There were calmer conditions for the Shiplate Series, giving most anglers to get onto the leaderboard.

IN CONTRAST to last week’s weather, conditions were colder but calmer, giving all anglers in the penultimate match of the Shiplate Series a fighting chance on the leaderboard.

Fished over the Hawthorns and Westpool, the match was tense. Yet again maggot was the favoured bait. With several top contenders it is all to fish for now, with one more match until the winner of the series is revealed.

Results: Johnny Page (peg 12) Westpool 45lb 1oz; Dom Sullivan (peg 5) Westpool 43lb 5oz; Russ Peck (peg 15) Westpool 27lb 14oz.

Silvers went to Tom Light (peg 6) Westpool 7lb 14oz. Section winners were Steve Howell (peg 7) Hawthorns 18lb 14oz; Ron Stark (peg 12) Hawthorns 13lb 11oz, also Dom Sullivan and Russ Peck.