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2017 Mega Match This Shaping Up To Be Another Historical Event
Saturday 3rd September marked the conclusion of the 2016 Maver Mega 'Match This' event. A gruelling five month qualification campaign, starting on Saturday 2nd April and finishing at The Glebe / Mallory Park in Leicestershire on Wednesday 17th August, produced what many have since hailed as the best big money final ever with twenty four of the UK's finest match anglers going head-to-head for angling's richest prize.
Tickets for the 2017 Mega Match This event went on sale New Year’s Eve with large numbers of anglers securing their tickets in the hope of qualifying for angling’s richest final just minutes after general release. In fact, since tickets were launched, three qualifier events have very nearly sold out ahead of the 2017 qualifier campaign beginning in April.
The Build Up
It was back to Partridge lakes today for the third round of the teams of four winter league. The weather leading up to the contest had taken a turn for the worse with a slight drop in temperature (although it still wasn't as cold as it should be for the beginning of December). The conditions had however, had a big impact on the weights that had come out recently and it had also been frozen at the start of the week, but, on the open match Saturday it had been ice-free so I was unsure on how it would fish after all the melted ice water had gone in but I was looking forward to it nonetheless.
On the trip down to the fishery I was surprised to see that the canal near me had frozen over and I was half thinking that I should turn back for the ice breaker but fearing that this would make me late I decided to head on but still hoped that Partridge would be ice-free.
Victory for MAP ace in the first round of Lindholme League.
Matt Pillay has won the first round of the Lindholme Lakes Natural Baits league, with a 56-15-0 net of F1s. The MAP and Old Ghost sponsored ace drew peg six on the prolific Bonsai Lake, and caught quality F1s fishing maggots down either margin.
Runner up spot fell to Richard Kerridge, who fished the league as a guest, with a terrific 48-6-0 F1 haul from peg 19 from Loco Lake.
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Pole or running line? Match Fishing tasks top northern matchmen Adam Richards and Josh Newton to find out on a tricky River Tees near Yarm.
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An angling event, which will see over £20,000 paid out in prize money has been launched today by Match Fishing Magazine. The Match Fishing Knockout Cup will see anglers compete across a variety of venues, from commercial fisheries to rivers and canals, in a bid to find the UK’s best allround angler.
Event manager, and Match Fishing Magazine Editor, Tom Scholey explained: “The Match Fishing Knockout Cup is unique in that it tests an anglers all round skill. No other event requires competitors to tackle such a wide variety of venues, and styles of fishing – which makes it among the most prestigious titles to win.
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Former Mega Match This finalist and new Maver man on the block, Ben Sharp, has qualified for next year’s Middy Extreme Final from his latest outing at Lake View in Leicestershire. Read his full match report below:
“Today I’ve had a nice local trip to Lake View Fishery to try and qualify for the middy extreme winter series final. And to have my first outing with my new Maver Darkside 3 pole”
“Peg 21 on Serpent pool was to be my home for the day and I must say I really didn’t fancy the peg at all! It was evident from the off that peg 2 was solid with fish and was likely to win, on the plus side of that…. Andy Searl who had drawn peg 2 had already qualified”.
