EFSA England Shore Championships Borth 12-13 June 2015 Thursday evening saw most of the competing anglers ensconced in the bar of the Marine Hotel Aberystwyth, the HQ hotel, catching up with old friends prior to drawing their zone and peg numbers for the following two days.  Hopes were high as locals Mark and Sally had fished similar tides a couple of weeks earlier and had … [Read more...]

English boat championship Dover 11/12th July 2015 Several anglers had ventured to Dover early to get in a little practice, especially as this was the first time we had held an English boat competition from this port, even the local rods have only fished this area for pleasure trips, targeting bass, plaice, cod etc. The last time we fished a competition here was for the winter … [Read more...]

EFSA European Shore Championships 2014 – North Wales This year the EFSA Euro Shore was held in the Pwllheli area of North Wales.  The championship headquarters hotel was the Celtic Royal in Caernarfon, which once again provided a very comfortable base for EFSA members. This year we had a good representation from our section, which included two new members, Alan Jones and … [Read more...]

Some sections had chosen to arrive a few days early to get in a couple of practice sessions before the main event some of whom had never visited English shores before and some of whom had returned after 2011. Sunday the 7th September and the Championship was formerly opened at the HQ hotel, the Rivera Hotel in Weymouth, and the EFSA flag was raised on the flagpole outside … [Read more...]

EFSA English Shore Samphire Hoe, Dover 2014 The venue for this years English Section Shore Championship was to be Dover Southern Breakwater but due to storm damage the venue was switched to Samphire Hoe. The Championship HQ was at the Grand Burstin, which provided full board accommodation for the anglers at a very favourable rate. Day 1 After a leisurely breakfast and … [Read more...]