England produced a dominant performance to secure another 'Golden' World Championship, the third in team manager Tommy Pickering's reign.
With big fish securing most of the top five places, it was England who stuck to a rigid plan of leam instead of groundbait, which would just draw in the big fish. The only exception was Wendy Locker who somehow managed to land one of the resident ‘lumps’ to earn her 5th overall. The team had decided that their main focus was on winning team gold and their tactics of substituting the groundbait for leam worked a treat for the masses of roach and skimmers, which inhabited the venue. This ploy saw them totally annihilate the rest of the field on day one, posting an amazing 12pts… 11pts clear of their nearest rivals, home side Croatia.
Day two saw a different scorecard with Hungary making a late challenge, finishing with just 16pts and caping a Team Bronze position with the Individual Champion, Livia Hajdu, known to thousands of Declic Peche readers as Miss Livia.
Livia’s total weight of 19.220kg was the highest in the competition and was courtesy of three very large grass carp, two on day one of 6.5kg and 6kg, and on day two a 5kg lump plus some smaller fish.
Full team and top ten individual placings:
England 37pts/Weight 51.320kg/day one 12pts:day two 25pts
Italy 44pts 49.720kg/25pts:19pts
Hungary 49pts 44.820kg/33pts:16pts
Croatia 65pts 38.250kg/23pts:42pts
France 68pts 31.330kg/30pts:38pts
Germany 77pts 32.890kg/45pts:32pts
Portugal 80pts 30.390kg/30pts:50pts
Poland 81pts 29.210kg/49pts:32pts
Czech Republic 87pts 30.430kg/36pts:51pts
Bulgaria 87pts 28.780kg/49pts:38pts
Serbia & Montenegro 100pts 23.200kg/55pts:45pts
Finland 106pts 17.600kg/48pts:58pts
Spain 111pts 15.140kg/61pts:50pts
Slovenia 112pts 16.570kg/56pts:56pts
South Africa 126pts 12.760kg/61pts:65pts
Bosnia Hercegovina 130pts 15.440kg/67pts:63pts.
Individuals: Top Ten
Livia Hajdu, Hungary, 2pts, 19.220kg
Franca Tagliaferri, Italy, 3pts, 14.660kg
Kamila Justa, Poland, 4pts, 8.900kg
Simona Pollastri, Italy, 5pts, 15.670kg
Wendy Locker, England, 5pts, 14.110kg
Valerie Nadan, France, 5pts, 9.100kg
Sandra Scotthorne, England, 5pts, 8.780kg
Claire Dagnall, 5pts, 8.530kg
Marie-Lise Garot, France, 6pts, 8.570kg
Erzsebet Sajovolgyi, Hungary, 7pts, 6.440kg
Other England:
13th Helen Dagnall, 10pts, 10.930kg
20th Emma Pickering, 12pts, 8.970kg.
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