It was a bit touch-and-go as to whether the Wye Championships went ahead this year, with seven feet of floodwater greeting the strong 145-man field who fished the big river. But it turned out nicely for the Midlanders fishing the 51st running of this prestigious match event, with Warwickshire’s Rick Rogers winning the day and […]

It’s all systems go for the 2013/2014 Larford Lakes winter league series, which will see a maximum of 20 teams of four going head to head over six rounds for a big money first prize. The series kicks off on Sunday November 10th, with top placed teams also qualifying for the 2014 Maver Mega Match […]

Birmingham based match team Kamasan Starlets has added to its ranks by signing Rob Wootton onto its books. Rob has been on a great run of results this year and won the Shakespeare Championship at Evesham in August. He has concentrated on individual events in the main in the past but expressed the desire to […]

Pic caption: Zac Brown won the £50,000 at Maver Match This 2013 Dates have been announced for the 2014 Maver Match This qualifiers, which will lead to an August 30th final at Stourport’s Larford Lakes in which the winner will walk away with a cheque for £50,000.  Twenty four 120-peg qualifiers will take place around […]

The Angling Trust’s newly elected team represented England in the 6th FIPSed World Carnivorous Boat Fishing with Lures Championship on Northern Irelands Loch Erne from 12th – 13th October.The Angling Trust Team England Lure squad always knew this would prove an exceptionally stern challenge for them, and so it proved.  After two days of practice […]

(Pic )Match organizer Alan Henry in action at Laughterton. He qualified for the Riverfest final along with match winner Paul Moutrey and Pete Allott. Riverfest Qualifier, Tidal Trent, North Clifton and Laughterton (46 fished)Due to the lack of rain in recent months the river has been running low and very clear making fishing very difficult […]

Thirty nine competitors contested the Angling Trust & Canal & River Trust Stillwater Championship final on Saturday 21st September 2013 at Boddington Reservoir, Northamptonshire. Early in the week prior to the match some winning weights of 400 lbs and 300 lbs had been recorded, but since then the weather had turned cold and the fish […]

The Garda Siochana Coarse Angling Club has continued to dominate the podium at the 26th European Police Angling Championships in Aschaffenburg Germany.  The 2013 event was held on the River Main and local lakes at Aschaffenburg Bavaria Germany on the 13th and 14th September 2013.Following the unavailability of two club members the new look Irish […]

Tunnel Barn Farm Fishery is running a one off ‘Pre Winter Special’ match with £500 guaranteed to the winner and a long prize list. The match takes place on Saturday October 12th and will be limited to 60 places, taking in New, Extension, Club and Canal pools, with 15 pegs on each. It’s £25 to […]

Photo left to right – Barry Thomas, Marc Ellement and Jason Cunningham  Just a week before the Angling Trust Division 1 National Championship on the Trent & Mersey canal takes place, this year’s Individual National Championship took place on the same venue which saw the biggest turn out for many years. The field of 170 […]

Qualifier match report – Earlswood Lakes The Angling Trust and Canal and River Trust Stillwater Championship final qualifier match for 2013 was held at Earlswood Lakes on Saturday 24th August in conditions that were overcast and breezy, with the fish located in small pockets.   The fish that were caught were of a good size with […]

The Angling Trust England Ladies coarse angling team produced one of the most sensational second day performances ever seen in winning the 20th FIPSed Women’s World Angling Championships on the magnificent river Sava in Radece, Slovenia from 24th – 25th August 2013. The setting for these championships was out of a picture book. Sitting between […]

Southern aces wins Match Fishing Team Championship. Daiwa Dorking have won the Match Fishing Team Championship on the Warwickshire Avon at Evesham, scoring a remarkable 61 points out of a possible 70. The team, made up of Simon Willsmore, Darren Davies, Will Raison, Michael Buchwalder and Ian Didcote beat second placed Shakespeare Superteam by a […]

Phil Ringer won the 2013 Barston Bowl and the £1,000 first prize with an impressive win thanks to a 160lb bag of carp taken on the Method from peg 20 at Solihull’s Barston Lakes Fishery. Phil added his name to the trophy his father Geoff has also won. In fact the Barston Bowl is becoming […]