River Clyde 05/06/2021
This proved to be a tough match with only small Roach making an appearance, but as always we do have qualifiers and first into this years final is Paul Kozyra (Cadence Fishing Uk) with a weight of 5lb – 06oz from zone 1 (peg 11) just below the foot bridge. Paul caught 54 Roach on single maggot fishing the long whip to hand in his 17ft deep swim, two balls of ground bait to kick the swim off and a very small squeeze of ground bait with just a couple of maggots every other trot through saw him come out on top on the day. Runner up and second angler into the final was James Robbins (Cadence Fishing Uk) from zone 3 (peg 24) he had 25 small Roach for 2lb -13oz caught on the pole in his 4ft deep swim using similar tactics to the winner. Zone 2 qualifier was Nicky Jose with a weight of 2lb – 05oz from peg 18
River Ouse at Overton 19/06/2021
On a very low and clear river with conditions not ideal for Bream fishing this was going to be a case of scratching a few fish out and that’s what happened today. Winner of the match and through to this years final was Steve Raper with 9 Skimmers and a Bream to weigh 22lb – 00oz from zone 2 where the ground bait feeder to mid river combined with various hook baits kept those fish coming (well done Steve). Second in the match and winner of zone 1 was Ricky Matthews from peg 1 with 18lb – 12oz (two good Bream and a couple of Skimmers) and making up the 3 qualifiers was Kevin Weighell from end peg 29 in zone 3 with a weight of 11lb – 01oz.
River Swale 26/06/2021
Some decent weights on this one with Graham Hall just coming out on top with 52lb – 05oz to win the match by just 08oz from Gary Clarke who had 13 smaller samples to weigh 51lb – 13oz, Graham extracted 10 Chub and a solitary Barbel on the waggler and caster form zone 2 to progress into the final, zone 3 qualifier was Mal Wilkinson from the much harder section at Fairholme with his one big Chub for 4lb – 13oz and joining them in the final is Darrell Taylor who topped zone 1 with his Chub weight of 16lb – 10oz.
Lower Tees at Yarm 10/07/2021
Three more into the final and this time match organiser Peter Close made no mistake from peg 175 taking Bream and Skimmers on the pole for a weight of 17lb – 10oz to take the match win and qualify for the York final, joining him in the final is Steven Jacques with a weight of 18lb – 06oz from peg 91 and finally making it through from peg 149 is Gus brindle with a weight of 10lb – 12oz
Ouse below York 24/07/2021
On a very low and clear river where Bream would be in most anglers plans it was going to be a difficult one for most and so it proved, but we have our 4 qualifiers from this 48 pegger and winner of the match with 10lb – 10oz from peg 8 in zone 1 was Glynn Brown, he managed to locate a few small Skimmers on the feeder mid river and this proved just enough, (reading from left to right in the photo) zone 4 qualifier Steve Lowther making it into the final with a weight of 4lb – 14oz with a selection of whip and pole caught small Roach, Perch and Bleak. Zone 3 qualifier Ryan Knox fished the pole from his peg on the sand bed for a Roach haul of 5lb – 07oz and finally from zone 2 Phil Austin bagged 7 Skimmers to weigh 8lb -15oz from the Palace bend.
Tyne 31/07/2021
A fantastic match considering the low and clear river conditions with winner of this qualifier Stuart Tate bagging 33lb-11oz of Dace and small Chub from the Bywell road section (Zone 3). Runner up and also making it into the final with another fantastic bag of Dace on the “wag and mag” was Karl Robson from the Ovingham school section, he weighed 30lb-10oz to win Zone 4. Zone 2 winner was Billy Mason with another cracking Dace weight of 24lb-02oz from the Beaufront section. And completing the 4 through to the final from Zone 1 was Charlie Burnside with yet another great weight of 18lb-08oz. This match is the one we all look forward to each season and yet again it delivered the goods with 22 double figure weights from the 48 anglers competing.
