VETS WORLD CHAMPS

joffmiester · #1

Angling Trust Team announced for Veterans 2010 World Championships

The Angling Trust are pleased to announce the team that will be taking part in the FIPsed 3rd Veterans World Championships in Belgium on 10th & 11th July 2010.

Angling Trust Team England Veterans
Don Slaymaker leicester sensas
Dickie Carr
Roger Marlow leicester sensas
Terry Lancaster
Stan Binge
Joe Roberts (England Team Manager)
Dick Clegg (International Events Manager)

The venue which has been used on several occasions for other World Championships is the rowing course in Gent.

Joe Roberts, Team England Manager was with the juniors when on one occassion the team won Gold so it is a venue that has been kind to us in the past.
This year practice has been increased from 3 to 4 days which will be invaluable.

Previously the venue has produced good bags of roach and bream so bloodworm and joker will play a major role.

Dick Clegg, OBE, International Events Manager said "although the Belgiums will be favourites on their home soil, England have won a team silver and bronze in the last 2 years so one place higher will see us in the winners place on the podium.

Both Don Slaymaker and Terry Lancaster fished in the team when England won silver in Milton Keynes and Dicky Carr fished in Portugal and earned a team bronze. Both Roger Marlow and Stan Binge perfomed well in the team trial so England will have a good chance in Belgium. We hope to follow in the footsteps of Drennan Team England and come home with the gold medal this year".

Trials were held on 23rd May to select the team for the Veterans World Championships. The anglers fished the venue well in the extreme temperatures of very warm sunshine, over four hours with bloodworm and joker, fished to FIPSed international rules. The fishing was even all the way through so the England Management had to pick the top five weights on the day.

Joe Roberts, England Manager for the Veterans said, “It was hard fishing conditions for the anglers at the trial this year because of the warm weather, but the fishery was well stocked to make it a good trial for all taking part. We have a really strong team this year to represent Angling Trust in the World Championships.

"I would like to say a big thank you to all the anglers who took part in the trial and also to Packington Somers Fishery who donated the pegs for free for the Angling Trust. The team are looking forward to competing at international level, and we are hoping to do one better from last year to bring home the gold medal."

#2

Well done Don and Roger.....

And superstar Dickie

#3

I went to the furzton lake event as a helping hand to South Africa last year and what an eye opener it was.

The preparation was second to none by the english lads an odd fish here and there was all the difference between silver and gold.

joffmiester · #4

roger marlow is in the team today after catching well all week just spoke to Joe roberts its been in the mid 30s all week.he said the fishing is brilliant some whip fishing and slider fishing for bream
don will get a chance tomorrow

the match is from 10.30 to 1.30 lets hope they get a medal
Joe is confident with the team plan and thinks a medal could be on the cards just depends on the colour

belgium and italy are very strong this year

joffmiester · #5

the lads did well the team finished in second place for a silver medal
roger marlow had a 3rd in the section first day and a 2nd in the section on the second day
don slaymaker didn't make the team first day but weighed 12kgs on the second day
not bad of the old boys

joffmiester · #6

Silver Marred By Passing of Jackie Dupuis

England’s Veterans angling team continued to impress when winning their third consecutive team medal when they were narrowly beaten into silver spot on the podium by host team Belgium in Gent from 10th – 11th July.

However, the event was marred by the passing of Jackie Dupuis (pictured), long time secretary general of the world governing body of match fishing.

The rowing course had been the venue for other England angling successes and was where the junior team won gold and later in 2008 Callum Dicks won the individual title.

Manager, Joe Roberts and Dick Clegg were joined on the bank for a couple days by Mark Downes whose knowledge of the venue from his previous visits was invaluable.

At the start of practice small roach and perch provided most of the weights but as the week progressed, quality bream began to make an appearance and team tactics had to be spot on for the weekend match.

Eight countries lined the banks in temperatures that reached 36 degrees making bankside fishing almost unbearable.

The match tactics were to feed joker in a leam based mix at 11.5m for bream and a groundbait and leam mix targeting small fish at 6m. England started well and after the first hour the team was on course for a good position. Knowing that bream would feed later in the match England fished for roach on 6m at the start and switched later to 11.5m as the match progressed.

The team selected for the first day consisted of: Terry Lancaster, Roger Holmes, Stan Binge, Dicky Carr with Don Slaymaker as the reserve.

At the end of the first day England were in 3rd position with hosts Belgium and Holland jointly in the lead with 11 pts. Both Holland and Belgium had ignored small fish going with an out and out bream approach.

World Veterans Championship Day 1
1 Holland 11 pts
1 Belgium 11pts
3 England 14pts
4 Italy 16pts
5 France 17pts
6 Hungary 18pts
7 Germany 26pts
8 Portugal 31pts

Don Slaymaker replaced Stan Binge for day 2 which saw little change in team tactics but everyone had to be aware that a switch to bream fishing would come earlier in the match. Again tactics were almost spot on with three of the team landing quality fish, and Don Slaymaker the top weight in the match with 12.900 kilos.

World Veterans Championship Day 2
1 Italy 11pts
2 Belgium 12pts
3 England 13pts
4 France 15pts
5 Hungary 16pts
6 Holland 23pts
7 Portugal 27pts
8 Germany 27pts

World Veterans Championship Overall
1 Belgium 23 49.240
2 England 27 42.185
3 Italy 27 38.345
4 France 32 32.005
5 Holland 34 33.155
6 Hungary 34 31.415
7 Germany 53 14.765
8 Portugal 58 12.000

Individuals
1 Gustave Van Extergem Belgium 2pts
2 Roger Santermans Belgium 4pts
3 Roberto Torri Italy 4pts

England team
Roger Marlow 6th 5pts
Terry Lancaster 7th 6pts
Dicky Carr 16th 9pts
Stan Binge and Don Slaymaker fished one day only.

Dick Clegg, OBE, International Events Manager said “The competition site and the organisation was excellent, but the occasion was sadly tinged by the death of my long time friend Jackie Dupuis who has been involved in running both the French Federation and has been Secretary General of FIPSed for many years.”