1ST 48-HOUR CARP & CATFISH COMPETITION Our first 48 hour competition of the Season got off to a slow start with only six fish being recorded during the first 12 hours.  One to Colin Essery fishing out of peg 20, who landed a koi of 13lb 14oz, an 11lb common for Dave Edwards on peg 13 and an 8lb 14oz mirror for his son fishing from peg 12.  The remaining three fish were recorded by Gary Furminger in peg 3, for a combined weight of 73lb 4oz, with heaviest being a cat of 34lb 8oz. Saturday too was very slow for the anglers, with only five fish being banked.  Dave senior and  junior increased their tallys with a fish a piece,  a 12lb common for dad and a 20lb mirror for Dave junior.  However there was only one man doing the business again - Gary who landed two commons of 18lb 8oz and 22lb 4oz and a mirror of 21lb 4oz. Moving into Saturday night Glyn Jones finally had some success and hung onto a cat of 49lb, after having hooked and lost three previously, while Dan Essery got off the mark with a 17lb 8oz common from peg 16.  Andy Verrier started staking a claim in landing a koi of 8lb 8oz and cat of 47lb from peg 11and Justin Holness had a good night session with a common of 20lb 4oz and two cats of 10lb 8oz and 20lb 4oz. Although a relatively quiet night for Gary, he still captured a cat of 28lb 12oz - so heading into the final day Gary was leading, with Andy second and Glyn in third place. Sunday continued at a slow pace, with only three fish being recorded.  The biggest of the day, a 34lb 2oz cat went to Andy , which was enough to secure him second place, while third went to Glyn, who only landed one fish all week-end, but the 49lb cat more than made Glyn's week-end. Although Gary had a blank Sunday, his seven fish over the first 36 hours had been more than enough to see off his rivals! So congrats to Gary for winning the first of our three annual events. Final positions 1st      Gary Furminger      164lb 12oz 2nd     Andy Verrier            89lb 10oz 3rd     Glyn Jones               49lb 00oz