OCTOBER
• 24: Solent League, Stokes Bay, 7pm-midnight, catch and release, Allan’s Marine 02392 671833 or Dan 07549 849383.
• 24: Bristol Channel FSA winter open, Minehead to Blue Anchor, 2.30pm-6.30pm, sign on from 1pm at Minehead Golf Club, measure and release (23cm), 07827 817119 or email: r.randall2004@btinternet.com.
• 24: Scott McNicol Memorial Trophy, Balcary Bay Hotel to Creetown lay-by, 10am-4pm, registration from 8-9am at Monty's Bar, Castle Douglas, £10 entry, prizes for heaviest fish and heaviest bag, Davy Little 07721 736017 or Stuart McNicol 07872 128024.
• 25: Blackdown SAC open, 2pm-6pm, sign on from 12am at Blue Anchor hotel, Ryan 07500 966999.
• 25: Chesil Beach cod open, Abbotsbury, 11am-5pm, £1,000 heaviest bag, £500 heaviest cod, huge prize table, £15 OAPS, £5 juniors, Weymouth Angling Centre 01305 777771…