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Local rods take the spoils at Evesham. Shakespeare Championship QualifierEvesham Town & Ferry Waters67 fished1 Nick Cowling (Alcester Sports) 15-6-0 (Peg 61)2 Tom Scholey (Pole Fishing/Match Fishing) 11-14-0 (Peg 87)3 Brian Rigby (Shakespeare Superteam) 9-7-0 (Peg 2)4 Mike Tromans 8-13-0 (Peg 1) 5 Gary Seadon (W B Clarke) 8-9-0 (Peg 3)Qualifiers:Brian RigbyNick CowlingTom ScholeyClear skies and hot and humid conditions greeted anglers on Saturday’s Shakespeare qualifier, but this didn’t deter Evesham’s resident bream from feeding! Winner on the day was Alcester Sports rod Nick Cowling. Nick caught four bream on flat-float tactics, feeding chopped worms and casters, and fishing a small piece of worm on the hook. Nick fished 13 metres from the bank, and took all four of his fish in the second hour of the match – with the anglers either side of him also managing a bream each.

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New 10-part fishing series starts Monday! A new fishing-competition TV series from the maker of Come Dine With Me is set to debut on the National Geographic Channel. King Fisher will see spirited anglers trying their hands at different kinds of fishing around the world, with the aim of finding out who is a fish out of water, and who will emerge as the King Fisher. Jenny Heaton, from National Geographic, explained: "Each adrenaline-filled episode pits three highly skilled anglers against one another during three separate fishing expeditions. Competitors challenge each other in their home waters, setting the stakes high while the others must learn different fishing styles and adapt to fishing in foreign waters.

Southern ace bags prestigious Middy Trophy. Andrew Quarmby has bagged the Middy Match Team Cup, and £500 in prize money after a close match at Sherwood Forest Fishery near Edwinstowe. The match, open only to Middy-sponsored anglers, was contested at Sherwood Forest Fishery and with £500 and the huge silver cup up for grabs all of the anglers were keen to win. It was an incredibly close match and with the fancied pegs not producing as expected it threw the match wide open for anyone to win.