National Championship Results 2008

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The EYFA National was fished on a generally bright and breezy Grafham. For the first hour or so with heavy cloud cover the fish were high in the water and some of the competitors got off to a flyer.

However sun and wind for most of the match made for testing conditions. All of the young anglers stuck to their guns, and many continued to catch as the fish did not really go down too far in the water.

Winner Tom Gott targeted the quality fish in open water around Q buoy, catching 7 quality fish on pulling tactics.

The second and third placings were boat partners Matt Holroyd and Carl Malpass. They concertrated in the area close to the harbour. Matt took 9 fish, and Carl 6.

Coach Phil Dixon was most impressed with the skill and commitment of all of the competitors “in difficult conditions the lads fished brilliantly to produce a rod average of 2.5”.

The top 12 who will represent England in 2009, plus the 2 reserves were as follows:

1.	Tom Gott	7 fish	16lb	9oz	Team & Champion
2.	Matt Holroyd	9 fish	16lb	3oz	team
3.	Carl Malpass	6 fish	14lb	3oz	team
4.	Matthew Kidd	6 fish	12lb	13oz	team
5.	Thomas Leslie	6 fish	12lb	10oz	team
6.	Tom Davies	5 fish	11lb	11oz	team
7.	Josh Fenton	4 fish	11lb	2oz	team
8.	Rob Thomas	4 fish	9lb	6oz	team
9.	Dom Sherrate	4 fish	8lb	7oz	team
10.	Stephen Pringle	4 fish	7lb	6oz	team
11.	Adam Worker	2 fish	6lb	15oz	team
12.	Kieran Bonas	3 fish	6lb	5oz	team
13.	Ryan Mathews	3 fish	6lb	0oz	first reserve
14.	Patrick Senior	2 fish	4lb	4oz	second reserve

Download the full results here.

Qualifiers for 2009 International team

Back row: Josh Fenton, Stephen Pringle, Thomas Leslie, Rob Thomas, Tom Gott, Matthew Kidd, Carl Malpass, Tom Davies:
Front row: Matthew Holroyd, Adam Worker (reserve), Kieran Bonas(reserve) and Dom Sherrate