Rolf’s Lake. Holton. Oxfordshire. September 9th, 2006.

The JINX Series 2006

Match 6.

Well The Jinx Series really lived up to it’s name, as it returned with a vengeance, reducing even Rolf’s Lake to mediocrity and biting most of us on the bum in the process.

Twenty-one of the series regulars were joined in the car park by eight guests, such is the reputation of the venue, and with the outcome still to be decided in both the singles and pairs, the draw was eagerly awaited. As usual it was a tad late, and after drawing peg16 I wasn’t exactly chuffed, but with 2 guests in my 5 man section things were maybe not so bad.

For company I had Keith on 15 (today’s Golden Peg) and Paul on 17. These are normally better winter pegs, but Keith had already decided to fish the meat as it had brought him plenty of success recently (2 double tons), and being the Golden Peg would ensure that Keith gave it his full attention. Paul was still in with a very good chance of the pairs title so would also giving it his maximum attention.

I had decided to go with paste with 6mm expanders as a back up and when the All-in came at 1·30pm I potted 2 large cups of squid/liver pellets in at 7mtrs in front and one into the bush to my left for later. Out with the paste at 7mtrs and wait for a bite, even if it wasn’t the best area I was sure that a few fish would come my way.

1 hour in without as much as a knock I was starting to have misgivings, normally with pellet going in at a steady rate you’ll get a fizz in the swim, I hadn’t seen so much as a bubble. A couple of fish had come out on the car park bank, but other than that most seemed to be struggling.

1½hrs in and Keith was finally into one and so was I as the float finally buried.
Mine was only about 5lbs, but at least it was a start. Adding a section to fish beyond my feed produced nothing, while a quick look under the bush produced a foul hooked fish that tore off leaving me with just a scale. Keith meanwhile had added a 13½lb weigher, while Paul’s swim appeared entirely devoid of carp. Eric opposite me on 25 managed to put a few together as the match progressed, but not in the usual numbers.

Apart from another couple of foul hookers that left me scales for souvenirs, I managed just 2 more carp and a small skimmer for 16lbs 6ozs. Keith had managed another couple boosting his weigh to 31lbs 12ozs, which would prove to be enough for the section, while Paul managed just 6 small roach for 6ozs.

Colin guesting on peg 19 said at the end that he hadn’t had a bite all day, but did manage to land a couple of foul hooked fish, the largest right at the end weighed 18½lbs

The weigh in soon revealed just how hard the day had been, as it was conducted in what must have been a record time…………

but with Eric winning his section, I knew he had pipped me by a point, but it was all academic once Brian put an excellent 109lbs 8ozs on the scales to win his section and the Individual Jinx Series overall.

1st	Clive Pritchard                  (Guest)	120lb 08oz
2nd	Brian Bevan	109lb 08oz
3rd	Adrian Wood                     (Guest)	61lb 11oz
4th	Derek Robathan                 (Guest)	51lb 04oz
5th	Malc(The Jinx)Doyle	47lb 12oz
6th	Dirk Williams	42lb 10oz
7th	Simon Rowley	38lb 08oz
8th	Nick Watkins-Price	38lb 02oz
9th	Eric Robathan	33lb 00oz
10th	Nick Jones	32lb 08oz
11th	Keith(Gandhi)Ashby	31lb 12oz
12th=	Mark Causer	31lb 00oz
12th=	Kev Lake	31lb 00oz
14th	Geoff Eggison	30lb 08oz
15th	Ant Haywood	28lb 08oz
16th	Chris Withall                     (Guest)	28lb 04oz
17th	Colin Sharrard                   (Guest)	26lb 08oz
18th	Steve Wilson	23lb 08oz
19th	Dave W                             (Guest)	22lb 12oz
20th	Neil  McMurran	21lb 14oz
21st	Matt Nutt	18lb 12oz
22nd	Tony Roberts                     (Guest)	17lb 08oz
23rd	Peter(Mugger)Morton	16lb 06oz
24th	Gemma Doyle                      (Guest)	15lb 08oz
25th	Dave Ashby	13lb 00oz

I’d just like to say a big WELL DONE to Brian, he’s fished a superbly consistent series with 4 section wins and 2 seconds, all on venues that were new to him, making him a worthy winner of the series.

The final prize giving/farewells were of course a complete cock-up as is usual with Malc, as he had left the trophies, prize money and pairs running totals on the kitchen table in Wales. So no change there then.

I’d just like to say a BIG THANK YOU to Malc for organising what is probably the most enjoyable and friendly match series I’ve ever fished, and another BIG THANK YOU to all the anglers that have fished the series, It’s you that makes the series the success it is. Let’s do it all again next year.

