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.
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 are fishing well with lots of 100lb weights being caught by match and pleasure anglers.
The latest results from the Garbolino Linholme Open Match. . . Friday Open 2pm till 7pm 14 fished • 1 Stuart Grey (hayfields) peg 16 beeches caught on meat for 169lb 6oz • 2 Luke Butterworth (barnsley juniors) peg 9 beeches caught on pellet in edge for 161lb 1oz • 3 Ken Wade (lindholme vetreans) peg 12 strip caught on bread for 158lb 3oz Sat Open Beeches and Oasis 22 fished • 1 Richard Wood (lindholme) peg 27 beeches caught into reeds for 99lb 5oz • 2 Oliver Scothorne (halkon hunt) peg 32 beeches caught on meat under tree for 69lb 7oz • 3 Ben Fisk (middy) peg 21 beeches caught on maggot and pellets for 63lb 5oz • 4 Mark Booth (garbolino lindholme) peg 26 beeches caught on meat for 58lb 5oz • 5 Les Marshal (lindholme) peg 25 beeches caught on pellets for 52lb 5oz • 6 Sean Cammeron (garbolino lindholme) peg 60 oasis caught on pellets for 51lb 2oz Sunday Open Willows and Oasis 25 fished • 1 Michael Owen (garbolino lindholme) peg 60 oasis caught on caster for 95lb 13oz • 2 Nick Speed (ultimate barnsley) peg 22 willows caught onmeat for 95lb 12oz • 3 Pete Reilly (garbolino lindholme) peg 5 willows caught on maggot for 91lb 1oz of small carp • 4 John Allerton (tricast) peg 2 willows caught on maggot and pellets for 88lb 3oz • 5 Alan Crouch (garbolino lindholme) peg 52 oasis caught on pellets for 76lb 3oz • 6 Mark Booth (garbolino lindholme) peg 50 oasis caught on caster for 72lb 15oz .
In the latest £1000 qualifier sub fishe’s Dan Watson took the honours with a fine bag of stocky carp from peg 22 on Kestrel Lake, Dan fished pellet at 13m in the open water to catch steadily all day. Sunday £1000 Qualifier Match Kestrel Lake • 1st Dan Watson, Sub Fish, 98lb 08oz • 2nd Dan Semper, Anglers Corner, 73lb 08oz • 3rd Pete Andrews, Westwood Lakes 71lb 02oz Tuesdays £1000 qualifier was won by Dynamite and Middy backed Tony Evans. Tony Evans drew peg 8 and fished soft 4mm pellet over 2mm micro pellets to record 74lb 08oz of small carp barble ide Skimmers and Tench. Tuesday’s £1000 Qualifier Match Skylark Lake • 1st Tony Evans, Middy/Dynamite Baits • 2nd Steve Lane, Castle A/C, 70lb 08oz • 3rd Toby Pepper, Hunstanton Tackle, 64lb 14oz Thursday’s Over 50’s Skylark Lake 22 pegs • 1st Gus Jarret, Anglers Corner, 61lb 08oz • 2nd John Gooden, 66lb 08oz • 3rd Ken Clark, Westwood Lakes, 58lb 12oz • 4th Smudge Smith, Bag em, 57lb 10oz Friday’s Open Evening Kestrel Lake 13 pegs • 1st Luke Morley, Miracle Baits, 86lb 08oz • 2nd Steve Lane, Castle A/C 60lb 06oz • 3rd Ron Roberts, Westwood Lakes, 30lb 14oz.
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.
See who is through to the Evesham Festival in the latest round of qualifiers. . . Shakespeare Qualifier Saturday 2nd July 74 fishedDrawn on unfancied peg 52, Tony Marshall put up what many anglers described as the best performance of the season so far to win with a 13-10-0 net of small fish.
Chard AC members fished the penultimate round of the Spring League in glorious conditions at Perry St Pond on Sunday. Perry St Pond, Somerset. 20 fished. The top weights were excellent and the top two in the league took the top two spots on the day.
Angel Lakes report and results from 29/6/11 to 3/7/11. . . Sunday 3rd July 2011 Open & League LookoutConditions: Sunny, ambient temp 21 deg, wind W 4mph, barometer 1015.
The long haul to the final of the prestigious Maver Classic 2011 took place on Sunday 1st and Monday 2nd May 2011. In all over 60 qualifier matches commencing in October 2010 and finishing in late April 2011 took place. 104 finalists took part at Larford’s Match, Arena and Specimen lakes. Conditions were however far from perfect with a severe northerly wind making conditions near impossible for pole and float fishing.