Free Line 109 — October 2026 - Flipbook - Page 132
Carp
CARPChat
CHAT
ENG L A ND W I N: K AY LEIGH W OR LD
C HA M P
Huge congratulations to
Kayleigh Dowd . In July she
WON Individual Gold and Team
Silver in the Ladies Carp World
Championships
in
Latvia…
Bringing it home for England
Here’s her story: “This year’s
World Championships were
held in Latvia on Lake Balote,
a lake of approximately 450
acres with depths of up to 10
feet and a very silty lakebed.
We also competed on the
FREELINE 18
same lake at the 2024 World
Championships,
where
we
didn’t perform as well as we
had hoped.
However, returning this year,
we had a new plan in place and
felt confident as a team.
My partner, Ellen Beedham, and
I drew peg B1, which we were
pleased with as it was an end
peg. The first 24 hours were
fairly slow, but after making
a few adjustments, the swim
