Lakeview Fishery: Greenburys hit top form

Hill finished sixth at last Wednesday’s qualifier with a bag of 59lb 4oz, taken from peg 11 and with the top five already through, made it through.

The match was won by the in-form Brian Greenbury with 87lb 1oz, taken from peg seven on the canal lake.

Fox took his place with an outright win at Saturday’s qualifying match.

The Derby angler topped a 16-strong field with 96lb 6oz from peg 20 on the river lake, a full 10lb clear of runner-up ken Daws.

Results (top five) – Wednesday: 1 Brian Greenbury (Dynamite) 87lb 1oz (canal peg 7), 2 Sean Huggins (Drennan/Dynamite) 79lb 10oz (peg 17), 3 Keith Daws (LVS) 66lb (peg 13), 4 Jimmy Aley (AMSOA) 65lb 1oz (peg 15), 5 Steve Haywood (Middy) 62lb 8oz (peg 3).

Saturday: 1 Mark Fox (Maver Midlands) 96lb 6oz (river peg 20), 2 Ken Daws (Sensas) 86lb 10oz (stream peg 7), 3 Neil Edwards (Maver) 77lb (stream 20), 4 Jason Sahall (LVS) 64lb 1oz (river 4), 5 Brian Greenbury (Dynamite) 61lb 1oz (river 10).

* The Greenburys headed a good field of 31 anglers at the Sunday Open match.

Bob won with 112lb 7lb from peg nine on the marina, finishing less than a pound ahead of Brian who netted the golden peg bonus of £120 with his haul, taken from canal’s peg nine.

Top five: 1 Bob Greenbury (Drennan) 112lb 7oz (marina peg 9), 2 Brian Greenbury (Dynamite) 111lb 12oz (canal 9 - golden peg), 3 Steve Haywood (Middy) 104lb 9oz (river 4), 4 Ben Brighton 97lb 6oz (marina 6), 5 Sean Huggins (Drennan/Dynamite) 96lb 1oz (river 20).