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Brompton Angling Club have today smashed the record held for coarse fishing at Stonebridge St Claudes lake!  Results to follow shortly.

The individuals qualifier will now be held on Sunday 7th August 2011.

The road leading up to St Claudes lake has now been completed!

Stonebridge Triple AAA won the Greys Competition (previously the Airflo) and second was the cats.

The winner of our Troutmasters Heat, Paul Fenny, is unable to attend the final, as is second placed angler, Glenn Appleby.  Therefore, third placed angler, Paul Runec, will now take the place in the final.

The prize fund for the tagged fish on the coarse lake now stands at £101!

Stonebridge history was made by John Heward from Billing, who landed the first ever tiger trout to be stocked at Stonebridge, placing John in our Hall of Fame!  The tiger trout was landed on a black fritz zonker. 

The tiger trout will now be the tagged fish for the specimen lake.

The Junior Troutmasters competition for 2011 will be held over the weekend of 30 and 31 July 2011.

Watch this space for details of new winter ticket prices.

The tagged fish at St Claudes stands at £154!

Congratulations to the England Bank Team on winning the 2010 Inaugural International Bank Championship at Innis Fishery, Cornwall, UK.  The team consisted of Freddie Bainbridge, Peter Appleby, Glenn Appleby, Simon Robinson, Chris McGoff and Andrew Scott, all from the North of England.  All team members received a gold medal. 

Congratulations to Richard Landsbury from Durham on winning the individual Airflo Competition and to Mark Farmer from Cambridgeshire on finishing second.   Congratulations also go to the winner of last year, Peter Appleby, on finishing third.

Congratulations to Stonebridge Triple AAAs, consisting of Peter Appleby and sons, Glenn and Dean, who finished 5th in their first ever Aiflo team event with only one point seperating them from each of the next positions.  Congratulations also go to Northern Angler, Paul Runec, on landing the largest fish in the whole competition and the heats and it was landed at Stonebridge.  It was a 15lb 3oz rainbow and he also landed a 11lb 1oz blue on the same day.

The club match record for coarse fishing has been smashed this week!  Report to follow.

The tagged fish is now up to £106.

Alan Hodgson from North Allerton landed the golden carp with £217 on its head!  Three days after, Andrew Archbold landed it again on paste with another £27 on its head.

Letter from Alan Hodgson

Today I gave myself a rest from working and headed off to Stonebridge Fishing Lakes at Little Fencote, North Allerton.  Having caught a number of quality carp on the pole (my next fish I will never forget) as my float shot off, I thought to myself, this is a good fish, I hope this is the tagged fish the owner introduced to the lake as an optional £1 extra on top of the day ticket (if caught the angler takes the pool money).  To my astonishment, as the fish came to the surface, I was gobsmacked.  It was the bright orange ghost carp I had been fishing for.  I said to myself, do not mess this up, there is £217 on its head.  As I netted the fish to my relief and £217 richer, the fish was photographed and released to spend another day with a price tag on its head.  As my wife will be 60 this weekend, I will spend it on a weekend break thanks to Stonebridge Fishery.

The Bank Holiday Open Championship match to be held on Monday 30 August 2010 is now full, with 40 anglers competing.

The prize pot for the tagged fish in St Claudes Lake now stands at £214!

The prize for the tagged fish in St Claudes lake now stands at £200!

15 year old Sam Edmonds from Ware, Hertford was a heat winner in the Junior Troutmasters last year and was recommended for the England Under 18’s and qualified. He has just won the National Championship, including the trophy for the biggest trout on the day. Congratulations to Sam from all at Stonebridge and Trout Fisherman Magazine!

We are very pleased to announce that World Champion, Iain Barr, has joined the extended team at Stonebridge and is available for private instruction and corporate events.  Please contact us at the fishery for further details.

Results of the Airflo heat held on 27 June 2010

1st - Dean Appleby
2nd - Adrian Slack
3rd - Blyth Palmer

Coarse News - The tagged fish is up to £154.

The next meeting of the junior academy is on the evening of 8 July 2010

Every bank holiday Monday we will hold an open individuals match.  We will put forward £1 per peg from each match ticket sold on the day towards a winter final cash prize.  The next match will be held on the next bank holiday, Monday 30 August 2010.  Please contact us to book to avoid disappointment on the day.

Airfl0 May 2010

1. - Paul Fenny
2. - Chris McAuliffe
3. - Ben Bangham

Stonebridge will be OPEN on all BANK HOLDAY MONDAYS

The winner of the Salmon and Trout Association Junior and Novice Day was Jack Allen from Brompton who won the rod supplied by the sponsors of the day, Ultimate Fishing Supplies of Newcastle.  The next Salmon and Trout Junior Day will be held on 5 August 2010.

Peter Appleby, captain of the Stonebridge Triple AAA team, has won the 2010 Bob Church Classic held at Rutland Water.  Peter won the invitation only match with 35 trout.  Congratulations Peter!

Stonebridge is proud to announce the new forming of the Stonebridge Angling Academy and Junior Club.  Look out for further details and event dates and information on the website.

 Stonebridge Triple AAAs consisting of Peter, Glenn and Dean Appleby have won through the heat to go forward to the Airflo Final to represent Stonebridge. Their prizes for winning the heat were an Airflo Reel each, which they have kindly donated to the Stonebridge Angling Academy and Junior Club.

We are proud to announce that one of Britain`s top anglers, Peter Appleby, has formed a new three man team with his two sons, Dean and Glenn.  The team is named, Stonebridge Triple AAA`s, being founded from the three Applebys.  Fishing in the Northern Winter League, it was won with Peter Appleby in first place with 9 trout, Glenn in second with 4 trout and Dean was third with 4 trout (timings decided the place).  This is a great start for the Triple AAA`s even though this was not a team event.

1. - Dean Appleby - 7 trout including a double of 13lb
2. - Peter Appleby (Deans dad) - 5 trout
3. - Paul Fenny - 4 trout (landed his first in a quicker time)
4. - Lance Roberts- 4 trout

1. Peter Fletcher
2. Harry Freeman
3. Lance Roberts
4. Paul Fenny
5. Billy Conlin
6. Ashley Fenny
7. John Wilson
8. Johnny Partenemeir
9. Ryan Barron
10. Jim Lumsden

Please note that Stonebridge will now be closed on Mondays, beginning on Monday 9 November 2009.

A special coarse fisherman to Stonebridge, Neville Little from Richmond, passed away on 3 August 2009.  The team at Stonebridge would like to send our thoughts and condolences to his family.  Neville was a warm, loving man who will be greatly missed.  We will always remember him at Stonebridge, where his memory will live on.