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2023 Bank Home International – Results

Newhaylie Trout Fishery, Largs, Scotland

1. Scotland 112 pts
2. Ireland 135 pts
3. Wales 170 pts
4. England 176 pts

Top Individual: Sean Kirwan (Ireland) 13 fish

Although practice sessions had seen cold easterlies blast across this fishery, which is sited 400ft above the town of Largs, less than half a mile from the Irish sea, match day saw a flat calm, with gin clear water, in the morning session.

Nigel Duncan, The Edinburgh Reporter: ‘Then the wind got up in the post-lunch session, making it difficult to cast and to find the right tactics. Roly-poly in one section of the lake, slow retrieve in others. Even fast retrieve was tried as the clock ticked down.
The fickle wind, which kept changing direction, also made it difficult. Finding the right pattern was crucial to find fish who were generally thought to be around 5ft under the surface.
Slow glass lines and floating lines were used as was the controversial bung.

Scottish Captain David Lynch: “I am over the moon, brilliant, and I am very pleased for the boys who have had a tough week. The weather conditions have not been great but we got gold. The boys were inexperienced and I am the only man in the team with a previous bank cap. They have worked hard and we have worked well as a team.”
He revealed that the ‘hot’ pegs on practice did not produce and he added: “We were lucky that we picked up fish on the very hard pegs. The conditions were different, morning and afternoon, and there was a bitter, cold wind after lunch.
“This morning was good and it was fishing better but the wind killed it. We were winning at lunchtime and we held on to it. We told the guys to keep at it, we had the flies and we knew the tactics and we didn’t change anything, we just kept going.”

Content & Images courtesy of Nigel Duncan Media, The Edinburgh Reporter

2023 Bank Home International – Team England caps

Newhaylie Trout Fishery, Largs, Scotland
Wednesday 25th October

The Angling Trust reports: Our anglers headed North, braving the blustering from Storm Babet, and as the guys were traveling from the North East, we presume the wind carried them in the right direction.
On landing they will have got to work in readiness for the week ahead, practice and fly tying at the front of their thoughts.
Our manager Lee Cartmail has sent us snaps recording the presentation of their official teamwear for the event, and added some notes so we can see who’s fished before and who’s new on the squad.
We attended the Team Qualifier earlier in the year, and can say without a shadow of doubt, that the new caps are as worthy of their places as our old hands.
We can’t wait for the match days to come, and wish the team all our very best.
Lee told us: ‘This afternoon I had the honour to present Paul Runec with his 3rd international cap and captain’s badge, James Stephenson his 4th cap, Gareth Tilley with his 4 cap, David Neilson with his 2nd cap, Josh Piper with his 2nd cap, Ali Tait with his 1st cap, and Brian Blackett with his 1st cap.
Congratulations and well-deserved.’

Paul Runec (captain)

James Stephenson

Gareth Tilley

David Neilson

Josh Piper

Ali Tait

Brian Blackett

Home International Bank Match 2023 – Approved Rules

The Bank International Committee approved and authorised the following rules for the 2023 Bank International. They include the 2021 FIPS-Mouche amendments.

Approved 2022 International Bank Fly Fishing Championship Rules: 2022 INTERNATIONAL BANK FLY FISHING CHAMPIONSHIP RULES

Home International Bank Match 2022 – As it happened

The 2022 Home International Bank competition is being held at Garnffrwd trout fishery in Wales on Wednesday 19th October. Teams from Wales, England, Scotland and Ireland are competing.

Representing AT TEFF are: Mark Harrison (captain), Andy Taylor, Phil Shaw-Browne, James Stephenson, Josh Piper, Tim Joyce and Anthony Meadows.

The Angling Trust reports: The teams have been piped down to the pegs and this year’s Championship is under way.
We’ll aim to keep you updated as the match unveils, however, no official results will be available until they’re ratified this evening.
The klaxons sounded and lines are looping out across the lake, let’s see what the day brings.
Good luck to all.

