Results

Shakespeare Superteam ace is top on Avon.
In the first-ever Barford Summer Festival, held recently on the Warwickshire Avon at Barford, near Warwick, the top honours went to Shakespeare team man Tony Marshall.

In a convincing display over the three days’ fishing, river ace Tony dropped only one section point, but still finished just one ahead of Sensas/WB Clarke angler Adrian Narbeth. In third place, another point behind, was Dave Smith, also Sensas/WB Clarke. The best finish from a Barford angler was organiser Colin Talbot, who finished in fourth place with 17 points, just ahead of Shakespeare’s Spig Pawlowski.

Conditions throughout the three days were bright, sunny and dry – not always the best for the shallow sections below Barford weir – but Tony won the first day with a 21-3-0 catch of chub and barbel from well downstream and also provided the best catch of the competition with a fantastic 51-9-0 of barbel on the final day, from a swim in the middle of the match length.

Mike Bedding won the second day with another good catch of 24-2-0, again from the downstream section, while in the slower, deeper sections above the weir the best catch of the week was Les Ashby’s 13-5-0 of bream. Backing weights throughout the event were very respectable, and most competitors enjoyed good fishing.

The festival was hailed a big success by the sell-out field, and will be held again next year. Dates are Monday, July 7th, Wednesday, July 9th and Friday, July 11th.

For further information contact Colin Talbot on 07870 497808 or 0121 323 5521 (8am to 5pm) or e-mail: [email protected]

Full results:

Overall
1 Tony Marshall, Shakespeare 20pts
2 Adrian Narbeth, Sensas/WB Clarke 19pts
3 Dave Smith, Sensas/WB Clarke 18pts
4 Colin Talbot, Barford 17pts
5 Spig Pawlowski, Shakespeare 17pts

Day One
1 Tony Marshall 21-3-0
2 Dave Leavesley 14-6-0
3 Steve Pallett 14-3-0
4 Pete Morris 12-0-0
5 Tony Bouckley 11-2-0

Day Two
1 Mike Bedding 24-2-0
2 Dave Foxall 15-9-0
3 Adrian Narbeth 14-5-0
4= Norman Hayes 13-15-0
4= Graham Wade 13-15-0

Day Three
1 Tony Marshall 51-9-0
2 Dave Smith 10-2-0
3 Nick Cowling 9-1-0
4 Trevor Chalk 7-15-0
5 Tony Bouckley 7-10-0