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Exciting new match fishing competition launched!Match Aid, an organisation set up to raise money for cancer charities, has launched an exciting new match fishing competition –with a £1,000 winners purse at the end of it!A total of 20 qualifiers will be held in June at venues up and down the country. The top two anglers from each qualifier will be eligible to fish the final, which is to be held at Worcestershire’s Furnace Mill Fishery. From the 40 qualifiers, the top three finishers will be paid out, with the winner picking up £1,000, second place £350, and third place £150. Angling News Week Editor, Tom Scholey commented: "This sounds like a great competition, which raises money for a very good cause - and has a very significant prize at the end of it.

Mr Crabtree TV Series To Hit The Screen! An exciting new fishing show premieres on Discovery Quest next Thursday. The show is based upon the 4 million selling Bernard Venables book, Mr Crabtree Goes Fishing and is the first in a series of several programmes aiming to create a modern Mr Crabtree tail. The series is the brainchild of lifelong anglers James Arnold Baker, and Lester Holcombe, who are passionate Mr Crabtree fans as well as highly experienced media professionals. A statement on the companies website explained “This is a genuine angling programme that all UK anglers will be able to relate to.

From feast to famine, as temperatures plummet. The temperatures might be dropping, but the news is hotting up in the angling world! The change in weather has seen a hard weekend for many match anglers, with one high profile match seeing a third of the field failing to catch! We have the full story inside the latest issue of Angling News Week! In other news, sea records have tumbled this week, as a Southern club angler banked a massive 40lb cod off the coast of West Sussex! Carp brand Solar have released an exciting new range of tackle, and one of the Country’s biggest and most famous carp fishing venues has changed hands. On top of this, there is news of new sponsorships, and a host of experts tell you how to catch more carp in winter. It has also been announced that the CLA Game Fair is making a comeback, after being cancelled last year following flooding.

Exciting new series at Midlands commercialTunnel Barn Farm has announced a new teams of three league, that is to run throughout the summer months at the venue. The venue is popular among club anglers and open rods alike, and is famed for its stocks of F1 carp. In order to ensure good fishing, the league has been limited to 18 teams, with a £350 top prize for the winning team. For more information, contact 01926 842975 Summer League Teams of 3 2013May 4th Jenny’s, Canal & ClubMay 18th Canal, Club & Top June 1st Top, House & ExtensionJune 22nd Canal, Club & TopJuly 13th Canal, Jenny’s & TopJuly 27th Club, Canal & House.