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White Acres
Sensas
Spring Festival 2003.
By
Brian Gay
COOKIE TAKES THE BISCUIT.
FOUR out of four section wins and maximum
36 points for the top three anglers in the 180-entry White Acres Sensas Spring
festival saw a fifth section result count back take the title and £2000 winners
cheque to big hitter Steve Cooke. With four from five section scores counting
Ringer Baitıs backed Steve was the favourite after rattling up four straight
wins, and a fifth win at Bolingey would have put the title beyond the reach of
his rivals. That clean sweep eluded Retford, Nottingham based storeman Steve as
an exciting final five hours saw both Des Shipp and Andy Dare record fourth
section wins to tie on points with the week long leader. However 44-year-old
Steve pulled it out of the bag pushing home with a section second worth 8 points
at Bolingey peg 31. That bettered the efforts of twice Sensas winner Shipp, and
Daiwa Trentmenıs Andy Dare who had posted section fifths earlier in the week.
Classy Shipp took the £900 second placed cheque with weight advantage 348-16-0
to Dareıs 297-3-0.
Steve Cooke's blast off commenced with an absolutely blockbusting superb209-4-0
from Pollawyn's often underrated peg 22, one of the point swims where he started
on shallow waggler with meat before switching the heat up on 16 metre pole up in
the water for a succession of carp. That result, not far off the venue record,
represented a lake win that was to earn Steve another £100 for the heaviest
individual match winning bag of the week. Python 32 on the second day saw Cookie
record his second section win with a 31-0-0 bag of crucians and small carp
across on the long pole to the island. Gwinear on the third day saw peg 30
present another opportunity to fish long pole to an island with meat for the
bulk of his 131-12-0 backed up with late down the edge lumps. It was another
lake win too. The fourth maximum came from Porthıs peg 72 where his feeder rods
came out of the holdall married with crumb feeder gear for skimmers and a lake
second with 19-14-0 . At Bolingey on the final day his section second placed
56-2-0 came to feeder although he added one carp down the edge. In addition to
the £2000 cheque Steveıs tidy weeks work added another £800 in pools money
pick-ups although he had not taken a bet with the bookmaker.
WINNERS GEAR.
Steve's no stranger to big wins having been the past winner of the Fish O Mania
final. He also reached White Acres inaugural Skol Masters final and has been a
committed Cornish festival goer for the past five years. Steveıs festival
winning kit included his Garbolino Super League pole fitted out with Daiwaıs
black Hydro elastic for the bigger carp lakes and white Hydro on Python. Kamasan
B911 and Preston Innovations PR 28 hooks hooks were relied upon. Steve rates
Tulip luncheon meat as his personal choice which he cubes up using a 6 mm cutter
and dices even smaller for small fish. Ringer Bag Up carp mix groundbait is his
favourite for passing through the groundbait feeder when fishing meat on the
hook.
SHIPP SHAPE AGAIN.
DES Shipp proved the consistency of performance that keeps him in the eye of
the Drennan Team England selectors as he again charged through the field to grab
second placing. Bristol based forklift truck driver Des started his week with a
lake second and section win at Porth where feeder tempted skimmers adding perch
on short pole at peg 31. Fifth in section at Bolingey then saw the Shippıs
course falter momentarily before Pollawynıs 28 saw him win with 177-0-0 of carp
to crumb feeder. Pythonıs 14 and a decision to fish casters shallow brought Des
the section win there with 20-5-0 of roach. Des pulled himself into second with
a final day 96-15-0 bag that included 25 lb of silver fish at peg 6 which also
earned him second on lake for a weeks total of about £1700.
ANDY'S DARE
DAIWA Trentman Andy Dare gave it his all on the last day at the unfancied
Pollawyn 2 where he pulled of an incredible section win with 32-8-0. That added
to two lake wins on Gwinear and Porth and a section win at Trelawney. Andy
settled for the £800 third placed cheque.
COLIN'S WHOPPER.
BOLINGEY once again turned up the biggest individual fish contenders and
grabbing the £50 prize was Colin Mulholland (Tackle Factory) who got the better
of an 18 lb 10 oz ghost carp. However congratulations must go to Mosella South
West backed Adam Westmacott who landed two Bolingey beasts on the fourth day
from peg 47 in the first arm for an incredible 35 lb!
