Issue 174 NOVEMBER 2009

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SILVER LINING FOR TEAM GB

England were just denied Gold by Portugal on the final day of The 2009 World Shore Fishing Championships held in Montenegro last week. Just three points separated the top two teams with Wales snatching bronze by a point from Brazil. England’s Ladies team also took a superb silver medal and there was individual success for Britain too. Joe Arch, Wales, had the Individual Mens silver medal and Sherryl Bellfield had the Individual Ladies silver medal. Also performing well in the individual events were Ian Golds, England (8th), Malcolm Stote, England (9th) and William Buckley, Scotland (10th). In the ladies event Heather Lindfield was a highly creditable 8th with the Welsh duo of Sally Owen and Helen Pearce close up in 9th and 10th places respectively.

Results:

Ladies - 1st Croatia 10pts, 2nd England 16pts, 3rd Portugal 19pts

Mens - 1st Portugal 12pts, 2nd England 15pts, 3rd Wales 22pts

Individual mens - 1st Jose Afonso (Portugal) 19pts, 2nd Joe Arch (Wales) 43pts, 3rd Robert Budanovic (Croatia) 50pts

Individual ladies - 1st Mirjana Pobor (Croatia) 32pts, 2nd Sherryl Bellfield (England) 46pts, 3rd Katarina Vrcan (Croatia) 48pts

We were finally able to confirm the results on Monday morning. It was a case of “Hold the front page!” as the pages were due at the printers. I received news of the medals on Sunday and had been trying to get confirmation since I returned from the Tackle & Guns trade show but nobody was answering their phones, for whatever reason. I asked the head of the Angling Trust at lunchtime but even he didn't know. Someone else directed me to the Championship website but as I can't read Slovenian, or what ever language it was in, I was not any the wiser. Bit of a handicap to a sea angling editor, not reading or speaking Slovenian, I must do better and swot up on my Afrikaans for next year.

Norman Berry

Lucy Cousins was out on a charter on Al's Spirit (Weymouth) skippered by Adrian, apart from the fact that most of the guys were being sick, she managed to bag herself a 14lb 12oz cod just off Portland Race. Let's not forget that Lucy suffers from Cerebral Palsy, with only one half of her body actually functioning normally. She was left shattered by fighting it and also caught two Gurnard at 2lb each and a black bream. I know for a fact Norman that she is still suffering today as a result of that day. She deserves a medal for that fish in my opinion.

Report from Ian Houlton, Angling Coach.

Ed. Absolutely Ian, for her bravery and determination, not only a medal but the Shakespeare Junior Fish of the Month prize and I'll add a few extra bits from my own small stock. Full competition details here

(Above left) Ian Taylor from Exeter Angling Centre with a Sole caught at a Lyme bay shore mark on 10th October. The fish weighed 4lb exactly and took a rag/lug cocktail on a size 4 Takai match Aberdeen, fished on a Portsmouth rig. The fish was taken on his very last cast at around 2am. He was fishing with friend Paul Walker of Honiton, who also had a Sole of 1lb 9oz.

(Right) This superb skate was caught in 20-30ft of water in West Loch Tarbert, Isle of Harris by Steven Morrison.  The bait used was whole mackerel using an Abu Suveran SXand Penn 535 Mag. The rig was 400lb swivel to 5ft of 150lb nylon coated wire with a 100gm barrel lead on wire and 10/0 and 12/0 mustad bronzed O’Shaugnessy hooks. The fish came in at 89 x 72 weighing in at 225lb on skate chart having taken 50 minutes to land and it fought from start to finish.

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