CHRIS Loveridge won Malvern Anglers’ Sandford Series of midweek matches with consistent performances.

He scored 16 points in total and added the best fish, a carp of 5lb, to take the title just ahead of the in-form Paul Lane, who won the final round.

RESULTS

Series points: 1 Loveridge 16, 2 Lane 12, 3 Ian Goddard, Dennis Flanagan, Bill Hartland 7; first round: 1 Loveridge 12lb 0oz, 2 Hartland 9-3, 3 Lane 8-2, 4 Goddard 4-7, 5 Graham Rees 3-0; second round: 1 Dennis Flanagan 4-4, 2 Lane 3-8, 3 Hartland 2-2, 4 Loveridge 1-0, 5 John Shaw 0-12; third round: 1 Lane 9-4, 2 Loveridge 8-0, 3 Goddard 5-12, 4 Flanagan 4-12, 5 Shaw 2-9.