EFSA England Species championship (Bream) 17/18th October 2015 It doesn’t seem like 6 months have passed since the cancellation of the original event that should have been held from Littlehampton (called off due to high winds like many other events that we plan ahead for) now instead of angling for the spring run of prime Bream on the Kingmere reef the target would be the … [Read more...]

Sunday 2nd August and the opening ceremony took place with a parade through Stromness led by a pipe band to culminating at the front of the HQ, The Stromness Hotel. Here on the lawn the speeches were made and the EFSA chairman Mr Horst Schneider declared the Championship open and the EFSA flag was raised. The country flags were then taken to the quay where they where they … [Read more...]

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...]