31st of August and 1st of September saw the UCMG have their first 2-day angling festival at the El Bosquet complex near to Catral.
14 Club members took part in the festival and split into 3 sections and section winners would receive one point, runner-up 2 points down to 4 points for those coming 4th or 5th in their respective sections.
The overall winners (top 3) were the ones with the lowest number of points and should there be a tie, places would be decided on section wins.
Saturday section winners were:
A section: Martin Fisher on B1 with 17kg 080 grammes – B Section: Neil “Bagger” Bomford with the top weight of the day from peg 15 with 31kg 520 grammes – C Section: Steve “Higgy” Higgins with 18kg 300 grammes from peg 23.
Sunday section winner were:
A section: Dave “Hutch” Hutchinson with 30kg 620 grammes from the in-form B1 peg. Hutch’s weight was the best of the day too. – B Section: Bagger Bomford made no mistake from Peg 12 and claimed another 30kg weight, with 30kg 100 grammes….only 20 grammes ahead of Bill “Cockerney” Cannon! – C Section: John Waples with 16kg 160 grammes from peg 22.
There was no doubting the winner with 2 points, Bagger Bomford. John Waples took the runners-up slot with 3 points. There was a tie for the next three placings, all with 4 points, with Hutch taking the 3rd prize envelope with a better weight than Martin Fisher’s total.
The winner of the ‘close but no cigar’ award went to Max De Groote Marnix, who also had 4 points.
Our main Sponsor – NTT Baits and Tackle – kindly donated 200€ worth of tackle vouchers for the daily top 3, which were as follows:
Saturday: Bagger, Higgy and John (Juggernaut) Havercroft. Sunday: Hutch, Bagger and the Cockerney geezer.
All the prizes for the 2 days were presented in our co-sponsors wonderful British styled pub, The Dog & Firkin pub in Catral where we all enjoyed a steak and kidney or steak and ale pie with chips, peas and gravy.
