Lake View: Saunders and Almen grab Middy final berths

The latest anglers to reach the Middy Baggin Machine Summer Series final did so despite finishing outside of the top five in this week's qualifiers.
Mark Saunders came through last Saturday EMN-160823-183244002Mark Saunders came through last Saturday EMN-160823-183244002
Mark Saunders came through last Saturday EMN-160823-183244002

Mark Saunders finished seventh at last Wednesday’s match with 76lb 10oz, taken from peg 24 on the serpent pool, going through by default with all of the anglers above having already booked their spots for the September 17 final.

Sixth place was good enough for Martin Almen on Saturday, as the Leicestershire angler weighed in with 52lb 4oz from peg 20 on the river.

Sean Huggins won last Wednesday’s qualifier with the week’s biggest catch of 119lb 2oz, while the Saturday spoils went to Steve Haywood with 78lb exactly.

Martin Almen qualified on Saturday EMN-160823-183258002Martin Almen qualified on Saturday EMN-160823-183258002
Martin Almen qualified on Saturday EMN-160823-183258002

n After two fourth-place finishes, Brian Greenbury finally took top spot at the Sunday open match.

He finished almost 20lb clear of runner-up Tom Pringle with a three-figure haul of 100lb 5oz, taken from the lagoon’s peg 10.

Results (top five) – Wednesday qualifier: 1 Sean Huggins (Drennan/Dynamite) 119lb 2oz (canal peg 6), 2 Bob Greenbury (Drennan) 117lb 10oz (canal 10), 3 Roger Parnell (LVS) 106lb 6oz (canal 8), 4 Brian Greenbury (Dynamite) 104lb 5oz (canal 17), 5 Steve Haywood (Middy) 93lb 6oz serpent 10).

Saturday qualifier: 1 Steve Haywood (Middy) 78lb (river peg 14), 2 Jimmy Aley (AMSOA) 71lb 4oz (river 18), 3 Shaun Kemp 69lb 8oz (river 6), 4= Brian Greenbury (Dynamite) 61lb 4oz (river 3), 4= Doug Jackson 61lb 4oz (stream 3).

Martin Almen qualified on Saturday EMN-160823-183258002Martin Almen qualified on Saturday EMN-160823-183258002
Martin Almen qualified on Saturday EMN-160823-183258002

Sunday Open: 1 Brian Greenbury (Dynamite) 100lb 5oz (lagoon peg 10), 2 Tom Pringle 80lb 8oz (lagoon 4), 3 Bob Greenbury (Drennan) 72lb 13oz (lagoon 23), 4= Shaun Butler 69lb 1oz (reef 7), 4= Keith Daws (LVS) 69lb 1oz (reef 14).