This year’s English Boat Championship was held on 20th and 21st May out of Eastbourne. Friday evening saw most of the 32 anglers at the HQ for the event which was the Sovereign Harbour Yacht Club.  After being made welcome by the yacht club’s commodore the anglers collected their registration packs and entered the team events. Day 1 At 7:45 we assembled at the harbour … [Read more...]

EFSA European Shore Championship 2023 Noordwijk, Netherlands The 2023 EFSA European Shore Championship was held in the Netherlands over the 10th to 13th May The venue was the beaches in Noordwijk a coastal resort in the west of the country. Nine of us and two partners attended the event. Wednesday the 10th gave some of us the opportunity to get some practice in with small … [Read more...]

After 4 years of planning and postponing we finally met up in in The Dokas Restaurant and Bar in Mindelo on Sao Vincente. 54 of the 58 expected participants together with a couple of the skippers and crews, listened to the opening words from the Tournament Director Toine van Ierland, EFSA Netherlands secretary Miranda Koop, a representative from the Mindelo council and the … [Read more...]

European Shore Championship 2022, Valledoria, Sardinia 12th October 2022 was the first day of the European Shore 2022 Championship. Registration and the opening ceremony were at 1400 hours. The Zone draw was completed and a chance for any questions. Unfortunately, there were only 20 entries due to various factors, including late notification of the date, fishing times of 8 in … [Read more...]

The 2022 European Boat Championship was held at Elsinore, Denmark from 6th August to 12th August. Fishing was over four days from Monday 8th. There were 63 anglers from 9 countries competing of which 12 were English. We arrived on Saturday afternoon to a breezy Elsinore, unfortunately Billy Cann and Vernon Allen’s rods didn’t make it from Gatwick to Copenhagen. They borrowed … [Read more...]