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4th June 2019

Golden Rod Feeder Championship 2019-20

17th March 2019

The long road to the final concluded as 60 of the country’s finest feeder anglers made their way to Larford Lakes in Worcestershire to fish for the coveted title of Golden Rod Feeder Champion 2019.
A staggering £26,800 prize fund and a champion who would pocket a massive £12,000 for first place overall and the superb trophy.
There was a number of finalists returning from last year’s final including Steve Ringer, Darren Cox and last year’s champion, Charlie Simpson.

No beast from the east this year but conditions for the two day final were far from being perfect. The competitors had to face up to extreme winds with gusts approaching 50mph. On top of this, temperatures took a tumble to just 10C, coupled with heavy rain at times.
Saturday around 4”of rain lashed into the lakes and a keen frost on Sunday seriously effected the formbook.
That being said, the Golden Rod Feeder final presented an epic final with just 1lb separating the first and second position.

Day 1
Overall winner on day 1 was Danny Wilson who drew peg 23 on the Specimen Lake.
Danny quickly found quality carp short and down his edge bagging a massive 131lbs to method and waffters, easily winning his section for the perfect start to his challenge for the title.

Second overall on day 1 was Nick Speed who drew peg 58 on the Match Lake.
Not a fancied peg to challenge for a section win but Nick put in an excellent display of feeder fishing catching short and down his edges with both method and cage feeder landing 111-13-00 of carp, F1’s and skimmers, all to waffters and hard pellet.
Nick secured both a section and lake win.

Third overall on day 1 was Steve Ringer who drew peg 20 on the Match Lake.
Steve had a slow start and after a couple of hours appeared to be out of the running.
With a couple of hours remaining, Steve spodded in almost two tins of corn and pellet to totally transform his peg, catching quality carp right up to the final whistle and weighing 99-06-00 for a comfortable section win.
Steve caught on the method feeder with waffters and hard pellet.

Fourth placed Steve Tucker secured a lake and section win from the 10 peg Arena section.
Steve drew fancied peg 18 and made it pay by landing 87-01-00 of good carp fishing short and down his edge on method and cage feeder tactics.
Steve fished waffters and hard pellet.

Fifth placed Paul Cook drew peg 70 on the Specimen Lake and had a very slow start.
A few early bream to the method and waffters but consistant feeding down his edge and short produced some late quality carp giving him 82-15-00 and an important section win.

Day 2

With one day to go, 24 anglers were in contention to frame or lift the champions trophy.
Section A on the Match Lake
The Section was won by Ben Fisk from peg 6 with 43lbs.
Ben caught on the Method and cage with waffters fished short and down his edge.
His performance was enough to secure a top 10 overall placing.

Section B Match Lake
The Section was won by Steve Seabourne with 61-01-00 from peg 24.
Steve caught on the method short and down his edges.

Section C Arena Lake
The Section was won by John Turnock from peg 20 with 53-10-00 of carp to the method and waffters.
John pushed Tommy Pickering out of a section win by just 1lb 6oz to secure the section.

Section D Specimen Lake
The section was won by Richard Pennington with 30-07-00 of carp and bream.
His performance not quite enough to make the top 4 and his 5 point overall score putting in him in 5th place overall.
Richard caught on method and cage feeder from peg 3 on the Specimen Burr.

Section E Specimen Lake
Winner of section E was Paul Twigg with 26-13-00 from peg 64.
Paul’s catch of bream was enough to secure an overall two day place of 9th place overall.

Section F Specimen Lake
Another fine performance from Lee Kerry who drew pag 52.
Lee was sitting on 3 points after day 1 so a section win was vital to stay in the hunt for an overall win or top 4 placing.
Lee found some quality bream throughout the day and later caught two good carp down his edge to weigh 45-14-00 and vital section win.

The result
What a conclusion to 2 days of very competitive feeder fishing.
England’s best feeder angler Steve Ringer scored a superb 3 points winning his section on day one and securing second in his section on day 2.
Steve’s 3 point total was equal to Tommy Pickerings score but Steve lifted the trophy by way of a superior weight and pocketed a massive £12,000.

Second overall was Tommy Pickering who put in a truly amazing performance scoring 3 points over the two day final.
Tommy drew the Arena on day 2 and lost a massive carp at the net that would have certainly won him the title.
Beaten by just 1lb 6oz for a section win on day 2, Tommy’s overall weight was 132-14-00 just 1lb short of Steve Ringer and scoring 3 points over the 2 days.
As much as Tommy wanted to the title, he walked away with a massive £7,000 for a deserved second overall placing.

