The Fédération International de Pêche Sportive – Mer (FIPS-M) has released the Shore Angling Individual World Rankings and England’s very own Richard Yates has climbed to number 2 in the World, with Joe Arch of Wales taking the coveted number 1 spot.
UK anglers feature heavily in the latest rankings, contributing five of the top ten anglers in the world. England’s Saul Page and Ian Golds are ranked 6th and 9th respectively while Wales’s team member Alan Price is also inside the top five ranked 4th. England’s Darren Newland narrowly misses out on a top 10 ranking position to South Africa’s Francois Charl Marais.
World Rankings are calculated based upon individual final placing’s during Senior World Shore Angling Championships held between 2010 and 2014 inclusive.
Top 10
1. Joe Arch (Wales)
2. Richard Yates (England)
3. Martin Dowie (South Africa)
4. Alan Price (Wales)
5. Lorenzo Seccharoli (Italy)
6. Saul Page (England)
7. Fernando Guirro (Spain)
8. Jose Afonso (Portugal)
9. Ian Golds (England)
10. Francois Charl Marais (South Africa)
Portugal and the Algarve will host the 32nd Seniors World Shore Angling Championships in 2015 and England will be looking to build upon their solid performance in 2014.
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