World Championship Boat Angling 2007; Eric Goossens is the new World Champion!

From tuesday second to thursday fourth of October the Belgium town of Blankenberge was the location of the World Championship Boatangling 2007. All international top anglers competed in the match, a Dutch team also fished the World Championships. For Eric Goossens, one of the first Dutch Team members and SPRO / Gamakatsu fieldtester, the match was extra exciting as he promised the coach Wil Franken to become the new World Champion before the start of the first day. And a promise must be followed...

During the first day Eric had a nice result finishing first on his boat, which made him ninth in the individual ranking. After a calm first day near the ‘Den Haan’ coast, the second day became a home match for the Dutch; the official training location was visited again. . Eric Goossens excelled here with the amazing catch of 26 kilo, that made him winner of the day and brought him to the first place. In the Team Classification, the Dutch team rose to the fifth position before the end of the last day.

Eric Goossens showed his strength as an allround sea angler, the SPRO / Gamakatsu angler ended second on his boat with 9,9kg. This result turned out to be sufficient to keep the first place; Eric ended above the German Jens Hapke & Slovenian Dejan Struna, which became second and third. The Netherlands ended fourth just after Spain, England & Germany. Eric’s promise has been fulfilled; he showed on the World Championship Boat Angling that the Netherlands is part of the world’s top!