British Carp Angling Championships 2010 (BCAC)
EAP are delighted to announce that it is participating in this year's British Carp Angling Championships. We are fielding a 6 man entry, split into 3 teams of 2 anglers. Our entry consists of a fine balance of experience and celebrity, both from the Angling World as well as from the World of Show Business.
For complete information about the Championships, and progress as it happens, visit the Official BCAC Website here
Team EAP is now confirmed as follows:
Team 1.
Graham Slaughter. Graham is a former Individual Carp world record holder, and the current Carp Brace world record holder. He has fished the BCAC on many occasions and has plenty of experience there. He has spent years in the trade, writing magazine features, working and fishing with the likes of Rod Hutchinson, Venture Carp and is now currently with Lockie at Solar.
Tim Denyer. Tim is a long standing fishing partner of Graham's and they have known each other and worked together for many years, so this should make for a very good partnership. He has in the past been a consultant for Rod Hutchinson and written features for magazines including Crafty Carper. He also has bags of experience.
Graham and Tim's qualifier is set to take place at Chillam Mill 2 (round 4) between 21st and 23rd May. You can follow their progress here
Team 2.
Martin Ford . Martin certainly needs no introduction at all. He is former editor of Angling Publications and has been a very active angler both in the UK and around the World for many years now. He has fished the BCAC in previous years and is a former qualifier in the event.
Martin and Scott's qualifier is set to take place at Pool Bridge Farm between 25th and 27th June. You can follow their progress here
Team 3.
Karl Hopkins. Karl is the current consultant and product developer for EAP, and is this years overall team captain. He has, over the last 10 years, developed many ground breaking and innovative products including the complete new range of EAP's Carp Terminal Accessories. He has been involved in the trade for many years now and has worked closely alongside many big name anglers as well as having fished many prolific venues. Karl says he Is not keen on cameras or publicity and prefers to let his products and angling do the talking. He has years of previous experience in both match and specimen angling and has caught many great specimens along the way.
Chris Harris. Chris has recently become a fishing tackle shop owner (“The Top Carp Shop”) in Nuneaton and is a very keen specimen angler who has previous world level match experience. He is a regular face at the world famous Rainbow Lake and has, over the years, caught himself a right few lumps! He has previously appeared on the banks of the World Carp Classic. He is due to make a debut appearance in May's edition of Total Carp magazine so grab a copy to see his interesting feature on a Fizzy Stick Mix. As well as welcoming Chris to the team, we would also like to wish him all the best of luck in his new retail venture.
Karl and Chris's qualifier is set to take place at Broadlands between 25th and 27th June. You can follow their progress here
LATEST NEWS.
Chris will be holding an open day at his retail premises on Saturday the 19th June 2010, where our full BCAC team will be in attendance to offer tips and guidance to all. Also in attendance will be Current World Record holder Martin Locke who will be presenting an exclusive slide show and Mike “Spug” Redfern of the Mainline team. It should be a great day for all with some awesome tackle bargains on sale.
For more details about this event please contact Chris on 07595 994956 (during sensible hours please).