Saturday 20th October – Northern Federation – River Dee, Llangollen & Maelor AA – Organiser: Carl Nixon – Results: 1. Carl Nixon 2. Adam Stafford 3. Paul Fairhurst 4. Chris Micallef 5. Andy Taylor 6. David Bradley – Full Results: Northern Fed – Dee qualifier results 20-10-18
November 2018
Sunday 11th November – South East FF Federation – Lower Itchen fishery (Official Practice: Saturday 10th November) – Organiser: Tony Fox – Results: 1. Tony Fox 2. Mike Heritage 3. Cameron Craigs 4. Harry Fox 5. Gavin Walsh 6. Gilliaum Vermeulen – Full Results: Results 11:11:18
December 2018
Sunday 16th December – Note: This Qualifier is now Full. Reserve names are now being taken – Northern Federation – River Dee, Llangollen & Maelor AA – Organiser: Carl Nixon – Limited to 24 anglers – Grayling only – 20cm size limit – Final practice day is Dec 9th – Please email to secure an entry to matchmanflies@gmail.com where instructions to complete payment, beat details and maps will follow
February 2019
Saturday 2nd February – River Test, Wherwell – Organiser: Baz Reece 47, Booth Road, Bewbush, Crawley, Sussex, RH11 6AG Mobile – 07811560383 E mail – bazreece@aol.com – Note: A maximum of 30 entrants only will be accepted on a first come, first served basis. Please note that the qualifier may be cancelled if there are less than 20 entries – How to Enter (1) Complete the first page of this admin instruction and send it via email to the organiser. Your place on the competitor list (or position on waiting list) will then be confirmed via email by the organiser. (2) Send a cheque for £52 made payable to “Angling Trust” and a signed copy of the first page of this admin instruction to the organiser (see address above). This must be received before 1st January 2019. When your cheque is received the organiser will confirm your entry into the competition via email – Costs: £30 AT TEFF Entry Fee £22 Fishing Fees = Total Cost £52.00 (Cheque payable to “Angling Trust” sent to organiser by 1st Jan 2019) – Admin Instruction: wherwell-qualifier-2019
Competitors who have pre-qualified through the Loch-style Qualifiers will fish the two-day 2019 Loch-style National at Chew Valley Lake on Saturday – Sunday 28th-29th September.
The top 28 anglers will be selected to represent England in the 2020 Loch-style Home Internationals, with the Spring event being held on Lough Melvin, Ireland, and the Autumn event taking place at Llyn Trawsfynydd, Wales.
The following will be representing AT Team England FF for the Spring Loch-style Home International at Grafham: Stephen Peart (manager), Brad Gifford (captain), Sean Brooks, Andy Campbell, Andy Cottam, Tony Curtis, John Hardy, Mark Harrison, John Horsey, Kim Green, Paul Jones,Tim Joyce, Dom Sherrate, Frank Sumnall & Paul Wild.
The following will be representing AT Team England FF for the Autumn Loch-style Home International at the Lake of Menteith: Paul Angell (manager), Mark Miles (captain), Tony Baldwin, John Bowen, Martin Burgess, Phil Burgess, Lee Cartmail, David Eames, Martin Griffiths, Mike Laycock, Mike Lightfoot, Paddy Mounter, Paul Roach, Michael Walker & Jonathan Wood.
Scotland 107 placing points 23 fish 56.7cms longest fish 22960 fish points
England 148 placing points 16 fish 59.0cms longest fish 16340 fish points
Wales 193 placing points 9 fish 55.0cms longest fish 9360 fish points
Ireland 195 placing points 12 fish 57.0cms longest fish 11980 fish points
Congratulations to Scotland on winning the 2018 Fly Fishing Bank International on Wednesday 24th.
Congrats to England’s Gareth Tilley on individual 1st place, and Mark Harrison on 2nd and to Ireland’s Connor Cunningham for 3rd place.
Finally congrats to Andrew Taylor for catching the biggest fish, 59cm.
Big thanks to all the stewards who gave up their time to make it happen, to the organisers, hotel staff and the team Chatton Trout Fishery and sponsors Hunt’s Original
Representing AT Team England FF were (L-R): Brian Lillie (reserve), Andy (George) Taylor, Alec Harvey, Ed Upton, Gareth Tilley, Mark Harrison, Lee Cartmail (captain), and Alan Jenkins (manager).