The first of the sessions completed and our competitors have moved onto the second.
The rough report for session one is: Josh Piper has 2, Tyler Hay 2, Rhys Wadley 2/3, Kevin Lafford 1 & Shane Bird 1.
Apologies for the low quality photos, it’s quite a large lake to cover from the lodge.

The second session concluded, Brian Keer has one as have Kevin Andrews and Rhys Wadley.
Josh Piper is now on three fish adding to the first session score. Andy Taylor landed two in this session and Mark Harrison’s off the mark too.

PM update for the Bank International, the current position after lunch is still provisional, however it’s safe to say that Wales & Eire are both on thirteen fish, while England & Scotland are on eight.
It’s looking like Wales have the handle on the day, with Eire pushing for second, whilst England & Scotland tussle for third.
Conditions are bright, but the wind has lifted considerably.

This year’s Home International Bank competition is fished and results in, congratulations to Ireland on a fantastic performance pipping host nation Wales into Silver, this was by a single fish and 600 fish points. England landed the Bronze by three fish and 2460 points, over Scotland.
Wales took top rod as Dai Jones on the same six fish as Ireland’s Brian Keer, however one placing point clear. Rhys Wadley landed the longest Trout of 55cms as well as placing third in the individual table.
Paul Page announced the results and thanked both the fishery for their brilliant support and volunteer stewards for their diligent attention to detail whilst scoring and invigilating. As well as to our competing anglers whose dedication and commitment makes this competition such a fascinating as well as intriguing match.
We’re looking forward to next year already, roll on 2023

Full Results: 2022 Bank International Final Results

Home International Bank Match 2022

The 2022 Home International Bank competition will be held at Garnffrwd trout fishery in Wales on Wednesday 19th October. Teams from Wales, England, Scotland and Ireland will compete.

Representing AT TEFF are: Mark Harrison (captain), Andy Taylor, Phil Shaw-Browne, James Stephenson, Josh Piper, Tim Joyce and Anthony Meadows.

The best of luck to everyone taking part.

The Angling Trust reports: This year’s Home International Bank competition is hosted by Garnffrwd trout fishery in Wales, Wednesday 19th October. The teams from Wales, England, Scotland and Ireland have been on the venue for official practice Mon 17th and today, dialling into the most likely methods and techniques to compete with tomorrow.
Representing AT TEFF are: Mark Harrison (captain), Andy Taylor, Phil Shaw-Browne, James Stephenson, Josh Piper, Tim Joyce and Anthony Meadows, managed by Paul Page.
The weather always plays its part in match fishing, and tomorrow’s forecast is for a mainly overcast day with light winds, usually a good scenario for targeting rainbow trout, and as the fish have been pressured during practice, this all helps. Garnffrwd also have a stocking of sparctic trout, a cross between brook trout and arctic char, they’re stunning looking fish, with distinct marking and fantastic colours. However, they do favour cooler weather, yet it’s likely some of the guys will manage to net a few during the match.
We’ve more pictures to follow this evening from this afternoon, they will accompany the details from this evening’s draw, Ceri Jones was on hand to do the official pictures, however the images here will give our comps-savvy audience some idea of the nature of the venue and general atmosphere of the guys fishing.

The Angling Trust reports: This year’s Home International Bank competition draw and rotations for tomorrow’s match are in the photographs attached, this includes updates and team changes etc. Every peg will be fished by a member of each nation’s teams and no angler will fish the same peg twice. The competition is strictly catch and release with points available for each fish and its length.
Good luck to all our anglers tomorrow, this is a long-awaited comp that all our nations and their anglers have looked forward too. We’ll keep you abreast of some the news and culminate with day’s final results tomorrow night.

AT TEFF 2022 Bank International Team & Captain

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11th Bank Home International – Now postponed to 2021

The 2020 Bank Home International, due to be held this October in Wales, has been postponed to 2021.

Two possible dates have been chosen – 20th or 27th October 2021.

Lee Cartmail, organiser of the 2019/20 AT TEFF Bank National qualifiers, is rescheduling new dates for the postponed Southern Regional Eliminator and National Final, which will select the team to represent AT TEFF at this 2021 Bank International.