Third overall was Ian White with a two-day point score of 4. Again, the position was decided by weight and Ian secured his placing with 121-05-00.
Ian collected £4,000.

Fourth to the frame was Lee Kerry with a 2 day point score of 4.
Lee had to accept a lesser weight overall of 101-09-00, collecting £2,000

All in all, a truly wonderful 2 day final enjoyed by all.
On behalf of Golden Reel Angling Ltd, Larford Lakes and myself, I would like to thank all the finalists who took part.

The spirit of the competitors was magnificent and I look forwards to seeing many of you again in next year’s final.

Remember, if you’re in it you can win it.

Phil Briscoe

Event Organiser

№NamePlace PointsScoring Weight lbPeg Number
1Steve Ringer3133.1320,23
2Tommy Pickering3132.144,80
3Ian White4121.0260,68
4Lee Kerry4101.0911,52
5Richard Pennington5115.16,3
6Matt Godfrey5103.0614,68
7Simon Skelton6149.1511,21
8Nick Speed6124.0558,74
9Ben Fisk694.116,9
10Paul Twigg675.0526,64
11Adam Dowd7104.0410,9
12Paul Cook7103.0362,70
13Steve Tucker7101.1518,54
14Tony Miessner795.0244,78
15Matt Pillay790.0513,12
16John Jones784.0324,78
17Simon Fry769.089,14
18Danny Wilson8145.0116,23
19Dave Burley8103.0618,58
20Mark Turner8101.0146,52
21Frankie Gianoncelli889.1318,56
22Lee Addy910413,18
23Richard Lawson980.058,62
24Darren Cox960.0924,3
25Marcus Frost1083.1518,74
26Adam Lee1074.0822,58
27Danny Bache72.0810,11
28John Turnock1072.0820,60
29Martin Harrell1064.1512,14
30Kieron Bailey1063.0922,2
31Jim Evans1061.0622,76
32Charlie Simpson1056.1424,80
33Jon Arthur1174.0556,62
34Keith Clifton1171.1452,60
35Steve Seaborn1170.124,12
36Mike Hartley1149.0658,76
37Sim Stott1279.1154,17
38Nick Howell1277.0946,11
39Sam Brown1369.0412,6
40Pete Kitwood1355.0122,15
41Dave Berry134920,8
42Lee Jepson1337.139,8
43Mark Charnell1447.0320,72
44Mark O'Neill1551.1250,20
45Jordan Holloway1668.0326,54
46Martin Edis1658.0962,72
47Alan Taylor1643.0448,70
48Carl Barnfield1628.152,66
49Martin Tayloe1750.1250,56
50Chris Pavlou1729.0314,62
51Paul Greenwood1727.034,18
52Steve Mazza1858.138,2
53Rob Upex183848,17
54John Aldridge1812.0952,20
55John Vernon184.0844,15
56Steve Palmer1943.156,21
57Brett Clarke1919.1116,5
58Stephen Taylor1917.0760,64
59James Place2028.0454,6
60Brian Clark20.330.025

 

18th March 2018

The winner of the Golden Rod Feeder Championship 2018 is Charlie Simpson – 3 points, total weight 106-10-00

Collecting £12,000

Second – Steve Ringer 3 points, total weight 80-02-00

Collecting £7,000

Third – Richard Pennington 3 points, total weight 44-09-00

Collecting £4,000

Fourth – Les Thompson, 4 points, total weight 106-06-00

Collecting £2,000

 

Conditions for this prestigious final could not have been worse. As per the weather forecast, it was true to form with the return of the ‘beast from the east’.

A severe wind from the east with driving snow over the two days and a wind chill factor of -6C.

Due to the heavy winds, the lakes remained clear of ice but presentation was made difficult for all the competitors.

Hard to believe that the practice match on Friday before the final was fished with highs of 15C.

 

Day 1

Section ‘A’ Match Lake

Winner   of the section was Prezmek Solski who drew peg 6 on the Match Lake.

Prezmek fished the method feeder short catching quality F1’s and carp to an orange waffter landing 42-12-00.

2nd in the section was Mark O’Neill with 27-09-00 from peg 62. Mark found his fish late into the match down his edge on method and waffters.

3rd in the section was Darren Cox with 23-08-00 from peg 56, again to method short and waffters.

 

Section ‘B’ Match Lake

Winner of the section was Tom Hobbs who drew peg 24. Tom fished to the island with method and waffters landing 60-13-00 of carp and F1’s taking the section comfortably.

2nd in the section was Charlie Simpson who drew peg 48 on the burr landing 32-08-00 of carp, F1’s and skimmers to method feeder short.

3rd in the section was Lee Jones weighing in 31-15-00 to the method feeder from peg 50.

