Catch up with the latest angling news and dates
The
Witham and District Joint Anglers Federation (to whom all Worksop and
District book holders are members) will be staging an open event at the
White Horse Inn section of the River Witham at Dunston Fen on Sunday 3rd
March.
The match is being organised to support an open day at the venue where
the landlord of the pub will be displaying two brand new all purpose static
caravans (a four berth and a sixth berth) purchased solely for angling
holidays.
For the benefit of the pessimists amongst you, this section of the river
is one of the very few locations that has been producing fish all season.
Double figure weights are being caught on a regular basis by the resident
caravanners with big bream, tench and carp providing the bulk of the catches,
backed up with a lot of small roach and skimmers.
The entry fee is £10 with a £5 optional pool for those wishing
to speculate a little bit more cash.
All entry fees are to be paid back in individual and section prizes. Further
information can be obtained from Glyn Williams on 01909 474940.
Diary of Events
The National
Federation of Anglers have just released their diary of events for 2002.
Some of these may well be of interest to local junior and adult anglers.
The first major event takes place on the 2nd March on the River Weaver
where the senior Ashima Worksop squad will be competing in the first of
the Northern Angling Times Winter League semi-finals.
The second event takes place on the Stainforth and Keadby Canal on Sunday
17th March. The qualifiers will then fish the final on the North Bank
of the River Nene at Peterborough on Sunday 7th July.
The dates and venues for some of the Embassy Pairs qualifiers scheduled
to take place locally are:
Saturday
13th April at Hayfield Lakes near Doncaster
Sunday 30th June (Boston Drains)
Sunday 21st July (Hallcroft Fisheries)
Sunday
25th August (River Don at Sprotborough)
Sunday 1st September (River Nene at Peterborough)
Sunday 15th September (Erewash Canal, Ilkeston)
Saturday 5th October (Chesterfield Canal, WDAA waters)
Saturday 9th November (Fossdyke Canal, Saxilby to Lincoln).
The Fish
O’ Mania qualifiers are to be held on Sunday 16th June (North Bank
of the River Nene at Peterborough), Saturday 2nd June (Stainforth and
Keadby Canal, Thorne), Saturday 13th July (Attenborough Gravel Pits),
and the final takes place on Saturday 3rd of August.
Other major events worth noting (in date order) are as follows:
Tuesday
2nd July – the East Midland Region qualifier for the Disabled National
(Holly Farm, Ashby Magna, Leicester)
Saturday 13th July – Sensas Cadets/Junior/Intermediate National Championships
(River Soar and Loughborough Canal)
Tuesday 16th July – North East qualifier for the Disabled National
(Straight Mile Fishery, Todwick)
Saturday 27th July – Embassy Ladies National Championships (Hallcroft
Fisheries, Retford)
Wednesday 21st August – Embassy Veterans National Championships (North
Bank, River Nene, Peterborough)
Saturday 24th August – Disabled National Championship (Woodlands
View Fishery, Droitwich)
Saturday 14th September – British Waterways Championships (Erewash
Canal, Long Eaton)
Saturday 14th September – East Midland Region Junior Championships
(St York’s Navigation Canal, Mexborough)
Saturday 28th September – East Midland Region Senior Championship
(Bargate Drain, Boston).
Round-up
The fourth
round of the Gateford Angling Supplies/Angling Star Winter League was
fished on the Chesterfield Canal where Phil Turner (Ashima Worksop) took
the honours with 10lbs 14oz. Runner-up was Alex Mitchell (Maver Barnsley)
6lbs 4oz followed by Richard Wilson (Browning Leegem) 6lbs 3oz, Mark Pressley
(Ashima Worksop) 4lbs 6oz.
Go Baits’ second open event at Langold Lake was won by Gary Smith
of Nottingham with 17lbs 11oz of bream, skimmers and roach from peg nine
using the feeder method. Geoff Mawby (Gateford Angling Supplies) was second
with 5lbs 2oz from peg 45 followed by Brian Butler (Maltby) with 4lbs
12oz from peg 47.
Worksop United’s Winter League match results are as follows: (Wednesday
at Ranby) sponsored by Gateford Angling Supplies, Mick Drage 4lbs (perch
- pole, worm), Paul Rushton was second with 3lbs 6oz of roach (pole with
squatt and pinkie), Malcolm Rushton was third with 3lbs 3oz.
(Saturday at Ranby) sponsored by Angling Supplies of Retford Road, Jamie
Keyworth 5lbs 6oz (perch, pole, worm), runner-up was Pete Brown 5lbs 3oz,
followed by Pete Nunn 4lbs 7oz. Both winners fished peg one.
Notice Board
Go Baits
Open Matches – the third event in this 22 match series, that is being
organised by Stewart Goulding of Go Baits Tackle at Langold Lake, is scheduled
to take place on Sunday 17th February.
The entry fee is £12. The draw will take place at 9am and fishing
will be from 10am until 3pm. There are no bait bans and further details
can be obtained from Stewart on 01909 540105.
Golden Ball members should note that the monthly meeting is scheduled
to take place at the Colliery Inn on Sunday 24th February. New members
are cordially invited to attend and further details are available from
the secretary on 01909 731562.
Worksop United
The permit holders’ match tomorrow is to be held at Ranby, but the Wednesday match will take place at Bracebridge. Entry for both events will be £4, draw at 9am, fishing from 10am until 3pm.
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Yours in Sport Glyn |