The Angling Trust Individual National followed its historic path with Division 1 to the mighty River Trent and it was certainly well supported, with a record turnout for the day of 207 anglers. With competitors split between Clifton and East Stoke, there were a multitude of techniques that could have won the match and it […]
Record turnout for Individual National sees Andy Moss take the spoils on the Trent…
Gary Fuller breams his way to the RiverFest final on the Yare
Forty-eight anglers fished Sundays’ RiverFest Qualifier on the River Yare. With a big tide forecast and big weights of bream being caught during the festival leading up to the event, most were resting their hopes on the feeder. A Zone winner was Gary Fuller, who drew peg 67 on the Boards section and caught bream […]
Easy gold for Italy in Under-15s world match fishing championship on home soil – silver for Callum Jennings
Our youngest representatives for Team England put in a stellar performance in oppressively hot conditions on the Cavo Lama Canal, Italy. The angling on the venue was somewhat alien to the team and surrounded catching very small carp with both bloodworm and sticky maggot, but they adapted brilliantly to take home an impressive fourth place. […]
Italy take under 20s gold on Cavo Lama Canal… England 4th
Picture: England Under 20s 2018 – left to right… Jordan Holloway, Jack Damant, Geroge Organ, Andrew Cranston, Sam Collett. Sensas England Under 20’s narrowly missed out on a medal with a fourth-place finish overall, in an incredibly tight podium battle on the Cavo Lama canal, Italy. This was just behind Spanish and French teams in […]
Jowett and Kirkwood blaze to pairs victory on the Rochdale Canal
On another blazingly hot weekend the seventh leg of the Dynamite backed AT/CRT pairs made its way northwards to the mighty Rochdale canal. A 36-man field were drawn across A Section (Whitehouse and Deadlength) and B section (Derdale and Sandholme). The winning pair on the day were Johnathon Jowett and Kerry Kirkwood, with Johnathon the […]
Nick West wins on a clear River Soar to make it through to RiverFest 2018 Final
The River Soar at Loughborough hosted Sunday’s round of RiverFest 2018. The match was fished in baking hot conditions and with the river running clear, it was feared that weights could be low for everyone. Thankfully, no one told the fish and some excellent weights were recorded! The three swims below the weir in A […]
Dan Squire wins River Thames RiverFest qualifier
The River Thames at Clanfield hosted the latest round of the RiverFest 2018 and proved a tough nut to crack for many of the competitors. However, weights were incredibly close and several anglers missed out by ounces. Match and C Zone winner was Dan Squire who pole fished his way to an 8-14-0 winning haul, […]
Holland take world match fishing under 25s gold in Italy – Drennan England grab silver
After a week’s long, hard practice in blistering Italian temperatures up to 39 degrees, the Drennan England U25s came home with a stunning silver team medal and were very unlucky not to scoop gold on the Cava Lama Canal. The team consisted of Captains, Mark Downes and Darran Bickerton. Team members were Rory Jones, Alex […]
23lb carp in Canal Pairs match….
On a scorching hot day, the Grand Union Canal at both Luton and Tring produced good bags of fish without a dry net in sight. Although this put off the roach which had shown in good numbers running up to the match, it meant some of the canals larger residents played ball. An outstanding team […]
Carp on the feed as Alan Dewhurst takes 30-peg Boddington Classic final….
The carp were in feeding mode in the sell-out Boddington Classic Final as a strong north easterly wind whipped across the reservoir. Three sections in use at in the final; A) pegs 80-90 -curve before the beach B) pegs 90-100 beach section and a new section to the final C) 101-110 boat club side. Amazingly […]
150lb Bristol Avon bream weight for Deron Harper sets new qualifier record for RiverFest
An outstanding bream weight of 153-12-0, caught by Hereford angler Deron Harper was the highlight of the latest AT RiverFest qualifier on the Bristol Avon. Drawn at peg 59 in B Zone, Deron feeder fished with casters and worms for the 41 fish catch, which put more than 30lb on the previous best qualifying weight! […]
Harry Billing wins the Veterans Match Fishing National for the second year in a row
The AT Veterans National once more had a cracking attendance with 133 anglers competing in the sunshine at the prolific Woodland View Fishery, Droitwich. Spread across virtually all the lakes, the competitors enjoyed some terrific sport despite the hot conditions. Last year’s winner England International, Harry Billing couldn’t believe his luck when he drew corner […]
Italy take gold in 2018 European Match Fishing Championships in Slovakia – Bronze for Team England
The 2018 FIPSed 24th European Coarse Angling Championship was held in Slovenia on the River Sava at Radece from 21st – 22nd July which saw 30 teams competing. Drennan Team England were, Will Raison, Sean Ashby, Des Shipp, James Dent, Matt Derry, Cameron Hughes, Mark Downes and Steve Sanders (joint managers). Daily the river changed […]
Brindle and Paton qualify on the Forth and Clyde
The Scottish Qualifier for the 2018 AT & CRT Canal Pairs Championships took place on the Forth & Clyde Canal at the Stables Pub, Kirkintilloch on Saturday 21st July 2018. This is always a very popular and busy stretch of the towpath, but unbeknownst to the organisers, there was also a national charity walk along […]
Wayne Panting triumphs in 2018 Disabled Match Fishing National
Weston Pools’ picturesque Canal Pool hosted this year’s Angling Trust Anglers with Disabilities National Championship and the 16 anglers competing had plenty of space. The conditions were favourable, being warm and overcast and plenty of fish were caught. Wayne Panting from Pershore was crowned a worthy National Champion, after weighing a superb 48.080Kg of carp […]
