viaduct teams of 5 round 5 and last

all i wanted to do was try and avoid pulling draw 16 out of the hat , so what do i go and do. yep draw 16 sticks to my hand meaning i end up on the dreaded peg 21 in the corner of spring, with no chance of any skimmers but there can be an outside chance of a carp down to the empty peg 22 pallet but no one has had one there this year and i,m not sure whether one was caught there last year either. going into this match i was top indivual on 72 pts with ray hayward 3 pts behind but he was on peg 2 on spring so i think i would need a carp or have ray to blank to stand any chance of staying on top, i have to say i never even saw ray smile when he saw where i was drawn(not). i,m not going to say to much about my match as it went pretty much as i expected with no bites down to the pallet on mag, caster or corn. i did get a bonus 2lb perch at 4 mtrs on caster about 10 mins in, the rest of my fish in the shape of small roach at 13 mtrs on caster or mag over g bait , but i was aching by the end as firstly it was raining with a gusty wind blowing in and slightly right to left, then the rain stopped and the wind increased to gale force, spinning me round on my box several times, and to make matters worse i was opposite ray and it took him 3 hours to get a bite from a carp then he had another about an hour later so that was the overall taken care of , i just hoped my dismal weight would keep me ahead of the chasing pack, my 4.14 gave me 8pts but with andy power, bob gullick and des shipp having done well it was going to be a tight finish
individuals on the day
dave roper 135.12 peg 97 0n the bomb and maggot
des shipp 134.9 peg 113
jason radford 93.1 peg 86
bob gullick 80.3 peg 127
paul homewood 78.2 peg 115
silvers
vince brown 23.12 peg 18
john moody 20.5 peg 43
dean malin 20.2
teams on the day
thatchers youth ft mark harper 70
somerset angling 69
dynamite baits/awa shima/viaduct select all 67
garbolino bmvmg 64
moaning maggots 62
maver veals red 58
jinx 51
v all stars/team viaduct both 50
landsend 49
sonubait thatchers 45
avon angling 42
veals blue 31
silver fox 29
somerset majik 28
toss pots 26
amigos 23
final table
thatchers youth ft mark harper 335(good score)
somerset angling 308
moaning maggots 304
viaduct select297
garbolino bmvmg 264
maver veals red 262
avon angling 256
dynamite 251
amigos 250
toss pots 242
awa shima 228
silver fox 224
maver blue 222
viaduct 217
sonubait thachers 216
allstars 214
jinx 213
somerset majik 191
landsend 182
overall individuals
ray hayward 85
tony rixon 80
des shipp 79
andy power 78 209.01lb
bob gullick 78 188.6lb