Junior League Final Results

Sunday saw the cream of Cheshire's young anglers fish the final of the CADG Spring League, held at Sandmere and Dovemere. The weather was kind for once, and in places the fish were obliging too. Most of the 31-strong field opted for feeder tactics, as the pole line only seemed to be producing on the fancied A-section on Sandmere.

 
Clear winner on the day was Warrington Angler's Ryan Brown (below), who made the most of his end peg draw on Sandmere to put 20lbs of roach on the scales, caught on pole and waggler tactics with maggot as bait. 

The runner-up came from the opposite end of the match on Dovemere, where Mike Brough (Tameside Matrix) worked the feeder to take 15lb 3ozs of skimmers. Third place went to Callum Brown (Warrington) who was pegged next to his brother Ryan, and managed 12lbs of roach on pole / waggler tactics. 






The results on the day were crucial for the overall league placings, and Lewis Burrows (Tameside Matrix) proved to be the most consistent performer over the league, amassing a total of 88 points, just 3.5 points clear of runner-up Jack Whiteman of Warrington.

Warrington Anglers final day performance of 144.5 points out of a possible 165 secured their victory in the overall league team event. Tameside Matrix came in second and Northwich in third place.

Match 4 Result:

1. Ryan Brown (Warrington Anglers) 20-01
2. Mike Brough (Tameside Matrix) 15-03
3. Callum Brown (Warrington Anglers) 12-00
4. Lewis Burrows (Tameside Matrix) 11-02
5. Kristian Jones (Tameside Matrix) 9-03
6. Adam Harman (Warrington Anglers ) 8-09
7. Jack Whiteman (Warrington Anglers) 8-05
8. James Heron (Northwich) 6-04
9. Lloyd Burrows (Tameside Matrix) 4-04
10. Tom Reddy (Prince Albert) 3-14

Overall Individual League Results:
1. Lewis Burrows (Tameside)  88pts
2. Jack Whiteman (Warrington) 84.5
3. Ryan Brown (Warrington) 81
4. Kristian Jones (Tameside) 80.5
5. Matty Farres (Tameside) 74.5
6. Lewis Wightman (Warrington) 74
7. Tom Heron (Northwich) 74
8. Lloyd Burrows (Tameside)  63.5
9. Sean Mulligan (Prince Albert) 61
10. Callum Brown (Warrington) 60.5

Team Result:
1. Warrington Anglers 457pts
2. Tameside Matrix 444.5pts
3. Northwich Anglers 357pts
4. Prince Albert 261.5
5. Disley & New Mills 214
6. Penketh & Old Hall 102

 

Junior league match 3

The curse of the Cheshire Spring League bad weather continued, but it didnt affect the fishing on the Trent & Mersey canal. All of the 30-strong field of young anglers caught fish, and the overall weights were very close. 

The top weights came off the reeds near the pipe bridge at Billinge, where the bream and skimmers had shoaled up for spawning. The rest of the field were content to settle for gudgeon, with many anglers putting 30-50 fish on the scales.

Prince Albert AS starlet, Daniel Baxter made the most of his draw on the reeds with a fine net of bream, roach and gudgeon for 7lb 11oz.  

The runner-up came off the next peg, with local Northwich rod Alex Clegg putting 7lb 5oz on the scales. 

Just off the reeds, but still in the action was Tameside's Matty Farres, who had a fine net of skimmers and silvers taken on the punch and squatt for 5lb 6oz.  

See more results on the Match Results page.

The final match in this league of 4 takes the juniors to PAAS water Sandmere next week, where the individual and team trophies will be decided. Last year's Spring League champion, Tom Heron, goes into the final match with a single point advantage over Matty Farres (Tameside), and several others in close attendance.