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The victorious Drennan Team England with their second consecutive Gold.

Top three individuals, Lto R: Silver medallist, San Marino's Ivan Biordi, Gold medallist Hungarian Tamas Walter and England's Sean Ashby.

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Bronze medallist...
England's Sean Ashby

Our thanks to Henric Plas and www.champions-team.de
for sending us these pictures from Portugal.

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There will be some major and exciting changes coming to the site next spring, when we hope to expand and create a more consistent information and content flow, which will benefit you all out there.

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in the year.

11/9/06
The Worlds Champs is underway in Portugal with teams practicing for this coming weekends two-day competition. Our Belgian reporter, Mark Turner, is on the bank practicing with his team... Shimano Wales... and he will be giving an in-siders view of the Championships when he returns home to Brussels later next week. We shall, as usual, bring you the brief results from both days, as and when, they are announced. We shall also post the FULL official scorecards for ALL teams, individuals and sections, as soon as they reach us, so you can check your favourite anglers/teams progress during the two days. As always MA.com is committed to bringing you as much information, stories and pictures as we can lay our hands on!!!

26/8/06
Mark Turner gives a brief run-down of this year's World Championship venue, Montemor o Velho... click

31/7/06
After some technical problems we're able to upload the final galleries... click

29/6/06
The 2006 European Championships saw Belgium deliver a killier blow to runaway first day leaders France, with a stunning display on the final day in Rieux, France. Pulling back a 16pt deficit Belgium crushed all opposition and their reigning World Champion Guido Nullens, achieved what no one else as ever done... hold both titles at the same time. Belgium also completed their dominance by occupying all three top individual places! England sank to 8th place on day one, but came back strong to take the Bronze medal position
We shall be bringing you, over the next few weeks, an overview and pictorial account of the weekend, but this will take time as there are hundreds of photos to sort through so please be patient.

4/6/06
Dave Johnson finally delivers his overview of the EuroMeet tournament ... click

15/4/06
See what Welsh wizard Mark Turner came up with when he paid a second trip to the Pommereoul Canal in Belgium ... click

12/4/06
Mark Turner visits the EuroMeet venue in Belgium and catches the 'advance guard' in a receptive mood... click
Version Francais... click

11/3/06
The X-Factor... Big Fish elastics - Part 2. David Ewing concludes his assessment of big fish elastics... click

3/2/06
The X-Factor... Big Fish elastics - Part 1. David Ewing looks at three popular brands of big fish elastics and asks the question... which one?... click

25/12/05
Scotland secure major sponsorship deal after 3 years hard work that has seen the squad performance improve dramatically with 8th in the 2004 World Championships in Belgium and a win in last years Celtic Cup... for more click

8/12/05
The X-Factor... Flourocarbon vs Mono line. David Ewing assess the pros and cons of whether flourocarbon hooklengths are better than mono ones... click

10/10/05
Just received some pictures of the Ladies World Champion... click

25/9/05
Day two pictures from the European champs in Slovakia are now uploaded so we hope you all enjoy the final instalment... click

18/9/05
The last round of the Preston Innovations UK Championship has just finished with Sean Huggins taking the winners cheque of £4000+... click

18/9/05
Tomek's pictorial gallery Steve Gardener and Day One of the European Championships in Slovakia is up... click

12/9/05
Apologises for the delay... this was due to some kangaroos who'd lost their way... they were eventually put on the right road home!!!
Read about Mark's week in Slovakia, culminating in his superb second in section on day two... click

6/9/05
Here is the FULL Official result cards for both days sections, the complete individuals and the final team placings... click

Poland, Champions of Europe, stand respectfully for their national anthem.
Here's some more pictures to be getting on with.... click

4/9/05
A stunning last day performance by Italy saw them take the Bronze medal position but it was Poland, following on from a first day second place, who stole the show and England’s crown to go one better than their silver place here behind Hungary in the 2003 World Championships. Drennan Team England fortunes where mixed. The loss of their European crown would have hurt but there was consolation with Will Raison’s Individual Gold, which I’m sure he would have gladly traded for a team one, such is the spirit in the England squad. Germany put in a solid performance on both days to gain a valuable fourth place, which would have pleased them greatly, especially as they pushed their neighbours, France, into fifth place.
Shock of the tournament must be Hungary’s absence from a top five placing, especially on a venue which they blitzed in the 2003 World Championships. Even their 2004 World Champion, Tamas Walter, found precious little luck on day two and finished away from the podium.
We'll try to bring you some pictures and full results sheets when we get them... hopefully within the next few day's!
See Mark's Noticeboard (inc. both day's points).... click

22/8/05
STOP PRESS
England Ladies are on 'Top of the World' again after a superb win in the 2005 World Championships held in Croatia. They took the title from Italy, with Hungary finishing in Bronze position. This caps and incredible year for whole English International squads as they now hold FOUR world titles... under 16's, under 21's, Seniors and now the Ladies.
Nicolas Beroud, Editor of our FC (French Connection) Declic Peche, will be over the moon at the performance of his girlfriend Livia Hajdu, from Hungary, as she took the World Individual title.
For results... click

14/8/05
Belgium finish in front at the 6 Nations from France and England. New England boy Richard O'Connor lifts the Individual crown... Full results... click

13/8/05
No surprises on day one of the Six Nations in Scotland with the big three carving up the points. What is surprising is Scotland's performance on it's home waters. With the exception of Jamie Masson the rest of the squad languished down the sections on a day which saw mainly small fish being taken up-in-the-water along with a few carp and skimmers. Scotland will no doubt have a very serious post mortem this evening. For results ... click

10/8/05
Kevin Pack touches on a subject, which at some time or other has affected just about every matchman in the country... and maybe some of our overseas visitors as well.... THE WEIGH-IN... click

8/8/05
MA.com meets up with Silver medallist Pemb Wrighting and finds out about that magic week... click
England Juniors follow their Seniors and Blitz the World... click

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