Bookings are about to open for Britain’s biggest canal angling competition, the 2020 AT & CRT Canal Pairs Championship, and with sponsorship from Dynamite Baits, the Championship will see regional qualifying heats being held across England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Launching on Monday 2nd March at 10.30am anglers will be able to book their places […]
Tickets for 2020 Canal Pairs
England Teams announced for 2020 European Coarse Championships and World Coarse Nations
Mark Downes, England Team Manager has decided to announce this year’s England European Team and the England World Nations Team. Mark Downes and Darran Bickerton will be continuing with their youth policy which continues to grow. The youth element of the team/s is growing year by year and all are gathering valuable experience as they […]
TidesFest 2020 tickets on sale….
The Angling Trust is pleased to confirm the details for the 7th Tidefest Angling Championship to take place on the tidal Thames in London on Sunday, September 6th. A donation from the ticket monies will once again be made to the children’s angling charity Get Hooked on Fishing. The 40-peg match, which is sponsored by […]
England Feeder Fishing Team 2020 Announced
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 […]
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 […]
