Brown battles the elements for victory

A bright start to the day turned against the competitors before the whistle was blown, with anglers battling against the conditions and coming off the back of the fish spawning.

From the off Kev fished over to the island from peg 10 and was into fish a steady stream of carp which helped him build a respectable weight.

But it was his margin swims that came alive in the last hour. Fishing a top kit and paste as hook bait, Kev boosted his weight putting and additional 20lb in the net to take a respectable weight of 82lb 15oz. Andy Topham fished from peg seven to boost his league place with nine points taking, 53lb 5oz to the scales.

James Maude AC (Little John Lakes, Robin Hood, Saturday 24th May, 6hrs): Kev Brown 82lb-15oz peg 10, Andy Topham 53lb-5oz peg 7, Gary Butcher 41lb peg 5, Dave Johnson 36lb-10oz peg 6 Johnny Evans 35lb-12oz peg 18 (section winner), Billy Harrison 35lb-11oz peg 12 (section winner), Kyle Wood 35lb-5oz peg 1 (section winner), Alan Slack 33lb-4oz peg 15, Tony Smith 33lb-10oz peg 19, Sean Hanrahan 31lb-4oz peg 16, Terry Wiggins 29lb-4oz peg 2, Terry Cheeseman 28lb-3oz peg 25, Paul Skeldon 27lb-6oz peg 11, Dave Lilliman 24lb-7oz peg 23, Shaun Green 23lb-13oz peg 8, Nick Heath 23lb 4oz peg 4, Dave Sewell 21lb-1oz peg 24, Ian Carr 14lb-11oz peg 9,

Pete Lambert 14lb-2oz peg 21, Brian Cox 12lb-5oz peg 17, Lenny Burton 8lb-3oz peg 22, Dean Collingham 5lb-12oz peg 20, Lawrence Butcher 2lb-12oz peg 3.