Eastbourne 3rd & 4th October The Section Shore Championships were fished over 2 days on Pevensey Bay and Eastbourne (Langley Point ) beaches. Only 15 Section members entered of whom one withdrew sick and one withdrew because of the low turnout! This left a disappointing 13 anglers but nethetheless a determined group to show their skills and local nouce! The … [Read more...]

European Shore Championships Langeland 7th to 14th November This year's Championships were held on the shores of Langeland one of the large islands that make up Denmark . Germany were the hosts for this year's event and had organised the 3 day competition with an additional practice day for those willing to brave the weather! Four young spritely English Section members … [Read more...]

EFSA Cod Festival Dover 12th and 13th November Wind from the east The fish bite least This year's cod festival was fished in Dover on the 12th and 13th December with 32 entries. The talk prior to the event was of plenty of cod around with some local entrants expecting 10 plus cod just to their rod, what a difference a few days and a change in climatic conditions make! Day … [Read more...]

Flounder Festival Poole Clear skies and calm seas provided the backdrop to this year's Flounder Festival from Poole , and thoughts on the quayside were on the possibility of that elusive four pounder. The eight shore competitors and four boat loads of eager boat anglers dispersed at 8.45am and were soon heading towards the 'hotspots'. Unfortunately the only hotspots … [Read more...]

Species Championship 3rd and 4th May 2008 The 6th running of the Species Championship was awarded to Section Belgium who chose the port of Oostende as the venue. With a total entry of 83 anglers competing from 10 Sections this was a Championship completely in the spirit of an EFSA event; friends and family gathered to celebrate another Championship and much socialising … [Read more...]