TEAM RAPALA FINLAND WINS EUROPEAN SPORT FISHING CHAMPIONSHIP
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Rapala VMC Corporation
Press Release
July 4, 2016 at 4:00 p.m.
Team Rapala Finland Wins European Sport Fishing Championship
Rapala Pro Guides Antti Anttila and Markku Tiusanen represented Finland in the
World Predator Classic tournament held in the Netherlands and won the
competition that's viewed as the European Sport Fishing Championship event. In
the three day tournament teams of two fishermen per boat fished for perch,
zander and pike.
The goal for each day of the tournament is to catch three perch, three zander
and one pike, the overall length of the fish being the daily score. Anttila and
Tiusanen finished second on the first day, first on the second day and fourth on
the final day among the 51 boats that competed, which guaranteed them the win
for the overall competition.
Anttila and Tiusanen took part in the World Predator Classic for the third time
in the three-year history of the tournament and finally won it after finishing
third in the first year and fourth in the second year. Anttila and Tiusanen have
wont the World Predator Classic team event with their French partners Briere and
Vringaud in all three years.
The main sponsors for this high class European sport fishing tournament are
Rapala VMC Corp., Shimano and Bass Boat Germany. The top finishers in the
tournament receive high value prizes, including a fully equipped fishing boat
given to the winning team.
The event promotes responsible fishing and it's the most followed sport fishing
competition in Europe. Anglers from 21 different countries competed in the
tournament this year.
More information and images:
Teemu Mäkelä
Marketing Director
teemu.makela(at)rapala.fi
+358 40 580 0626
Rapala VMC Corporation ("the Group") is a leading fishing tackle company and the
global market leader in fishing lures, treble hooks and fishing related knives
and tools. The Group also has a strong global position in other fishing
categories and it is one of the leading distributors of outdoor, hunting and
winter sport products in the Nordic countries. The Group has the largest
distribution network in the industry. The main manufacturing facilities are
located in Finland, France, Estonia, Russia, China, Indonesia and the UK. The
Group brand portfolio includes the leading brand in the industry, Rapala, and
other global brands like VMC, Sufix, Storm, Blue Fox, Luhr Jensen, Williamson,
Dynamite Baits, Mora Ice, StrikeMaster, Marttiini and Peltonen. The Group, with
net sales of EUR 278 million in 2015, employs some 3 200 people in 39 countries.
Rapala VMC Corporation's share is listed and traded on the Nasdaq Helsinki stock
exchange since 1998.
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