JACOBS, 8/9/13 ~ Sumo falls short in record attempt as Yozz wins off another flier

The club's first visit to Jacobs coincided with an overnight chill as temperatures dropped into single figures for the first time this autumn. Such is the reputation of the lake however, it was still expected to produce.
Ten minutes into the match and John Edwards had made a flying start. He immediately declared his intention to smash the lake record, which stands at an impressive 170lb+. Despite catching regularly on paste and corn, at the final whistle Sumo fell just short with his 33lb 09oz net of F1s and a solitary bream. Unlucky John, but an excellent try which gave him third place in the match.
Meanwhile, The Gnome had drawn an end peg with a weed bed on the inside. Fishing meat at 8metres and down the side, Yozz managed 55 F1s and 2 proper carp of 5lb each, which pulled the scales round to 73lb 02oz for a runaway victory.
Steve Coleman was second with another good net of F1s, caught on paste, which went 34lb. Another good effort, well done.
Kenny Pickup had his lads for company in his section and proved he's the Daddy with a winning 26lb 04oz.
With Dave Norman unable to maintain his winning Old Hough form despite his end peg draw (10 minutes to land a 2lb fish) it was left to Tony Byers to win section A. The crafty cockney made a switch to 8mm banded pellet with an hour to go and suddenly started hitting all his previously missed indications. A mix of F1s, bream and a proper carp gave him 24lb 10oz. Lavly jabbly.
The final section, a low key affair, went to Gary Brislin with a maggot caught mix weighing a level 21lb. A big well done to all. Although it didn't produce the level of sport anticipated, it was a very fair match on a good little venue, apart from that Yozzer bloke who just had to go and spoil it!