2008 World Championships - 
Spinadesco Canal, Italy : 6/7 September

On stage at the opening ceremony during the national anthem
L-R - Kevin Murphy, Brian Clark, Chris Paton, Jamie Masson, George Glen, Gus Brindle, James Woodrow, Davie Corcoran, Steve Spurr, Ewan Weed

More pictures and link to full results below

After a great result of 5th on Day 1, Scotland drew poorly on Day 2 and ended up just outside the top 10 in 11th place.  Team manager Chris Paton said - 'Having got ourselves into medal contention on day one finishing in fifth position with 62 points we were disappointed to end up in 11th after two days. Our day two draw didn¹t help one bit especially in A and B sections where we took 58 points. Even George Glen drew two pegs from Des Shipp, and beat him but still only managed 25th in section! I¹m sure a better draw in  these sections would have seen us a lot closer to the medals.'

'Practising had been really good for us and knew our attack would be based around carassio and wild carp. We had a great day on Thursday catching lots of fish over sweetcorn feed. Corn skins or floating maggots was best as hookbaits as the fish preferred a bait to be quite light. The same day happened to be when a lot of spectators were standing behind Jamie Masson, his bank runner (Steve Spurr) hooked a bream on a top kit down the edge but didn¹t lift his pole to show anyone. Then Jamie hooked a 2kg carp fishing long but lost it as he was about to net it. He then proceeded to net the bream to the crowd's amazement.'

'Day one was great finishing fifth even with two bad¹ results, Jamie Masson (18th) and Brian Clark (20th). I was hoping for a day two surge but the draw bag defeated us. Our tactics were right though with Jamie coming 7th and Ewan Weed coming 8th in their sections. I was disappointed to see us in 17th on the day but my anglers beat some very good anglers near them so they didn¹t perform badly.'

'Overall, 11th position is an improvement on last year but after winning the Celtic Cup this year, Team Scotland were hoping for a top ten or even a top five finish. Bring on Holland next year.' 

Day One
Jamie Masson  (A8) 4.090kg   18 points
Ewan Weed     (B22) 6.040kg   8 points
Brian Clark       (C31) 2.500kg  20 points
David Corcoran (D1) 6.230kg     4 points
George Glen     (E16) 4.600kg  12 points

Day Two
Jamie Masson (C34) 4.860kg    7 points
Ewan Weed     (E19) 5.550kg    7 points
Brian Clark       (D27) 2.560kg   20 points
David Corcoran (B5) 0.930g      34 points
George Glen     (A12) 2.690kg  25 points

Total Points 155 (11th Overall)

Full results here - http://worldchampionship2008.fipsas.it/index.php?page=rankings

Flying the flag by the magnificent tower in Cremona


Flying the flag in the square at the Opening ceremony in Cremona


Kevin Murphy has the honour of being the flag bearer



Scotland and their lucky mascot


C to A sections


D and E sections (with Davie Corcoran in the foreground)


Davie Corcoran on day 1 on his way to 4th in D Section

George Glen's first day catch