Last disabilities match results of 2011 31 December 2011
The brave hardy souls of the disabilities section fished their last match of 2011 at Flanshaw Dam on Thursday 29 Dec Tony Fletcher was the winner. 1…Tony Fletcher……….3lb--06oz 2…John Rycroft………...2lb--14oz 3…Les Crookes……………...14oz **************** ...more

Wakefield Angling Club Qualifies for 1st Division 02 October 2011
Wakefield Angling Club fished the 2nd Div National team event this year and are over the moon to announce that they qualified to move up next year into the 1st Division. The only reason that the team dropped to ...more

Club Match Result Worsbrough Res 02 October 2011
1…Bob Reah…………13lb--00oz…..Peg-39….Bream on Feeder 2…Gary Hampshire…..9lb--07oz…..Peg-54….Roach on Pole 3…Mike Sharpe……….6lb--03oz…..Peg-46….Roach on Pole 4…John Wrosek………5lb--01oz…..Peg-53….Roach on Pole 5…Paul Town ...more

Ladies Section Latest news from Alison Purcell 23 August 2011
Hi there Lady members of the Wakefield Angling Club. In July we wrote to most Lady members of the club inviting them to a Ladies match and buffet which was held at Flanshaw Dam. Good prizes were on offer and to the very few who turned up to fish t ...more

Catch up on the results of the last 2 Club Matches 05 August 2011
Newmiller Dam 24/07/11 32 entries Top rod on the day was life member Bob Reah from peg 53 with a weight of 23-4. He caught steadily all day taking good Skimmers on feeder tactics with maggot and worm hook ba ...more

Juniors Summer league Points 01 August 2011
Juniors Summer League Results: Cadets 1…Caitlyn Rose………..12 points 2…Harvey Mountain…...15 points 3…Alicia Rose………....17 points ...more

Dissabilities Match result for Kettlethorpe Hall 01 August 2011
Here are the results of the match held at Kettlethorpe Hall on 14th July for the disability section,On the day 16 fished the match weather was good to us. 1…Arnie Wedgewood………..13lb--12oz 2…Les Crookes………………10lb--10oz 3…Paul Evans………………….9lb--04oz ...more

Juniors results from July 20th Flanshaw 01 August 2011
20/07/2011 Flanshaw Dam Cadets 1…Caitlyn Rose………...3lb--07oz 2…Billy Taylor………......3lb--04oz Juniors 1…Jame ...more

Veteran Results for 20 July 21 July 2011
Results 1…Mick Chapman.......14lb--07oz.......peg-51 2…Harry Lodge...........10lb--06oz.......peg-46 3…Bob Hirst.................9lb--14oz.......peg-55 4…Bob Reah................9lb--06oz.......peg-44 5…Eric Wright..............5lb--10oz.......peg-54 ...more

Juniors results for Walkers Dam Wed 13 July 20 July 2011
13/07/11 Walkers Dam Cadets 1…Caitlyn Rose………....1lb--10oz 2…Thomas Hayward…….1lb--09oz Juniors 1…Joe Kent…… ...more

Club Match results 3 July Newmillerdam 20 July 2011
****************************************Newmiller Dam - 03/07/11 Twenty four anglers lined the bank of Newmillerdam all wondering if the fish would feed. Winner by a mile was Martin Brown from end peg 37 who caught skimmers and Bream on feeder ta ...more

Club match results from Hemsworth Water Park 20 July 2011
Hemsworth Water Park - 10/07/11 Twenty anglers turned up for the away match at Hemsworth hoping that the shoals of Bream would be feeding. Sadly they seemed to be having an off day. Winner was Neil Stead who fished a short line on pole with worm a ...more

August Police Junior Match on Canal CANCELLED 20 July 2011
It is with regret that the West Yorkshire Police annual Junior Angling Match, to
be held on the canal at Horbury on August 6th has been cancelled.
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Bailiffs Match at Walkers Dam results 19 July 2011
Walkers Dam bailiffs match held on the 16th July 2011. 28 Anglers turned out and fished the match which was for most of day a wet and windy one, a bit of warm weather appeared but soon disappeared. Typically british weather many but thanks to ...more

Forthcoming Ladies Match Fri 15 July 10 July 2011
Alison Purcell (The Ladies Manager) invites all lady members to comealong to Flanshaw Dam on Friday 15th July 2011. Meet 4:30pm--- Draw 5:00pm---Fish 6pm to 9pm---(Free Entry to Match) This is the evening of the Ladies Match, where you can have a so ...more

Various Match Results update 10 July 2011
Match results brought up to date for Veterans / Juniors / Disabilities / Ladies These can be found in the Membership Groups link at the top of the home page The results are provided by the match organisers, if they are not complete then ask your ma ...more

Junior Results Walkers Dam 22nd June 2011 28 June 2011
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First Match of Season Results for Newmillerdam 22 June 2011

