About Frankie Gianoncelli

Frankie, AKA ‘Tank’, is from Brighouse in West Yorkshire, and started fishing at 12 years of age on his local Brighouse Canal. He soon became a member of the Barnsley Junior team and joined a local senior club team called Tri-Cast Calder. Here, he began competing in adult matches on the commercial and natural venue match scene in the north of England. Winning the Individual in the renowned ‘Happy League’ on the big northern canal circuit was a great early achievement, before getting the call-up to the Barnsley Blacks team at 18 years of age where he has progressed to win multiple nationals, final and World Club Championship medals, including a gold in France 2017.