OUR ANNUAL SUMMER JUNIOR MATCH WENT AHEAD DESPITE THE AWFUL WET WEATHER , SEVERAL YOUNGSTERS PULLED OUT WHO HAD TO TRAVEL A LONG WAY BUT LEWIS KING FROM WESTON SUPER MARE IN SOMERSET MADE THE TRIP WELL WORTH WHILE , DRAWING PEG 11 ON TANNERS LEWIS FISHED THE BOMB ONTO THE BAR AT 25M WITH 11MM ELITES AND LANDED CARP TO 8LBS LATER HE CAUGHT A FEW DOWN THE SIDE ON THE POLE TO AMASS A TERRIFIC 62LBS IN JUST 4HRS.

A VERY PROUD LEWIS WITH 62LBS OF PRIME TANNERS CARP

HIGHLIGHT OF THE MATCH WAS THE YOUNGEST COMPETITOR OSCAR SCOYNES FROM TORRINGTON FISHING HIS FIRST EVER MATCH AT THE RIPE OLD AGE OF 7, OSCAR LANDED A 4LB MIRROR EARLY ON , WITH AN HOUR TO GO HE LANDED A HUGE 8LB COMMON CARP ONLY FOR HIS DAD TO MISS THE KEEPNET WITH THE FISH AND LET IT SLIP BACK IN. ON THE FINAL WHISTLE OSCARS TIP WENT ROUND AND HE VERY CAREFULLY PLAYED OUT A NEAR 10LB MIRROR WHICH WAS OSCARS PERSONAL BEST A GORGEOUS FISH TO END A MAGIC DAY FOR THE YOUNGSTER.

SEVEN YEAR OLD OSCAR AND HIS PB PRETTY MIRROR