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Browning Bag Winter League on the river trent

 

Browning`s, North Eastern sponsored team, Browning Quaker, were crowned Angling Trust Winter League Champions 2013, with a points tally of 82pts, 7pts clear of 2nd place, Leicester Sensas.

Fished on the Tidal River Trent, the North East rods, had 2 anglers in the top 6 with Captain Peter Close taking 4th with 4 kilo 430 grams and Lewis Mackintosh 5th with 3 kilo 740 grams. In addition to this they had section wins from Johnny Maddison and Mala Dunlop, Andy Nelson and Scott Lister with section 3rds, with all the team catching and lowest points score of 3pts saw them over the finish line.

The river was far from being in its best conditions with gin clear water and the lowest tide of the year forecast. However this did not deter the team, as a big powerful river fishing out of sorts was right up the teams’ street. Running up to the big day the team fished all the practice matches, with 10 anglers at a time making the long trip down from County Durham, and this paid dividends as they got to know the pegs and moods of the river. 

Team tactics was simple, catch a fish to begin with, on any method you see fit as you saw your peg, whether it be waggler, stick, pole, whip or feeder, the blank needed to be avoided. 8 out of the ten anglers caught in the first hour, with Johnny Maddison winning his section with his first chuck!! It was then a case of staying well up in your section either through big fish on the feeder or small fish on the waggler, pole, and whip.
There’s a saying that the good pegs look after themselves, but the bad pegs looked after the team in this final with special praise going to Neil Nicholson and Mala Dunlop, both drew pegs that had not produced a single fish in the run up to the final. Neil managed 1 chublet and 7 bleak for 4th in his section, whilst Mala managed a bream that won his section.

This win is even more remarkable as Browning Quaker have broken the monopoly on this event that since the 1990`s the winners have come from Dorking, Starlets, Barnsley and Shakespeare.

Team results

1.Browning Quaker 82pts
2.Leicester Sensas 75
3.Daiwa Dorking 73
4.Kamasan Starlets 69
5.Preston Innovation Thathchers 68
6.Drennan North West 66
7.Garbolino Black Horse 63
8.Preston Innovations Delcac 61 weight
9.Drennan Banbury Gunsmiths 61
10.Chambers Champs 56
11.Maver Midlands 54
12.Garbolino Ossett 48 
 
 
Kent Adell with Mega Catch

Here is a report from last weekends competition. I went to Malmö to the classic river Sege for a competition. I had been informed of that the fish had been starting coming up the river. The first day were slow on my section, were I had 9,2 kg and the winner on my section had 21 kg. On the other section the highest weight were 37 kg. So it looked promising for the next day.
At the draw I manage to get the same peg as the day before and it didn’t feel good at all. After ten minutes the fish arrived and it was an inferno for almost the full five hour match. It took four person to lift up the keepnet from the water and after the wayin I had manage to get 98,2 kg of mainly Ide waying between 400-800 g and some bigger ones.
 I used Browning Slimstar 11 m and fished it as a whip at 5,5 m. There is no limits to what that pole can do as I swinged in 800 g fish to hand. In case of groundbait I used Grand Slam and M7 and coloured it red. I ended up at 3:ed place over all.







 Browning sign SPA Match Group


West Midlands based SPA Match Group have signed a sponsorship deal with Browning Fishing, part of the Zebco Europe group of brands. The team will receive support in their match fishing activities and will assist with promotion of Browning products and brand. The move is the latest in a series of team and individual signings by Browning aimed at broadening product exposure in certain areas of UK. 
Frerk Petersen, Zebco's Marketing & Public Relations Manager, says  "Sponsorship is important to us and we take it very seriously. The primary aim is to help our retailers by generating interest in Browning products on the bank. We also feel that we are putting something back into match angling.  SPA join the large number of teams, both in the UK and across mainland Europe, that represent the Browning brand in matches and provide us with an incredibly diverse test-bed for our products.  The results can be seen in our exciting 2012 product range." 

Browning UK Sponsored team meeting and match at Coleman’s Cottage - 2011

October saw the annual Browning UK team meeting event take place at the prolific Coleman's Cottage fishery in Witham, Essex.   The annual event is organised by Browning for its UK sponsored teams and individuals as a “thank you” for their support in promoting the brand.  It also brings the anglers together to build the broader Browning team spirit and to discuss products.  This year Browning arranged for their new Z12 Evolution pole to be on display for all to try and it’s certainly now been put on a lot of the anglers’ “Christmas list”!

More than 70 anglers attended the event and, as usual, Coleman’s Cottage didn’t disappoint.  Weights were good despite the first frost of the year with 75lb needed to win a section and 100lb needed to “frame”.  The match was followed by a meal and prize giving.  

The match was won by local expert Pete Steward on Copse lake peg 14 with an all carp 114lb caught by fishing tight to an island with worm and maggot.  Best from Wood Lake was second placed Andy Morrison with 136lb of carp and barbel from peg 12
Zebco Europe’s Marketing & Public Relations Manager, Frerk Petersen, who travelled from Germany for the meeting and to present the prizes, commented “It’s really good to see the commitment our teams give to Browning, and to see our tackle being put to the test with Coleman’s hard fighting carp. It was also pleasing to see the overwhelmingly positive response to our new Z12 Evolution pole which we are sure will be as successful as our Z9”













Browning sign Lifestyle Match Group
Lifestyle Match Group have signed a sponsorship deal with Browning Fishing, part of the Zebco Europe group of brands. The team, based around  the North West Midlands area of the UK, compete in a wide range of team and individual events.

The team will be known as Browning Lifestyle and will receive support in their match fishing activities and will assist with promotion of Browning products and brand.

Andover A.C. sign for Browning
Andover Match Group have signed a sponsorship deal with Browning Fishing, part of the Zebco Europe group of brands.  The team, based around Andover in Hampshire UK, compete in a wide range of team events in the South of England.  The team will be known as Browning Andover Match Group and will get support in their match activities and help promote products and the brand.  Frerk Petersen, Marketing Manager & Public Relations says "Andover are group of well organised and enthusiastic anglers that deserve sponsorship and we are pleased to have them on-board.   Sponsorship is very important to us as we expect our teams to be ambassadors for our company and a test-bed for our products.  Anglers can always approach our sponsored anglers to see and try our products."