Shore Championship of the British Isles The Welsh Section hosted this year's Championship which included participants from Ireland, Scotland, England and of course Wales. The part of the Welsh coastline selected for the competition was in the South West with beaches within easy reach of the picturesque town of Carmarthen which was the Championship HQ. There were International … [Read more...]

English Boat Championship Plymouth 2008 It was good to be back in Plymouth again although for us oldies it took some getting used to being on the other side of the harbour. Apart from a couple of hiccups with no early breakfast and one van breaking down taking the tackle round to the boats it was an excellent competition. First day we fished the East Rutts where there were … [Read more...]

English Shore Species Festival Dover 2008 We arrived at the Grand Burstin on Thursday for the registration and to draw our peg numbers, There were lots of concern over the weather forecast for the weekend which gave a 5– 6 locally 7. We ate breakfast with a good 5–6 blowing but as we had not received any telephone calls from Dover SAA we made our way to the Dumphead Pier to … [Read more...]

Swedish Lupus Summer Cod Festival Hot off the press and just back from Sweden we have our new Zero to Hero, our very own Mr Neil Cottington, who took a magnificent 5th place from a field of 106 anglers. Neil fished really well beating many established Swedish pirk specialists with a nice 8.5kg fish amongst his haul, last year he blanked both days (and don't I know how that … [Read more...]

European Line Class and Boat Championships Cobh, County Cork, Ireland, 200 On the 17th August the opening ceremony to the 2008 Line and Boat Championships took place, all be it a shorter than planned parade due to the, as was described by the compare, “soft weather”, to translate to English; it was pouring with rain and blowing a gale! Unfortunately this weather continued on … [Read more...]