10th Bank Home International, Laios Angling Centre, Co Laios, Ireland, 23rd October

Gold for AT Team England FF !!

1. England  112 placing pts  40 fish  58cms longest fish  41100 fish pts
2. Wales  149 placing pts  34 fish  51.3cms longest fish  33900 fish pts
3. Ireland  155 placing pts  33 fish  54.1cms longest fish  33760 fish pts
4. Scotland  185 placing pts  22 fish 57.0cms longest fish  22280 fish pts

Individual Results

1. Andy Taylor, England  12 fish  4 place pts
2. David Neilson, England  9 fish  9 place pts
3. Matthew Pate, Wales  7 fish  14 place pts 

Longest Fish: Andy Taylor & Philip Shaw-Browne – 58cms

The 2019 International Bank Fly Fishing Championship took place on Wednesday 23rd October at the Laois Angling Centre, County Laois, Ireland.
The four home nations fielded teams of six anglers, with a travelling reserve and manager to make up the squad of eight. Those representing England had come through the previous year’s qualifiers, semi-finals and final to make the team.
The AT-TEFF team, consisting of Gareth Tilley (Captain) Phil Shaw-Browne, David Neilson, Andy Taylor, Andrew Taylor, Graham Willis, Mark Harrison (Reserve) and manager Paul Page travelled out to Ireland on Saturday and managed to squeeze a few hours practice on the lakes prior to darkness. This short session proved to be a good starting point to the following three days of practice.

The match was fished to full catch and release with barbless hooks to be used throughout. It was to be fished over two, three-hour sessions, AM/PM, with anglers fishing for forty minutes on a peg before moving five pegs, to ensure that they covered the two lakes to be used. Place points were to be used over each session with the overall winner decided by the team which had the lowest points score. The fish were measured by a controller and returned to the water with the length recorded on the angler’s scorecard.

During the practice sessions the teamed developed and refined their flies and techniques. It became clear that distance casting was going to be a major factor as the angling pressure moved the fish out into the middle of both lakes. This impacted on the choice of lines they used with 40+ floaters and slow glass lines being their preferred fly lines. The fish were keen to feed on the surface and just under and again this impacted on their fly choice and tactics. The team over the three days narrowed their tactics down to the slow glass lines and Zonkers, the bung with Shammies and Blobs fished at 3ft and dries with Shipman’s and small F-Flies catching those fish willing to feed late on in the day.

On match day the teams were piped in for a 10am start. As expected, the first two sessions were going to be critical and getting off to a good start was essential. Plenty of fish were taken in the first two moves with only a handful of fish caught in the final two. At the end of morning session England were slightly ahead of the other home nations by just seven place points. A superb lunch was provided by the staff at the Laois Angling Centre before the second session. The afternoon session also got off to a good start with rods bending across both lakes. However, the action soon slowed down, and it was the red hats of England who were now catching consistently as the match drew to its conclusion. The second session score cards were handed in and the results were announced.

In first place with 112 place points were England, Wales were runners-up with 149 place points with Ireland third with 155 place points. Scotland were fourth with 185 place points. England also had three anglers in the top five with Andy Taylor crowned International Bank Champion with 12 fish, with David Neilson runner-up with nine fish and Andrew Taylor fifth with eight fish. Andy Taylor and Phil Shaw-Browne shared the longest fish with both anglers catching a fish of 58cm.
In total 129 fish were caught for a rod average of just over five.

The AT-TEFF bank team would like to thank the Trout Federation of Ireland (TAFI) for organising and running this years international, John and Enda Phelan of the Laois Angling Centre for hosting the competition – the venue and hospitality were first class, the controllers who gave up their day to control the match, the staff and management of the Abbeyleix Hotel which was the base for all the teams, Lee Cartmail and those anglers who supported bonus ball raffles to raise funds for the team and Greys Fly Fishing for the shirts.

Paul Page, England Bank Manager said: “The team started well in practice and kept up the performance in all eight peg rotations, winning by a healthy 37 placing points. This was a tremendous performance and the first ever clean sweep of all trophies.”

