Points Match 5 Block Fen, Mepal 15th August 2021

Thanks this week go to Rob, who single handedly had cleared the bankside tangles along the top end of the pit. Maybe he was hoping to draw one of his favourite swims there but when he had to settle for a shallower one along the side he reported that the bream hadn’t shown for him anyway during any of his practice sessions, it sounded like it might be a ‘silvers’ match. As usual Trevor was last to draw and by ‘magic’ managed to get his favoured peg No 5 that he won from last year, how does he do that? Dave Lindsay, in the top corner swim, didn’t listen to the pre match practice results and decided to go for the bream and carp anyway, managing to win with a net of five bream and a tench for over 27 lb, which included the three best bream seen for a while, weighing between 6 lb 2 oz and 5 lb 10 oz. Overall, apart from Dave’s catch, this year’s weights reflected a much more even match compared to the slaughter inflicted by Trevor last year and although he still managed the best net of roach/rudd he was only 7 oz ahead of the next two. Glen’s 13 lb 13 oz included a 2 lb perch and although there were no other notable specimens the average catch of the first 8 places was over 16½ lb, with over 173 lb caught in total, a good day Our next match scheduled for 29th August will be on The Cam at Horningsea, as usual please book on with Trevor, details as per the cub book. Ian Claydon

Points match No. 5 Fished Block Fen, Mepal 15th August 2021

Name	Weight			Points
	lb	oz	dr
Dave Lindsey	27*	5		13
Trevor Sturge	17	8		12
Russ Smith	17	1		11
Kevin Watkins	17	1		11
Ian Claydon	15	5		9
Glen Freeman	13**	13		8
John Read	12	9		7
Simon Deal	11	14		6
Ken Whitmore	11	3		5
Mark Freeman	10	10		4
Alan Moden	7	6		3
Gwyn Andrews	5	4		2
Dave Hathaway	3	8		1
Bill Scott	3	4		1
Rob Turner	DNW			1

	* included bream of 6 lb 2 oz, 5 lb 15 oz & 5 lb 5 oz
	** included a perch of 2 lb