MYSTERY MAN.
THE £100 mystery weight prize was a welcome reward for Willow Park grouped
Adrian Jeffery who recorded 110-6-0 over the five days.
SPONSORS.
SENSAS donated buckets full of their extensive range of bait and additive
products plus nets for anglers finishing in the top 30 while the money placings
ran from first to tenth.
CLINTıS COMMENT.
WITH the first of this Spring's festivals completed, what was the big feller
fishery manager Clint Elliottıs thoughts:
"I thought it was brilliant the fishing all around saw a lot of fish caught
and you can see Cornwall's worth coming to."
NEW FACES IN THE FRAME.
THE weather was for the most part glorious with the spring sunshine ending
the week in fine style. While some big names still featured in the main list
their were some new names in the frame. Somerset based haulier Paul Greenwood
came close to a victory with his fourth placed 35 point return and Browning
Wickford's Simon Colclough in his second festival appearance was 5th with 34
points.
The Man Of the match prize of cut crystal was awarded to England Youth angler
Lee Kerry who pushed his way up to 11th.
TOP 10 INDIVIDUALS.
1 Steve Cooke (Ringer Baits) 36 points; dropped result of 8;
2 Des Shipp (Sensas Preston Innovations) 36 points; dropped result of 5;
weight of 349-0-0;
3 Andy Dare (Daiwa Trentmen) 36 points; dropped result of 5; weight of
297-3-0;
4 Paul Greenwood (Sensas M5) 35 points; dropped result of 5
5 Simon Colclough (Browning Wickford Angling) 34 points; dropped 7; weight of
312-14-0;
6 Terry Harrison (Daiwa Dorking) 34 points; dropped 7; weight of 259-5-0;
7 Pete Mottram (GTi Oldham) 34 points; dropped 7; weight of 170-3-0;
8 Will Raison (Daiwa) 34 points dropped 5; weight of 207-5-0;
9 Ben Leach (Daiwa Dorking) 34 points; dropped result of 3;
10 Phil Ringer (Essex County Van Den Eynde) 33 points; dropped result of 8
points;
LAKE WINNERS.
Day 1.
Pollawyn: Steve Cooke (Ringer Baits) 209-4-0;
Python/Trelawney: Simon Colclough (Browning
Wickford Angling) 55-12-0; Gwinear: Paul Greenwood
(Sensas) 169-6-0; Porth: Martin Newstead (Bill
Knott Bookmakers) 19-5-0; Bolingey: Paul Hamlyn (PI
Delcac) 108-0-0.
Day 2.
Python / Trelawney: Derek Gladwin (PI Delcac)
52-6-0; Gwinear: Andy Dare (Daiwa Trentmen )
168-8-0; Porth: Steve Mayo (Daiwa Dorking) 20-9-0;
Bolingey: Sean Seabright (Christchurch AC) 78-14-0;
Pollawyn: Alex Bones (Match Fishing Magazine)
153-11-0;
Day 3.
Gwinear: Steve Cooke (Ringer Baits) 131-12-0;
Porth: Andy Dare (Daiwa Trentmen) 22-6-0;
Bolingey: Steve Ringer (Shimano / Van Den Eynde)
102-13-0; Pollawyn: Des Shipp (Sensas Preston
Innovations) 177-0-0; Python and Trelawney: Tony
Parnell (Molsely Thamesiders) 51-4-0.
Day 4
Porth: Lee Harrison (Van Den Eynde) 22-2-0;
Bolingey: Phil Ringer (Essex County Van Den Eynde)
97-8-0; Pollawyn: Steve Ringer (Shimano / Van Den
Eynde) 101-8-0; Python and Trelawney: Lee Kerry
(Browning Hotrods) 85-15-0; Gwinear: Mick Lees
130-7-0.
Day 5
Bolingey: Alan Barker (Ringer Baits) 78-8-0;
Pollawyn: Simon Colclough (Browning Wickford AC)
108-8-0; Python and Trelawney: Kelvin King (White
Acres) 65-8-0; Gwinear: Paul Yarwood (Boston and
District) 122-10-0; Porth: Will Raison (Daiwa)
31-4-0.
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