The latest club match at the weekend saw thirty six anglers turn out for the re-opening of Newmillerdam after a lengthy close season. Brian Hampshire won it making it his first ever club win, coming j ...more

Catch up on the last two Junior Match Results 19 June 2011
8 June Healey Dam Cadets 1…Harvey Mountain……………….12oz 2…Caitlyn Rose…...………………..6oz 3…Alicia Rose……………………....4oz ...more

Juniors results from the Kettlthorpe Hall Match 04 June 2011
Photo :- Ben Hawkins with a chub from his 7lb--04oz weight Date: 01. 06. 2011 Venue: Kettlethorpe Hall Cadets: 1…Alicia Rose…………………...7lb--03oz 2…Harvey Mountain……………..3lb--09oz 3…Caitlyn Rose……… ...more

Disabilities match second in program results 30 May 2011
Here are the results for the disabilities match held on the 26th May at Flanshaw Dam. Another good turn out of anglers on the day 19 fished the match another good day was had by all 1…Donald Bain………………16lb--08oz ...more

Veterans tackle Healey Dam on their 2nd match 28 May 2011
The second match in the Vets series took place at Healey Dam where 12 members took part. Conditions were good and catches were expected to be high. Several members caught small ...more

Juniors visit Walkers Dam for their 2nd Wed Match 26 May 2011
Junior match results for Wed Eve 25 May 2011 WALKERS DAM Cadets 1…Caitlyn Rose…C……….3lb--01oz 2…Alicia Rose…..C……….2lb--11oz ...more

Juniors first match result for the summer season 19 May 2011
Result of First Junior Match Flanshaw Dam 18th May 2011Cadets 1…Caitlyn Rose…………....7lb--06oz 2…Harvey Mountain ……....3lb..08oz 3…Alicia Rose……………..1lb--09oz Juniors 1... ...more

Veterans first match of 2011 Results 18 May 2011
The result of the opening vets match was no surprise when Mick Chapman brought 39lb 12ozs to the scales with more than 23lb clear of second man Eric Wright. and in 3rd place was life member Ron Jennings who was fishing ...more

Disabilities first match of the season results 13 May 2011
The first match of the 2011 summer season for anglers with disabilities was fished at Kettlethorpe Hall on Thursday 12th May There was a good turn out with twenty anglers taking part, especially after a hard winter. It was a pleasu ...more

Angling Teaching Classes for Beginners 2011 30 March 2011
Good news from Harry Lodge our President and Chairman. The teaching classes for beginners is to commence on Wednesday evening of the 13th April 2011. The venue will be the Flanshaw Dam clubhouse, (s ...more

New Platforms for Kettlethorpe Hall 05 February 2011
Wakefield Angling Club is proud to announce that having received a grant from the Environment Agency and also investing some money of its own, we have been able to install ...more

New Life Members 19 November 2010
LIFE MEMBERSHIP Wakefield Angling Club is proud to announce that at the clubs A.G.Meeting held on Tuesday 2nd November 2010, the membership endorsed the committee decision to bestow life membership of the club to ...more

MP Mary Creagh Visits Walkers Dam 27 October 2010

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Ray Reah smashes the club match record 21 September 2010
Wakefield Angling Club's match record was smashed on Sunday 19th Sept 2010, at Newmillerdam in wet and windy conditions. Workers have lowered the water level by almost eighteen inches to repair the dam wall and the fish seem to have moved up towards ...more

Fantastic weights for a couple of hours on a match 29 July 2010
John Crowther Match 5 Newmillerdam 28 July 2010 This was a float only match and it turned out to be the best match so far, with the pole catching well on most pegs Results 1… ...more

Junior Member Joe Kent and Fish O Mania 2010 27 July 2010

Wakefield juniors have had an amazing season winning the Junior National Angling Associations National, Intermediates won the Angling Trust (formally the National Federation of Anglers) National.

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Neil Mallinson 5th in 2nd Div Nationals 2010 25 July 2010
Wakefield A.C. senior team (sponsored by Outwood Angling Centre) travelled to the other side of Nottingham near Derby, to compete in this years Division Two National Championships on the Erewash canal. The conditions were very ho ...more

Wakefield Angling Club Ladies HELP !! 21 June 2010
WAKEFIELD ANGLING CLUB NEEDS YOU The Wakefield Angling club is keen to recruit a lady member to assist in the running of just a few ladies matches in the absence of Angela who is unable to run the matches this year. We are keen to se ...more

Wakefield Juniors Win N.J.A.A U18s Championships 13 June 2010
Wakefield Angling Club Under 18years team, fished in the N.J.A.A Championships at Langwith Lakes York on Saturday 12 June 2010 10 Teams fished results as follows.- 1...Wakefield AC.....................29 points ...more

Lady Member wanted to assist in Ladies Matches 25 May 2010

WAKEFIELD ANGLING CLUB NEEDS YOU The Wakefield Angling club is keen to recruit a lady member to assist in the running of just a few ladies m ...more

