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JUNIOR MATCH REPORT

Winner Kyle Odell

Junior Match Report

Venue : Brogborough Lagoon

Date :  Sat 6th Aug 2016

1st   Kyle Odell                   2lb  4oz  8dr

2nd  Jake Harrison           2lb  8dr

3rd   Liam Bell                   1lb  14oz  8dr

4th  Alfie Nicholls            1lb  10oz  8dr

5th  Ollie Kozak                1lb  6oz

6th  Ewan Bell                   1lb 2oz

7th  Aaron Lowe                   15oz

Report:      The fourth match in the Ampthill Junior’s match calendar headed off to a completely different venue for the Juniors as they arrived at the Brogborough Lagoon or Broggie lagoon as its usually known. The weather was going to be a big factor in the match today as high temperature’s were forecast and this proved correct, so with a clear sky as well the silver fish that the lagoon is best known for would probably  keep their heads down and this proved the case and the match started very slowly for all seven anglers. By the end of the first hour everyone had caught something but it seemed that all the very small Rudd were the only fish showing and this was to be the way the match was going to end unless someone could pluck out just one decent fish like a carp or tench .

Peg 2 was Liam Bell who was finding that the fish were just not playing ball but with a bit of tuition from Gary he found a few fish to weigh in a respectable  1lb 14oz for 3rd place, his  brother Ewan, on Peg 5 found fish but they were not the size he wanted but he plugged away and with 10 mins left came in close only to hit into something big which after giving him the shock of his life proceeded to head straight out into deep water smashing him up , leaving him to lick his wounds, this would have won the match for him but he will have his day another time.

Peg 6 in the reeds saw Ollie Kozak who was plugging away also catching plenty of fish but they too were small and he couldn’t pick up anything bigger despite trying all areas in his peg , to Ollie’s left we had Jake Harrison and Aaron Lowe , both in the tree’s and both picking up small fish and just plugging away but both looking across the lagoon where young Kyle Odell was pegged. He to was picking up small fish but he was picking them up really close in under his feet and this proved to be the best move of the day, despite his Coach (dad ) trying to get him to go after the big carp he held his nerve and kept plugging away for the small silvers. To Kyles   left was the seasons points leader Alfie Nicholls, he had taken a fair few small Rudd too but had changed to the cage feeder and was picking up slightly larger fish so it was going to be a tight weigh-in on a hard days fishing.

So the nets were weighed and it was clear that weights were low but each angler had caught at least 30/40 fish each which was fantastic considering the conditions. So 1st place went to our newest angler young Kyle Odell with a great weight of  2lb 4oz 8 dr , second was Jake Harrison with 2lb 8dr , third Liam Bell 1lb 14oz 8dr, Fourth Alfie Nicholls 1lb 10oz 8dr, Fifth Ollie Kozak 1lb 6oz , Sixth Ewan ( the one that got away) Bell 1lb 2oz and Seventh Aaron Lowe 15oz . These weights meant that in the points table Leader Alfie Nicholls has been caught by Jake Harrison to tie on points so its all to fish for on the last match at the Ressi , and the Bell brothers are just 2 points apart with Liam ahead so they have there own battle too.

So to sum up a hard match today was had by all but each angler held there own and caught fantastically today despite the condition, just 1lb 6oz between top and bottom weight but the performance of the day goes to Kyle Odell who showed  his fans behind him that he is destined to be a top match anger in the future so well done to him great angling Kyle. But a massive well done goes to all for keeping plugging away and putting fish in the net and not giving up so well done to you all, now a few weeks break for hols etc and then back to the Ressi where its all to play for with the championship being  decided on the last match and the Bell brothers finding out who is top rod.

Tight Lines

Martin