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4 THE 2012 ORGANISING TEAM Presenting the Team


5 WELCOME From Title Sponsor Pure Fishing JRC


6&7ANDY CHAMBERS: A brief from your Head Marshal


8 PRIZE TABLE & ITINERARY 10&11 PARTICIPANTS LIST 2012


12&13 SUPPORT PARTNERS & SPONSORS 16 MEDIA MANIA 17 2012 ROUNDUP 20 &21 SECTION SPONSORS


22 THE TEAM EVENT Sponsored by Carp Connections


23 GLADIATOR GAMES Let the battle commence!


24&25 2011 CHAMPIONS How the battle was won


26&27 ROLL OF HONOUR A tribute to past winners


28-31 TIM PAISLEY Looking back on 13 years 32&33 GUIDE TO BOLSENA


34 & 35 STEVE HOWARD Theories on Barometric Pressure


36 ABOUT BOLSENA Making a difference


38 ABOUT MONTEFIASCONE 40 ABOUT MARTA 42 ABOUT CAPODIMONTE 42 ABOUT GRADOLI


42 ABOUT BIVVY CITY Camping Valdisole


48-51 FISHING BOLSENA Experienced words from the men in the know:Emiliano Gabrielli & Sandro de Cesare


42 ANGLING SPIRIT Friends of Bolsena


42 2012 QUALIFYING MATCH RESULTS


60&51 2012 AND BEYOND


Wise words.. Advice from Head Marshal, Andy ChambersPages 6&7


A BIG THANK YOU ..


Special thanks goes to the following people who have contributed to the production of this magazine:


lSteve Howard as magazine editor lLucy at Bang the Drum Designs for design & layout lEverybody that provided photographs and articles lPescalis for Sponsoring the magazine


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Welcome to the World Carp Classic 2012


to the 14th


It gives me immense pleasure to welcome everyone World Carp Classic, here at the fantastic


Lago di Bolsena. We are delighted to be able to stage the event here at this truly magnificent location and I am certain that you will enjoy this wonderful part of the world. It was an extremely busy and yet very exciting year


for the World Carp Classic Team as we prepared to take on this new challenge. This will be the first time that the event has been staged outside of France and this provided us with some fresh challenges. There is compelling evidence that Bolsena is the perfect venue for the event and when I visited Bolsena for the first time, I immediately knew that it was a very special place where dreams can be realized. For as long as I live I will always remember that


first visit, which was breathtaking in every respect. To witness the sheer magnificence of the area with its fantastic countryside and the vast expanse of water, set in a location steeped in history along with the tremendous culture of the welcoming Italian people, I realized that we had found a new home for the World Carp Classic. It is a massive responsibility running the World Carp Classic and one that I take very


seriously. Consider for one moment how many people are involved during the course of a year. The National qualifying events, the hundreds of competitors, the thousands of people who we talk to at international trade shows, the sponsors, the event marshals, the event admin team, the International media both at the event and covering the event year-round, the national, regional and local press and the huge regional support. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for the important roles you have in


making this event possible. Once again we have had terrific support from a host of fantastic sponsors, and I would like to stress once more just how important that support is and how greatly it is valued and appreciated. 14 years ago I had a vision to have an arena Like lake Bolsena, to have anglers


representing countries from all over the world. I am delighted that today it has gone from vision to reality and that we are all here to enjoy the experience. As the Event continues to grow, gaining both in size and reputation, World Carp Classic Qualification Events have become an important feature. This year, National Qualifying events were organized in Romania, Holland, Czech Rep, Slovakia, Hungary, South Africa, Poland and, of course host Nation Italy. I would like to congratulate the anglers who made it through to be here with us at Bolsena and also thank the organizers of the Qualifying Events for their splendid work. The biggest challenge that many of you will face this year is to not fall in love with the


Lake and its beguiling nature… The location and those superb hard fighting carp, make Lake Bolsena and the region of Viterbo completely irresistible. I hope that you will all enjoy your time here, creating new friends and spending time with old friends and, above all I hope that the fishing is as good as it promises to be and that many of your dreams and aspirations are fulfilled. Of course, there will only be one pair to step up onto the stage as World Carp Classic


Champions 2012, but there will ultimately be many winners. Hopefully you are about to create memories that match your dreams and there will be some remarkable and dramatic stories to tell to accompany those trophy shots that you will cherish forever.


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