Leicester rod lifts Shakespeare trophy. Shimano and Dynamite Baits-backed ace Rob Wootton has lifted the Shakespeare Championship winner's trophy, and a £6,000 first prize, after a close match on Evesham’s Warwickshire Avon. The Leicester-based rod caught a net of good perch and chub on long-pole and flat-float tactics, feeding chopped worms and maggots through a baitdropper. Rob’s winning net includes perch to 2lb, and chub to 3lb, with him adding a couple of late fish on the waggler to boost his total to 13-1-0.
Tommy Pickering announces feeder trial. Preston Innovations England Feeder Team Manager, Tom Pickering is looking for talented anglers to compete in a Feeder trial on Saturday 28th September 2013. The trial will take place at Barston Lakes near Solihull. Anglers who wish to apply for the trial must be of open match standard, and able to cast and fish at 80 yards minimum.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Team fishing comeback for Dorking ace. Daiwa,
Bag Em Matchbaits and Guru backed ace Pemb Wrighting has rejoined the
mighty Daiwa Dorking team, after a six year break from team fishing. Pemb
used to compete with Dorking, who are regarded as being one of the best
teams in the country, but quit to concentrate on individual fishing.
During his break, he has achieved many notable results including a Maver
Classic win, and several framing places on White Acres Festivals.
Middy ace makes the Maver Match This Final. Simon Skelton has won the latest Maver Match This qualifier at Maver Larford Lakes. Simon drew end peg 44 on Arena Lake, and alternated between short pole and the method feeder, before switching to the margins late on to take carp to 18lbs. Simon's final weigh pulled the scales round to a match-winning 135-12-00.
Disappointment for England on tough venue. England's
veteran and disabled teams have returned from their respective World
Championships in Bosnia without a medal. The veterans World Championship
was won by Italy, and the Czech Republic lifted the winners trophy in
the disabled category. England's best result came from Daiwa
Dorking skipper, Steve Sanders, who finished in fourth place individually
in the veterans category, and won the match individually on the first day.
Sky Sports to cover Maver Match This FinalSky Sports have announced a special one hour angling show, covering the £50,000 Maver Match This finals in August. The
programme will be presented by Rob Hughes, who also hosts the British
Carp Angling Championship and UK Championship events and appears as a
reporter at Fish 'O' Mania for Sky. Rob said “It’s great to see that Sky
are supporting angling as they have for a number of years. These events
showcase our sport at the highest level and what better place to see
them than Sky Sports”Event organiser Phil Briscoe added “We’ve
worked hard with the Match This concept which has become a major event
in the angling calendar and we’re really pleased to see that Sky are
covering it.
Lucky angler catches £10,000 cash at CLA Game Fair!Jersey-based
accountant Andrew Dann was the lucky recipient of £10,000 cash after he
won Fish for a Fortune at this year’s CLA Game Fair at Ragley Hall in
Warwickshire. Entrants had just 20 minutes to catch a fish in
the lake to then be eligible to be entered into the cash prize draw. At
4pm on the Sunday of the Show, Andrew’s name was plucked out of the hat
at the Fish for a Fortune pontoon. The married father of two
commented: “I was delighted to receive the news of my win! I enjoy all
types of fishing, and often go course fishing.
