MERRILL IN GREAT FORM
(Taken from The Worcester News Friday 6th January 2012.)
WORCESTER matchman Lennie Merrill continued his good run in Whitehall Angling Club-organised contests by winning the latest four-hour open held on the club pool, despite the difficult conditions.
Drawn on peg 12, Merrill took a brace of good carp along with a few silver fish by offering sweetcorn bait over pellet close in on his six-foot deep peg.
Second-placed Gareth Jones also included carp in his maggot-caught net of 13lbs 15ozs which came from permanent peg 20.
Ashley Jauncey took third prize from peg 17 with 10-8-0 of pellet fish to narrowly beat organiser Matt Barnes who weighed in 10-2-0 from peg eight.
The pool will once again play host to a series of four-hour silver fish opens, starting on Sunday, February 5 and continuing on February 19, March 4, March 18 and finally on April 1.
Limited spaces are available and anglers interested in taking part should contact Dave Warren on 07880-558866.