{"id":7364,"date":"2025-07-29T16:07:36","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T15:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/?p=7364"},"modified":"2025-07-29T16:07:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T15:07:36","slug":"the-next-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/?p=7364","title":{"rendered":"The Next Generation!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Yesterday I was honoured to be at Lindholme Lakes for the UK Junior Championship, jointly sponsored by Matrix, Preston Innovations and Sonubaits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I <a><\/a>was very lucky to be sat with Hyrum Wilsher for the day. What a talented angler! He\u2019s 17 and has fished for England at youth level and also now fishes for the famous Trentmen squad. I definitely don\u2019t feel we had drawn the best of areas on the lake, but he still fished brilliantly, putting 70lb on the scales in just three hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From what I\u2019ve witnessed he\u2019s definitely a name to watch out for in the future. A great temperament, very skilful and equally at home on natural waters and commercials, which is great to see. Full credit to his mum and dad, too, for being so supportive!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations to the two winners, Charlie Hutchinson and Tyler Adam, with impressive weights from the 80s on Bonsai. All the juniors who took part fished great and were a credit to the sport. Lindholme Lakes very kindly donated the lake for free as well. I must also say a very big thanks to all the mums, dads, family members and guardians who transported, sat and supported them all the way!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Full credit to Matrix, Preston and Sonubaits for fabulous events like this to inspire the next generation of match anglers!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/uk-junior-champs-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"475\" data-id=\"7371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/uk-junior-champs-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/uk-junior-champs-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/uk-junior-champs-1-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/uk-junior-champs-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"486\" height=\"640\" data-id=\"7366\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/uk-junior-champs-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/uk-junior-champs-2.jpg 486w, https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/uk-junior-champs-2-228x300.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/uk-junior-champs-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-id=\"7368\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/uk-junior-champs-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/uk-junior-champs-3.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/uk-junior-champs-3-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/uk-junior-champs-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" data-id=\"7367\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/uk-junior-champs-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/uk-junior-champs-4.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/uk-junior-champs-4-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/uk-junior-champs-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" data-id=\"7370\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/uk-junior-champs-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/uk-junior-champs-5.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/uk-junior-champs-5-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/uk-junior-champs-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"640\" data-id=\"7369\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/uk-junior-champs-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/uk-junior-champs-6.jpg 460w, https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/uk-junior-champs-6-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I was honoured to be at Lindholme Lakes for the UK Junior Championship, jointly sponsored by Matrix, Preston Innovations and Sonubaits. 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