Andy Kinder recently confirmed victory during the annual Barston Lakes Christmas event for a second year running! Andy, along with fifty four (54) other anglers, went head to head for a first place prize of £500 on this popular event supported by a talented field. Conditions on the day were ideal with temperatures being a…
Saturday 1st September marked the conclusion of the 2018 Maver Mega ‘Match This’ event. A gruelling five month qualification campaign, starting on Sunday 1st April and finishing at The Glebe in Leicestershire on Sunday 12th August, produced what many have since hailed as the best big money final ever with twenty four of the UK’s…
Maver Harescombe recently confirmed overall victory following a dominant performance on the teams of four event hosted by Woodland View, Droitwich. The four-round winter league series saw ten (10) teams of four (4) compete for overall honours with anglers pegged across Arles, Front & Back Deans, High Pool, Hay Pool and Barley Pool. Below, team…
The England Ladies coarse fishing team are currently ranked number 2 in the World with three (3) anglers ranked inside the top twenty five (25) individuals! Yet, despite this, the team are not currently funded, which sees the team having to arrange numerous fundraising events in order to generate the funds needed in order to…
The first weekend of November marked the the sixth annual two-day Angling Trust RiverFest final. Seventy two (72) anglers lined the banks of the River Severn at Shrewsbury for their chance to win the £13,000 first place prize and, what has now become one of the most iconic trophies on the modern match circuit. The…
November 3rd and 4th saw the country’s Premier river fishing competition take place with some of the UK’s top running water anglers going head to head for a total prize fund worth £40,000. The sixth annual two-day Angling Trust RiverFest final witnessed seventy two (72) anglers line the banks of the River Severn at Shrewsbury…
Maver man and former Scots Guard Dave Watson has completed an unbelievable collection of medals at this year’s Invictus Games in Sydney, Australia after securing his second Gold medal following a dominant performance in the IF6 Discus event. Dave, who won Gold in the Discus event in Toronto, Canada during the 2017 Invictus Games, threw…
Not content with winning not one, but two Silver medals in the rowing events at this year’s Invictus Games in Sydney, Maver man Dave Watson has added to his tally picking up his first Gold of the games during this year’s Athletics. Dave threw 22.96 metres in the discus (over 1m further than in 2017)…
Team GB athletes achieved an impressive ten (10) indoor rowing medals at the Invictus Games in Sydney, Australia after the opening day of the competition. After months of preparation, twenty one (21) athletes competed in this year’s games first event at the Quay Centre – the event for most of this year’s games – all…
It will be ‘Game On Down Under’ when Australia welcomes competitors and their family and friends for Invictus Games Sydney 2018. Sydney will host five hundred (500) competitors and one thousans (1,000) family and friends from 20th-27th October. The Games will feature competition in eleven (11) sports with events being held across Greater Sydney, including…
This year’s RiverFest event marked its first ever qualifier held on the River Thames at Reading with many expecting big weights. Sixty (60) anglers lined the banks of the Reading Fishing Club section located between Pangbourne and Goring, which produced some truly exceptional sport on the day with the top four anglers weighing in over…
The 2018 annual Monaghan Pairs Festival fished on Lake Muckno took place between 17th – 21st September. A much lower turnout than normal saw twenty four (24) anglers in attendance. Despite the lower than average attendance, and poor weather, those that did attend still enjoyed a great festival with some excellent wild sport enjoyed by…
Weekend commencing Saturday 29th September marked the annual North Vs South event held at Tunnel Barn Farm, Shrewley raising funds for the England disabled team. The Friday before the event saw anglers pegged across both House and Extension pools for the Official practise match. The match itself on the Saturday was a tale of what…
Weekend commencing Saturday 29th September saw the Adlington Angling Centre ‘Cock O’t North Tip Tournament’ take place at Upper Rivington and Anglezarke Resevoir near Chorley, Lancashire. The two day event saw a total of forty (40) anglers compete for a winners prize of £1,200 with cumulative weight over the two days (not points) deciding the…
Maver Midlands canal star Steve Broome is crowned the first ever Wolverhampton Angling Association Canal Challenge Champion. The event, which saw eighty nine (89) of the country’s best towpath anglers split into thirty (30) peg sections on the Staffs / Worcester Canal between Wombourne and Penkridge. Anglers needed to qualify from any one of four…