Gareth Tilley, England Bank Captain said: “We had a great time representing England, we had a great set of lads in the team and we enjoyed our time as a team in Ireland. The fishing and hospitality at the Laois Angling Centre was first class. I would like to thank Ireland the hosts of the competition who made us feel very welcome. The week was complete when we won gold and took full honours with Andy Taylor as top rod and Andy and Phil Shaw-Browne with the longest fish.”

AT TEFF 2019 Bank International team

Angling Trust Team England Fly Fishing today wishes success to its Team for the forthcoming 10th Bank International which will be held at the Laios Angling Centre, Coolrain, Co. Laios, Ireland next week.

Team Captain, Gareth Tilley has represented England at the Bank International for the last 2 years and having come 1st and 2nd individually, his track record makes him an excellent choice to captain the team.

The Championship match day will be held on the 23rd October when teams of 6 anglers from England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland will compete for the Bank International’s Founders Trophy. This will be the third time that Ireland has hosted the Bank International and the first time at the Laios fishery.

The squad will be led by Manager Paul Page, along with Captain Gareth Tilley; Andy Taylor; Andrew Taylor; Graham Willis; Phil Shaw – Browne; David Neilson and Reserve Mark Harrison.

2018 Bank Home International, Chatton trout fishery, England

Date: Wednesday 24th October

Venue: Chatton Trout Fishery

Hotel: The White Swan Hotel

Results:

1. Scotland   107 placing points   23 fish    56.7cms longest fish   22960 fish points
2. England   148 placing points   16 fish   59.0cms longest fish   16340 fish points
3. Wales   193 placing points    9 fish   55.0cms longest fish    9360 fish points
4. 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.

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2017 Bank Home International, Forbes of Kingennie, Scotland

The 2017 Bank Home International was held at Forbes of Kingennie country resort, near Dundee, Scotland, on Wednesday 25th October.

Results:

1. England – 104 total placings – 65 fish – longest fish 57.6 – 67180 fish points
2. Scotland – 144 total placings – 50 fish – longest fish 76.9 – 53460 fish points
3. Wales – 154 total placings – 48 fish – longest fish 67.0 – 49900 fish points
4. Ireland – 198 total placings – 37 fish – longest fish 66.8 – 38660 fish points

Individually, Glenn Appleby (England) was 1st, with Gareth Tilley (England) 2nd, and James Stephenson (England) 4th.

Full Results: 2017 Bank Inter Results

Representing AT Team England FF were: James Stephenson, Glenn Appleby (captain), Colin Harris, Gareth Tilley, Ed Upton, Ben Race, Lee Cartmail (reserve), and Alan Jenkins (manager). Congratulations on a great result!

The AT Team England FF Bank team would like to thank their sponsors:

Snowbee (shirts)

Craghoppers (fleeces)

Grantz (clothing)

Ed Upton of Ellerdine Lakes (fly-tying materials)

The best of luck to everyone involved.

2016 Bank Home International, Garnffrwd fishery, Wales

The 2016 Bank Home International was held at Garnffrwd fishery, Wales on Wednesday 2nd November, between teams from England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland.

Hosted by the Welsh Salmon & Trout Angling Association (WSTAA), with accommodation provided by the Diplomat Hotel, Llanelli, the programme for this event was:

Monday 31st October: Official Practice Sessions (morning & afternoon)

Tuesday 1st November: Official Practice Session (morning). Followed by Photographs at Fishery, Managers & Captains’ Meeting & Match Draw

Wednesday 2nd October: Championship Day (morning & afternoon sessions). Followed by Formal Team Photographs, International Dinner & Presentations.

Results:

1. Scotland – 43 fish – 98 place points – 40720 total points
2. Ireland – 35 fish – 156 place points – 31580 total points
3. England – 27 fish – 165 place points – 25200 total points
4. Wales – 20 fish – 190 place points – 18520 total points

Congratulations to Scotland on a convincing victory.

Representing AT TEFF were: Iain Barr, Rob Frame, Dave Johns, Paul Runec, Andrew Scott, Jim Tuck (Captain), Charlie Abrahams (Reserve) and Alan Jenkins (Manager). 

