Steve Cope leads the tributes to Stan Ward
The local angling fraternity are in mourning following the death of Stan Ward.
A popular figure, Stan, aged 77, collapsed while taking part in round four of the recent Staffs Individual Winter League on the Shropshire Union Canal at High Onn, Church Eaton, Staffordshire.
Browning Lifestyle anglers Simon Preece and Lewis Kenyon rushed to Stan's aid to administer CPR, before paramedics arrived. But sadly, Stan passed away in the ambulance on the way to hospital.
Stan, who was from East Park, Wolverhampton, was a veteran of many a campaign for over half a century, and during his illustrious career he fished for the likes of West End Working Men's Club, Whitmore Reans CAA and Wolverhampton AA, and was a stalwart of JTE Wolves in Super League, Winter League, NFA National and NFA Regional finals.
