October 2014 - Key Stage 4 Programme

Our Key stage 4 programme students are really getting into the swing of things now as their captures demonstrate. One of those strange occurrences this week where both Sam & Anthony caught the same distinctive common a mere 30 minutes apart from different swims! General playing and netting of fish is the biggest area of improvement, and these boys are certainly being put to the test with the number of carp they are catching on their whip rods.
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September 2014 - Week 1 - Sportivate CAST - Watford

 Numbers wise our 6 week Sportivate CAST programme in Watford was off to a quiet start last week. With 2 phoning in sick, 1 no show and 1 running late from a dentists appointment, Eden had the benefit of 3 coaches looking after him! We have worked with Eden so moved him straight into feeder fishing which he hadn't tried before. He was quickly out of the blocks with Tench and Bream falling to hair rigged corn.
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September 2014 - New Entrants in Key Stage 4 Programme

 Welcome to Anthony and welcome back to Sam who have joined our Key Stage 4 programme. All our new entrants are gaining confidence in their fishing abilities and it was great to see the quality of fish being caught. The carp were feeding heavily and putting up a real scrap, the pile of busted pole rigs was ever increasing until Carl finally conquered this common. Anthony and Callum were also on the fish with their...
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September 2014 - Week 3 of Sportivate DAP Course

 Week three of the Sportivate Dacorum Angling Project, great to see the progress being made. The task this week was for the students to make their own pole rigs and show their skills in tying overhand and tucked half blood knots and then correctly shot the rig, all passed with flying colours and went on to put those rigs to good use as they all caught fish. A family competition then commenced between twins Evelyn & David as they...
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September 2014 - 1st Rickmansworth Scouts Match

 To the unique sound of Air Raid Sirens (sure that confused a few of the locals!) The 1st Rickmansworth Scouts Match was held at Elms Lake on Sunday 14th! A fantastic Event hosted by The Elms Angling Society. With the vast majority of Scouts never having fished before we relished in the challenge of teaching the basics and getting everyone catching. Ably assisted by members of Elms Angling Society we set out to achieve just that and...
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September 2014 - Week 2 of Sportivate DAP Project

 Week two of the 6 week Dacorum Angling Project last week, good to see another new face joining us. We were getting knotted on this session which was all completed successfully and left enough time on the bank for everyone to catch a few fish before the session came to a close. This week will be the half way point and we are moving on to making pole rigs.
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September 2014 - New Term & Students at Key Stage 4 Course

 A warm welcome to Carl & Callum who are two new students on our Key Stage 4 programme. Both did really well, with plenty of fish banked. Callum also experienced his first "one that got away" when the 4lb line finally gave way whilst he played a large common carp...always next time though!
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September 2014 - DAP Project Returns

 4th September saw us back on the bank at Westbrook Mere with the return of the Dacorum Angling Project, now being run with funding from Sportivate. Great mixture of returning students plus new faces, especially nice to see the "old hands" giving advice and support to our new members. To top it all off, everyone managed to land a few fish as well :0)
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September 2014 - Spaces Available - After School CAST Angling Course

 Delighted to announce the launch of another After Schools Programme. Thanks to funding received through Sportivate / Herts CSP, we are able to provide this 6 week CAST programme at a cost of just £2.50 per student per week. This course will be run in Watford from 17th September, spaces are limited so please apply early to avoid dissapointment
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August 2014 - Short Session Success For Eden!

 A short 2 hour session yesterday with Eden and his mum, fantastic results with Carp, and a healthy net of Tench, Roach and Bream. Congratulations to Eden for increasing his personal best to 16lb 08oz. Still plenty of coaching hours left on his vouchers, looking forward to the next one,!
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