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What a difference the rain makes!
Our arrival in the Slovak capital, Bratislava, late on Thursday evening was greeted by violent thunderstorms which delayed our hair-raising landing by some 50 minutes. Little were we to know that this weather would have a further bearing on our weekends coverage of the European Championships .... READ MORE
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 2008 Euro Results and Intro page
We apologise for the delay in bringing you these results but we experienced some programming difficulties in the Czech Republic which prevented us from uploading them. They make fascinating reading. We start our coverage of the 14th European Championships with a short
look back at two days of competition with some photos from day one. We also include a FULL results
PDF, for downloading. More features will emerge as we go through the
week... READ MORE
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 'Slabs' on the freezing Lindö!
Last years competition had seen a record 119.5 kilos brought to the scales in FIVE hours by the bream master himself, Stefan Holst, would this years event live up to expectations? ... READ MORE
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 Preparation:
The Gardener Way - Part 1
Some are born rich, some are born poor... but skill comes from hard work and dedication. Qualities available to all of us. But what actually separates us mere mortal anglers, from our godlike peers? It's not money.... it's as simple as preparation and dedication, so who better to illustrate the point than England's International and southern icon, Steve Gardener... READ MORE
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 The Fall of the Maggot - Part 1
For most of us, hooking a maggot is a singular robotic thing... we get the hook and shove it through the maggot's blunt end, and that's that... or so you would thing. David Ewing, however, let his curiosity get the better of him and decided to look into this action in a little more detail... well a lot of detail actually, so we've had to break this feature into THREE parts.... READ MORE
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 Cralusso Pole floats
How many times have you 'trashed' a float when margin fishing or simply been unable to contain what's on the end of your line? We investigate a float with the potential to both improve your fishing and at the same time keep down some of those float bills... READ MORE
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2008 EUROPEAN CHAMP'S
Dateline: Czech Republic 16.00hrs (14.00GMT) June 29th.
Russia maintained their lead in the Euros and secured their first ever major angling title.
TEAMS:
Russia 22/51 ... 73pts
Poland 40/38 ... 78pts
Holland 47/34 ... 81pts
Belgium 46/38 ... 84pts (on weight)
England 55/29 ... 84pts
INDIVIDUALS:
Günther Horler, Germany, 2pts
Josef Konopasek, Czech Republic, 3pts
Oleg Sadomstev, Russia, 5pts (on weight)
Alan Scotthorne, England, 5pt
Coming up on MA Plus:
EUROPEAN COVERAGE:
Possible audio interviews with the Dutch and Russian team managers.
Plus, a special interview with the new European Champion, Günther Horler, courtesy of champions-team.de (next week).
Overviews of each day.
Stories and battles which took place in some of the sections over the weekend.
Galleries (will be added over a 2 week period).
Videos: How to ball in with the 5x World Champ Alan Scotthorne... Where not to place your seat box in the fishing zone... Presentations of the medals and trophies.
FEATURES FOR JULY:
• Preparation: The Gardener Way - Part 2.
• There's more than one way to hook a maggot... Part 2.
• One2One: Bag-Up merchant Perry Stone puts his 'Chunks' up against the real 'McCoy'.
• Part 1 of Build Your Own Fishery... from the ground up!
YOUTH TEAMS ANNOUNCED
England's Youth Teams for Belgium announced
The 2008 U18 Sensas Team England and U22 Drennan Team England squads who will compete at the F.I.P.S.ed organised World Youth Championships in Gent, Belgium this July have now been announced... READ MORE
MA.com plans to be in Belgium to report on this event for its MA Plus members.
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CELTIC CUP
Scotland, Ireland and Wales go head-2-head in the 4th running of the Celtic Cup.
This year sees Scotland play host to their Celtic neighbours at the prestigious Magiscroft Fishery near Glasgow on the 2-3rd August. The 'Cup' is an ideal proving ground for these three home nations after the demise of the 6 Nations competition and gives them opportunity to display new talent. The Scots field an experienced side, including commercial wizard Jamie Masson, as well as two new faces... James Woodrow and Ian Whitson. Their full side is as follows: Davy Corcoran, George Glen, Jamie Masson, Brian Clark, Ewan Weed, James Woodrow and Ian Whitson.
2008 WORLD CHAMPS NEWS
News of this year's World Championships in Spinadesco... READ MORE
England Ladies get a new sponsor in time for Hungary... READ MORE
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