Results

Local rods take the spoils at Evesham.
Shakespeare Championship Qualifier
Evesham Town & Ferry Waters
67 fished

1 Nick Cowling (Alcester Sports) 15-6-0 (Peg 61)
2 Tom Scholey (Pole Fishing/Match Fishing) 11-14-0 (Peg 87)
3 Brian Rigby (Shakespeare Superteam) 9-7-0 (Peg 2)
4 Mike Tromans 8-13-0 (Peg 1)
5 Gary Seadon (W B Clarke) 8-9-0 (Peg 3)

Qualifiers:
Brian Rigby
Nick Cowling
Tom Scholey

Clear skies and hot and humid conditions greeted anglers on Saturday’s Shakespeare qualifier, but this didn’t deter Evesham’s resident bream from feeding! Winner on the day was Alcester Sports rod Nick Cowling. Nick caught four bream on flat-float tactics, feeding chopped worms and casters, and fishing a small piece of worm on the hook. Nick fished 13 metres from the bank, and took all four of his fish in the second hour of the match – with the anglers either side of him also managing a bream each.

Second place went to Pole Fishing and Match Fishing magazines' Tom Scholey. Drawn on Peg 87, Tom fished maggot and hemp on the long pole to take a 2lb skimmer and 12 smaller silver bream. When the line petered out, Tom switched to chopped worm down the edge and managed several chunky perch, and a bonus eel to finish with 11-14-0.

In third place was Shakespeare Superteam’s latest recruit, Brian Rigby. Brian drew Peg 2 on the Town Length, and caught a nice net of perch fishing a strung rig over a bed of chopped worms and casters.


Wychavon Championship Qualifier
Evesham Town & Ferry Waters
56 fished

1 Alan Stephens (Alcester Sports) 12-10-0 (Peg 8)
2 Leigh Gardner (Shakespeare Superteam) 9-11-0 (Peg 15)
3 John Curtis (Daiwa Gordon League) 9-4-0 (Peg 54)
4 Andy Johnstone (Tri-Cast Weston Pools Team Wales) 8-7-8 (Peg 48)
5 Tony Marshall (Shakespeare Superteam) 7-0-0 (Peg 2)

Qualifiers:
Tony Marshall
John Curtis
Tony Davis

One of Evesham’s famous barbel made an appearance in Sunday’s Wychavon qualifier, with Alcester Sports man Alan Stephens being the lucky man to catch it! The fish, nicknamed Broke Back due to its unusual shape, fell to a piece of worm presented over a bed of chopped worms and casters on flat-float tactics. It pulled the scales around to 9-15-0, giving Alan a total of 12-10-0, with the addition of some small fish that he caught early on waggler.

Second-placed Leigh Gardner caught a nice net of perch and eels, mainly on stick-float tactics. Drawn on Peg 15 on the Town Water, the Shakespeare man fished maggots on the hook, taking fish to 12oz.

Daiwa Gordon League’s John Curtis came third, with a 9-4-0 net of perch. Drawn on Peg 54, John opted to fish a big stick float down the middle of the river – taking fish to 1lb and earning himself a place in the Wychavon Final.