Match Booklet: 2016-ibffc-prog-3

2015 Bank Home International, Woodford, Carrickfergus, N. Ireland

Scotland win a close contest

1. Scotland – 14 fish – 133 place pts – 15140 fish pts
2. England – 13 fish – 152 place pts – 13180 fish pts
3. Ireland – 12 fish – 163 place pts – 11760 fish pts
4. Wales – 5 fish – 235 place pts – 5060 fish pts 

Top Individual: James Stephenson (England) 4 fish – 5 place pts – 4400 fish pts

The 2015 Bank Home International was fished at Woodford Fly Fishery, Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim, N. Ireland between Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales on Wednesday 14th October.

This event was hosted by the Trout Anglers Federation of Ireland (TAFI), with support from the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure (DCAL), Stena Line, and the Mid and East Antrim Borough Council.

Programme

Sunday 11th October – Arrival and Registration of Teams at The Loughshore Hotel, Carrickfergus, Co Antrim

Monday 12th October –  Official Morning & Afternoon Practice Sessions

Tuesday 13th October – Official Morning Practice Session

Wednesday 14th October – Morning Session (3 hours) + Afternoon Session (3 hours), followed by International Dinner & Presentations

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AT Team England FF was represented by Simon Robinson (Captain), Craig Barr, Phil Dixon, Conor Metcalf, James Stephenson, Richard Slater, Ed Foster (Reserve) & Alan Jenkins (Manager).

Manager Alan Jenkins reports: England got off to a fast start in the afternoon, with eventual individual winner James Stevenson, into 2 fish quickly. It was going to be tight with every fish so valuable. However Ireland had a better afternoon but the morning lead was enough to see Scotland home. The results were announced after what seemed a long wait and then it was official, Scotland first with 14 fish, England 13 fish, Ireland 12 fish and Wales 5 fish. John Brown had longest fish at 57.1 cms, top individual was James Stephenson followed by Alan Hill and Phil Dixon England. Fewer blanks and a superb size of fish helped Scotland achieve its 3rd Gold medal in 6 years at these Championships. Team plan of sticking to flies in the team box ensured all team members contributed to result. Next year we go back to Garnffrwd Fishery in South Wales. 

Team England would like to thank our sponser John Grantz www. Grantz .co.uk for providing the team clothing.

Full Match Report by Alan Jenkins: Angling Trust Report template for Competitions

2014 Bank Home International, Chatton, Northumberland

Ireland won the recent 2014 Bank International fished on Ross and Dunnydeer Lakes at Chatton Trout Fishery, Alnwick, Northumberland, just nine placing points ahead of England. A good start by Ireland in the morning session was followed by England narrowing the gap in the afternoon. Top individual and captor of the largest fish at 63cms was AT Team England FF’s Ryan Matthews.

1. Ireland                111 placing pts    36 fish   58.0 longest fish   37340 fish pts

2. England             120 placing pts    39 fish   63.0 longest fish   39740 fish pts

3. Wales                 176 placing pts    23 fish   56.4 longest fish   23540 fish pts

4. Scotland            193 placing pts    22 fish   59.0 longest fish   22500 fish pts

Full Results: 2014 Bank International Results 

The AT Team England FF Bank Team was: 

Chris Micallef (Captain); Rob Frame; Ryan Matthews, Bernie Maher; Mark Harrison; Steve Cochrane; and Alan Jenkins (Manager).

The team was supported by Team Clothing sponsor John Grant of Grantz Custom Fishing Clothing http://www.Grantz.co.uk

AT TEFF Manager Alan Jenkins reports:

Ireland held off a strong challenge from England to claim victory in the 5th Bank International. Ireland secured Team Gold. Top Individual and Longest fish, was Ryan Mathews from England. 