September has been a busy month for the boys in blue with both disappointment and success. First of all, the team travelled across to Holland to compete in the European Police Coarse angling Championships on the Noord-Holland canal, but it was not to be their week. The fishing was reasonable, but as with any bream…
Friday 14th September marked the third annual Joseph James Law (JJL) event at Alders Farm Fishery in Milton Keynes. This popular, high profile event see’s teams of five (5) go head to head across Yew, Pines and Oaks lakes to be crowned team Champions and receive a very welcome £1,000 first place prize with second…
Ireland is renowned worldwide for its full calendar of angling festivals and magnificent natural wild fishing. With the Irish festival period now in full motion, Gary Miller looks back on his time spent on the recently concluded seventh annual World Pairs event. The event, which this year took place between 3rd and 7th September, see’s anglers…
Following his emphatic victory at Maver Hayfield Lakes on Saturday and being crowned 2018 Maver Mega Match This Champion, we are delighted to announce that the ‘Rossington Rammer’, David Burley, has signed a full sponsorship agreement. Dave, who joined angling’s most elite club after scooping European match fishing’s richest prize last weekend, is the most…
Saturday September 1st witnessed the eighth annual Maver Mega Match This Grand Final at the mighty Maver Hayfield Lakes, Doncaster. After arguably the single most competitive qualifier series in the competition’s history with twenty two (22) of the twenty four (24) qualifying matches each producing over a ton of fish, including the largest ever recorded…
Sunday 19th August marked the eighth annual Maver British Pole Championship final, the third at Maver Hayfield Lakes. The event, which is held two weeks before the Maver Mega Match This Grand Final, sees the top three anglers from each of the twenty four (24) qualifier events held up and down the country go head…
Barston Lakes in the West Midlands was the setting for the final round of the 2018 Mega Match This qualifier campaign with competitors battling it out for the last remaining place in this year’s big money Grand Final at Maver Hayfield Lakes. Breezy and cloudy conditions were the order of the day with the wind…
The 23rd qualifier event of the 2018 Mega Match This qualifier campaign paid its last visit to The Glebe fishery in Leicestershire. Cool, cloudy, damp and breezy weather greeted the sell-out field and, based on recent weights from this prolific venue, expectations were high despite the sudden change in air pressure and temperature. It was…
A cool day with cloudy skies and a very light breeze greeted competitors for this the 22nd qualifier of the 2018 series with New, High, Club and Canal pools being used on the day. Many of the competitors were hoping for a draw on Club pool given the number of mirror and common carp to…
This latest qualifier event of the 2018 Mega Match This qualifier campaign brought with it a much cooler day than of late with a brisk breeze putting a decent ripple on all the lakes in use for the competitors taking part in this, the 21st qualifier of the 2018 series. With only a few qualifier…
Eddie Bridon continues his fantastic run of form by confirming his place in this year’s Feeder Masters final from one the few remaining qualifier events at Carmill Dam. Eddie has already won Gold with the England Feeder team this year in Italy and recently qualified for this year’s Riverfest final. Eddie has now gone on…
The 2018 Maver Mega Match This qualifier campaign has now well and truly entered the final home straight with only a handful of events now left. Saturday 4th August marked a return to a newly managed Hallcroft Fishery in Retford, Nottinghamshire. Conditions on the day were a continuation of previous weeks with red hot temperatures…
Saturday 28th July saw a return to the one and only Maver Hayfield Lakes for the venue’s final qualifier event of the 2018 campaign. Conditions on the day looked set to complicate things with high winds combined with torrential rain affecting bait presentation, preventing the majority of the field from fishing the usual tried and…
The eighteenth Mega Match This qualifier of the 2018 qualifier campaign saw a return to the ever-popular Glebe Fishery in Leicestershire. As expected, this third of four qualifiers at the venue produced some truly epic sport, despite a slow start, with red hot temperatures, bright sunshine and cloudless skies all doing their best to hamper…
The latest round of the 2018 Angling Trust Riverfest qualifier campaign took place on the River Tyne. Despite blazing sunshine and high water temperatures, the match fished well producing six (6) double-figure weights from the forty (40) strong field. Winner on the day with 19-01-00 was Northern match ace, Eddie Bridon, who produced an awesome…
