This year the Preston Innovations England Feeder Team travel to France for the 10th FIPSed World Feeder Angling Championship on the La Vilaine River, Rieux on the 11th/12th July. Preston Innovations England Feeder Team Manager Dean Barlow said “I have made no changes to the side that came 4th in South Africa last year, but […]
England Feeder Fishing Team 2020 Announced
RiverFest 2020 tickets on sale March 13th
The Angling Trust is delighted to announce that RiverFest 2020 ticket sales will open in alignment with the end of the river season on, Monday 16th March at 10.30am for all Angling Trust members. A revamped competition for 2020 will see a brand-new final on the mighty River Trent at Burton Joyce, which we’re sure […]
The Angling Trust Great Fishing Prize Draw!
The Great Fishing Prize Draw, supported by Angling Trust Ambassadors, sees the launch of five separate prize draws under the new banner, each with their own amazing fishing experience day as the winning prize. Each prize promises to be a unique opportunity to spend time with some of the UK’s best-known anglers and pick up […]
Big Changes for RiverFest in 2020
After two finals on the River Severn at Shrewsbury, RiverFest is on the move next year to a different river and will be fished earlier in the season. RiverFest 2020 will take place on the River Trent at Burton Joyce over the weekend of 26th and 27th September. The Angling Trust is delighted to announce […]
Ian Ward is 2019 RiverFest Champion
The Angling Trust RiverFest Final 2019 was held on the weekend of Saturday 7th and 8th of December on the River Severn in Shrewsbury. In the run up to the event, the river had been out of sorts with several unfortunate cancellations, but the tricky river made for an incredibly close final, which was watched […]
End of an Era for Sensas Team England U20’s as Steve Sanders Retires
The Angling Trust has announced that after 17 years of unprecedented success, Steve Sanders will stand down from his position as manager of Sensas England U20’s team with immediate effect. Steve first took the reigns as manager in 2003, leading the team into the 17th FIPS-ed Youth World Championships in Portugal, a championship that brought […]
First Feeder National to be held on Gloucester Canal in 2020
Last year saw our most well attended Nationals for nearly a decade and in line with this continued success, the Angling Trust is thrilled to announce the Angling Trust Feeder National, which will take place on the Gloucester Canal on Sunday 23rd August 2020. The format for the competition will follow International rules as closely […]
Fish O Mania 2020 Dates: Sections winners in final to trouser £2500
Matchroom Multi Sport and the Angling Trust are pleased to announce the dates for the 2020 Fish‘O’Mania Qualifiers, with tickets to go on sale on Tuesday, 5thNovember. The winner of the Fish‘O’Mania Grand Final will net a cool £50,000, with the runner-up taking home £10,000. For the first time, a section prize will be introduced. […]
High, hardy and Haigh on Yorks Ouse RiverFest qualifier
A very high Yorkshire Ouse greeted the hardy RiverFest anglers this past weekend, with some awful weather and six foot of extra water on the river, it was always going to be a struggle. Stan Haigh took the match from peg 224 in the Hunters section with 7lb 2oz. This was made up of a […]
Ringers Arrow into World Club Feeder Champs in Bulgaria
At the third attempt to qualify for the World Club Feeder Championship, Team Ringers blew the opposition away at Arrow Valley Lake, Redditch, with a near-perfect score of seven penalty points. Incredibly this included section wins in four of the five sections, from Steve Ringer Fishing and Phil Ringer, Rob Wootton and Adam Wakeline, with […]
Bream on a rising Warks Avon get Biddle through to Riverfest final….
After 12 hours of heavy rain, the Warwickshire Avon was starting to rise as the 55 competitors got to their pegs. As always on rising rivers, some species like to feed and those who were on areas where there were some bream and barbel managed to catch well. Worcester’s Tim Biddle drew the downstream end […]
Martin and Paul take Loughborough Heat!
Pic: Third place pair Lee Newson and Graham Smith The twelfth round of the Canal Pairs qualifiers made its way back to the Grand Union Canal at Loughborough, which has been throwing up good weights over the last couple of years, and this heat proved no different! Winning pair on the day were Martin […]
Cranson takes River Thames Riverfest qualifier
The River Thames at Reading saw the top four anglers land over 600lb of bream, which included a new record weight for the competition. Andrew Cranston set the new standard at peg 34 where he put 194-4-0 of bream on the scales to book himself a place in the final. Next door to Andy, at […]
Jim Burton bags Bewdley RiverFest Qualifier with 55lb of barbel and chub
The River Severn at Bewdley hosted the seventeenth round of RiverFest qualification this Saturday. Conditions on the morning were bright and clear, which weren’t ideal and those with some cover had a distinct advantage. Facebook blogger, Villa fan and one time MatchBox supremo Jim Burton was on such man on peg 49 in B zone, […]
Angling Trust announce the England team for Anglers with Disabiliites for 2020 FIPSed 22nd World Championship
The Angling Trust are pleased to announce the team that will be taking part in the FIPSed 22nd Anglers with Disabilities World Coarse Championship on the River Sava, Slovenia next year. Following a successful England trial assessment day held recently on the River Soar at Loughborough with everyone fishing to FIPSed International rules, John Weeden […]
