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Casting counts among the world's most challenging throwing sports.Casting is a tournament sport in which highly skilled athletes compete in fly-casting and in plug-casting disciplines. The sport is made up by accuracy-based disciplines and distance-based disciplines. In both, the athletes use rods which are very similar to angling rods.
History of Tournament Casting Sport
Tournament casting started already back in the 1860s and continued ever since to develop into today's modern sport. Despite its long history, it took all the way until the 1950s before a proper organization took over and the International Casting Federation, I.C.F. was founded 1956. Since then, World and Continental Championships have been organized on a regularly basis. In the year 2003, the federation changed its name to International Casting Sport Federation and the acronym to ICSF.
Casting at The World Games
At The World Games Casting Sport participates with three disciplines, each with both men's and wome's divisions. To promote the essentials of tournament casting sport the events are selected based on their popularity and to showcase casting's variety in the two disciplines. At The World Games 2001 those events were Fly Accuracy, Plug Accuracy (with revolving spool) and Fly Distance (single handed).
Winners 2001:
Germany (4 Gold)
Poland (1 Gold)
Sweden(1 Gold)
Federations:
Nat. www.vdsf.de
Int. www.castingsport.com
Venue:
Duisburg, Sportpark Wedau - Fields 5 + 6
Sportschule Wedau
Under the patronage of Sponsor: boot Düsseldorf
Dates (without engagement)
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