Simon Crow and the Linea Carp caught at Nostell 06 March 2010

"Well known carper Simon Crow caught Nostell's Biggun' at 43lb 6oz together with this Little Line ...more

Simon Crow and his 43lb-6oz catch of the Biggun 06 March 2010

"Well known carper Simon Crow caught Nostell's Biggun' at 43lb 6oz during a morning session on th ...more

New South Yorks Membership Distributer 2010 29 January 2010
The Wakefield Angling Club would like to welcome Glen Greasley the proprietor of the BARNSLEY BAIT CO to its distributer network of membership books for the club. The BA ...more

Calder & Hebble Canal Match Results 24 Jan 2010 26 January 2010
The Calder and Hebble Canal at Horbury Bridge was the scene of the latest sweepstake on Sunday 24 Jan 2010, where local anglers were keen to get the rods out after the big freeze. . The big Bream in the wides failed to show but the competitors ...more

Kenny Jackson R.I.P 20 January 2010

Club members will be saddened to learn of the death of veteran member Kenny Jackson from Kettlethorpe, who passed away on Monday the 18th of January after suffe ...more

Tom Dack braves the snow for two quality fish Dec 09 January 2010
Tom Dack had a brilliant day out on the Calder & Hebble canal at Horbury when he landed this fine 8lb pike, it was taken on a smelt bait. As you can see in the background it was the type of weather that we all are having to endure a ...more

New Membership Book Distributer (S Yorks) 2010 04 January 2010
The Wakefield Angling Club would like to welcome Glen Greasley the proprietor of the BARNSLEY BAIT CO to its distributer network of membership books for the club. The BA ...more

Club President with members of Cathedral School 19 December 2009

STUDENTS FROM WAKEFIELD CITY HIGH SCHOOL HAVE JUST COMPLETED AN ANGLIN ...more

Club President receives Police trust Cheque 06 December 2009

Club President & Chairman Harry Lodge (Centre) Receives a cheque for £590 from West Yorkshire Police Community Trust To help in the funding costs, of coaching&n ...more

Try Fishing For Free with Wakefield Angling Club 31 July 2009

To celebrate National Fishing Week, Wakefield Angling Club is running a fishing taster day at their clubhouse and dam at Flanshaw Wakefield on Friday, 31 July. ...more

Wakefield National Team Qualifies for Div 2 - 2010 29 July 2009
Gary Hampshire (Team Captain) reports on the team's performance on the 3rd Division National.

Saturday, 25 July, saw Wakefield A.C. seniors, field a team in the Division 3 National
Championships held on the New Junction Canal in the ...more

BBC Springwatch Match Winner Joel Whiteley 09 June 2009

Walker's Dam Spring Watch Open Day. Intermediate match winner Joel Whiteley 6lb. 9oz.
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BBC Springwatch - Walker's Dam Sat. 6 June, 09 04 June 2009
Wakefield Angling Club in conjunction with B.B.C. Springwatch is to hold a fun day at Walker's Dam, Alverthorpe on Saturday, 6 June, 2009.

It’s a fun day, featuring a ...more

Big Lottery Fund Award for Work at Walker's Dam 12 May 2009

Last week, Wakefield Angling Club received the good news that they had been awarded a grant of £4,200 from the Big Lottery Fund to continue with the ...more

Wakefield Intermediate receives 2nd Silver Medal 02 February 2009

Joel does it again for the second year running.

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Members & Water Bailiffs 21 January 2009
All members are reminded that if approached by a water bailiff, he/she is there as a friend and also an officer of the club. He/she will possibly ask you to show your membership book, this is only to check that you are a genuine member fish ...more

Fish re-stocking Newmillerdam - 17 December, 2008 23 December 2008
Harry Lodge reports on this recent re-stocking

Wakefield Angling Club Members received an early Christmas treat after 750lb. of top quality Bream up to 3lb. and Roach up to 1lb. were introduced into Newmi ...more

Stock fish transfer to Kettlethorpe Hall Lake 14 November 2008

During the terrible weather this year, Kettlethorpe Hall Lake suffered from at least two complete floodings which almost wiped out the good healthy breeding stock that were a bonus ...more

Club helps members of Special Needs Groups 13 October 2008

The Wakefield Angling Club plays host to a variety of groups throughout the year.

Club chairman Harry Lodge c ...more

President, Harry Lodge Lifetime Achievement Award 03 October 2008

President Harry Lodge
Harry displays the trophy he was awarded by the Wakefield and District Sports Council for a lifetimes acheivement in ...more

Junior, James Walker's prize day out with Bob Nudd 25 September 2008

James Walker's Day Out With Bob Nudd
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N.F.A. & Sport England Award to Wakefield AC 25 March 2008

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Harry Lodge
President (on right)
Terry Fell
National Fed ...more

Lord Mayor meets Junior Angler 19 March 2008
LORD & LADY MAYORESS meet Joel Whiteley

Wakefield Angling Club Junior Angler Joel Whiteley, the National Federation of Anglers' ...more