The 10th match of the 2009 Championship was held on a cool day at Boddington Reservoir, when it rained much of the first part of the match.

Water levels were very low and most anglers found bites hard to find, although everyone managed to catch carp.

Top weight was taken by Adam Chester (peg 81) with a 20 carp catch weighing 131 lbs.  Adam fished banded pellet on bomb over loose fed pellet at 30 yards, and caught well throughout the latter stages of the match.

Runner up Carl Henrick (peg 82) fished method feeder at 50 yards for his 87 lb 4 oz, as did third placed (Junior Member) George Rigby (peg 73) for his 81 lb.

Steve Wilcock (peg 76) landed 79 lb on "tea bag" and pellet, Rob Henrick (peg 83) had 76 lb 8 oz on method feeder, Dave Kent (peg 79) next with 66 lb 8 oz (on feeder and pole).

Following the colder weather, like most anglers Team LEVAS found fish hard to come by in the first round of the 2009 Dynamite Baits Makins Winter league, gaining 11th place.

 Section money winners were: George Rigby (Inner Avon); Jamie Adcock (Lake 2 A bank); Andrew Williams (Outer Avon) and John Adamson (Snake).

The team selected was: John Adamson, Jamie Adcock, Matt Colegate, Joe Cooper, Carl Henrick, Rob Henrick, Steve Keightley, Ian Morris, Steve Richards, George Rigby, Andrew Wiiiiams and Brian Briscoe.  Not fishing but also in the squad are: Jake Hemmings, Dave Highley, Geoff Highley, Steve Hoult, Dave Kent,Anthony White and Ivan Carrier.

Match 9 for the Richardson Cup was a joint match with Soldiers and Sailors, fished at Robinwood Fishery.

Brain Leafe put in another virtuoso performance from peg 9 to land 59 lb 11 oz of carp for a clear win, with Carl Henrick (peg 11) filling second spot with a 34 lb of carp and ide.  Paul Skinner (peg 10) and Paul Marriott (peg 8) filled the next two spots with 23 lb 10 oz and 22 lb 10 oz, edging out Jake Hemmings's 22 lb 4 oz from peg 21.

At the midway point in the Championship, Carl Henrick has moved into the lead with 123 points ahead of the reigning champion Dave Kent (105 points).  Jake Hemmings is next with 104 points, John Adamson on 102 and Paul Richardson on 98.

 Match 10 is on Boddington Reservoir on 11 October.

Championship Match 8 was fished on Donington Pool at Ryecroft Fishery (Hemington).  It was first time that the deep lake has been used by LEVAS, and on the day it seemed that anglers either needed to target a few big carp or catch small 'silvers' 'up in the water'.

Dave Kent, drawn on peg 1, fished with a 6mm pellet at 11m in open water for 7 bites, of which 3 were converted into carp landed for a weight of 24 lb 8 oz to win. 

Mick Lager (peg 6) took second place with 23 lb 12 oz, Len Barker (peg 11) taking third place with a 3 carp catch of 23 lb 2 oz (3 carp) on feeder.

The win takes Dave Kent to the top of this year's Championship by a single point from the early pace-setter Carl Henrick.  Points leaders to date: Dave Kent 105; Carl Henrick 104; Jake Hemmings 86; John Adamson 86; Malc Munn 84; Paul Richardson 83.

Please see results pages of this site for full match result & top 10 Championship Leaderboard.

Match 9 (Joint with Soldiers & Sailors) will be at Robinwood on Sunday 20 September. Book in ASAP to ensure a place.

Championship Match 7, for the W Camm Trophy, was held on Phase 2 at Dynamite Baits Makins over three Lakes, Crater, Reptile and Little Reptile.  On a warm day the fishing was excellent and, excepting the winner, produced a close result.

Fishing Crater 13, Brian Leafe quickly found where the fish favoured, and using sweetcorn presented on pole along the margin he fully exploited the resident carp population to total 102 lb for a clear win.

 Brian Leafe with part of his winning catch

 Second weight (and top weight on Reptile) was 14 year old Jake Hemmings from peg 17.  Jake fishing method feeder close to the island for 68 lb of carp, pushed John Adamson (Crater 5) into third place.  John's 63 lb consisting of 21 carp were taken on long pole and paste early on and then method feeder in the latter stages.

Paul Richardson filled fourth slot with 62 lb 10 oz, edging out Malc Munn (Crater 15) who was fifth with 61 lb 8 oz.

Championship leader, Carl Henrick (Reptile 13) retained his lead by taking sixth place with 58 lb 8 oz.

For full results and current leaderboard on the Championship see the results pages.

Next match is on Donnington Lake (Hemington) on 6 September.  

LEVAS member Dave Mayo landed a creditable 6th place in the Anging Trust's Veteran's National Championships which was fished by well over 200 at Dynamite Baits Makins fishery.

Above Left, Dave Mayo receiving his medal from Terry Fell of the Angling Trust.

Above right, Dave with his medal.

Dave, fishing peg 26 on Lake 1, fished pellet waggler towards an island to land 33.900 kilos (around 74 lb 10 oz) of carp, and had top weight on the Lake.

Of the other local anglers in the top third, Pete Warren weighed in 18.3 kilos from Lake 5 peg 4 for 35th place, Dave Kent was in 42nd place with 16.8 kilo from Lake 4 peg 6.