THE Braintree Club Sweep on Ash Grounds resulted in a fourth straight win on the Fennes Lakes for Mark Banks.
Drawing peg 16, he landed F1s, bream and roach on feeder and pole to just top a close finish with final figures of 38-15-8.
Jamie Derry had three carp to make up the bulk of his second-placed 37-3-0 and Danny Mason had two lumps for his third-placed 35-4-0.
Sections (excluding top two): 1 S White 29-1-0, 2 D Mason, 3 J Loosley 14-5-0.
Following sharp overnight frosts, the Friday match at Notley was expected to be hard and it was.
John Daniels had one carp, F1s and small tench for a match-winning 10-0-0.
Sections (excluding winner): 1 K Howell 6-1-0, 2 P Thompson 4-14-0.
Reece Hearn made the long drive to Lindholme Lakes near Doncaster to fish for his Matrix-Image team in the NFA Team Commercial Stillwater Championship.
Although the team had a poor result, Hearn won his section and finished fifth individual with 38kg out of 280 competitors.
On Sunday, he fished the A final of the Spring League and again won his section with 98-8-0 at Colemans to round off a good weekend.
The A final was won by Gavin Bridge (Browning Wickford) with 128-12-0 and the previous week, Julien Collop (Bills Tackle) had won the B final with 126-0-0.
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