Drennan Barnsley Blacks have won the Angling Trust Winter League Final with Drennan Oxford earning a well deserved third.
This huge event saw 34 teams of 10 competing on the Fenland Drains and Decoy Lakes. With five anglers from each team split between a natural venue and a commercial fishery it proved a great test of their all-round skills. Drennan Barnsley showed their class by winning the event with just penalty 41 points. This included section wins from Alan Scotthorne, Simon Fields, Dave Brooks and overall match winner Andy Geldart.
Drennan Oxford put a lot of time and effort on both venues and thoroughly deserved a place on the podium behind runners up Starlets. Mick Denton put in a captain’s innings to win his section at Decoy Lakes and helped his team to 54 points, well ahead of fourth placed Devizes Match Group.
Andy Geldart was top at Decoy with a huge 87.2kg from highly fancied peg 6 on Lou’s Lake, while the top three all had 15kg on the Drains, lead by Shaun Bryan’s 15.35kg. It turned out to be an excellent event, well run and with plenty of fish caught, despite the 20mph winds!
Result (34 teams of 10)
- 1st Drennan Barnsley 41 points
- 2nd Starlets 44 points
- 3rd Drennan Oxford 54 points
- 4th Devizes MG 67 points
- 5th Preston Thatchers 69 points