Broom Series Round 1 Results
(23 fished)
Queensberry Water
Section 2
1st – Barry Young – 76lb (p29)
2nd – James Woodrow – 56lb 8oz (p26)
3rd – Craig Duncan – 55lb (p24)
4th – Mick Slater – 33lb (p25)
5th – Mark Acton – 29lb 14oz (p27)
6th – David Mcgregor – 12lb (p28)
Section 1
1st – John Williamson – 45lb 10oz (p16)
2nd – John Wright – 32lb 2oz (p20)
3rd – Matt Baxter – 31lb 8oz (p21)
4th – Daryn Ritchie – 19lb 12oz (p17)
5th = Nick Aldersey – 18lb (p19)
5th = Ian Whitson – 18lb (p18)

WALLACE LAKE
Section 1
1st – Mark Clow – 31lb 4oz (p35)
2nd – Simon Heyes – 23lb 10oz (p32)
3rd – Matthew Waugh – 14lb (p37)
4th – James Dornom – 9lb 4oz (p33)
5th – Brian Irving – 7lb 8oz (p34)
6th – Dave Walker – No show
Section 2
1st – Steve Royle – 30lb 4oz (p47)
2nd – Rosen Arsov – 30lb (p42)
3rd – Myles Watt – 27lb 4oz (p46)
4th – David Corcoran – 26lb 10oz (p45)
5th – Don Lines – 17lb 10oz (p44)
6th – Darren Peel – 14lb 5oz (p43)

The day started off well, lovely and mild, around 16 degrees, overcast and a nice 12mph wind… The conditions certainly favoured the fish for the first two hours, although things slowed up a bit mid-match with the clouds disappearing and out came the sun ☀..!
On Queensberry Water there were some lovely nets of fish caught throughout the lake, with carp, ide and skimmers all feeding reasonably well.
Barry Young drew end peg 29 and set his stall out to target carp and chub. He had 9 carp on method feeder, 2 carp on pellet waggler and 6 on his pole line, along with 4 ide, 7 chub, a barbel and a big perch… All caught fishing a worm and caster ” Slop” at 13m
James Woodrow was 2nd in section with a nice net of ide and skimmers for 56lb 8oz, caught on maggot/pole, followed closely behind by Craig Duncan with another good net of ide and skimmers for, 55lb.
Queensberry Water section 1 saw John Williamson win comfortably with a nice net of quality carp caught on the feeder rod/pellet, making the most of his end peg advantage in a tough section.
John Wright narrowly took second place with a few nice skimmers and small carp for 32lb 2oz, with Matt Baxter weighing in 31lb 8oz on the next peg, again some quality Carp and big ide.
Wallace Lake was a tougher one altogether… The carp not really feeding and the ide feeding in short spells throughout the day.
Section 1 was won by Mark Clow, Mark did well to win his section from peg 35, up against hot peg 32. Luckily the carp were having none of it today, and Mark got his tactics right targeting ide to win with 31lbs 4oz, with Simon Heyes on peg 32 netting 10 small carp for 23lb 10oz and 2nd in section.
Section 2 was a much closer affair with very little separating the top 4
Steve Royle won from end peg 47 by the narrowest of margins… 4oz to be precise..!
With the help of 5 small carp late on and a few small ide and skimmers, he weighed in 30lb, 4oz. Rosen Arson was very unfortunate to finish 2nd with 30lb, a mix of small carp and ide. Myles watt (. 27lb 4oz ) & David Corcoran (. 26lb 10oz. ) followed on closely behind.
Some nice catches throughout today despite the bright sunshine… Well done everyone..!

Broom Series Round 2 Results

(20 anglers fished)
QUEENSBERRY WATER
Section 2
1st – James Woodrow – 89lb 8oz (p28)
2nd – Ian Whitson – 56lb 4oz (p27)
3rd – Steve Royle – 54lb 8oz (p24)
4th – Myles Watt – 35lb 4oz (p26)
5th – Matt Baxter – 22lb 4oz (p25)
Section 1
1st – Darren Peel – 75lb (p17)
2nd – James Dornom – 62lb 8oz (p20,)
3rd – Barry Young – 44lb (p21)
4th – Matthew Waugh – 42lb (p19).
5th – Dave Walker – 23lb 12oz (p18)