The Tees at Bowesfield 07/08/2021
Some cracking weights on this one with your winner Sean Wright bagging 30lb-00oz of skimmers and bream to qualify from zone 1, others into the final and all with weights of skimmers and bream were Dave Hunter from zone 2 with 19lb-11oz, Paul Jackson winning zone 3 with 28lb-06oz and finally Josh Newton with 14lb-06oz from zone 4
River Don 21/08/2021
The river Don at the Earth Centre and Sprotborough produced a tight match with all zone qualifiers just easing through with only ounces to spare, so on this one we had zone 1 qualifier (local organiser) Ian Lee doing the business with a weight of 10lb-04oz from peg 47 on the Earth centre, zone 2 qualifier (Earth centre) was Wayne Easter from peg 56 with 13lb-08oz, on the Earth centre zone 3 qualifier was the match winner Dean Grace with 15lb-06oz from peg 85, final qualifier from the Sprotborough section (zone 4) was last years grand final runner up Ian Exley from peg 19 with 9lb-15oz.
River Aire 28/08/2021
The Aire around Beal and West Haddlesey proved a little tougher than anticipated with a low clear river and a bright sunny day, but as always anglers will qualify and today we had Mick Wood coming out on top from B zone with a weight of 17lb-15oz the others through were Eddie Bridon (zone D) with 9lb-12oz, Chris Greensides with 8-lb02oz (zone C) and Glen Lawrence with 15lb-10oz from zone A
River Tees at Dinsdale 29/08/2021
On yet another scorcher of a day the upper Tees around Dinsdale produced a few decent weights in pockets but for most it proved very tricky. Winner on the day was Ian Kirton (centre of photo) with a bag of Dace, Perch and Chub weighing 19lb-08oz from his peg near the Toll bridge to win zone B, Mal Clitheroe (left in the photo) won zone C with a weight of 16lb-08oz and finally Owen Gott taking zone A with 19lb-12oz
River Mersey 11/09/2021
New on our calendar this season was the river Mersey and judging from the feedback we received it was a great venue with loads of bites to be had by most and a very tight frame, winner on the day was local star Harry Billing with a weight of 19-11oz taking zone A, Dave Pollitt was zone B winner with a weight of 7lb-05oz and zone C qualifier was Neil Buist with a weight of 9-03oz
River Swale Helperby 18/09/2021
The Swale was down to barley a trickle for this one as the long hot drought carries on, still we had the match and anglers did catch with Martin Hope taking the honours with 3 good Barbel for a weight of 21lb-06oz from hiss peg in zone B, winneer of zone A was Craig Bowman with a brace of Barbel weighing 9lb-12oz and finally zone C winner was Graham Kennerley with another brace of Barbel for a total of 14lb-03oz
River ure 25/09/2021
Very tough this one with with the conditions not changing and the hot dry summer still with us weights were very low again, our qualifiers on this one were zone A Dave Brettell with 6lb-05oz of Perch followed with a tie for zone B where the only Bream of the day weighing 6lb-15oz was enough to see Steve Young through along with Fred Hardcastles Perch catch also weighing 6lb-15oz and the last angler through from zone C was Pete Kitwood with 2lb-03oz
River Hull 09/10/2021
One of the better qualifiers so far with Roach feeding throughout the length, winner on the day and through to the final from his peg in A zone just above the bridge in the shipyard stretch was Ken Pacey with a mixed bag of Roach and Skimmers for a total weight of 17lb – 08oz. Qualifying from B zone was venue expert Phil Hirst from his peg on the Deans section with a weight of 17lb – 07oz and finally from the Wheel section C zone was Norman Thewils with 7lb – 15oz
River Calder 23/10/2021
Some great Roach weights on this one with the winner Nathan Procter bagging 24lb – 01oz of them from peg 17 on (The Ings) A section, other qualifiers were Tony Marshall from peg 43 on (The Ings) B section with 14lb – 06oz, Andy Jacques taking C section with 12lb – 00oz from Mexborough peg 26 and finally from peg 32 at Mexborough winning the D section was Michael White
River Ouse 30/10/2021
Final qualifier of this season and and the Ouse didn’t give up it’s residents easily but we have qualifiers and the winner of the match taking zone three with a weight of 7lb – 07oz was Keith Hobson from peg 250 at Linton, included in his winning bag was a specimen Chub of 6lb – 02oz caught on the pole and flat float, zone two was won by John Cyrowski with a weight of 4lb – 04oz and finally making it into the final from zone one peg 160 was Shaun Tate with a weight of 2lb -02oz