 

Section ‘C’ Arena Lake

The Arena Lake on day 1 fished very well despite the awful conditions. Winner of the section was Les Thompson who drew peg 20.

Les had to watch peg 7 on the opposite bank catching quality carp early but during the course of the match pulled it back landing bigger fish to method and waffter, fishing just short of half way. As the match progressed, Les switched to his edge lines, which came alive with quality carp, sealing his victory with a section winning weight of 90-07-00.

2nd in the section was Sean Kelly who drew peg 7. Sean was off to an early flier with carp stacking up in his corner peg. Sean found his fish on the method and waffter weighing in 77-10-00.

3rd in the section was Lee Addy who drew peg 9 weighing in 45-09-00 of carp and bream to method and waffters.

 

Section ‘D’ Specimen Lake

England international Steve Ringer drew peg 6 on the Specimen burr and fished the hybrid feeder at around 60m. Fishing orange waffters, Steve found an early carp of around 15lbs to kick start his match in style. He later added four more carp to weigh 61-04-00 and securing the section win.

 

Pushing Steve all the way was Andy Washington who drew peg 4.

Andy landed 8 carp and looked to be heading for section win. The carp he landed were a smaller stamp so at the scales, Andy weighed 53-13-00 securing second place in the section.

 

Third in the section was Lea Hall who drew 78 on the chalet bank weighing in 38-15-00 of carp and bream, all taken on the method feeder.

 

 

Section ‘E’ Specimen Lake 

Winner of this section for day one was Ricky Teale who drew peg 72

Ricky caught skimmers on the cage feeder short with dead reds and later in the match, found a carp short on the method boosting his weight to 24-08-00 to secure a section win.

 

Second in the section was local rod, Ray Lamb who drew peg 70.

Ray fished the method all day with pink waffters finding a couple of quality bream and carp to weigh 17-03-00.

 

Third in the section was Rob Wooton who drew peg 68. Rob fished the method long weighing 16-05-00.

 

Section ‘F’ Specimen Lake 

Winner of the section was Jamie Harrison who drew peg 62 on the chalet bank.

Jamie fished the cage feeder with dead reds landing quality bream all day at around 25 m finishing the day with an all bream catch of 32-01-00. 

 

Second in the section was Richard Pennington who drew peg 30 on the burr bank.

Richard fished both the cage and Method feeder finishing the day with 19-02-00.

 

Third in the section was Rob Upex who drew peg 58 landing 8-01-00 from this difficult part of the section.

 

Day 2 

 

Section ‘A’ Match Lake 

The weather was now pretty horrific with 25 mile per hour winds and driving snow.

 

Winner of section A was Richard Pennington who drew end peg 62 on the Match Burr bank.

Richard caught most of his fish later down his edge on the method feeder weighing in 25-07-00 securing his section win.

 

Second in the section was Phil canning with 23-13-00.

Phil drew peg 8 on the shallow bank, which was not a fancied draw.

Fishing the method halfway and later down his edge Phil caught F1’s and carp to weighing in 23-13-00.

 

Third on the day was Paul Wright who had a ding donger go with Phil Canning weighing in 23-11-00 from Peg 6. Paul also fished the method missing out by just two ounces for second in the section.

 

Section ‘B’ Match Lake

Winner of this section for Day 2 was Steve Walker who fished a very tidy match fishing the method and waffter short from Peg 48

Steve found mainly quality F1’s to weigh 44-08-00 winning the section comfortably.

 

Second in the section was England’s Steve Ringer who drew page 22 on the grass bank.

Steve fish the hybrid feeder halfway with orange waffters to weigh carp and F1’s for a weight of 18-14-00

 

Third in the section was Lea Hall from Peg 18 with carp and F1’s to the method weighing in 12-01-00

 

Section ‘C’ Arena Lake

Conditions clearly switched off for the carp and bream on this lake for day 2 

 

Winner of the section was Mike Flannaghan who drew peg 7 

Mike fished a method feeder with orange waffters landing 40-14-00 of carp easily winning the section.

 

Second on the day was Kevin Hill who drew peg 9. Kev fished the method finding a few carp to weigh 27-06-00.

 

Third in the section was Matt Pillay Who drew peg 18.

Matt was dry up until the last 30 minutes dropping his method down his edge with just 30 minutes to go produced a couple of bites for 2 carp that weighed 14-12-00 

 

Section ‘D’ Specimen Lake 

Charlie Simpson made the most of fancied peg 80 on the Specimen Lake.

Fishing the method at around 30m, Charlie found 8 or 9 carp to waffters weighing in 74-02-00 for a comfortable section win.

