LINGMERE, 19/1/14 ~ Real can o' whupass does the trick for Jamie

After months and months of 'whupass' threats, which were all hot air, how ironic that a real can actually produced the goods for Jamie Pickup. Prior to this match, in the Lingmere cafe, Col Cook had arranged a presentation of a genuine can of the stuff to Jamie, and he finally managed a shock win.

Split over the two lakes, the bottom was favourite to produce, and so it proved. On the day the first three sat in a row on the bottom lake, with Jamie coming out on top in a well contested affair.
JBay fished maggot shallow from the off and steadily caught a mix of silvers and F1s to amass 44lb 10oz for a fantastic and long overdue victory.
Also fishing a great match was Dave Lynch, who sprinkled micros and fished a 4mm pellet over, for a similar net which went 41lb 01oz at the scales. Well done Spadger.
Fast becoming a Lingy legend is Dirk Warren, who again featured in the frame. Degs fished caster on the waggler, and netted some decent carp as well as the customary F1s, and weighed 37lb 02oz. Nice one Dirk.
Another noteable weight of 33lb 08oz from the ever reliable Dave Norman brought a section win, while the other section was won by The Monster, Steve Cooke. A pat on the back to them.
The top lake proved to be as stubborn as usual. Yozzer had 29lb 04oz, Tony the Crafty Cockney fished a great match and had 17lb 10oz, and Sumo lost more foul-hookers than he landed, but still managed a level 15lb. The toughest section was won by the consistent Dennis Jones with a meagre 8lb 10oz. A big well done to those fellas. 
A few early qualifiers for the 'challenges', details on the relevant pages. If you didn't manage it there's plenty of time yet.