Despite continued arctic conditions and with no sign of the weather improving any time soon, Maver-backed Welsh International, Lee Edwards ventured to local Cefy Mably lakes to compete in the opening round of the venue’s five-round winter league series. Despite horrendous conditions on the day, Lee continued his fine run of form after topping the…
With 2018 arguably heralding the beginning of a new era for Maver, we are delighted to confirm the signing of none other than England Feeder Team Manager, Tommy Pickering. Originally from South Kirkby, the 62-year old Doncaster-based rod is no stranger to most having established himself as a household name on the back of an…
Wayne Mellings’ formiddable Maver Midlands squad have become the third Maver-backed team to secure their place in next February’s Angling Trust Winter League Final after topping the Winter League series held at Heronbrook Fisheries, Slindon. The league, which saw ten (10) teams of nine (9) go head to head over a gruelling six (6) round…
Maver North West become the second Maver-backed team to have qualified for the Angling Trust Winter League final taking place in February next year. The team completed the tough six round Wigan Winter League series, which saw twelve (12) teams of eight (8) compete on the Leeds / Liverpool Canal between the months of November…
Ian Smith’s Maver-backed Milton Keynes squad have made it through to the Angling Trust Winter League Final in a last minute dramatic finish in the Castle Ashby Winter League series. The league, which sees eighty one (81) anglers (nine teams of nine) go head to head over a gruelling six (6) round series between October…
With RiverFest over for another year Welsh International Lee Edwards looks back on his two-day performance, which saw him sneak into the top ten and pick up a cool £1,000 for his efforts. Day 1, peg 41 “On the opening day of the final, I drew peg 41, which wasn’t the best of draws to…
Lee Edwards has won the annual River Wye Championship. The event, which is now in it’s 55th year, saw one hundred and forty (140) anglers go head to head across sections at Breinton, Belmont, the tennis courts, Bartonsham Farm, Eign, Field Farm, Carrots and Fownhop. The event has been kind to Lee over the years…
Dave Watson will soon return home from his first Invictus Games having won Gold for his country! Dave flew out to Toronto on September 21st with Team GB to compete in both shot put and discus events confident of winning a medal. However, to win two medals, one of which being gold, we think surpassed…
Gary Miller has recently returned from the annual World Pairs event held in Ireland having competed in his fourth World Pairs event this year with partner Chris Vandervleit. The event, which attracts anglers from all over the world, saw fifty five (55) pairs compete over five days with cumulative weight deciding the final outcome. Anglers…
The UK Armed Forces entered two teams, including four (4) Maver Royal Navy anglers, into the annual Thames Angling Championships held on 17th September. Led by Welsh International Wg Cdr Andy Johnstone OBE, both teams were briefed to avoid being plagued by the small fish (minnows and very small chub) by fishing worms for perch…
Five members of the Maver WMP team recently returned from competing in the European Police Angling Championships which this year was held in the UK. The very experienced Dick Tranter, Mark Blackburn, Phil Croxford, Andy Cleaver and Bill Rutherford returned once again from a very successful trip with more than one trophy in the bag.…
Saturday September 2nd 2017 marked the conclusion of the seventh annual Maver Mega Match This event at Maver Hayfield Lakes. Twenty four qualifiers staged at the country’s top commercials starting in April right the way through to August had produced twenty four (24) of the UK’s best match anglers and, arguably the strongest big money…
Saturday August 19th marked the annual Angling Trust Masters at Midlands-based bagging mecca, Mallory Park Fisheries in Leicestershire. Forty two (42) anglers competing in teams of six went head to head to be crowned AT Masters Champions. Numbers were, unfortunately, a little down on previous years on account of the event clashing with other major…
Saturday 19th August saw the Maver Midlands team compete in the Division 1 National held on the Shropshire Union Canal between Shebden and Market Drayton. Team member, David Lloyd, reflects on a successful 2017 event which saw the team finish with 386 points, just three (3) points behind Ted Carter’s Southport, with a cumulative weight…
The annual junior Match-Aid festival took place on Wednesday 2nd August and concluded on Friday 4th August with thirty one (31) anglers aged between 15-18 taking part. The event was, once again, kindly hosted by Partridge Lakes, Warrington with the majority of the complex in use. The event was fished over three days with anglers…
Maver North West rod, Nick Haymes, finished in third place on this year’s three-day festival at Boston’s Westwood Lakes. The Daiwa-backed event attracted one hundred and seven (107) anglers this year with some of the sports top names in attendance. Conditions for this year’s event were extremely hot with temperatures over the three days reaching…
Maver North West rod, Tom Barlow, secured victory in the recent Les Colliet Memorial Festival, which was fished at Boston’s Westwood Lakes. Tom has an enviable record winning the previous two years events with high hopes of making it three out of three going into this latest five-day series. The festival sees anglers on Skylark…
Sarah Taylor recently captained team North to victory as part of the annual North vs. South event hosted at the prolific Tunnel Barn Farm, Shrewley. Given the venue’s central location, it means anglers in equal numbers from both North and South have the opportunity to compete with this year’s event seeing one hundred and fifty…
A small group of anglers attended the annual BLESMA West Midlands competition held, this year, at Woodside Fishery. BLESMA – the British Limbless Ex Servicemen Association – is the only Armed Forces charity that supports limbless veterans for the duration of their lives. The charity, which has operated since 1932, helps all wounded servicemen and women who…
Maver’s Dale Shepherd helped team Lindholme romp home to victory in the recent Commercial Stillwater Championships on their home water in Epworth, nine (9) points clear of their rivals. A huge turnout of two hundred and eighty (280) anglers from around the country made their way to the venue on a cold morning, but were…
Sixty (60) anglers competed on the one-day Gloucester Canal Championship with anglers pegged on both Hempstead and Rea sections. The event was held just a week after the Sensas Challenge, so sport on the day was tough given the amount of bait that had been introduced during the build-up and due to conditions on the…
Day one of the Milo and Bait-Tech sponsored River Wye Spring two-Day festival got off to a flying start with competing anglers enjoying some fantastic sport on the opening day. The event sold out within days of the organiser Dave Roberts announcing it, attracting a talented field of river anglers from all after the country.…