The fishermen collecting their rods in Fuengirola... will have to wait a week (Photo Pedro Seoane)

In the last hour of Thursday morning the Fuengirola High Fishing Association, which is the organization of the Spanish Cup Easy Port of High Fishing, made the drastic decision to suspend for seven days the holding of this event that serves to elucidate the sports fishermen who will represent Spain in the next World Championship. The competition that should start in the early hours of Friday and which consisted of two days of competition has been postponed for next week, so that on Thursday 7 will take place the meeting of patterns, being the days of fishing Friday and Saturday.

The decision of the Organization has raised ampoules, especially among the elite participants from other points in Spain, case of the "Txitxiro I" of the Royal Maritime Club of the Abra de Getxo or of the "Calabuch" of the Nautical Club of Moraira. Both units considered to be among the most competitive of Spanish sports fishing, arrived at the marina of Fuengirola throughout the morning of Thursday after sailing many miles and have expressed their strongest protest, because in their view the competition has been suspended without following the channels of legislation, without consulting the participating patterns and exaggerating the forecasts of wind and sea.

For its part, Plácido Antequera, president of the organizing committee, has stated that the APA of Fuengirola has made the right decision and has transmitted the endorsement of the national head of the sea fishing committee of the Francisco González Federation, which has congratulated the president himself on the decision taken, for putting the safety of the participants before any other aspect of the competition. In the first hour of the afternoon the competition committee of the Spanish Cup Easy Port made public an information note explaining the reasons why the suspension, emphasizing that the winds would reach force 5 to 7 and the waves near the coast would reach two meters.

In short, we will have to wait for the weather forecasts that will reign these days in the waters of the Costa del Sol, so until next Sunday, September 10, the composition of the Spanish team for the World Championship will not be fully known. In Fuengirola everything waiting for the conditions to improve, which seems to be assured according to the predictions that work in the hands of the Spanish EPA of Fuengirola.