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Browning Hotrods were crowned team Champions at the Division 2 Angling Trust National Championships held on the River Trent on Saturday 22nd August. The team won by the narrowest of margins taking the title by just one point. Their aggregate weight was an impressive 33.190kg. The team, mainly from Cambridgeshire, were Stephen Welford, Tim Nash, Will Freeman, Liam Darler, Chris Jenkinson, Neil Addcock, Phil Chesterton, Kye Jerrome, Ken Witmore, and Stuart Northrop. Stephen Welford, Team Captain stated “the plan was…
Fish Legal, the legal arm of the Angling Trust, has today written to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs attacking the decision of six of the large water plcs to appeal against revised discharge consents sought by the Environment Agency to put an end to privatisation era temporary consents. Almost twenty years ago, in 1989, at the time of water privatisation, the water companies were granted temporary consents for many thousands of discharges carrying storm sewage…
The Angling Trust has announced a prize draw for new members signing up in the next month. Every adult member who joins the Angling Trust between 1.00pm on Friday 14th August and 5.00 pm on Friday the 18th of September will be entered into a prize draw to win £1,000 of tackle vouchers from the 2009 Daiwa Catalogue. The Fishing Magic and Fish and Fly leading angling web sites have already agreed to promote this prize draw to their full…
The Angling Trust is delighted to announce that Ammo have confirmed sponsorship of the Angling Trust England Boat squad. Ammo have very kindly offered their assistance towards the expenditure of the teams squad weekend. Ian and Michelle Tyldesley of Ammo (Ammodytes Co Ltd) have very generously offered financial support for the squad weekend and are also providing each squad member with clothing, consisting of a fleece jacket and a sweatshirt for the year. Ian and Michelle have both wanted to…
The Angling Trust’s Anglers with Disabilities England Team took part in the 11th Freshwater World Championships at Ponte De Sor, Portugal on 8th-9th August 2009. The Sor River at Ponte De Sor is clear water and slow stream with the main fish specimens present being Barbel, Bogas, Carps and Bleaks. The World Champion squad consisted of anglers who had earlier in the year taken part in selection matches that were fished to international rules to help identify anglers who are…
Roger Holmes became the Angling Trust Veterans National Champion on Wednesday 5th August at Makins Fishery at Wolvey Warwickshire with an exceptional winning weight of 52.350kg fishing Phase 1, Lake 2 on peg A14. Roger’s tactics were to fish pellet and waggler feed on 8mm pellets. Roger who usually fishes for Nottingham AA caught mainly mirror Carp with the odd ghost and common carp. Roger dominated the day’s fishing to take the gold medal home to Nottinghamshire. Makins is well…
The Angling Trust has announced a number of cuts to its central operations in Nottingham and Leominster. Despite widespread publicity and distribution of more than half a million membership leaflets, the level of recruitment has to date, fallen below expectations. This consequential shortfall in revenue, along with higher than expected costs, has created a situation which was threatening the viability of the Trust. Of 4 million anglers less than 1% have joined the Trust – many more were expected to…
In extreme conditions of 38C the England U18s team finished in 5th placing this year in the World Championships. The venue had changed dramatically from three years ago when they won a bronze medal on the waggler. This years match was dominated by the pole with mullet and barbel being the main species, but unfortunately lost fish cost the team dearly this year. England U18s World Championships - St Justa, River Sorraia, Portugal 25th & 26th July 2009 In extreme…
Land Registry is the government agency responsible for registering land in England and Wales. Since the Land Registration Act of 2002, it has been possible to register fishing rights and, in some cases, the bed of a river or lake with Land Registry. Registration provides proof of ownership in the form of a state backed registration of title with key documents and plans issued by Land Registry. Such a proof of ownership protects angling clubs and fishery owners if there…
Canal anglers and angling clubs have reacted furiously to news that British Waterways (BW) is to cut its fisheries staff by 50% as part of its restructuring. The national body plans to reduce the number of specialist fishery positions from three to two and administrative support staff from three to one. Angling clubs are very concerned that even the current level of staffing before the cuts are implemented is inadequate to manage over 2,500 miles of waterway throughout Britain. The…
Local team Scunthorpe Blue took the glory this weekend at New Junction Canal, Doncaster, in the team classifications in the Division 3 National Championship and took home the gold medal with 198 points, and total weight of 19.740kg. Local team Scunthorpe Blue took the glory this weekend at New Junction Canal, Doncaster, in the team classifications in the Division 3 National Championship and took home the gold medal with 198 points, and total weight of 19.740kg. Scunthorpe Blue team fishing on…
The Angling Trust is offering anglers a fantastic opportunity to spend a top class days fishing with their favourite England International star, and at the same time support our Veterans and Anglers with Disabilities International teams. This will be the second set of anglers to be auctioned off and up for grabs this time around are Steve Gardener, Stuart Conroy, Tom Pickering and Sean Ashby. The bidding begins on Friday 24th of August at 2pm and will remain open for the following ten days. Anglers can bid for a…
The 2nd Veterans World Angling Championship took place 11th - 12th July at Furzton Lake, Milton Keynes. This year for the first time the Angling Trust hosted the event, with seven teams of four anglers per team taking part. After three days of practising the England team were mainly catching roach with bloodworm and joker attack. The tactic was to introduce 12 good balls of specially mixed groundbait and Leam as an initial feed and to top up where necessary.…
Griff Rhys Jones has been promoting his new television series by sticking an unwelcome oar into the issue of access to rivers by canoes and other craft. He has suggested that “we should disturb as many fishermen as possible” because “... the river isn’t there for a few, but for the many”. The Angling Trust is alarmed that the actor is advocating trespass or other illegal action and that he is not aware of the damage that unregulated access will…
A major, new research programme on the social and community benefits of angling is underway. This research aims to collect vital evidence about the influence that angling has on participants, young people and the communities in which angling takes place. The survey, looking to gather information about angling participation, kicked off at the end of June 2009 with a questionnaire survey of anglers in the UK. The Angling Trust is encouraging all anglers to take part in this survey and…
The Angling Trust has announced that MP and keen angler, Martin Salter, is to open National Fishing Week at the CLA Game Fair at 3pm on 24th July. Martin has always been a keen supporter of angling causes and has recently been instrumental in assisting and advising the Trust in a number of its campaigns. The recently formed Angling Trust is now running this festival of fishing and the week offers unique opportunities for the protection and promotion of angling.…
