Results

Geens and Hemmingray top on river.

Wychavon Championship Qualifier
Evesham Town & Ferry Waters
64 Fished.

1 Scott Geens (Preston Innovations/ Sonubaits) 12-8-0 (peg 64)
2 Tony Marshall (Shakespeare Superteam) 11-8-0 (peg 83)
3 Matt Godfrey (Pole Fishing) 8-13-0 (peg 76)
4 Sam Wildsmith (Ultimate Barnsley Blacks) 8-4-0 (peg 41)
5 Lee Kerry (Preston Innovations/ Sonubaits) 7-11-0 (peg 67)

Qualifiers:
Nigel Davies
Nigel Bull
Scott Geens

Preston Innovations backed ace Scott Geens won Saturday’s Wychavon Championship qualifier, with a 12-8-0 net from peg 64, directly below Hampton Ferry.

Scott caught quality roach fishing bloodworm over a bed of soil, groundbait and joker. He also managed a bonus 4lb bream on his bloodworm line, which he landed after a lengthy battle on light gear.

Ever consistent Shakespeare Superteam rod, Tony Marshall took second spot from peg 83. Tony caught a good net of perch, roach and hybrids on maggot fished over bloodworm and joker.

Pole Fishing Magazine’s Matt Godfrey finished third from peg 76. Matt caught a 3lb tench on lobworm, and a net of smaller roach on bloodworm over groundbait and joker, for a total weight of 8-13-0

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Shakespeare Championship Qualifier

Evesham Town & Ferry Waters
83 fished.

1 Steve Hemmingray (Drennan) 16-1-8 (peg 6)
2 Andy Murphy (Tredegar AC) 10-6-0 (peg 7)
3 Sean Ashby (Sensas) 8-3-0 (peg 50)
4 Martin Howard (Daiwa Gordon League) 7-9-0 (peg 15)
5 Darran Bickerton (Sensas) 6-9-0 (peg 40)

Qualifiers
Martyn Howard
Chris Jenkinson
Paul Norledge

Drennan’s Steve Hemmingray recorded one of the best roach weights of the year on Sunday’s qualifier, weighing 16-1-8 of redfins from peg six. Steve caught quality roach fishing bloodworm over a bed of groundbait and joker. Topping up regularly with golf ball sized balls of feed proved key to Steve’s success, with all of his fish falling to a light 0.6g rig.

In second place was Tredegar AC’s Andrew Murphy. Andrew also caught quality roach over a bed of groundbait, bloodworm and joker, weighing in with 10-6-0. It was a similar story for third placed Sean Ashby, with groundbait, bloodworm also holding the key to his 8-3-0 net.