GORSTY HALL (Ben Pickup Memorial), 10/6/12 ~ Awesome success for Uncle Jamie

The now customary Ben Pickup Memorial was held at this Gorsty fixture.With 3 golden pegs running, it seemed bizarre that Lee (Ben's dad) and Jamie (his uncle) should both draw one. Pegged on numbers 11 and 13, they then settled down to a pellet waggler duel, with both men catching steadily throughout the match. Lee certainly had more fish, but they were of a smaller stamp, and combined with the loss of some better carp, it was Jamie who came out on top.
 JBay caught better carp on a regular basis and finished with an honourable 37lb 12oz to record a fitting and deserved victory. "Awesome! and a nice bloke, too"
Although it appeared that this was a private show for the Pickups, the scales indicated that several other members had put in decent performances too. Colin Cook had quietly slipped a few early method fish into the net, and, adding some better carp from a pellet waggler attack, he earned a silver medal with his 32lb 08oz net. Another good Gorsty effort from Col, well done.
Despite apparently struggling for the entire match, The Gnome had managed a few skimmers, roach, crucians, tench and small carp to the tune of 27lb 14oz, and sneaked onto the podium. Pole-fished meat proving fruitful.
Leaving Lee to rue those lost fish was John Edwards. Sumo tried the method, the wag, and the pole, and amassed a mixed net which went 21lb 10oz at the scales. and pipped Lee for the section.
Kenny Stuart also plodded steadily through on 6mm pellet. A skimmer dominated net , with some late cruies, went 21lb to give the master the other section. Two more respectable performances, well done to John and Kenny.
Not only did Jamie win the match and the golden peg, he also took another sovereign off  Sumo. A particularly fine achievement as rumour is that John is now sponsored by Drennan North West. Why else would his name regularly be followed by DNW ?