Daiwa Dorking Crowned Team Champions 2011 at the Angling Trust Division One National Championship. . . Daiwa Dorking took centre stage at the Angling Trust Division One National Championship on Saturday 6th August 2011 on the New Junction Canal, Doncaster to not only win as team Champions with 551 points and weight of 25.
The Cadets category of the Angling Trust Cadets, Juniors & Intermediates National Championship on Saturday 2nd July 2011 saw four times previous winners, Smartbait Leeds coming back from last year’s second place position to take the Championship title back for 2011 with 13 points (47. 87 kg). Second place was Worksop & District AA with 11 points (49. 13 kg).
Results for open contests week ending 3rd July 2011. . . All lakes fishing well with match weights of 150lb being caught and pleasure anglers reaching weights of 120lb+Top PoolChopped worm and caster to the islands and down the edges catching well with f1’s up to 2lb, skimmers roach and perch to 1lb.
Top northern match organiser, Paul Caygill is running three Sunday matches on the ‘Junky’ in readiness for the Division One National on the 6th August. Paul will be running his matches alongside his ‘Happy League’ and he has the full use of the canal so expect some large attendances. The dates for the matches are as follows: • 17th July• 24th July• 31st JulyIf you are interested in any of these matches then contact Paul on 07976779983 for more details. .
There were some surprises in the results this year for all the teams taking part in the European Coarse Angling Championships in Opole, Poland from 25th – 26th June 2011. Drennan Team England consisted of; Mark Downes and Mark Addy (Joint Managers), Alan Scotthorne, Steve Gardener, Will Raison, Sean Ashby, Darren Cox and Steve Hemmingray. Drennan Team England averaged around 250gm per angler per day on practice with some perch to be caught so the team targeted them and the bleak that averaged around 180 to the kilo. There were tiny fish to be caught around 0.
7 teams of eight lined up to fish the second round of the Superleague on the Huntspill between Gold Corner and past the Clapper and the venue fished quite consistently with plenty of Bream, skimmers, eels and Roach to be caught. River Huntspill – Gold Corner to the Clapper (56 pegs). Winner on the day was Kev Perry (Sensas Thyers) who was pegged below Woolavington bridge and caught tight across on the feeder on maggots and worms to take Bream to 4lb and weigh in 49-12. Second was Dave Micklewright (Maver Bathampton) who caught Bream to 3lb on the feeder from peg 60 above Woolavington.
Ilminster AA members fished round six of the evening league at Dillington on Wednesday in very weight and windy conditions. Dillington Pond, Somerset. 06/07/11, 5 fished. Despite the conditions weights were very good for the three hour fixture.