Broom Series finals day 2
& final results / overall standings
” A” final – Queensberry Water
Section 1
1st – Barry Young – 61lbs 4oz (p20)
2nd – Ian Whitson – 50lb 10oz (p17)
3rd – John Williamson – 37lb 4oz (p18)
4th – Mark Clow – 30lb 2oz (p16)
5th – Rosen Arsov – 29lb 2oz (p19)
6th – Mark Acton – 28lb 8oz (p21)
Section 2
1st – Simon Heyes – 68lb 4oz (p23)
2nd – Craig Duncan – 51lb 4oz (p25)
3rd – David Corcoran – 41lb 10oz (p24)
4th – James Woodrow – 38lb 8oz (p28)
5th – Steve Royle – 33lb (p27)
6th – John Wright – 11lb 4oz (p26)

” B” Final – Wallace Lake
Section 1
1st – Dave Walker – 74lb 14oz (p32)
2nd – Matt Baxter – 71lb 12oz (p34)
3rd – Daryn Ritchie – 14lb 4oz (p36)
Section 2
1st – Don Lines – 73lb 12oz (p42)
2nd – Myles Watt – 69lb (p44)
3rd – David Mcgregor – 50lb 10oz

A dull damp start to the day, but dry throughout the match, very mild ( 21 degrees), & a gentle 10mph wind… Perfect ? conditions.
The two day ” A” final saw 12 top anglers battling it out to win the top prize of £1000, and with smaller tighter sections, it remained close going into day 2 for all concerned.
With John Williamson and Barry Young winning their respective sections yesterday, it was typical they ended up in the same section today.
With yesterday’s runners-up James Woodrow and Ian Whitson in with a great shout also, including the rest of the chasing pack, it was all to fish for today.
At the draw, Barry Young pulled out his favourite peg 20, and with John Williamson and Ian Whitson in the same section, it was going to be a fair old tussle.
Meanwhile, James Woodrow had drawn well also, end peg 28, just to make things interesting. With a tough section also, things were up in the air in both sections.
John Williamson got off to a great start with some nice Carp on the method feeder, with Ian Whitson catching steadily also. Barry Young was struggling at this point with one small carp in the first hour.
However things changed dramatically in the last 2.5 hours, with Barry catching on the pole, and then a late surge on the method feeder got him back in the race
Meanwhile, in section 2, Simon Heyes was catching well with some real big carp adding to his weight, with Craig Duncan also going strong ?.
Surprisingly, peg 28 wasn’t firing on all cylinders today, with pole wizard James Woodrow catching but not as well as we’d thought.
At the weigh-in everyone followed the scales round waiting eagerly to see who’d done well.
Section 1 was won by Barry Young with 61lbs 4oz, a nice net of big ide, skimmers and 5 small carp. Both Ian Whitson and John Williamson pushed hard, finishing 2nd & 3rd respectively.
Victory was sealed for Barry Young with a perfect score of 2 section wins / 2pts, picking up the top £1000 prize.
Section 2 was a tight affair also, but the winner didn’t come from where everyone expected, instead it was Symon Heyes who put in a sterling performance to win from peg 23 with a cracking net of ide and big carp for 68lbs 4oz, winning the section and also 2nd overall in the two day final.!
Craig Duncan pushed hard with a superb 51lb 4oz to finish 2nd in section.
” B” final
Wallace Lake Section 1 was won by Dave Walker, and with a section win from yesterday, it secured him the ” B” final overall winners place, picking up a nice Preston ” Carbon – Active” 13ft waggler rod plus pools for his efforts.
A great weight today of 74lb 14oz for Dave which included a cracking 15lb common carp.
Matt Baxter was a very close 2nd in section with 71lb 12oz, also earning him 4th overall and picking up a Preston pole roost.
Section 2 fished equally as well, with Don Lines weighing in a superb mix of ide and carp caught on pole for 73lbs 12oz, securing 2nd overall in the ” B” final, picking up a Preston pole roller too.
Myles Watt also did well-catching ide on the pole for 69lbs, finishing 2nd in section and 3rd overall in the ” B” final, picking up a Preston Rod holdall.
A fantastic end to the series, but disappointing turnout out for the ” B” final with 6 anglers absent.

Final standings
“” A”” final
1st – Barry Young – £1000
2nd – Simon Heyes – £300
3rd – John Williamson – £150
4th – Ian Whitson – £100
” “B” Final
1st – Dave Walker
2nd – Don Lines
3rd – Myles Watt
4th – Matt Baxter
Series League winner
James Woodrow – £500

Many thanks to all who’ve supported this year’s Broom Series, a great summer league with all the usual great laughs along the way., from all at Broom.