Kurtis Geenwood won the UK Angling championship qualifier with 117lb from peg 68 picking up £500 winnings, and his £240 UK Champs entry fee for winning his section, as each section winner did too. Kurtis drew unfancied peg 68 on the dam wall, but the five deep pegs opposite were not pegged by UK Champs […]

Lady angler Suzi Smith is showing a clean pair of heels to the men at Barston Lakes, having broken the venue record for the second time.  Regular angler Suzi weighed in a mighty 194lb in a recent Monday afternoon open match, upping her previous venue best by nearly 30lb, after drawing peg 30 at the […]

With 24 teams now confirmed to compete at the FIPSed 4th World Feeder Fishing Championships In July it will be the best attended in the event’s short history. The National Coarse fishing federation of Ireland, the representative body for coarse anglers north and south of the border have taken on the mammoth task of not […]

Overcast conditions with a light breeze greeted the 130 competitors at the fifth Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier at Gold Valley Lakes, Aldershot, Hampshire on Wednesday 23rd April 2014.   It was perfect conditions for catching carp you might think, but sadly no, for many it was a dour struggle resulting in only a couple of […]

This annual 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. The entry fee is £25.00 all in. Anglers of […]

The Angling Trust is pleased to announce both the Veterans and Disabled angling teams selected to fish the FIPSed World Coarse angling championships in Italy this year. The venue for both competitions will be the river Tiber in the centre of Rome on 8th – 9th August. England Veterans Team There will be no change […]

This was not a day for the faint hearted, where thermals and windbreakers were the order of the day for the 130 competitors in this, the sixth Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier of the 2014 season on Saturday 26th April at Maver Larford Lakes, Redditch, Worcestershire.  The gusting wind was bitterly cold and at times there […]

Following a successful assessment day held on the Gloucester canal on Saturday 12th April, Mark Downes, Drennan Team England Under 23s Manager is pleased to announce his young lions who will represent the Angling Trust and their sponsors Drennan International in the FIPSed World Youth Championships in Assen, Netherlands from 25th – 26th July 2014. […]

Anglers from all over the country returned to Hayfield Lakes, Doncaster for the fourth qualifying round of this year’s Fish ‘O’ Mania competition on Saturday 19th April, which for many years was the home of the Fish ‘O’ Mania grand final. But it was a local angler David Burley, a 24 year old fitter from […]

Makins Fishery at Bramcote, Nuneaton hosted the third qualifier of the 2014 Fish O Mania campaign on Wednesday 16th April. All the Phase 1 lakes plus Lagoon and Lizard on Phase 2 were in the draw bag and hopes for a good match were high. However, whilst the sun shone all day this qualifier followed […]

Caption: Frerk Petersen, Marketing Director for Zebco Europe / Browning displaying some of the old ‘warhorses’ from the company’s archive, which will be used amongst others during the innovative match at Tunnel Barn Farm. Are you still using a “classic” Browning pole?  Or perhaps you have an “old favourite” Browning lurking in the back of your […]

Pete Rice had a brilliant week at Tunnel Barn Farm Fishery with three match wins including one weight over 200lb. Pete kicked things off in the Monday open match by weighing in 161-6-0 from peg 21 on Jenny’s Pool. He was fourth in the Tuesday match on New Pool and third in Wednesday’s open on […]

Conditions for the Angling Trust & Canal and River Trust Stillwater Championship first qualifier for 2014 held on Sunday 13th April at Boddington Reservoir were quite challenging for the 39 competitors taking part as an over-night frost was followed by a bright sunny day with a chilly breeze. This meant that most of the carp […]

Bitterly cold conditions with a biting wind greeted the 130 competitors for this, the second of the Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifiers for 2014 held at Preston Innovations Boldings, Bridgnorth on Saturday 12th April. The early arrivals for the event had taken their customary walk around the fishery and the talk prior to the draw was […]

The Angling Trust is delighted to announce the Sensas Team England Under 18 Squad for this year’s FIPSed World Championship on the Noord-Willems canal near Assen, Netherlands on 25th and 26th July as; Matt Barnett, Liphook, Hampshire, age 17 Bradley Gibbons, Bracknell,Berkshire, age 16 Joe Kent, Wakefield, Yorkshire, age 17 Jacob McNeil, Rotherham, Yorkshire, age […]