Call Sign March 2009 - Page 22 - DaC calltaker wins Mocatra angling shield - DaC driver reaches for the Peak! - Buy a new TX4 in March

A change of venue for this years Mocatra Angling Open found us once again north of the Thames at Little Braxted in Essex and a three lake complex known as Coleman’s Cottage. This is a well established fishery with a good head of carp and silver fish, platforms at every swim, no hidden snags, with lots of open water and islands where fish are always caught. And with recent club matches producing good weights and the top men weighing in close to 200lbs, a good day was expected by all. Then the heavens opened up with a monsoon type downpour just as the draw finished and the anglers were gathering their gear and walking to their pegs. Thankfully it only lasted an hour and by the time the whistle to start the match was blown, the clouds had passed and it was back to sunshine. A good array of club members, guests, previous winners and juniors fought it out over the next	Jeff Clark reports on the Mocatra Angling Open competition… DaC calltaker wins Mocatra angling shield
	six hours with fish being caught steadily by most anglers on a mixture of different baits, with those anglers using corn or pellet catching the bigger fish. Last year’s runner-up and winner of the previous year, Bill Mariner (M80), must have been	thrilled to see son Dave Mariner, who works in the DaC call centre as a calltaker while on the Knowledge, not only take third place overall, but also win the prestigious DaC Shield. The overall winner was Mickey Hood with 1721b 12oz, second came Graham Dack with 1681b, while Dave Mariner came in third overall place. Jack Jones was the junior winner with 331b and the LTDA Shield went to Alex Roberts. Former DaC driver Mick Moy took KPM’s £100 prize with a 121b 2oz mirror. The committee would like to thank our sponsors: DaC, LTDA, KPM, HALT, Doug Sherry, Stanway Services and accountants Adam Elliot… Jeff Clark (C25) aka Grizzly Adams

DaC’s Jon Woolnough (L22) tells Call Sign of his success in climbing the UK’s 3 biggest mountains, all in 24 hours in the infamous 3 Peaks Challenge…

DaC driver reaches for the Peak!

Well I’m back in one piece after myself and nine friends completed the ‘3 Peaks Challenge’ to raise money for Diabetes UK. The challenge involved hiking up and down the 3 highest peaks in the UK - Ben Nevis (4406ft) in Scotland, Scafell Pike (3206ft) in England and Snowdon (3560ft) in Wales – and all three in just 24 hours.
Our challenge started at the base of Ben Nevis at 4.30pm. Once we began the climb, I soon realised why I needed to train so hard for this day. It was a hard slog to the top, where we came across snow, wind and freezing temperatures on the cloud-covered peak. The descent was also harder than I imagined, as it was now raining heavily, making the rocks very slippery. We made it back to the bottom in the respectable time of 5 hours.
But the ‘3 Peaks Challenge’ allows no time to rest - it was straight onto the most uncomfortable minibus in the world for the long drive to the Lake District and our next climb - Scafell Pike at 3.30am and with no sleep behind us. This was to be the mountain I least enjoyed. It was very rocky, very steep and very hard on my tired legs! It was also very cold on the summit, but at

least the weather held out for us this time and we completed the climb in 4 hours.
   So with aching knees, we were off to Wales to finish our challenge. I think I managed to get about 30minutes kip on this journey. Great! Mount Snowdon was the most touristy mountain of the three, with views as spectacular as the previous two together. With the sun now shining, we were met by some other friends - including my wife - who joined us on this final push. Probably the easiest of the three, we were up and down in around 4 hours to complete this challenge on time and head to our hotel for a well-deserved pint.
   We hope to have raised about £3500 via our website www.justgiving.com/3-peaks-4-dill for
   Diabetes UK. A big thanks to all our sponsors including Call Sign...

Jon Woolnough (L22)

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