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All the action from Westwood's weekly open events. Sunday Open Hawk LakeSunday’s open match was fished on the popular Hawk Lake for a change. Despite the strong winds Westwood Lakes-backed Wayne Smith made the most from his fancied drawn peg to net 43lb 10oz of small carp, ide and barble, all taken on maggot hookbait over micro pellets tight to the corner of the bridge. Second was the ever-consistent Mick Stamp with a mixed bag for 37lb.

Wednesday Open on Sherwood Forest Fishery's Holmedale Lake. Holmedale Lake Wednesday 26/10/1124 fished Another very cold start to the match but it didn’t seem to bother the carp Andy drew the bore hole peg 31 fishing with the pole and pellet up in the water and on the deck he landed 34 carp – 10lb for a grand total of 115lb 6oz. In second place Nigel was coursing the loss of two double figure carp late in the match that he says would have won him the match, fishing the pole out with pellet and down the margin with corn he managed to land carp – 12lb in his net of 94lb 2oz. Results1st Andy Lakey Worksop AA peg 31, 115-6-02nd Nigel Shipman Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 33, 94-2-03rd Reece Nicolson Gateford Angling Supplies peg 42, 85-2-04th Carl Brown Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 36, 84-4-05th Daz Staley Mansfield Piscatorials AS peg 22, 70-12-06th John Woodland Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 9, 62-10-0.

Good fishing on Makins Lake 2 with over 40lbs needed to make top 10. EVENT: WEDNESDAY ‘KOBRA’ OPENVENUE: LAKE TWO DYNAMITE MAKINSDATE: October 26Number of pegs: 25Although fishing followed a cold, clear night weights were generally lower than expected, with fish caught all round Makins Lake Two in the Wednesday KOBRA Open and over 40 lb required to make the top 10. Ian Hughes (Browning) was late to his peg (B21) as he'd forgotten his rods and had to return home to collect them. Fishing pellet on bomb he had indications throughout the match and ended with 68-12 for a clear win.

This was the first round of 10 matches to be held over the year and the competitors were met with cold and wet conditions and a clear canal. This was reflected in the results with end pegs taking all the places. K&A Canal, Bishops Canning | 19/10/11Number of pegs/anglers: 35 Mike Poolman (HQLF) was the best on the day with a 3. 820kg mixed bag taken on maggot and caster over groundbait on the end peg of 'A' section and the match length.