Friday 29 April 2011

Rod Licence's

Angling Trust Media Release

Wednesday 20 April 2011
Angling Trust, the voice of angling 
 
 Non EA Rod Licence Website Applies Unneccessary Charges to Anglers

The Angling Trust is warning all anglers NOT to buy their licence from the commercial fishingrodlicence.com web site, unless they want to pay an unnecessary extra charge of £14 for checking over their application.  This service is of no real benefit to anglers because the Environment Agency (EA) does not require applications to be checked before submission.  The web site has been set up this year and comes top of a Google search for "Rod Licence".  In addition to the extra charge, anglers buying their licences from the web site will not be able to go fishing until they receive their licence in the post.  The EA site offers a receipt and reference number which does allow people to fish while they are waiting for the licence to arrive.
The Angling Trust strongly recommends that all freshwater anglers buy their licence direct from the Environment Agency over the phone or via its website at http://emarketing.blue-leaf.co.uk/t/r/l/jjyhkrl/ntihjtldr/t/, or from Post Offices and clearly authorised outlets.  The representative body for all anglers will also be writing to Consumer Direct to complain about the web site and raising the matter with Fisheries Minister Richard Benyon MP and Charles Walker, Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Angling Group.
Mark Lloyd, Chief Executive of the Angling Trust said: "This site offers no real extra service, but demands a 50% surcharge on top of the rod licence fee and we urge all anglers to spread the word.  We would encourage members who have concerns about this website to contact Consumer Direct and their MP.  Any unsuspecting new anglers trying to buy their first licence might be put off by the inflated price and decide not to take up fishing."
For more info about writing to Consumer Direct go to http://emarketing.blue-leaf.co.uk/t/r/l/jjyhkrl/ntihjtldr/i/
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Notes to Editors:
Environment Agency Statement:
We are aware of a website that offers a “rod licence application processing service”. It claims to offer “a comprehensive application service for any angler wishing to obtain a rod license.” It will “check over your application, ensuring there are no errors (for example forename switched with surname, lack of capitalisation in your name, and any obvious spelling errors).”
You pay an additional charge for this service, for example, the service charge for processing a full annual coarse and trout licence is £14, which you pay on top of the £27 licence duty.
The Environment Agency has no connection with this website, nor does it endorse its services.
The service appears to be legal, however, we would like to point out that –
a)
the Environment Agency does not require this check when someone buys their licence through the Agency’s website, over the counter at the Post Office or over the phone. An angler only has to give their name, age, proof of concession where necessary, and post-code and house number – a quick address search completes the rest;
b)
when you buy direct from the Environment Agency’s website at http://emarketing.blue-leaf.co.uk/t/r/l/jjyhkrl/ntihjtldr/h/, at the Post Office or over the phone, you only pay the licence duty – you do not pay any additional charge;
c)
when you buy a licence direct from our website at http://emarketing.blue-leaf.co.uk/t/r/l/jjyhkrl/ntihjtldr/k/ or over the phone, you are given a licence reference number and receipt. This allows you to go fishing while we send you your licence in the post. We are not aware that this service can provide such an immediate response, so anglers may not be able to go fishing immediately they have paid for their licence.
 
 

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Monday 25 April 2011

Rolfs Easter Festival

Introduction

After a very disppointing "fish o" at Viaduct I was looking foward to hopefully catching some fish from my all time favourite venue.  However, I did have an open mind that it was going to be tough and you would need a lucky hand with the draw bag.............



Day 1

Saw me daw peg Peg 32, which can be a good peg, especially when it is an end peg, but today, it was far away from been an end peg.  With peg 31 in, I am very restricted in what you can do, as you are limited in what you can do, as peg 9 can cut you off.
  • 30lb
  • 6th in my 8 peg section

A Section.


PlaceAnglerPegWeightPoints
1st Derek Hammond 4 225-08 1
2nd Geoff Warmington 2 184-08 2
3rd Dave Whiteman 40 184-00 3
4th Mark Malin 6 144-00 4
5th Pat Pritchard 34 136-04 5
6th Matt Smith 36 130-00 6
7th Andy Johnstone 38 98-08 7
8th Colin Wedgebrow 7 57-00 8


B Section.


