Wychavon Championship Qualifier Evesham Town & Ferry Waters 70 Fished. 1 Kevin Ellerby 8-12-0 (peg 33) 2 Mark Brush (Daiwa Gordon League) 7-3-0 (peg 86) 3 Andy Murphy (Tredegar Angling Centre) 6-15-0 (peg 10) 4 Barry Blakemore 6-14-0 (peg 8) 5 Pete Jayes (Quorn) 6-10-0 (peg 85)   Qualifier: Kevin Ellerby It was hemp heaven […]

The third Angling Trust RiverFest qualifier, held on the River Severn at Lower Lode on Saturday 5th July saw Shakespeare Superteam member Paul Bick become the first angler to qualify for the final in successive seasons. Paul easily won B section at Peg 33 with 15-5-0, made up of three decent bream, four skimmers and […]

With the Gloucester Canal coloured up from overnight water movements to the Bristol reservoirs the 120 competitors of this year’s Angling Trust Winter League Final on 6th July were expecting a few bites especially after last week’s good practice match.  Unfortunately for most it was a struggle and a long wait between bites as most […]

Wychavon Championship Qualifier Evesham Town & Ferry Waters 60 Fished. The river was in great form for this afternoon qualifier, with a tinge of colour and steady pace leading to consistent fishing throughout. Top man on the day was local ace Trevor Chalk, who banked 9-7-0 from peg 15 on the Crown Meadow. Trevor caught […]

Match Fishing Team Championship Qualifier Evesham Town & Ferry Waters 60 Fished. Twelve teams of five booked on the first of this season’s team qualifying matches for the Match Fishing Team Championship Final. In a break from past tradition, this year not one but three teams from each of the qualifying matches progress through to […]

Evesham Championship Qualifier Evesham Town & Ferry Waters 80 Fished Avon master Steve Ashmore did the business from an unfancied peg in this 80 peg Evesham Championship qualifier, winning the day with an 8-2-0 net. Drawn on peg 76 in the field below the Ferry meadow, Steve caught a good net of small roach fishing […]

The Warwickshire Avon at Pensham is noted for holding some big bream – last season Swan AC’s Paul Coley had nine fish for 71lb there. The latest club event on the stretch saw an excellent turnout of 35 anglers – more than many open matches in the UK last weekend – and it was Paul […]

Broad Acres Fishery at Hanbury has begun its Summer Pairs League with a bang – the first event saw the venue record of 186lb smashed out of sight with a 257lb bag and out of 15 anglers fishing the main pool, 13 of them broke the ton. The record didn’t last long though, because on […]

The Angling Trust are pleased to announce the England call up of Callum Dicks who will be joining the Drennan Team England squad for the FIPSed Nations World Championship in Croatia on 13th and 14th September 2014.  Joining Callum is; Will Raison, Alan Scotthorne, Sean Ashby, Des Shipp and Steve Hemmingray and (Joint Managers) Mark […]

Organisers of the Evesham Festival have released details of the 2014 prize fund – and there’s still bags of cash up for grabs despite the loss of one of the event’s long-standing sponsors. Event director, Roger Mortimer announced the revised prize structure after a search for a headline sponsor for this year’s festival looked unlikely […]

The Angling Trust & Canal & River Trust are delighted to announce the date competitors can start to apply for the Pairs Canal Championship which will be held on the Shropshire Union Canal in the Soudley area on 14th September 2014. Entry forms will be available to apply for this new event from 15th July […]

This year’s Angling Trust Cadets, Juniors and Intermediates National Championship was held at Makins Fishery, Nuneaton, Warwickshire on Saturday 28th June.  The weather on the day was very unsettled for all the competitors taking part with showers set in for most of the day. Nearly 200 young anglers between the ages of 10 and 22 […]

The River Swale at Morton was the venue for the second Angling Trust RiverFest 2014 qualifier on Saturday 28th June, and hopes of big weights were high after some bumper catches during the first week of the season. The river was low and crystal clear for this match but that didn’t stop Matt Maginnis from […]

Drennan Team England. (Top L-R) Will Raison, Simon Willsmore, Lee Kerry, Sean Ashby, Mark Downes. (Bottom L-R) Alan Scotthorne, Mark Addy, Callum Dicks. Pic: www.drennantackle.com Drennan Team England have man­aged to win the European Championship after a nail biting last hour on the Hensies-Pommeroeul Canal in Belgium. Twenty-four teams com­peted on a tough venue dom­in­ated […]

Evesham Festival Qualifying Match Report. Evesham Championship Qualifier. Evesham Town & Ferry Waters 61  Fished.   1 Richie Reynolds (Maver Bait-Tech) 10-14-0 (peg 43) 2 Tom Scholey (Pole Fishing Magazine) 7-15-0 (peg 6) 3 Matt Woods 6-3-0 (peg 85) 4 Ian Sutherland 5-13-0 (peg 68) 5 Anthony Taylor 5-6-0 (peg 18)   Qualifiers: Tom Scholey […]