ROUND six of the Shiplate Farm Winter Series was held on the Hawthorns and Westpool match lakes. Weather conditions were damp and blustery and the match finished in a downpour so most anglers were wet by the end of the match.

Russ Peck drew peg 12 on the Westpool, fished the pole to the far shelf using maggot for bait, feeding micro pellet and won the match with 47lb 8oz ,closely followed by Steve Howell who drew peg 5 Hawthorns, and bagged 42lb to take second place.

Section winers were Dean Malin peg 15 Westpool, 38lb 9oz and jointly Alan Healey peg 15 Hawthorns and Tom Light peg 9 Hawthorns both weighing in 28lb 1oz.

Silvers went to Gordon Jones peg 13 hawthorns 8lb 4oz and John Hawkins peg 10 Westpool 4lb 9oz.

1st Russ Peck (Thatchers) P12 W, 47lb 8oz (pictured) 2nd Steve Howell (Shiplate) P5 H, 42lb 3rd Dean Malin (Shimano Dynamite Baits) P15 W, 38lb 9oz 4th Andy France (Cadbury Angling) P8 W, 33lb 1oz 5th Jason Bird (Frys) P 3 W, 28lb 14oz Joint 6th Alan Healey (Frys) P15 H and Tom Light (Shiplate) P9 H.