bu Garcia Wychavon Championship Qualifier
Evesham Town and Hampton Ferry
Saturday 31st July – 54 fished
Harpin chub winner!
Daiwa Dorking’s Dave Harpin fished the waggler shallow over the far bank lilies and shelf drop-off on pacey Peg 52 to catch nine decent chub and bits for 13lb and first place. Rich ‘Roach’ Reynolds (Quorn) routinely caught 8-8-0 of redfins from Peg 44 on the Whitehouse bend, with hemp and tares the main line of attack at 13 metres.
Daiwa Gordon’s League’s John Curtis caught two eels and 20 hemp roach for 6-15-0 for third place on shallow Peg 24 upstream of the big willow. In fourth place, Steve Townsend (Drennan Oxford) worked hard for 4-15-0 on Peg 2 using long pole and pinkie to take a decent bag of small dace, gudgeon, bleak and roach.

Qualifiers: John Curtis, Dave Harpin, Ed Warren

Shakespeare Championship Qualifier
Evesham Town and Hampton Ferry
Sunday 1st August – 64 fished
Bench bags barbel brace!
Shakespeare’s Tony Bench set his stall out for barbel on unfancied Peg 15 bait-droppering in over two pints of maggots and 1.5 pints of caster at 13 metres under a 4g rig and used lobworm on a size 12 hook. The first bite after three hours resulted in a 10lb barbel, soon followed by a smaller 6lb specimen and two decent eels for 18-3-0 and a clear victory.
Talk of the match though was Steve Toone’s (Mill Tackle) 9lb plus barbel from his 14 foot deep swim on Peg 72. Eels and perch completed an 11-10-0 haul that just goes to show to expect the unexpected on this diverse river stretch. Continuing his remarkable run, Quorn’s Rich Reynolds took 8-2-0 of hemp and tare caught roach at Peg 50. Another in form angler, Tony Marshall (Quorn) took fourth spot with 7-0-0 of hemp roach at Peg 24.

Qualifiers: Tony Bench, John Curtis, Steve Toone
Next matches – August 7th, 8th, 14th, 15th – contact Diana Raphael on 01386 442458 for tickets.