Pic: Darren Bickerton Saturday August 3rdWychavon Championship QualifierEvesham Town & Ferry Waters69 Fished. Darran Bickerton was top weight on the first of the year’s bloodworm and joker qualifiers, with a 10-13-0 net from peg 18. Darran fished bloodworm at 13 metres over a bed of soil, joker and groundbait, taking fish to ten ounces.  It […]

photo: Sensas U18s England Team Drennan Team England’s Under 23s and Sensas Team England’s Under 18s ran riot in the Youth World Championships along the River Vilaine in Rieux, Brittany, France taking 8 of the 12 medals up for grabs in the World Championships from 27th – 28th July 2013. Despite huge thunderstorms and lightening […]

On Saturday 27th July four teams competed for the title of Merseyside Angling Champions 2013. The annual event taking place at Chester Lakes Fishery in Rouge Hill near Chester was open to teams of six anglers aged under 17 years old. Run by Merseyside County Angling Group (Mersey CADG), a group set up by the […]

A new teams of three winter league is set to run on the Stainforth and Keadby Canal at Thorne. The venue – which has a reputation as being one of the most prolific winter fisheries in the country, has been famous for hosting the sell out individual and pairs league in years gone by. In recent […]

Matrix Tidal Trent Festival 2013 (50 fished), Dunham downstream and Laughterton.The river was carrying 2-3ft of flood water plus with some exceptionally big tides over the three days.  Day 1  1st Wayne Bartholumew (Feeder Team England) 15 Dunham 28lb 12oz 4 bream (3 went 19lb5oz) plus skimmers groundbait feeder worm and caster.2nd Steve Clarke (Maver Image) […]

Pic: ;2013 Kamasan British Open champion Steve Ringer with his broth Phil, who finished third. One of best match waters in the Midlands – Barston Lakes – played host to one of the most important matches in the calendar on Saturday in the form of the 2013 Kamasan British Open. It’s an event that has […]

52 anglers travelled from far and wide to compete in the first Angling Trust RIVERFEST qualifier on Saturday 20th July 2013 on the River Yare.  The weather had changed from very hot and sunny conditions to damp and overcast with a chilly easterly wind. With excellent roach bags coming out during practice off the match […]

Saturday 20th JulyWychavon Championship QualifierEvesham Town & Ferry Waters69 Fished. Result:1 Mark Gaylard (Daiwa Gordon League) 7-0-0 (peg 1)2 Ian Sutherland (Land Rover) 6-14-0 (peg 87)3 Steve Pallett (Sensas W B Clarke) 6-4-0 (peg 23)4 Tony Marshall (Shakespeare Superteam) 6-1-0 (peg 56)5 James Wilson (Browning Worcester) 5-15-0 (peg 7) Qualifiers:Mark GaylardTrevor ChalkIan Sutherland Daiwa Gordon […]

49 anglers contested in this latest qualifier at the prolific Boddington Reservoir on 17th July 2013 in the fourth qualifier of the Angling Trust & Canal & River Trust Stillwater Qualifiers for 2013.  The blistering heat and often totally still conditions were always going to make things difficult.The huge shoals of sizeable carp for which […]

The Stuart Spence Memorial on the Perdiswell stretch of the Birmingham-Worcester Canal attracted a good turnout and the fishing wasn’t bad either with everyone catching and the majority weighing in over 6lb. Stuart, who passed away last year, was one of the characters on the local match scene and was known for always fishing in […]

With temperatures up in the high twenties, a low and gin clear River Trent at Besthorpe, South Clifton, North Clifton and Laughterton, and conditions no-one wanted greeted the 12 teams of 10 anglers that had qualified for this, the Final of the Angling Trust Winter League series on Saturday 6th July 2013. Much had been […]

Evesham Town & Ferry Waters.74 Fished. Result:1 Wayne Swinscoe (Maver Bait Tech) 9-0-0 (peg 67)2 Jamie Robbins (Shakespeare Superteam) 6-13-0 (peg 66)3 Dave Harris (Barford DAA) 6-4-0 (peg 36)4 Chris Smith 5-8-8 (peg 53)5 Andy Murphy (Tredegar Angling) 5-7-0 (peg 41) Qualifiers:Nick YoungDave HarrisJeff Spiers Wayne Swinscoe took the honours on a baking hot day […]

Evesham Town & Ferry Waters57 fished. Result:1 Roger Clutton (Maver Milton Keynes) 15-0-0 (peg 64)2 Michael Dcaccia (RAF) 13-4-0 (peg 67)3 John Whitehouse 9-5-0 (peg 71)4 Dave Thornton (Lanes Baits) 7-13-0 (peg 55)5 John Price (Drennan Banbury Gunsmiths) 7-12-0 (peg 45) Qualifiers:Mark BrushDave ThorntonRoger Cluton Maver Milton Keynes rod Roger Cluton has continued his good […]

Anglers attending the Monday afternoon/evening open matches at Barston Lakes have been enjoying some top sport.The latest match saw the top five anglers weigh in over 90lb with the lowest weight just under 50lb and an average of over 80lb per angler. It’s also great that many techniques are catching, with pole long and short […]

Drennan Team England’s chance of regaining the European Championship title on the Novi Sad canal in Serbia on 29th/30th June 2013 was blown away after the first days performance when the team could only finish the day in seventh place.The England team consisted of; Will Raison, Alan Scotthorne, Sean Ashby, Des Shipp, Lee Kerry and […]