Former Premier League footballer Jimmy Bullard proved he’s no slouch in matches of another sort when winning the Silver Fish Festival at Devon’s Stafford Moor Fishery… an especially impressive achievement when you realise former World Match Fishing Champion Will Raison was among his rivals. Jamie totalled five points to take the trophy with relative ease, […]

The Canal & River Trust and Angling Trust are delighted to announce that the entry forms to apply for the Canal Pairs Qualifiers will be available from Monday 2nd March. This year there will be 11 qualifiers with the first one commencing on Sunday 12th April on the Loughborough Canal, and the final qualifier on […]

The most prestigious match of the weekend took place at Barston Lakes where 43 anglers fished off for the Barston Masters crown. It was a close frame with less than 2lb separating second, third and fourth spots, Jamie Harrison taking the runner’s up money thanks to a 37-7-0 bag, taken on the feeder in cold […]

Preston Innovations England World Feeder team has been selected for the FIPSed 5th World Feeder Championships in 2015. The squad will consist of brothers, Steve and Phil Ringer, Mick Vials, Adam Wakelin, Dean Barlow, Rob Wootton, and current Ultimate Barnsley Blacks team captain, Glenn Lawrence (coach), Tom Pickering (manager) and Adam Rooney (assistant). The competition will be […]

Tunnel Barn Farm has announced its schedule of Easter matches with some big events right through the long bank holiday weekend. Good Friday (April 3rd) will see anglers fishing Extension Top and New Pool, starting at 1.30pm, while Saturday’s match will be staged on Club, Canal and Jenny’s with the draw at 9am and fishing […]

The FIPSed Disabled and Veterans World Coarse Angling Championships for 2015 will be held on the river Sorraia near the village of Cabecao, Portugal on a venue well known to some of this years selected team members on 5th/6th June.   In the past this section of the river Sorraia has held the European, Junior and […]

Six new venues, twelve more places in the final, a bigger prize pot and a new ‘teams of three’ competition are the big changes to this year’s RiverFest competition. The Angling Trust has been working closely with competition creator Dave Harrell to grow the popular event still further, starting with more qualifying venues. These include, […]

The UK Angling Championship is the oldest of the ‘Big Three’ fishing tournaments, and is regarded as the most prestigious to win, going back to 1984, some of the finest match anglers in the country have won this event. This year’s dates have now been released. The venues are the same as last year, and […]

The success of the popular Barston Masters competitions held at Solihull’s Barston Lakes has led to a doubling of the prize fund and the extension of the competition so that it’s now year-round, with heats from January leading up to a final in November.  All of the matches will take place at Barston, on the […]

RiverFest organiser Dave Harrell is looking to set a new benchmark for river match fishing in the UK by offering a £20,000 first prize in the 2015 event. Midlander Dave is looking to increase the number of anglers fishing each regional qualifier from 60 to as many as 90, and is seeking a sponsor from […]

The Birmingham Fazeley Canal will host the final of the 2015 Canal Pairs Championships to be run jointly by the Canal & River Trust and the Angling Trust. Eleven qualifiers will be fished on canal venues around the country with the top five pairs from each (110 finalists) due to battle it out on the […]

Dates and venues have been announced for the 2015 Canal & River Trust Stillwater Championships. It will be the eighth running of the event, with 40-peg qualifying rounds to be held between April and September, with four anglers from each going through to the final at Blythe Waters on October 10th. There will be three […]

But Powers & Harvey lead the race for the title. Lee Harrison has won the second round of the Preston Innovations sponsored Pole Fishing Pairs league, with a weight of 20 kilos 700g. The Drennan  Barnsley ace made the most of a favoured draw on Messingham Sand’s Tripp Pond, catching F1s, crucians, roach and skimmers […]

Cameron Hughes has won the Drennan Rive Silverfish Festival with an impressive 112b catch of roach and skimmers over two days. This is the first year that this prestigious event has been run at the prolific White Acres holiday complex in Cornwall. The 78-strong field included 20 invited anglers from France, the Drennan Team England […]

After a few days of heavy rain and fluctuating river levels, 60 anglers arrived at Hereford on the River Wye to fish the first day of the RiverFest 2014 final on Saturday 15th November to find the river slightly over 7ft but falling. With conditions set to improve as the match went on, anglers were […]