The Pitsford Kayak Grand Slam

14/08/2025

Hi folks, I’ve had this sent through from Charles Fishwish Halliday who attended this years event.

If you want to see what it’s all about then please take a look and give him a like!

This short video really does capture what we are trying to achieve as far as competitions go here in the UK.

Roll on the 10 year anniversary next year!

Also, if you liked this, then maybe take a look at our Esthwaite Kayak Grand Slam coming up….

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11/08/2025

Pitsford Kayak Grand Slam
B2B-5 2025

Good evening folks.

What an incredible weekend and experience this years event has been! It was certainly a struggle getting up this morning after the amount of peddling I’d done over the two days!

I’d first like to thank all of our sponsors for the their support this year, I’ve said it before, without them this concept would simply fail!

Lowrance - raffle and goodie bags.
RAILBLAZA- prizes and vouchers.
Navionics UK - score cards, map and boating apps.
Nine Seven Tungsten - trout and perch lure sponsors.
Ontop angling- pike lure sponsors
Anglian Water - Love Every Drop - venue providers and Spirit of the Comp award.

The card for the weekend was 4 perch, 2 Pike and a single Trout. Sounds easy? Pitsford has a habit of making itself difficult….

The top 5 anglers are as follows:

1st - Steve Wilson
2nd - David Jacobs
3rd - Dane Wood
4th - Graham Chibvuri
5th - Andrei Militaru

Biggest perch - Fergal Harkin
Biggest Pike- Steve Wilson
Biggest Trout - Graham Chibvuri

Lowrance sponsored raffle winner - Paul Rees (Elite FS9)

Spirit of the comp- David Morris

Team Event Winners -
Dizzy’s Rascals

Even after such an eventful and challenging weekend, we are over the moon that you all want to do it again! So keep the dates in the diary for 2026 as the event will be officially 10 years old!

Lastly a massive thank you to all you you guys that keep on turning turn to what we feel is the most relaxed, inclusive and simply most fun event in our busy calendars!

See you soon

Dane and Ian.

10/08/2025

I just wanted to put a post out this evening to say a massive well done to this years Pitsford Kayak Grand Slam B2B vol.5 WINNER - Steve Wilson

Steve is quickly making a name for himself in the Kayak fishing comp scene and has excelled Himself this weekend!

Huge shout out to everyone who competed and helped out behind the scenes, as well as to all our sponsors for the event. We simply cannot do these event with out you.

I will do a full write up over the next few days.

Lowrance
RAILBLAZA
Navionics UK
Nine Seven Tungsten
Ontop angling
Anglian Water - Love Every Drop

09/08/2025

Briefing done .. and we're away.

Ontop angling
Nine Seven Tungsten
Navionics UK
Lowrance
RAILBLAZA

07/08/2025

With only 1 more sleep to go before we all descend upon the infamous Pitsford Water, who will take the trophy home on Sunday. 👀

Will Mark Radcliffe run away with it again?! Will Bogdan Pascaru roll into the top spot again? Or will it be a new name to grace the legendary PKGS trophy? Time will tell….

In other news, did anyone mention that we have a fancy Lowrance Elite FS9 in a raffle at the end of the competition? 👀😬

Also, it may be worth packing a small tackle box, as we have a few loose lures for you to use this weekend…

Don’t forget to bring wire trace, clips and leader materials!

We will be conducting kayak searches in a buddy system, which will also include the organisers!

Have a safe journey and See you all tomorrow afternoon!

Dane & the PKGS Team

06/08/2025

Hi Folks,

Please take a look at the rule pack and Itinery for this years competition.

Any questions, please add them to this thread.

See you all on Saturday

06/08/2025

Good afternoon folks,

With this years event fast approaching, we’re getting a few questions.

We will release a full set of rules this evening for all competitors to review.

We will be running the legendary “TEAM” event again this year which will be a CASH prize. Winning team takes the pot!

You will pick the species cards at the end of the briefing.

Please ensure you sign up to this Saturday morning.

See you all soon!

Dane and the PKGS Team.

05/08/2025

For anyone that hasn't attended before, here are a few key things to remember, bring... or not bring!

1) Bring your own Measuring Board (subject to random checks)
2) PFD! You can't launch without.
3) You can bring as many rods as you like, but only 3 are allowed on the kayak at any one time.
4) No electronics allowed. This includes using any online phone maps.
5) Lures, weights/jig heads provided, but please bring your own Wire traces/ Fluoro and clips. We recommend using wire where possible, if you lose tackle NO replacements will be given.
6) Have FUN and be respectful to ALL. That is the 'Spirit of the Comp'

See you at the Weekend. Dane & Ian.

01/08/2025

Good morning Folks,

Our second lure sponsor for this year is an industry classic...

You may have seen him at competitions.... he is the quiet one that keeps himself to himself.

This year, we have the support from Nathan Ontop angling.

We are excited to see what lures we have from the brands that he stocks.

We would like to thank Nathan for his help this year!

01/08/2025

Good morning Folks,

Lets take a look at the lure sponsors for this year!

We have a returning lure sponsor, who supported our Back to Basics event 4 years ago. If you where at that event, then you will likely still have some of his lures, and tungsten tackle in your boxes as they simply last forever.... until you find a snag!

www.97T.co.uk and Dan Sales will be our first Lure Sponsor this year.

As with previous years, we wont know what will be in the boxes until the day.

What we do know, is there will be some great components to get us catching fish!!

Thank you for your support this year Dan!

We look forward to seeing you next weekend!

www.97T.co.uk

01/08/2025

Good Evening Folks,

We will be closing entry for this years event tomorrow evening, Friday 1st August, at 5pm.

We currently have 34 competitors signed up to the event which takes place in a week!

Prizes have been coming in over the last few days with excellent support from our regular event sponsors, all of which have been with us from the very beginning, 9 years ago...

We have support from the following:

Navionics UK
RAILBLAZA
Lowrance

In the meantime, shall we look at who will be supplying the lures for the Pitsford 2025 Grand Slam?! Keep an eye out....

If you are still deciding whether you want to compete, or if you have never been to a kayak competition, then this is the event for you!

See you all next week.

28/07/2025

Hi Folks.

We may need to finalise the number on Friday 1st August to get the lures sorted by our suppliers.

If you haven’t registered, please do not leave it and miss out.

Registration and payment details below.

See you all soon!

Pitsford Fishing Lodge, Brixworth, Northampton NN6 9SJ