PlaceAnglerPegWeightPoints
1st Geoff Edwards 8 124-12 1
2nd Steve Waters 13 54-08 2
3rd Ernie Malyon 31 49-08 3
4th Clive Pritchard 10 35-08 4
5th Johnny Broadbent 9 33-08 5
6th Chris Telling 32 30-00 6
7th Frank Hardie 28 26-08 7
8th John Hague 29 24-00 8


C Section.


PlaceAnglerPegWeightPoints
1st Jon Walker 18 158-00 1
2nd Liam Bough 22 139-08 2
3rd Mick Lane 14 100-00 3
4th Phil Powells 15 78-08 4
5th Mick Hughes 26 46-08 5
6th Paul Newbury 23 15-00 6
7th Paul Glenfield 17 14-08 7
8th Mick Chapell 25 DNW -


Top 6 after day 1.


PlaceAnglerWeightPointsSponsor
1stDerek Hammond 225-00 1 Banbury Gunsmiths
2nd Jon Walker 158-00 1 Walker Floats
3rd Geoff Edwards 124-12 1 Reading Angling Centre
4th Geoff Warmington 184-08 2 Rolfslake
5th Liam Bough 139-08 2 Rolfslake
6th Steve Waters 54-08 2 Frenzee


Day 2

Peg 26

57lb
4th in my section


A Section
Peg
Weight
Points
1st
Mick Hughes
34
144-8
1
2nd
Phil Powell
2
77-8
2
3rd
Mick Lane
4
76-0
3
4th
Liam Bough
7
48-0
4
5th
Mick Chapell
38
23-0
5
6th
Paul Glenfield
40
17-8
6
7th
Jon Walker
36
14-0
7
8th
Paul Newbury
6
10-8
8


B SectionPegWeightPoints
1stPat Pritchard8152-81
2ndDerek Hammond13107-02
3rdDave Whiteman2946-03
4thMark Malin942-84
5thMatt Smith3140-85
6thAndy Johnstone1037-06
7thColin Wedgebrow3227-07
8thGeoff Warmington2826-88


C SectionPegWeightPoints
1stClive  Pritchard18255-81
2ndFrank Hardie22137-02
3rdJohn Hague1581-43
4thChris Telling2657-04
5thErnie Malyon1436-85
6thJonny Broadbent2327-46
7thGeoff Edwards2520-07
8thSteve Waters1712-88


Day 3

Peg 40

9lb
6th in my section

A Section
Peg
Weight
Points
1st
John Hague
34
77-0
1
2nd
Steve Waters
2
52-8
2
3rd
Geoff Edwards
4
41-0
3
4th
Frank Hardie
7
39-0
4
5th
Jonny Broadbent
36
15-0
5
6th
Chris Telling
40
9-0
6
7th
Clive  Pritchard
38
7-0
7
8th
Ernie Malyon
6
DNW
8
B SectionPegWeightPoints
1stJon Walker898-41
2ndMick Lane1371-82
3rdPhil Powell1046-83
4thLiam Bough935-84
5thPaul Glenfield3231-85
6thMick Hughes2810-86
7thPaul Newbury29DNW7
8thMick Chapell31DNW8
C SectionPegWeightPoints
1stGeoff Warmington18260-01
2ndColin Wedgebrow22230-02
3rdAndy Johnstone17116-83
4thPat Pritchard1571-84
5thDave Whiteman2347-05
6thMatt Smith1441-86
7thDerek Hammond2612-07
8thMark Malin2510-88
OVERALL LEADERBOARD


Top 6
Weight
Total
1st
Mick Lane
247-8
8
2nd
Jon Walker
270-4
9
3rd
Phil Powell
202-8
9
4th
Pat Pritchard
360-4
10
5th
Derek Hammond
332-0
10


full results and write up, see link

http://rolfslake.com/blog/

Just watching people struggle around the lake on Day 2.

Jon Walker setting the standard again.

Local hero, Phil Powell (aka "DOG")



Derek on Peg 26, day 3.  Only 1 carp, which came first drop.
Clive, with one of many huge carp in the lake.

Jon Walker on Peg 8.

Mark "superstar" Malin

Mick Lane, on peg 13



Well done to Mick Lane, Jon Walker and Phil Powell who were 1st, 2nd and 3rd overall in the league.

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Sunday 10 April 2011

Solhampton

  • 5th Overall
  • Won the lake
  • Peg 14 on Buzzard
  • 75lb 4oz
















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