Youth Masters Results - 30 06 2009


Date: 20th June 2009
Venue: Old Lake at Bury Hill


 
This latest Browning Youth Masters qualifier turned out to be a very close contest with just 20 ounces separating the top 4 anglers. As expected bream and skimmers dominated this affair with the feeder at long range the way to go for most. Gavin Miller, Billy Hayward and Bradley Gibbons were into fish early on to set the match up for an exciting day, the odd lost fish was crucial and played an important part in the final outcome as only ounces made all the difference. As is the case with many matches at Bury Hill there was an fascinating twist right at the latter stages of the event. Gavin Miller on peg 10 lifted into a big fish with 25 minutes still on the clock however after a long battle, Gavin needed 14 minutes of the 15 allocated after the final whistle but unfortunately his catch turned out to be a 7lbs 4oz Zander which was hooked in the tail. With predator fish not counting, did the time spent playing the fish cost Gavin dearly? First to weigh in was Harrison White on peg 8 whom after missing plenty of bites put two bream on the scales for 4lbs 5oz. Next up was Gavin Miller who landed 9 bream for 21lbs 2oz all caught on the tip after switching his baits from maggot to pellet throughout the match. Billy Hayward lost a couple of bream at the net and when the scales settled on 20lbs 14oz you could see the disappoinment in his eyes as he was just 4ozs off the lead. Daniel Blackwell and Liam Smith again went close to Gavin's weight but with both on 19lbs 14oz they just fell short. With one more to weigh in the scales moved up to Bradley Gibbons on peg 16 and with 7 bream in the net his 16lbs 10oz was good enough for fifth place leaving Gavin Miller aged 14 from Middlesex as the winner and qualifier for the Browning Masters final in a few weeks time.
 
Result
1st Gavin Miller 21lbs 2oz
2nd Billy Hayward 20lbs 14oz
3rd Daniel Blackwell 19lbs 14oz
3rd Liam Smith 19lbs 14oz
5th Bradley Gibbons 16lbs10oz
6th Harrison White 4lbs 5oz
 



Winner Gavin Miller



Gavin with his BIG zander which was dis-allowed!



Runner up Billy Hayward with his 20lb 14oz catch.



Third placed Daniel Blackwell with 19lb 14oz.



Equal third place Liam Smith with his 19lb 14oz bag!



Harrison White with a bream from his 6th place catch.