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Sea angling: Anglers not happy with Hub meeting

THE first North East Hub meeting was on March 16 and from what I have heard, none of the questions that were asked were answered – now where have I heard that before.Read

Coarse angling: Catches will rise with the warmer temperature

AS the weather continues to warm up, then so does local sport.Read

Game Angling: Regional round-up

Derwent Reservoir (01207 255250): Top areas for fly were the Bay of Plenty and Cronckley Bay, with multi-bait anglers finding good shoals of fish between the second fence and the Oak tree and Pow Hill. Top flies: Black Fritz, Cats Whisker, Dawson’s Olive and Blobs all fished on an intermediate line. Multi-bait anglers did well using power-bait or gulp eggs, worm and magic dust. Best fish of the week weighed in at 6Ib 10ozs caught by Geordie Samms, with Michael Barnes from Whickham netting the Tiger trout of the season weighing 2Ibs and winning him £400.Read

Netball: Team Northumbria 43 Glasgow Wildcats 47

TEAM Northumbria threw away a three-goal half-time lead as old foes Glasgow Wildcats did the double over Barbara Brown’s NSL strugglers.Read

Golf: Rockliffe is good value

VALUE is one of the most important words in the dictionary.Read

Basketball: Eagles head in to final on fire

NEWCASTLE Eagles go in to their sixth consecutive BBL Trophy Final this afternoon riding a crest of a wave following 15 consecutive victories – including Friday night’s massive 43-point defeat of Worthing Thunder.Read

Ice hockey: Giant task is waiting again

THE Vipers’ final league position was settled while the team was playing the first period at the Odyssey Arena.Read

Fenwick takes The Bull by the horns . . but to no avail

RYAN “THE BULL” COPLAND took sweet revenge for an earlier defeat at the hands of Steve Fenwick in their number one contender clash at Strike UK3.Read

Loyal fans are taken for mugs

TWO headlines from the last two weeks have stuck in my mind and sum up the great chasm between Premier League football and the rest of us.Read

Eating eels now a slippery slope

REPORTED on January 17 2010: Eel slipping off the menu for anglers who for decades have fished for silver eels, then taken them home to be jellied or smoked.Read

Golf is hit in the pocket by credit crunch

IF your golf club is worried about its finances, you are not alone.Read

Caps off to Newcastle Vipers after win

THE Vipers survived a late Capitals surge to hang on for a morale-boosting victory in what was a must-win game.Read

Weather is warming up – will sport follow suit?

ALTHOUGH I say this “tongue in cheek”, it really looks like the arctic winter is finally on its way. It has been a sweltering seven degrees as I write this, and the forecast is very promising indeed! Read

Andrew Plane wins national golf award

ANDREW Plane, a retired headmaster, has become a national golf award winner at the age of 67.Read

Steve McNally has signed up for Oliver’s army

STEVE McNally, one of the most experienced coaches in Britain, has returned to the North East as head teaching professional at Slaley Hall.Read

Newcastle Eagles soar after Tigers victory

NEWCASTLE Eagles go into this afternoon’s huge BBL Championship clash with league leaders Sheffield Sharks buoyed by Friday night’s superb road win at Everton Tigers.Read

Ice Hockey: Nwcastle Vipers 2 Sheffield Steelers 4

FOR the second night in a row Vipers lost to the Steelers and now find themselves four points behind the Sheffield club in the league table.Read

Basketball: Essex Pirates 104 Newcastle Eagles 117

THE Newcastle Eagles face a huge game later this evening as the Everton Tigers come to the Arena for the first leg of the BBL Trophy semi final.Read

Coarse Angling: A smashing time to look for the pike

ONE again mother nature has been dictating the success of our sport. Last weekend proved to be another cold one, with at least one local water starting to solidify as anglers were fishing it!Read

Sea Angling: Anglers asked to take the bait

IT is imperative that anglers get representation on the new Inshore Fisheries Conservation Authorities (IFCAS) as one of the remits is to look into the regulation of bait collection.Read

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