Overall Individual Series Result.

1st	Brian Bevan	1	1	1	2	2	1	6 points	381lb 12oz
2nd	Eric Robathan	1	4	1	2	2	1	7 points	254lb 04oz
3rd	Peter Morton	1	4	3	1	1	2	8 points	278lb 06oz
4th	Steve Wilson	1	4	1	3	2	1	8 points	199lb 04oz
5th	Mark Causer	5	2	3	1	1	1	8 points	183lb 10oz
6th	Malc Doyle	2	1	2	3	3	1	9 points	179lb 08oz
7th	Dirk Williams	3	4	6	1	1	1	10 points	224lb 14oz
8th	Matt Nutt	1	4	6	1	1	5	12 points	336lb 06oz
9th	Ant Haywood	1	4	2	2	4	3	12 points	215lb 14oz
10th	Dave Ashby	2	4	1	2	4	3	12 points	198lb 06oz
11th	Paul Roberts	2	4	1	2	6	3	12 points	172lb 11oz
12th	Geoff Eggison	5	1	3	1	4	3	12 points	160lb 00oz
13th	Simon Rowley	2	4	2	4	3	1	12 points	134lb 00oz
14th	Dave Moore	3	4	2	1	3	4	13 points	227lb 15oz
15th	Keith Ashby	4	4	4	4	3	1	16 points	151lb 08oz
16th	Nick Watkins-Price	4	4	4	2	6	2	16 points	109lb 05oz
17th	Tim Westmoreland	6	4	3	3	2	6	18 points	79lb 08oz
18th	Kevin Lake	6	6	1	3	6	2	18 points	63lb 01oz
19th	Nick Jones	3	4	4	6	6	3	20 points	94lb 02oz
20th	Nick Williams	5	4	3	3	5	5	20 points	69lb 14oz
21st	Neil McMurran	3	4	6	6	6	2	21 points	82lb 00oz
22nd	Dai Thomas	3	6	6	6	6	2	23 points	29lb 08oz
23rd	Mark Bennett	2	4	6	6	6	6	24 points	75lb 00oz
24th	Dan Thomas	5	1	6	6	6	6	24 points	16lb 00oz
25th	Nick Bryan	2	6	6	6	6	6	26 points	82lb 02oz
26th	Roy Ravenhill	6	6	6	3	5	6	26 points	74lb 12oz
27th	Andy Felton	4	4	6	6	6	6	26 points	40lb 00oz
28th	Pete Thompson	3	6	6	6	6	6	27 points	84lb 00oz
29th	Jimmy Leedham	6	6	6	6	3	6	27 points	46lb 04oz
30th	Geoff Palmer	4	6	6	6	6	6	28 points	30lb 08oz

Overall Pairs Result.

Position	Anglers							Points	Weight
1st	Geoff Eggison & Eric Robathan	33	33	18	16	13	17	97	414lbs 04ozs
2nd	Ant Haywood & Paul Roberts	9	60	12	16	48	32	117	388lbs 09lbs
3rd	Keith Ashby & Simon Rowley	25	60	29	36	30	12	132	274lbs 08ozs
4th	Kevin Lake & Dave Moore	48	62	16	21	38	27	150	291lbs 00ozs
5th	Andy Feltham & Brian Bevan	25	31	33	44	35	33	157	421lbs 12ozs
6th	Mark Causer & Neil McCurran	39	35	46	35	38	23	170	265lbs 10ozs
7th	Malc Doyle & Roy Ravenhill	50	34	41	47	20	34	176	255lbs 04ozs
8th	Peter Morton & Jimmy Leedham	34	62	47	36	13	48	178	324lbs 10ozs
9th	Steve Wilson & Dai Thomas	33	62	36	46	46	32	193	230lbs 12ozs
10th	Dirk Williams & Mark Bennett	25	60	64	42	34	35	196	299lbs 07ozs
11th	Nick Williams & Nick Jones	39	60	23	50	47	37	196	163lbs 08ozs
12th	Matt Nutt & Geoff Palmer	21	62	64	34	33	47	197	366lbs 14ozs
13th	Dave Ashby & Tim Westmoreland	35	62	35	45	50	49	214	198lbs 06ozs
14th	Dan Thomas & Nick Watkins-Price	46	34	62	38	64	37	217	125lbs 05ozs
15th	Nick Bryan & Pete Thompson	17	64	64	64	64	64	273	166lbs 02ozs

NB: Pairs were allowed to drop their worst points total during the series so that the results were decided by best 5 out of 6 points scores.
Overall weights counting in the result of pairs tying on points.