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Like A Proper Pint?
Match Fishing Staff  |  Aug 23, 2013  |  0 comments
Then head down to the Evesham Beer Festival!For the first time in the events history, the Evesham Angling Festival will this year host its first ever beer and cider festival. Working with CAMRA favourite, and local Evesham free-house ‘The Fleece Inn’, the festival will offer some 30+ real ales and 10 traditional ciders. Located on Evesham’s Crown Meadow, the beer tent is right at the heart of the festival action – so you can enjoy a proper pint as you watch angling’s most prestigious river fishing event taking place. The beer festival will run from 10am till 7pm this Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
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Commercial Champions
Match Fishing Staff  |  Aug 22, 2013  |  0 comments
Full Commercial National results. Last Saturday, 17th August proved to be a very successful day for Barnsley & District at the inaugral Angling Trust Team Commercial Stillwater Championship. Their ten man team came out on top finishing in Championship position with a fantastic cumulative weight of 428. 365 kg.
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Shakespeare Veterans Championship
Match Fishing Staff  |  Aug 22, 2013  |  0 comments
Evesham Town & Ferry Waters, 77 Fished. A turnout of 77 veterans graced the field in this year’s Shakespeare Veterans Championship. It was Ibstock rod Keith Kite, who banked the £500 winners cheque, and an invite for the prestigious Shakespeare Championship Final, with an 18-14-0 net from peg 8. Keith caught two barbel, feeding Sonubaits Spicy Sausage pellets, with an 8mm version of the same on the hook.
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It's Almost Here
Match Fishing Staff  |  Aug 21, 2013  |  0 comments
Evesham Angling Festival this weekend! The clock is ticking to the start of British match fishing's most heavily sponsored event - the Evesham Angling Festival. With over £27,000 up for grabs, river fishing's most prestigious weekend has once again secured backing from Shakespeare, Wychavon District Council, and Match Fishing Magazine. For the anglers, the stakes couldn't be higher, but if you fancy making the trip to Evesham to take in the action, then the festival has more to offer than ever before. The craft fair - a popular feature last year - has been extended, and is a must see attraction for lovers of country life.
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The Line Up Is Complete
Match Fishing Staff  |  Aug 20, 2013  |  0 comments
Openshaw and Frackowiak complete Maver Match This lineup. Steve Openshaw and Krysztof Frackowiak have become the last two people to qualify for the Maver Match This Final, after winning their respective qualifiers this weekend. The two matches, fished at Tunnel Barn Farm and Barston Lakes. A good turn-out saw ninety seven anglers attend the 2013 Maver Mega 'Match This' qualifier at the popular Tunnel Barn Farm.
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Whisker's Win At Evesham
Match Fishing Staff  |  Aug 20, 2013  |  0 comments
Wychavon Championship Qualifier, 18/08/2013. With bloodworm banned for the last of the official 2013 festival qualifiers, the fishing was tough for many. Gloucester Angling Centre’s Tony Davis put in a star performance from unfancied peg 31, to win the day with a 7-12-0 net. This was made up of a 6-8-0 barbel, and several smaller roach taken on hempseed.
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Barnsley Win Commercial National
Match Fishing Staff  |  Aug 17, 2013  |  0 comments
James Dent top individualUltimate Barnsley Blacks have won the first ever Angling Trust Commercial National. The event, which was contested by 18 teams of ten was fished across Garbolino Lindholme Lakes, Hayfield Lakes and Daiwa Hallcroft Fishery. Barnsley won the event by over 100 kilos – and also boasted the individual winner in the shape of James Dent, who weighed 98 kilos from the end peg on Moat Pool at Daiwa Hallcroft fishery. Barnsley’s captain, Glen Lawrence was delighted when he found out that his team had won: “I haven’t fished myself today, but it’s been awesome performance from the lads.
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A Step In The Right Direction
Match Fishing Staff  |  Aug 16, 2013  |  0 comments
Angling Trust to publish competitions expenditure. The Angling Trust has today announced that it will publish a full breakdown of its income and expenditure for all the matches that it runs. The announcement comes on the back of an ‘Agent X’ article in Match Fishing magazine, and a thread on the Angling Answers forum, which has seen numerous anglers question where the ‘administration’ money that taken out of the pot actually goes. Trust Member, and DHP Digital News Editor Tom Scholey commented: “I am delighted that the Trust have finally decided to co operate and publish how their administration fees are used.
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Willsmore Joins Drennan
Match Fishing Staff  |  Aug 15, 2013  |  0 comments
Dorking ace excited about new sponsorSimon Willsmore has announced that he is now to be sponsored by top UK based tackle brand, Drennan International. Simon, who has a reputation as being one of the UK's best allround anglers, was previously backed by Italian tackle giants, Milo. He explained: "I am over the moon to have agreed a deal with Drennan. They are having a real push on their match fishing equipment at the minute, and I look forward to working with them to help them grow and develop this side of their business.
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"formidable Predators Of Fish"
Match Fishing Staff  |  Aug 14, 2013  |  0 comments
BBC’s One Show highlights cormorant issue. The prime time BBC current affairs show, ‘The One Show’ has highlighted one of angling’s biggest problems – the fish eating cormorants that are ravaging our inland fish stocks. Reporter, Miranda Krestovnikoff describes the birds as "formidable predators of fish" and wintesses first hand how devastating an impact cormorants are having. The hit show, presented by Matt Baker and Alex Jones, interviews Angling Trust Chief Executive, Mark Lloyd about the problem.
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