Managers report courtesy of Martyn Reid
The World Mens Shore Fishing Championship this year was staged on the beaches of Torremolinos in Spain. Fourteen Teams competed including The Angling Trust Team of Ian Golds, Saul Page, Malcom Stote, Richard Yates & Darren Newland. Chris Clark was reserve/manager 2nd & Martyn Reid was Manager.
The Hotel that staged the Championships was The Sol Principe, situated right on the beach. The competitions were held left and right of the Championship Marquee on alternating nights.
Practice
We fished four nights for practice and caught fish at all distances, but extreme range with 0.12/0.14 mainline and tapered leaders proved to be the most consistent. Moving the baits worked well but not every cast. Pop up beads were effective but a bait with no pop up caught as well. Red popups and white popups caught well for spotty bass, boga, scad, besugo.
Fluro popups & Fluro leads also helped catches but not every cast. Hook lengths of 0.20-0.25 and 3 foot long were most popular, but shorter lengths still caught. It was important to keep changing and being active as the fish moved around a lot and came and went quickly.
We decided to fish the practice match hard as we still didn’t feel that we had got to grips with the fishing. Only Darren had shone in the days leading up to the champs by fishing at maximum distance and with minimal movement.
The Championships
A marquee had been erected to conduct the weigh in and distribution of bait and also housed three tackle stands, an excellent idea and worked well. The weigh in was relatively quick and efficient. The daily bait per competitor consisted of 6 containers of arenicola worm approx. 40 worms depending on size and was good quality.
The zoning out was clear and defined and the stewards did their best to keep the crowds outside the boxes.
Results:
Top 4 Team Results:
1st Spain – 4 points
2nd Wales – 16 points
3rd England – 21 points (beat Italy on countback)
4th Italy – 21 points
Top 4 Individual Results:
1st Carlos Cuesta Barrangquero – Spain
2nd Santiago Santamari Tabernet – Spain
3rd Miguel A Robles Andreu – Spain
4th Fernando Guirro Rubio – Spain
England team positions:
7th Darren Newland
17th Saul Page
26th Ian Golds
34th Richard Yates
44th Malcolm Stote
Chris Clark’s experience at this level is a great benefit to all in the Team. Between the two of us we ran the beach well and passed information as quickly as possible. A Big ‘Thank You’ to Chris for all of his help.
Thanks to our sponsors
A big thank you must go to Bill Morris of Trabucco UK for providing the team with the line they required, and also to George Cunningham of Tronix for donating tackle and various items to give out to the competing countries. Both companies offer a wealth of great fishing tackle for sale and we hope you will support their businesses as thanks for supporting us.
