River Swale Northallerton 22/06/2024
First qualifier of the season and a match record is set!
Winner on the day was Chris Hunter (pictured left) who smashed said record for the Swale at Northallerton with a colossal weight of 189lb-00oz from peg 29 in zone B, his catch comprising of 43 Chub one Barbel and one Graying, Chris caught from the off utilising the loafer float and maggot for a match to remember for sure! Our other qualifier in this 24 peg match was the ever consistent Graham Hall with a weight of 24lb-13oz from peg 3 in zone A.
River Tyne 07/07/2024
A tough match this one and in fact according to the the organisers the worst match returns in 30 years! but we still have our qualifiers and the winner of this one was Paul Kozyra (pictured second from the left) whose winning weight of 10lb-10oz from Zone A was enough to put him in the final and consisted of 31 small Chub and a couple of Roach for the only double figure catch on the day. Zone B qualifier was Jeff Herbert (pictured 3rd from left) with a couple of large Chub weighing 9lb-4oz, Steve Knowles (pictured far right) won Zone C with the only net of Dace on the day and they went 8lb exactly so well done to him for finding a few, and finally winning Zone D was Nigel Collis (pictured far left) with 4lb-4oz
River Tees Yarm 13/07/2024
Some good weights on this one with Ken Golightly leading the way with a weight of 39lb-05oz of Skimmers and Bream on the short line feeder from peg 184 in zone C to win the match and qualify for this year’s final, Paul Stainsby won zone B from peg 171 with a weight of 19lb-14oz and final angler through winning zone A with a weight of 23lb-05oz from peg 171 was Craig Hutchinson
River Ouse Below York 20/07/2024
A decent match considering the blazing hot sunny conditions, all three qualifiers adopted similar tactics with the ground bait feeder and chopped worm dominating. Zone A winner was Eddie Bridon booking his place in the final with his catch of Skimmers and Bream from peg 12 putting 12lb-12oz on the scales, Zone B qualifier was Keith Harrison with a weight of 17lb-07oz from peg 60 and finally match winner David Oliver bagging 17lb-10oz from his draw on peg 66 to take Zone C.
River Calder Mirfield 26/07/2024
A tough Match this one with a low clear river and bright conditions making catching a few fish difficult, we do have our qualifiers all the same and those through to the final in this one From left to right in the photo) are Nick Chaffer from noted peg 55 in zone B with a weight of 9lb-00oz Dave Pollitt with a match winning weight of 16lb-09oz from peg 4 in zone A and finally Chris Dennis whose weight of 9lb-08oz was enough to see him take zone C from peg 77
River Derwent 11/08/2024
This one was all about small fish on the whip or pole and our two qualifiers adopted those tactics along with a little ground bait and the trusty maggot to book their place in this years final. Match winner was local angler Paul Lightfoot (pictured on the left) with a weight of 7lb-01oz to win zone B from peg number 40. Our other qualifier was Craig Hirst winning zone A off peg 1 with a weight of 4lb-13oz.
River Don 17/08/2024
This one all went to plan for Dave Smiddy (pictured center) fishing the ground bait feeder he caught Skimmers and Bream to win the match and book his place in this seasons final with a weight of 17lb-14oz from peg 88 in zone C….Tony Marshall pictured left won zone B with a weight of 12lb-13oz from peg 71 in zone B and finally Kevin Weighell won zone A off peg 48 with 16lb-02oz
River Aire 24/08/2024
Chris Greensides won this match quite comfortably with a hemp attack on the long Pole from peg 146 in zone B with a weight of 18lb-14oz Ricky Matthews was the other qualifier winning zone A with a weight of 8lb-10oz from peg 135
River Swale Skipton 07/09/2024
River Swale Northallerton 08/09/2024
