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Angling: Hardinges makes mirror headlines with record catch

PAUL Hardinges had a day to remember when he fished for carp at Fendrod Lake and landed a 21lb 5oz common carp, a mirror of exactly the same weight and another mirror that turned the scales to 31lb and set up a new record for the venue. Read

Angling: Busy weekend of open matches down at Port Talbot Docks

PORT Talbot Docks will be a busy place at the weekend with open matches on Saturday and Sunday. Read

Angling: Birthday boy celebrates with the Seven Oaks carp

DANIEL Lawlor, from Barry, went to Seven Oaks Fishery for his 15th birthday and had a great present in the form of 22 carp to 7.5lb and loads of bream, roach and rudd. Read

What it's like to be a racehorse trainer...

INDIVIDUAL attention, honesty, good owners and a team effort is what makes one of Wales’ leading racehorse trainers such a success. Read

Angling: Wilmot finds key to the River Wye chub

BIRCHGROVE (Cardiff) Angling Society’s long serving secretary Jim Wilmot, from Tremorfa, is this year’s winner of the annual competition held on the River Wye below Builth Wells. Read

Angling: Chadwick nets 445-pounder foreshore flounder

AFTER Sunday’s wild weather the annual Cardiff SAA Open on the foreshore will be remembered as the worst ever as just five fish were caught by the 92 anglers taking part. Read

Angling: Sherlock homes in on carp

GLAMORGAN AC visited Lower Pen y clawdd Farm at Raglan where rain and wind cut catches on Wagtail Pool. Read

Angling: Morris gets his hands on frozen fish

FROST certainly upset sport for the anglers who fished the White Springs Open on the Canal. Read

Angling: Newport Open on the Wye

THERE’S a full weekend ahead for match anglers, starting on Saturday with the Newport Open on the Wye at Symonds Yat. Read

Bream are caught red handed by Jones

THERE was a close finish to the Sunday open at Port Talbot Docks, but Caerphilly’s Rob Jones was just ahead of the pack with 40lb 2oz of small bream on groundbait feeder and red maggots. Read

Davies dines out on feeder

THE Merthyr Tydfil AA match at Cyfartha Park Lake was won by David Davies with 8lb 3oz of bream and crucians on feeder and hair rigged pellets. Read

Angling: Open down at Woodstock

SUNDAY’S Newport Open at Woodstock Pond has the draw from 8.30 to 9am and fishing between 10am and 3pm Read

Angling: Baines is in bream land at White Springs

SPENCER Works AC member Andy Baines, from Llanmartin, won the midweek fixture on the Specimen Lake at White Springs with a 15lb 4oz catch of small bream. Read

Angling: Points and big prizes in Cardiff

BEACH fishing action will be centred on Cardiff foreshore on Sunday, where Seamaster points will go to the top 20 anglers in the Cardiff SAA Open Competition. Read

Angling: Ivor onto a shore thing with dogfish and conger

WELSH shore fishing international Ivor Smith, from Rogerstone, was in winning form when he fished the Gwent SAC competition at Sully. Read

Angling: Wiltshire is in pole position with F1 carp

ROB Wiltshire came from Caerphilly to lift first prize in the fixture on the Match Lake at White Springs. Read

Hopes for reverse of hunting ban

HOPES for a repeal of the controversial ban on hunting have been raised by two reports that claim the practice is justified as the best management for wildlife. Read

Twist in Crock of Gold row as barred horse reinstated

A HORSE disqualified because its driver raised his hand in celebration before passing the winning post in one of the most prestigious races in the harness racing calendar has now been reinstated. Read