The team would like to express their gratitude to their sponsors – West Side Design, Grantz custom fishing clothing, Snowbee fishing tackle, and Craghoppers world travel clothing, with special thanks to Tom Hunt of Hunts Original Products and the Angling Trust.
(Upper Limit) Llangollen Top Pool downstream to Kings Bridge (Lower Limit) (*immediately upstream of Chainbridge Hotel)
Beat B: “Golf Course inc Sewage Works”
(Upper Limit) Fence post below Lingos Pool to Bottom of the Golf Course. (*Lower Limit) *Indicated by start of Woods
Beat C: “Ddol Isaf”
(Upper Limit) Start of Woods below Golf Course to Bottom of Ddol Isaf Stretch (*indicated by red post)
Beat D: “Country Park”
(Upper Limit) Double Bank from Road Bridge (upstream of Aquaduct) to the end of the Maelor AA water approximately two pools below Railway
The Hand Hotel have reserved 16 Twin Rooms & 4 Singles. These will need to be booked by qualifying Anglers no later than 1 month prior to the event (Final Qualifier expected to be early April so plenty of time)
The competition is open to both AT member clubs/groups and non members from the UK and abroad. AT member clubs will receive priority access and a discounted entry fee. The all in entry fee includes fishing permits, boat hire and competition entry fee for 2 days. The 2 day event will take place on 15th & 16th June 2019 at Draycote Fishery with a maximum of 24 team places available offered on a first come first served basis.
Six anglers will form a team, each team will be split into two sub teams of three on both days.
A briefing will be held at Draycote on Day 1 and the presentation held at the fishery at the end of day 2.
The match will be fished to international rules and full catch, measure and release. Boats must return to the jetty in time for the end of each session where score cards will be submitted to organisers. The combined team length in cm over two days will determine the overall result and winning team.
The match will consist of three 3 hour sessions each day. During each session, one angler from each sub team of three will act as a boat steward for another team while the fishing pair will fish together in the same boat with a boat steward from another team. Every angler must act as a boat steward for one session each day, each angler will fish for 6 hours each day and act as a boat steward for 3 hours.
48 Boats for practice on Thursday 13th & Friday 14th June have been reserved at Draycote. Should you wish to book a boat please contact the fishing lodge to book your boats before Friday 7th June. Boats for practice must be paid for direct with the fishery and are not included in the competition entry fees. We may have to limit the number of boats available for practice to 2 per team. This is still to be confirmed however if the number of entries increase as we hope, then there will only be 48 boats available and this restriction would ensure each team has equal opportunity to practice.
Clubs/groups can join the Angling Trust from £60 per year join here
**Guaranteed Prize Pool**
£6,500 total
1st – £3,500
2nd – £1,500
3rd – £1,000
4th – £500
*subject to minimum of 15 teams entering, prize fund will increase with an additional cash prize in event the competition is fully sold out. This will be confirmed after the entry closing date.
Ticket Information
Saturday 15th & Sunday 16th June 2019
Minimum 15 teams of 6 anglers
Maximum 24 teams of 6 anglers
AT member clubs: £450 entry fee 10:00 on 12th November 2018
Non AT member clubs: £550 entry fee 10:00 on 14th January 2019 All in entry fee covers fishing permits, boat hire, admin costs and prize pot
Multiple teams from the same club or organisation may enter but ensure angler names are not duplicated in your other team
International rules apply and scored on full Catch, Measure & Release basis
Day 1
Session Times
Briefing: 08.00 held at Draycote
Session 1: 09.00-12.00
Session 2: 12.30-15.30
Session 3: 16.00-19.00
Day 2
Session Times
Session 1: 09.00-12.00
Session 2: 12.30-15.30
Session 3: 16.00-19.00
Presentation: 20.00-20.30 at Draycote Fishing Lodge
Entry closes at 23.59 on May 24th 2019
Before progressing with your booking please have to hand
Angling Trust club membership number (if purchasing Members ticket)
All team member names, dates of birth, email addresses, contact numbers, post codes & Rod Licence numbers
48 Boats for practice on Thursday 13th & Friday 14th June have been reserved at Draycote. Should you wish to book a boat please contact the fishing lodge to book your boats. Please note: boats for practice must be paid for direct with the fishery and are not included in the competition entry fee.
A full report will follow but for now here are the Final Results of this year’s AT TEFF Elite Performance Programme, run to select the twelve anglers who will represent AT Team England in the 2019 World and European Championships.
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