Saturday 3rd June 2006.
Matt Nutt's Charity Match
supporting
The Disabled-Angler.Co.Uk Charities Championship 2006
Well 20 anglers assembled in the car park at Rolf's Lake to take part in this Charity Match organised by Matt Nutt of G.O.T. Baits to support the fund raising efforts of The Disabled-Angler.Co.Uk .
They are running a series of matches over the course of the year leading up to an All Winners Final to be fished at Holly Farm on Sept 30th, and while this match wasn't a qualifier, the aim was to boost the funds for the chosen charities: Macmillan (Cancer relief) & Francis House (Children’s Hospice).
The warmest day of the year so far, with the sun streaming from a clear blue sky greeted those who had traveled from as far away as Yorkshire and Wales, such is the draw that Rolf's Lake exerts, being the venue where Gary Thorpe broke The World Match Record with a phenomenal weight of 490lb 8oz.
As always Rolf's proved that it's not the easy venue that some would have you believe, and while some anglers caught well, others struggled as the fish in some pegs seemed more intent in lapping up the sunshine than feeding.
The winner on the day was Matt Nutt with an excellent bag of 231lbs from peg 19 caught on G.O.T 6mm hookers fished up in the water over sprayed caster.
Second on the day was a 1st time visitor to Rolf's, Stuart Joy with a very creditable 142lbs from peg 8.
While third place was filled by the irrepressible Malc Doyle, better know as The Jinx with a hard earned 114lbs 2ozs.
Spreading the spoils around on the day were the 4 section winners
1st time visitor Wayne Panting from the Disabled Angler website putting together a 70lb net off of Peg 1 late on as the fish made him wait.
Jason Grant with 48lbs 14ozs from a jacuzzi of a swim that proved to be hard work on a day.
Dirk Williams (The Dangler himself) just missed out on the main frame and his 1st Rolf's Ton with a fine bag of 95lbs 8ozs.
While the final section place went to Keith Ashby aka Gandhi with a weight of 77lbs.
All in all a smashing day, A Big Thank You to Matt for a very well organised match, and to all the anglers who attended on the day who raised a very creditable £575 boosting the overall total so far raised to £1129. 
Hopefully we can do it all over again next year.
Results on the day:
1 Matt Nutt............................... 231lbs.
2 Stuart Joy............................. 142lbs.
3 Malc Doyle........................... 114lbs 02ozs.
4 Dirk Williams......................... 95lbs 08ozs.
5 Keith Ashby........................... 77lbs.
6 Wayne Panting..................... 70lbs.
7 Brian Bevan.......................... 69lbs 04ozs.
8 Jason Grant.......................... 48lbs 14ozs
9 Colin Sharrard...................... 42lbs 06ozs.
10 Nick Neo............................. 41lbs 08ozs.
11 Nick Bryant......................... 37lbs.
12 Dave Webster.................... 31lbs.
13 Nigel Raynor....................... 17lbs 08ozs
14 Andy Lewis......................... 17lbs 04ozs.
15 Dave the fish....................... 16lbs.
16 Dave Ashby........................ 11lbs 08ozs.
17 Richard Graham................. 11lbs.
18 Johnney Hohlweg.................. 8lbs 08ozs.
19 Ron Byuss........................... DNW
20 Peter Morton....................... DNW
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From my own point of view ththe day went something like this...............
Having had an early phone call to Dave, only to find that his Tom Tom was on the blink, I finally caught up with him in the services at junction 8, after he'd finished feeding his face we set off for Rolf's.
Arriving in the car park, it was soon obvious that the usual suspects along with a few new faces were present and with the sun blazing out of the sky a fun filled day was in the offering.
It was good to see Wayne in attendance along with his mum, and a quick look at the lake revealed that the carp were enjoying the sun on their backs as plenty were basking and soaking up the rays.
Into the draw and with Matt drawing 19 a few were already thinking that they were fishing for 2nd at best.
I found myself on 38 by the boat in the corner and was soon set up and went for a stroll round. Up on the car park bank a few of the lads could be found discussing the prospects for the day ahead....
Strolling back to my peg I found Malc getting ready on peg 34....
This roped off bay is normally home to a few lumps and a quick discussion ensued as to just how long his trusty fightback pole would last (to say that it's seen better days would be the understatement of the year ) as he couldn't reach with his Drag-N-Net. Young David Ashby and I reckoned it would be a matter of seconds not minutes depending on when he got his 1st bite.
The all in sounded and 8 seconds later there was a loud CRACK as Malc's no4 section expired and his top kit sailed into the lilies.
For me it just didn't happen, the nearest I got to a carp was a large scale that came back on the hook, apart from that it was just a procession of suicidal silvers that scoffed whatever I put on the hook, be it meat, pellet of large lumps of paste indeed with 40 minutes to go I tipped back for a DNW and went for a stroll with the camera.
Wayne was into a run of fish at the death that was to give him the section, having patiently waited for them........
Dave (Mr Maggotdrowning) was tucked away in peg 13 and was winkling the odd one or 2 out............
Meanwhile round on peg 19 Matt was doing his best to empty the place, fishing up in the water with pellet over sprayed caster he kept on catching right to the end.........
Dirk would be left ruing another missed Ton at Rolf's, but he would surely have done it if this carp had put a bit of weight on ......
Weigh-in done we were all treated to the sight of Malc having his annual bath, with the excuse of him retrieving his top kit........
So that was it for another day. The dreaded DNW for me, but it really didn't matter given the sum raised on the day.
A really well organised match by Matt fished in great company.
Thanks Everyone, let's do it again sometime.
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