Anglers Supporting Help For Heroes. The annual 'Help For Heroes' fundraiser has grown year on year, and is now the biggest Help For Heroes charity match in the UK. The 300 peg, six hour match will take place at Garbolino Lindholme Lakes on August the 2nd 2014. The draw will be at 9 am, with entry costing £25.
Tom Scholey on a great weeks fishing, and a lesson learned the hard way. The highlight of my angling year is always the three or four White Acres Festivals that I fish. In my mind, they are without doubt the most fiercely competitive events in the match fishing calendar, attracting the sports very best names, and with each one being contested over five days, these are not events that you can win by just getting lucky. I suppose my best result in Cornwall was a win in the Preston Innovations Parkdean Pairs Festival back in June with Matt Godfrey – a great week, but at a little under a third of the size of the spring and autumn festivals, hardly as prestigious.
Matrix ace takes on top Midland venue. One of the country's top anglers, Grant Albutt, has taken on prolific Midlands water, Shatterford Lakes. Situated in a valley on the Bridgnorth Road (A442) only 10 minutes from Kidderminster and Stourbridge, Shatterford Lakes was established in 1972, and over the years has developed into a great specimen and match type venue. Grant explained: "When the opportunity arose to take on Shatterford, I knew I had to take it.
New signings for Maver backed team. Maver North West are pleased to announce two brand new additions to the already formidable squad. Former England International Stef Gent and former Drennan star Jon Jowett (picture attached) have recently sided with Steve Crossley's Maver North West squad in a bid strengthen the team even further and increase the team's chances of success in major competitions. The team, which have built up a fearsome reputation over the last few years thanks to a series of good results on canals and other natural venues, are regarded as one of the country's best up and coming teams.
Five former champions in Parkdean final. The line up is complete for this years Parkdean Masters Final, which gets underway at 12pm. The competition, hosted annually on Jenny's Lake at White Acres Fishery near Newquay, carries a £25,000 winner takes all bounty, and is widely regarded as match angling's most prestigious prize. Fancied pegs include peg 5, where two times former champion, Des Shipp has drawn, and peg 16 where Norfolk ace Andy Leathers is set to fish.
Massive carp on the feed. It is thought that Andy Leathers has taken an early lead in the 2013 Parkdean Masters Final, after banking three carp, all believed to be approaching double figures. Ed Warren on peg 23 is also said to be in a strong position, with two good carp in the net. White Acres Fishery manager, Clint Elliott said: “As I walked along the bank this morning, it was obvious that there were a lot of fish moving in between pegs 16 and 23, where the wind has been blowing quite strongly for the last few days.
All still to play for in £25,000 final. Everything is still to play for as the Parkdean Masters Final nears its midway point. Although early leader, Andy Leathers has continued to catch well, and is still leading the race, the number of big fish feeding means that a handful of bites could swing the match in any direction. As it stands, it is estimated that Andy has around 50lb, which puts him around 20lb in front of second placed Lee Kerry, who is admitting to 30lb.
Late run challenges the leader. Middy backed ace Ben Fisk has enjoyed a good run of F1 carp, and is thought to be pushing close to the leader, Andy Leathers, as the Parkdean Masters Final comes to an end. Leeds rod Ben, has started catching good sized F1s very regularly, fishing long pole shallow with pellets. When asked how much he had, Ben told our man on the bank that he thinks he has 50lb, with Andy Leathers admitting to 60lb.
Cambridgeshire man clinches £25,000 by just five ounces. Andy Leathers has been crowned the 2013 Parkdean Masters Champion, after winning the final on Jenny's Lake at Cornwall's White Acres complex. The match, which is widely regarded as one of angling's most prestigious finals, is contested by the top 24 finishers in White Acres flagship Preston Innovations festival, and carries a £25,000 winners cheque. Andy, who held the lead from the start, ended up pipping late challenger, Ben Fisk, by just five ounces, after weighing in with 98-4-0.
Maver (UK) are delighted to confirm dates and venues ahead of the 2014 Mega ‘Match This’ qualifier campaign. Saturday 31st August 2013 marked the conclusion of another chapter in the Maver Mega 'Match This' success story. A grueling five month qualification campaign, beginning at Woodland View in Droitwich on 6th April and ending at Barston Lakes on 18th August, produced another incredibly talented field for the 2013 final with twenty four of the UK's finest going head-to-head in a bid to be crowned the next Mega 'Match This' Champion and win angling's biggest prize. The 2013 Mega 'Match This' Final produced the most exciting climax to date with 2011 Champion, Andy Power, a mere 940 grams shy of receiving the richest prize in angling for a second time! Our congratulations are extended once again to the popular winner, Zac Brown, who netted £50,000 and became the third Mega 'Match This' Champion in the competition's history.
