The box office for early bird tickets to this year’s CLA Game Fair, which is being held at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire from Friday, July 18th to Sunday, July 20th, is now open, giving visitors the opportunity to save £3 on tickets by booking in advance rather than paying on the gate. The best-value ticket is a three-day adult pass which costs £67 – just £22. 33 per day. Plus for the first time in the CLA Game Fair’s 55-year history, children accompanied by an adult aged 16 and under go for free!Organisers are predicting a huge turnout for this year’s event, which celebrates the Great British countryside and showcases the importance of fieldsports to the rural economy.
There are still places left to compete with the chance to win a £30,000 prize!Leeds-based tackle shop Eric's Angling are holding a brand-new contest that carries the top match prize in specimen angling in the UK. The Eric's Angling Championship will carry large runner-up prizes of £6,000 for second place and a third prize pot for £2,500. In addition to this awesome prize bundle each qualifying pair from the 13 rounds of qualifiers will also receive a prize for competing. This match is open for any pair to enter and promises to be an epic competition.
The third Northern Angling Show has been announced and will take place on Saturday, March 28th and Sunday, March 29th, 2015. This event, which will once again be held at EventCity in Manchester, is the only angling show held in the north and is set to host some of the biggest retailers and angling stars in the business, including TV star Adam Penning and Nash Tackle’s Alan Blair – while Des Taylor, Rob Hughes and angling legend Bob Nudd will also be making an appearance. Tickets for the show go on sale this Friday, October 31st, 2014. All tickets purchased online will be sold at a reduced price and will include early entry to the show, automatic entry into an exclusive prize draw with over £1,500 worth of prizes – plus the option to claim various other goodies, including a free bookazine worth £9.
Eric's Angling and Total Carp-backed event announces qualifier dates. Eric's Carp Championships, the new high-profile carp fishing competition that has won the backing of top-selling carp fishing magazine, Total Carp, is now open for online entries. The brainchild of Leeds tackle shop, Eric’s angling, the new contest will carry a top individual prize of £30,000 – making it the largest ever single prize in UK specimen fishing. In addition to the winner's purse, the event will carry a runner's-up prize of £6,000 and a third prize pot of £2,500.