 

Second in the section was Kevin Hall from peg 6 on the burr bank.

Kevin fished both the cage and method to find carp and bream for a very respectable 41-05-00.

 

Third in the section was Darren Cox with 30-04-00. Darren drew peg 78 on the chalet bank landing a couple of carp to the method and waffters.

 

Section ‘E’ Specimen Lake 

Winner of this section was Gary Ainscough from peg 18 on the burr bank 

Gary fish the method and cage feeder to find carp and bream to weigh 20-00-00. 

 

Close behind Gary was Simon Willsmore who drew peg 16.

Simon found bream and carp on the method and cage to finish the day with 18-08-00 securing second place in the section.

 

Third placed Jim Evans drew peg 72 on the chalet bank landing 14-06-00 

 

Section ‘F’ Specimen Lake

Winner of section F was Richard Hoskins who drew peg 62 on the chalet bank.

Richard had a few small skimmers to the cage feeder but found a good carp late in the match to the method short boosting his wait to 28-11-00 to secure the section win.

 

Second in the section was Gareth Lambert from peg 54.

Gareth fished the cage at 30m with dead reds landing 20-15-00 of bream and skimmers.

 

Third placed Les Thompson fished hard with the cage feeder at 20 metres with dead reds.

The first half of the match Les had very few bites but found the bream and skimmers late in the match to weigh 15-10-00 for a 3 point section score.

 

 

Overall:-

 Adding up all the section weights after the two days, three points was shared by three anglers so to establish the overall winner the weights over the two days confirmed the championship.

 

1st Charlie Simpson – 3 points

Total weight 106-10-00

 

2nd Steve Ringer – 3 points

Total Weight 80-02-00

 

3rd Richard Pennington – 3 points

Total weight 44-09-00

 

4th Les Thompson – 4 points

Total weight 106-06-00

5th Mike Flannaghan – 5 point (Superior weight)

 

6th Steve Walker – 5 points

 

Charlie Simpson the first Golden Rod feeder champion collected a massive £12,000 first prize and the Superb Golden Rod feeder championship trophy, well done Charlie.

 Second place Steve Ringer collected a cheque for £7,000, brilliant performance Steve.

 Third place Richard Pennington collect a cheque for £4,000, well done Richard.

 Fourth place Les Thompson collected a cheque for £2,000, yet another envelope from Phil Briscoe well done Les.

 Section winners (10 per section) all collected £150 per section so in total £26,800 was paid out plus super pools pay outs.

 

Our thanks to all the competitors for braving the extreme conditions and seeing the match through to the finish.

 Our thanks are extended to the Larford fishery staff for also braving the conditions.

A special thank you to Tom Scholey from Catch More Media for covering the event.

 Finally, a big thank you to the organisers from all the qualifiers Mick Axon, Andy Burrows and Matt Blackmore, all played a very important part in making the Golden Rod feeder championship a massive success.

 Thank you 

 Phil Briscoe Golden Reel Angling

PositionNamePointsDecider
CharlieSimpson3
SteveRinger3Weight
RichardPennington3Weight
LesThompson4
MikeFlanagan5
SteveWalker5Weight
PrezmekSolski5Weight
DarrenCox6
GarethLambert6Weight
LeeHall6Weight
RickyTeale6Weight
RayLamb6Weight
KevinHill7
GarryAinscough7Weight
TomHobbs8
LeeJones8Weight
MarkO'Neill8Weight
RichardHoskins8Weight
JamieHarrison8Weight
PhilCanning8Weight
MattPillay8Weight
LeeAddy9
KevinHall9Weight
JimEvans9Weight
RobWootton9Weight
SeanKelly10
PaulWright10Weight
SimonWillsmore10Weight
LukeWebster10Weight
MattBenwell10Weight
PeterEmmerson12
PaulCook12Weight
MartinEdis12Weight
BrianClark12Weight
PaulHolmes12Weight
PeteJones12Weight
AndyWashington13
SteveSeaborn13Weight
JasonFarmer14
RobUpex14Weight
BrettClarke15
JohnJones15Weight
TrevorRenwick15Weight
SimonRichardson15Weight
SamCrag15Weight
WillFreeman16
SimonHarris16Weight
FabianArpad16Weight
MarkBartlett17
DerekBennett17Weight
SteveRose18
AndyBurrows18Weight
JoeCarass18Weight
PaddyMcMahon20
MartinTayloe20Weight
DeanBarlow20Weight
JoeWheeldon21
TonyJohnson21Weight
AllenHarrison21Weight
GrahamHallows22

 

Here are a few photos of today’s final, with weather resembling Siberia with the snow and biting wind.

 

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