108 anglers made it through to the prestigious Maver Classic two day final on all three lakes of the Larford Lakes complex.

DAY ONE

Day one was an open draw with each finalist having to fish both the Specimen and the Match/Arena lakes over the two day final. Massive weights were recorded with the top weight coming from the Arena on day one.

First on day one was Chris Cameron (Mosella) who drew Arena peg 21 landing a staggering 83.220kg (184lbs). Chris fished at just 5m with soft hook pellet to land fish to 15lbs for a perfect score of 1 point and winner overall from the lake.

Second place on day one from the Match and Arena lake was Simon Willsmore (Daiwa Dorking/Milo) who drew Arena peg 32, landing fish to 15lbs for a total weight of 72.940kg (160lbs) and another perfect 1 point section score.

Third placed Des Shipp (Preston) drew Match lake peg 45 to land 65.120kg (143lbs) on pole and pellet. Des took a number of F1 carp shallow then caught bigger carp late in the match down the edge to secure a perfect 1 point section win.

Over on the Specimen lake, loads of big carp were being hooked with a number of anglers also losing out to the Larford specimens. Both pellet waggler and close pole tactics scored well on the day.

First position overall went to Roger Young (Maggots End) who landed some superb carp to 18lbs on the pellet waggler from burr bank peg 14. Roger went on to land 50.500kg (111lbs) of monster carp to secure his perfect section score.

Second placed Dean Cherrington (Kamasan Starlets) drew peg 23 to land 43.980kg on pole and meat, and a section points score of 2.

Third placed Neil Carless drew a couple of pegs away from Cherrington and was just 820g light from securing the second spot. Neil again landed specimen carp to 15lbs for a total weight of 43.160kg (97lbs) to win his section.

Overall Day One

Match/Arena Lake

Specimen Lake

DAY TWO

A much colder day with strong winds meant all the lakes fished a little harder, but still loads of 100lb bags were recorded.

Winner on the Match and Arena was Michael Sanders (Daiwa Dorking) who drew Arena peg 16 landing some real lumps to 15lbs on the method feeder. Michael weighed in a superb 65.840kg (145lbs) to secure a lake win and a perfect section score.

Second placed Steve Openshaw (Liverpool) needed a couple more fish to have won the lake weighing 60.680kg (134lbs). Steve caught close in on pole and meat landing fish to double figures from Match lake peg 20. Clearly Steve didn’t know what was happening on the Arena and was unlucky not to have won the lake, he did enough however to secure a perfect section score.

Third placed Pemb Wrighting (Maver) fished a near perfect match landing F1 carp shallow to pellet. Pemb also caught a few lumps down the side late in the match to weigh 57.540kg (127lbs) to finish second in his section.

Fourth placed Joe Lowe (Maver) drew peg 60 on the Match lake to weigh 55.320kg of F1 carp short on pellet with a few big fish down the side late in the match to secure a perfect points score in his section to go along with his second place from day one.

A brilliant lake winning performance from Maver Midlands man Ray Lamb over on Specimen peg 13 saw him land some monstrous carp to 18lbs on meat fished at just 5 metres. Rays overall winning weight was 61.020kg (135lbs) and a perfect section score.

Second place went to Ben Leach (Maver) who secured a perfect section score with 43.940kg (96lbs) from peg 14. Ben caught big carp at just 5 metres on pole and meat, but fell just short of the lake winner from the next peg.

Third placed Des Shipp (Preston) drew Specimen peg 10 to land an impressive 35.800kg (79lbs) of carp to pole fished short with pellet and meat. Des however, dropped a vital point, finishing second in his section and with a total of 3 points overall.

Fourth placed Jason Benning picked up 2 section points from peg 17 weighing in 32.260kg (71lbs) of big carp on pole and meat.

Overall Day Two

Match/Arena Lake

Specimen Lake

OVERALL

Plugging away quietly to record the only perfect score of 2 section wins and title of Maver Classic Winner 2009 went to the ever reliable Tommy Hiller (Daiwa Dorking). Tommy fished the perfect final, drawing peg 72 on the Match lake on day one, recording a weight of 50.680kg (112lbs) fishing pole and pellet to land carp to 5lbs.

Day two saw Tommy draw peg 71 on the Specimen Chalet bank, fishing to perfection to land 32.180kg (71lbs) of carp and bream to short pole tactics and pellet waggler. A brilliant display of angling over the two days, well done to Tommy, the trophy and title couldn’t have gone to a nicer guy.

Tommy collected £3160 and a Maver Competition 481 worth £2000.

An extremely tight finish to the final saw an incredible six anglers record an overall score of 3 section points meaning the final four main frame placings would be decided by weight. Thanks to his lake winning performance on day one, second place overall went to Chris Cameron (Mosella) who recorded a total weight of 102.540kg. Chris picked up £2200 plus a Maver Invincible pole worth £499.99.

Third place went to Des Shipp (Preston) who weighed a total of 100.920kg to narrowly miss out on second spot. Des collected £1160 plus a Maver Margin pole worth £199.99.

Fourth place with an overall weight of 97.620kg was Roger Young (Maggots End), who was incredibly unlucky not to win the Classic overall, missing out on a second section win on day two by just 460g. Roger picked up total winnings of £900.

Fifth place was local angler Rob Cooksey (Maver Midlands) with a total overall weight of 76.100kg collecting £580.

OVERALL STANDING

Changeable weather conditions and fish beginning to spawn made the fishing challenging for the high class field of anglers, however massive weights were recorded both days, and a total weight of 13,145lbs was weighed in over the two day event, meaning an average of 62lb per man per day!!

Total prize fund for the event was £15,500

Special thanks to Maver UK who donated £2000 cash and £4300 of tackle prizes.

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