The first weekend in August once again saw anglers from all across the country descend on the Cemex Yateley complex, to take part in the 15th Stoney & Friends Annual Fish In and help raise much needed funds for Macmillan Cancer Support.

 

A record 153 anglers registered to fish this years event, all contributing their £30 entry fee plus any sponsorship they could gather together, and by Friday lunchtime most of the rods were out!

 

Catches were slow to begin with, however by Saturday the captures began to roll in. Ian “Chilly” Chillcott sneaked an upper 20 out of the North Lake weed, Martin “Smarts” Lewis got the fish feeding on the top on the South lake and reports were coming in from most of the other lakes too. The biggest fish of the weekend fell to Martin Dezille, who landed an incredible 39lb common from the North Lake.

 

The event drew to a close on Sunday lunchtime, with various presentations and mega raffle, but not before a moving tribute to Steve Hughes from Paul “Singy” Singleton. Steve, known as Psyclops to his mates, had been a regular character at the Stoney events over the years. Suffering with cancer himself for some time, Steve sadly lost his battle only 2 weeks before the event. A timely reminder of the reasons everyone had gathered that weekend.

 

Top 3 fundraiser awards-in 1st place Tim Paisley (£1000), 2nd Harry Andrews-Mason (aged 8) with £673 and 3rd was Stephen Dale with £425, which along with sales of raffle tickets during the weekend, provided an amazing total of £15250 raised from the fish in.

 

This mix of fishing, fun and fundraising forms a major part of a varied programme of events organised by Stoney & Friends throughout the year, that has seen this group raise just over £375,000 to date for those living with cancer. For more information please visit www.stoneyandfriends.org.uk.

 

Donations are always welcome, and you can continue to support the work of Stoney & Friends by visiting www.justgiving.com/stoneyandfriends, ensuring that every single penny goes directly to those living with cancer.

 

Yateley Sponsors 2011

 

CEMEX Angling.       Yateley Angling Centre.      CEMEX UK.     Nat West.   Nash Tackle.

 

Gold Label Tackle.       CC Moore.      Gardner Tackle.    Nutrabaits.       Shimano.      Richworth.

 

Bait-Tech       Sticky Baits        Wychwood.       Dynamite Baits.       Fox International.   Korda.

 

Perfection Groundbaits        Solar Tackle.       Freebird Publishing.       Atomic Tackle.       Reel I.T

 

Angling Publications.        Mainline Baits.    Bury Hill Fisheries.      Heathrow Bait Services.

 

Cherpont Lake.        Murphy’s Lake.      Etang cache.    Masterline.   Rigmarole

 

Hinders.    Lead Shed.      4 Seasons Bait.   ukmatchangler.com.       Tackle Fanatics.

 

The Tackle Shop       Carpin Capers Bait & Tackle.      Tackle Warehouse.