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...]

Weymouth was the venue for this year’s English boat championship held on the 2nd and 3rd of July. Unfortunately, we were unable to have the usual registration on the evening before the event. The first opportunity to meet up with most of the other competitors was at The Sailors Return on Saturday morning where breakfast was available, and competitors could finalise teams … [Read more...]

The 2022 EFSA European Species was held out of Olafsvik, Iceland, on the 27th and 28th of May. The target species this year were Cod and Coalfish. All the 19 English anglers that fished this Championship, travelled out on the 25th of May so most could go out for a half day practice on the day before the event. For Gary Geoghegan it was his first-time fishing Iceland, so he … [Read more...]