Home Nations Championships Scotland 2018
Success for IFSA at the recent Home Nations Championship in Scotland 2018. Congratulations to all who competed, all of whom are (Volunteers). You all are a credit to your Federation and Country. We wish you all the success in the future. There will be many more trophies and medals and we sincerely hope that you all get the recognition your fantastic achievements deserve.
The Home Nations Shore Championships took place in Scotland this year in Loch Fyne from the 5th to the 7th of July. Men, Ladies, Under 16 and Under 21 traveled to take part. The weather was glorious, but apparently this wasn’t great for the fishing conditions in the Lochs and it resulted in some very tough competitions.
The Under 16s did extremely well, making a fantastic comeback after a hard first session. Although after day 1 they were in Silver position, the English team were ahead by a good number of points and they knew it would be hard to comeback. On day two they had a good start and continued to hold their own throughout the competition. Not only did they gain the points they needed to get ahead, but they did it with 7 points over producing a Gold medal for the team.
The Under 21s also produced a medal. After two very hard sessions for them, they brought home a Bronze medal. Tough conditions with heat and sun, made competing very hard and the fish were hard to find.
The men’s team had a hard time, fishing extremely rough ground and loosing line, leads and gear throughout practice and competitions, they struggled throughout the two days on very difficult venues. The fish were scarce and so say the heat had pushed them out. The team gave it their all and won a dark bronze medal.
The ladies team won the Silver Medal, just one fish would have made all the difference for them, as they seemed to be on the venues where the fish had totally disappeared, only a handful of fish were caught over the two competitions, making it very frustrating in the heat and sun.
As always, every one of our competitors gave 100 per cent, proving once again we have strong teams and very dedicated anglers.