Teams had been practising since the weekend at the superb Chatton fishery. Using Dunnydeer and Ross Lakes the fishing was very consistent and challenging. 120 fish were caught in total on competition day, rod average 5 fish per rod.  Weather had been blustery during practice and the fishing challenging, until competition day and the wind dropped, temperatures rose and the teams targeted rising fish. After the morning session Ireland had a narrow lead over England with Scotland and Wales a little distance behind.  A consistent team effort saw Ireland maintain their lead to secure the ‘Founding Nations Cup’. 

Team Ireland Campbell Baird (Captain) Brian Kerr, Harry McAteer, Joe Quinn, Conor Cunningham, Hubert Smith and Manager Darren Wallace. Individual Winner Ryan Matthews England – 10 fish  – 5 Place Points  – 10,640 Fish Points Longest Fish: Ryan Matthews England with a fish of 63cms

Chatton fishery proved to be excellent hosts with superb facilities complimenting the close competition, and my sincere thanks to Roger and his wife Ali. 

 

2014 Bank International Team

The AT Team England FF Bank Team for 2014 will be (right): 

Terry Phillips (Captain); Rob Frame; Ryan Matthews, Bernie Maher; Mark Harrison, Chris Micallef; Steve Cochrane; and Alan Jenkins (Manager).

They will represent AT Team England FF at the Bank International in October at Chatton Trout Fishery, Alnwick, Northumberland.

In preparation for the International a squad day was held at Chatton on Saturday 29th March. Roger Brown, owner and host of Chatton Fishery, and his wife Ali, hosted the day and kept us supplied with bacon & egg sandwiches, team & coffee. The Team fished Ross lake and Dunnydeer lake, with all the team catching. The biggest fish was caught by Graham Robinson, who accompanied the team and supplied the photographs. 

2013 Bank Home International

23rd October, Lochter fishery, Inveruie, Aberdeenshire

1st Scotland – 100 total placings – 56 fish – 64.0 longest fish – 53740 fish points

2nd England – 111 total placings – 51 fish – 68.8 longest fish – 48460 fish points

3rd Ireland – 193 total placings – 24 fish – 51.5 longest fish – 23180 fish points

4th Wales – 199 total placings – 24 fish – 46.1 longest fish – 21840 fish points

Top rod: Steve Corsar (Scotland) 12 fish – 10920 fish points

Team England FF were represented by: Phil Dixon (Captain); Glen Appleby; Howard Croston; Rob Frame; Tim Gilchrist (Reserve); Gordon Swain; Andy Taylor; and Alan Jenkins (Manager).

Team outfits were supplied by clothing sponsor John Grant of Grantz Clothing.

Congratulations once again to Scotland for another Home International victory.

Report by Manager Alan Jenkins: Stillwater Bank International 23rd October 2013

Full Results: 2013 International Bank Results

2013 Bank International Team 

The Team England FF Bank Team for 2013 will be (right):

Phil Dixon (Captain); Glen Appleby; Howard Croston; Rob Frame; Tim Gilchrist (Reserve); Gordon Swain; Andy Taylor; and Alan Jenkins (Manager). 

They will represent Team England FF at the Bank International in October at Lochter fishery, Inveruie, Aberdeenshire. Here they are (below) at a recent team squad day at Seighford Lakes, along with Jim Tuck, Bank Organiser, and Clothing Sponsor John Grant from Grantz Clothing,  who supplied the team outfits.

England win 2012 Bank International in Wales

England convincingly won the Bank International at Garnffrwd fishery in South Wales by a record margin with a tremendously consistent team performance over two sessions. The team consisted of Simon Robinson as captain with team members Terry Phillips, Dean Appleby, Phil Dixon, Jim Tuck and Mark Harrison, with Andy Taylor as reserve and Alan Jenkins as team manager.

