory with an 8-15-0 roach net. Shakespeare Qualifier: Hampton Ferry, Evesham | August 14 | 74 FishedDrawn on peg 36, Tony had started his match on bloodworm and joker at 13 metres, taking a few small fish while priming his hemp line a section past where he fed his bloodworm. Then, with two hours of the match to go, Tony slipped a grain of hemp on a light, 4x10 strung out rig, and took the first of a succession of quality redfins. The key move for Tony came just half-an-hour from the end however, when he pushed past his feed to 16 metres and took two 14oz specimens to clench him victory.