Qualifier match report – Earlswood Lakes The Angling Trust and Canal and River Trust Stillwater Championship final qualifier match for 2013 was held at Earlswood Lakes on Saturday 24th August in conditions that were overcast and breezy, with the fish located in small pockets. The fish that were caught were of a good size with […]
Angling Trust and Canal and River Trust Stillwater Championship
England’s Ladies Storm To Gold In World Match Fishing Championships
The Angling Trust England Ladies coarse angling team produced one of the most sensational second day performances ever seen in winning the 20th FIPSed Women’s World Angling Championships on the magnificent river Sava in Radece, Slovenia from 24th – 25th August 2013. The setting for these championships was out of a picture book. Sitting between […]
Dorking Top Team Champs
Southern aces wins Match Fishing Team Championship. Daiwa Dorking have won the Match Fishing Team Championship on the Warwickshire Avon at Evesham, scoring a remarkable 61 points out of a possible 70. The team, made up of Simon Willsmore, Darren Davies, Will Raison, Michael Buchwalder and Ian Didcote beat second placed Shakespeare Superteam by a […]
Official: England The World’s No1 Match Fishing Team
Following the recent success of Team England Angling’s under 18s and under 23s teams in France, England are now undisputed World Match fishing champions. FIPSed, the world governing body for angling, last week issued new world rankings, based on competition results from the past 5 years, and England is number 1 in six of the […]
Phil Ringer Takes The 2013 Barston Bowl
Phil Ringer won the 2013 Barston Bowl and the £1,000 first prize with an impressive win thanks to a 160lb bag of carp taken on the Method from peg 20 at Solihull’s Barston Lakes Fishery. Phil added his name to the trophy his father Geoff has also won. In fact the Barston Bowl is becoming […]
Evesham Festival Qualifying Match
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 […]
England’s Young Lions Return With Record Breaking Championship Results
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 […]
Matrix Tameside Crowned Champions
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 […]
New Teams Of Three League: Stainforth & Keadby Canal
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 […]
Alan Henry Wins 2013 Matrix Tidal Trent Festival
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) […]
Steve Ringer Wins 2013 Kamasan British Open
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 […]
Angling Trust/Canal and Rivers Trust Stillwater Championship Round 5
27 competitors took part in the fifth Angling Trust & Canal and Rivers Trust Stillwater Championship qualifier at Blythe Waters, Northamptonshire on Saturday 20th July 2013 with everyone enjoying some outstanding sport with over 500 kg being taken to the scales.Thanks to a change in the weather, it was an overcast day with a ripple […]
River Yare plays host to the first Angling Trust RIVERFEST 2013 qualifier
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 […]
Evesham Qualifier Results
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 […]
Angling Trust & Canal & River Stillwater Qualifier
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 […]
