An angling event, which will see over £20,000 paid out in prize money has been launched today by Match Fishing Magazine. The Match Fishing Knockout Cup will see anglers compete across a variety of venues, from commercial fisheries to rivers and canals, in a bid to find the UK’s best allround angler.
Event manager, and Match Fishing Magazine Editor, Tom Scholey explained: “The Match Fishing Knockout Cup is unique in that it tests an anglers all round skill. No other event requires competitors to tackle such a wide variety of venues, and styles of fishing – which makes it among the most prestigious titles to win.
Bradley Gibbons fished the Preston Pole Pairs qualifier at Hampshire’s Gold Valley Lakes in an effort to get into the £11,000 Grand Final. He and partner Mark Goddard have managed to book their place in March’s final with a combined effort of just over 15lb. The pair, will now compete for their chance to win the £4,000 first place prize at Woodland View on March 4th along with twenty nine other pairs.
“Saturday just gone saw me venture to Gold valley lakes in Aldershot attempting to qualify for the Pole Pairs final.
Former Mega Match This finalist and new Maver man on the block, Ben Sharp, has qualified for next year’s Middy Extreme Final from his latest outing at Lake View in Leicestershire. Read his full match report below:
“Today I’ve had a nice local trip to Lake View Fishery to try and qualify for the middy extreme winter series final. And to have my first outing with my new Maver Darkside 3 pole”
“Peg 21 on Serpent pool was to be my home for the day and I must say I really didn’t fancy the peg at all! It was evident from the off that peg 2 was solid with fish and was likely to win, on the plus side of that…. Andy Searl who had drawn peg 2 had already qualified”.
The latest government statistics show that angling participation has increased over the last 12 months as anglers head out to the banks more often.
The Active People Survey is carried out by Sport England to establish how many people are participating in sport. The survey, looks at all sports, including angling, as part of the government drive to keep people engaged in sporting activity. 164,500 anglers were canvassed as part of the regular study to find out how often people go fishing and what is their background.
The Preston Pole Pairs qualifier fished at Tunnel Barn Farm on 26th November saw the top three pairs on the day progress through to the Grand Final at Woodland View.
The match turned out to be a bitter sweet affair for the Maver Gold Dynamite team. Fielding four pairs out of the twenty-four that fished, the team were hopeful of a good result and so it turned out to be with Luke Capewell (pictured above right) and Wayne Bailey (pictured above left) qualifying for the final. The pair finished in third place with a combined weight of 89lb 11oz.
Maver are delighted to announce the addition of Welsh International Lee Edwards to Team Maver. An individual bronze medallist at World Championship level, the 39 year old Caerphilly-based rod is amongst one of the most well decorated anglers in the country succeeding at the sport’s top level on all types of venue both home and away.
Lee is a previous Evesham Festival individual and team Champion, Home International winner and a regular top three finisher in some of country’s major festivals. Lee is also the current world record holder of the largest ever haul recorded on running water with an unbelievable 300lb haul of River Wye chub back in 2007.
Coaching With Winnie!
The most successful match angler of 2016 - Jon Whincup is to start offering his services as an angling coach.
Jon, who has won over £110K over the last twelve months, explained: "I am 42, a family man and after years of fishing at the highest level, both team and individual fishing, natural and commercial venues, I've decided to offer my services as an angling coach. It's something I've been thinking of for a while now and I feel now is the right time. "
For more information, check out his website: www.
Vote For Your Favourite Tackle & Bait
Every year we like to find out which tackle and baits you like the best, as well as which fisheries and anglers you rate. Each year we run the dedicated Match Fishing Tackle Awards, with the results of the voting process published in our Magazine and the respective parties awarded with certificates. These awards mean an awful lot to those involved – after all, they are voted for by you, the very public they hope to gain the approval of – so don’t underestimate the power of your vote. There are over 20 categories to vote in, including best poles, rods and reels in various price categories, as well as your nomination for the best coach, fishery, mail-order companies and much more.
Maver are delighted to announce the 2017 Maver Mega Match This qualifier campaign has been released. More details, including when tickets will go on sale, will follow in the coming days on the Official Mega Match This website at www. mavermatchthis. co.
We are delighted to announce that Belgian feeder international Danny Vancraenendonck has joined the Matrix team as a consultant. Danny will help strengthen the Matrix team in Belgium.
Matrix Media manager Craig Butterfield was delighted to have Danny on board, “Danny is a great angler and brings a wealth of experience to the brand. He’ll be helping with both product feedback and we’ll also be out on the bank with him producing interesting content for both printed and digital media”.
Top match tackle firm Middy are delighted to announce that Russell Shipton has put pen to paper on a 12-month rolling sponsorship deal.
Based in Kent, Russell joins Middy after recently finishing in the top 30 at the UK Champs at his first attempt. He also competes in big matches like Match This and Fish'O'Mania and is a brilliant angler, who will now provide even more expert advice as Middy develop more high-quality tackle, designed to improve your catch rates and match efficiency.
Russell has been using Middy tackle for years and had also been a ‘Shop-Pro’ for Orpington Tackle & Bait, until being offered this full sponsorship deal.
Top match tackle firm Middy are delighted to announce that Russell Shipton has put pen to paper on a 12-month rolling sponsorship deal.
Based in Kent, Russell joins Middy after recently finishing in the top 30 at the UK Champs at his first attempt. He also competes in big matches like Match This and Fish'O'Mania and is a brilliant angler, who will now provide even more expert advice as Middy develop more high-quality tackle, designed to improve your catch rates and match efficiency.
Russell has been using Middy tackle for years and had also been a ‘Shop-Pro’ for Orpington Tackle & Bait, until being offered this full sponsorship deal.
We are excited to announce a new format for the Preston Innovations Pole Fishing Pairs competition. In a break from our old league-style format, this year we are holding a series of qualifiers up and down the country, with the top three pairs from each qualifying for the Grand Final at Preston Innovations Woodland View Fishery on Saturday, March 4th.
Here, subject to turnout, and thanks to generous backing from the sponsors Preston Innovations, we will pay out over £11,000 in cash with nine pairs being paid out. The winning pair will walk away with £4,000 and the prestigious Preston Innovations Pole Fishing Pairs trophy.
Run by Lee Kerry, and Match Fishing's own Tom Scholey and Matt Godfrey, this series promises to utilise the fantastic mixed species fishing on offer at Lindholme lakes.
So often there are big catches of silver to be taken in winter months. Now there is a league dedicated to keeping anglers busy at the coldest time of the year.
The league will be POLE only
With the following permitted baits.