WADDINGTON — A Madrid-Waddington Central School senior is traveling to Hungary to compete in the 22nd Carp Fishing World Championship as part of Team USA.
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The event will place emphasis on the importance of safety on the water.
A fisherman using a lifejacket made by Cowes firm, Spinlock. James Hall, the sales and marketing manager at Spinlock, in Cowes, said: We ve got a focus on the fishing community. In the past, it has not been too interested in lifejackets, compared to sailors and motorboaters, for example. But that s a changing habit, with fishermen becoming more interested in their personal protection. As a result, we are marketing ourselves more towards the fishing community.
Malcolm McClellan, of the Isle of Wight Distillery, one the companies in partnership with the Sea Angling Classic.
A MAJOR new fishing competition is set to take place in the waters off the Isle of Wight next year the Sea Angling Classic with up to 1,500 anglers expected to take part and with a potential to reach millions of fishing enthusiasts worldwide. Run by Angling Spirit, the group behind the hugely successful international World Carp Classic, World Predator Classic and World Street Fishing competitions followed by millions in more than 100 countries around the globe the Sea Angling Classic will be a unique event to the UK.
WATCH: Highlights from the World Predator Classic in 2019 It will feature 400 boats on The Solent, with top anglers aiming to win the largest and most valuable prize table ever offered in sea fishing featuring a top-of-the-range fishing boat worth more than £110,000.
MORE than a thousand anglers are set to descend on Hampshire this summer as part of a new international fishing competition. The Sea Angling Classic, a photograph, catch and release event is set to be a competition “like no other”, say organisers. The event, which will be held annually in The Solent from next summer, will offer “the largest and most valuable prize table ever offered in sea fishing”, they add. But, a special media event will be held this July, to introduce the full competition. It is expected to reel in 400 boats and an estimated 1,200 anglers to the county.