With all 60 pegs in at Tyler’s Common Horseshoe Lake for the first time in it’s history this was expected to be the hardest of all the qualifiers and with it being a bright day with no ripple on the water it didn’t disappoint in difficulty, but all 60 anglers were in the same boat […]

Fox has teamed up with Lewis Murawski, creator of Lewis’s Angling Academy and owner of Anglers World Norwich in a deal worth thousands of pounds.                    Murawski has received substantial backing for his newly created fishing Academy due to the ‘overwhelming response’ it has created in just two months, after an initial marketing strategy targeting Tourist […]

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH NUMBER: 9TROPHY:  RICHARDSON CUPDATE:  20 September 2009VENUE:  ROBINWOOD FISHERYJoint Match with Soldiers & Sailors AC1st Brian LEAFE    59 lb 11 oz 2nd  Carl HENRICK   34 lb 3rd  Paul SKINNER   23 lb 10 oz4th  Paul MARRIOTT   22 lb 10 oz5th  Jake HEMMINGS   22 lb 4 oz REPORTMatch 9 for the Richardson Cup was a joint match with Soldiers and Sailors, fished […]

VENUE:  DERWENT, Dynamite Baits MakinsDATE:  24 September 2009RESULT1st John ADAMSON Kobra Feeders   67 lb 10 oz2nd Bob RIMMINGTON Rivendell    63 lb 14 oz3rd Mark PERKINS Dynamite Matchman Supplies   62 lb 12 oz 4th Dave KENT  Long Eaton Victoria AS  49 lb 10 oz5th Steve KEIGHTLEY Melton Mowbray   47 lbNumber of pegs: 20 Report:The Thursday Kobra Affordable Open was fished on Derwent on Phase 3 of Dynamite Baits Makins, and in […]

Kevin Johnson joins the long list of names etched on the on the silver plate of the “King of Clubs” trophy – match angling legends dating back to 1983. Once again the 4 day festival produced a great list of results despite some of the highest water levels recorded in Cavan and Leitrim. Photo: Kevin […]

The baby salmon are to be introduced into the River Dove at Eaton Dovedale as part of an ongoing project to re-establish a sustainable population of Atlantic salmon in the river.   A further 40,000 baby salmon will be released into the River Churnet. Both releases have been funded by Trent Rivers Trust.  To increase their chances […]

Long time leader Darren Cox was unlucky as he lost on a weight countback in the 2009 UK Champs after leading for most of the series… Here are the full result for the top ten anglers…. Tommy Pickering with the pretty impressive UK Champs trophy…

In response to Tuesday’s report from the Environment Agency (EA) regarding the ecological status of water bodies in England and Wales, WWF and the Angling Trust have launched a joint campaign to restore and conserve a number of rivers in the UK that are under threat from pollution, over-abstraction and habitat damage.   As part of […]

Hartleylands Farm near Cranbrook in Kent was the destination for the 6th qualifier in the Fish to Win Series and as expected Nick’s Lake was the place to be but what was more surprising was that Bramley through up bigger weights than Pear Tree Lake.  Finishing in 7th place overall came Steve Sanders the lake […]

If there’s a more consistent match angler in the UK than Coventry’s Jon Arthur right now, I don’t know who it is. Jon has been instrumental in spearheading an unprecedented year for Shakespeare, the Midlands outfit taking the Division One National, the Winter League final, and the recent Match Fishing Team Championships on the Warwickshire […]

On Saturday 19th September 2009, British Waterways held the BW Canal Club Championship. This event was open to all angling clubs and individuals who are licensed the fishing rights on canals within the British Waterways West Midlands boundary unit. 75 anglers (25 teams of 3 anglers) representing the angling clubs battled it out on the […]

The last big match of the year at Coventry’s Coombe Abbey produced ‘the best result for 20 years’ according to organiser Malcy Brown, with a ton-up winning weight and the top 19 anglers all weighing over 40lb of bream. Winner Joe Roberts was pegged on the unfancied public bank, peg 27, where he feeder fished […]

The 2009 World Championships took place in Almere, Netherlands on 5th & 6th September 2009. Joint Managers, Mark Downes and Mark Addy said “this was probably one of the best run Championships to date, but for the England team the most frustrating one we have witnessed in our reign as managers”. The England team were: […]