Full report: Bank International 2012

Full results: 2012 Bank International Results

Teams

1st England   total placings – 88 (76 fish)

2nd Scotland   total placings – 158 (51 fish)

3rd Wales   total placings – 163 (50 fish)

4th Ireland   total placings – 194 (41 fish)

Individuals

1st Terry Phillips (England) – total placings – 3 (19 fish)

2nd Dean Appleby (England) – total placings – 3 (17 fish)

3rd Stephen Corsar (Scotland) – total placings – 9 (13 fish)

4th Brian Kerr (Ireland) – total placings – 10 (14 fish)

5th Matthew Jones (Wales) – total placings – 12 (13 fish)

6th Simon Robinson (England) – total placings – 12 (12 fish)

7th Phil Dixon (England) – total placings – 14 (12 fish)

8th Jim Tuck (England) – total placings – 14 (11 fish)

2012 Bank International Team

The Team England FF Bank Team for 2012 will be:

Alan Jenkins (Manager); Simon Robinson (Captain) from Whickham, Tyne & Wear; Dean Appleby, Peterlee, Co Durham; Terry Phillips, Bursclough, Lancashire; Jim Tuck, Ashington, Northumberland; Phil Dixon, Seighford, Staffordshire; Mark Harrison, Walsall, West Midlands; and Andy Taylor (Reserve), Stafford, Staffordshire.

2011 Bank International, Barfinnihy Lake, Kenmare, Ireland

Final results are:

1. Scotland        146 placing points

2. Ireland          179

3. England        190

4. Wales           203

Total Fish caught: 45

Top Individual: Terry Kelly (Ireland) 8 place points

Best Fish: Lee Patten (Wales) 50cms

Top England rod: Davey Parker 6th (25 placing points)

Team England Bank Squad Day

A day was organised for a get-together to familiarise the team taking part in the Bank International at Barfinnihy Lake, Kenmare, Ireland in October.

Ed Foster, a late replacement to the team, was unable to join us, as was Dave Parker who was representing England in the Czech Republic.

The day started with strong winds but, not to be deterred, after some strong coffee a briefing was given on the best possible areas and methods to fish.

Soon we all set out to try for the hard-fighting brown trout stocked in the reservoirs. First to find a good fish of a pound and a half was Mike Dixon, who had travelled up from Crewe that morning.

Unfortunately, for the rest of the squad the morning proved fruitless, with the exception of a few pulls and a lost fish to Glen Appleby.

At lunch time we all headed off to the Moorcock Inn, where we were greeted by the welcome sight of juicy bacon rolls and thick homemade chips. After the excellent lunch a brief team talk as given by Team Manager Alan Jenkins, followed by a presentation of Team England shirts and badges to the new Internationals Bart Farmer and Rob Frame.

Smiddyshaw Reservoir was our afternoon venue, when we were again greeted with strong sunshine and even stronger winds. However, we persevered for a few hours longer before deciding to call it a day.

England Youth World Team member Carl Malpass, who joined us after lunch, decided to stick with the conditions and managed a nice fish for his efforts.

Preparations are now well in hand for the second Bank International, which will be held on the 19th October 2011 in Ireland. The organisers are the Trout Anglers Federation Ireland (TAFI), who will be our hosts for this event.

Team Profile

Glen Appleby

22 years old, from Peterlee in the North East of England, Glen’s interest in fly fishing began when he was 10, and he has always received encouragement from his father Peter. He qualified for the England bank team last year for the first Bank International, and is back in the side again for 2011. “I love all types of fly-fishing methods and my tip is to try to find the depth the fish are at, and to adapt.”

Mike Dixon

Since he started fishing in 2000, Mike has belonged to the same 6-man team, qualifying for the finals of every competition bar three! He’s also represented England in Loch Style Internationals 5 times, and made it to two Rivers Nationals. “As you know, we won the Airflo Team final last year, and I finished as the top individual. I’ve also won the Hanningfield Masters.”

Ed Foster

Ed is well known for owning and operating Elinor Trout Fishery, voted in Trout Fisherman as the best medium-sized water in the UK, and a regular venue for the Airflo Classic Final. He has represented his country four times in Loch-style Internationals (at Lough Owel, Trawsfyndd – twice – and Loch Leven), and will be captaining the side in the Autumn International at Grafham.

Bart Farmer

In Bart’s own words, he “Never stops fishing”. Despite only starting in 2004, he’s put the hours in, getting out at least twice a week, on the small waters through the winter and the reservoirs the rest of the time. A member of the Rib Valley and Hanningfield clubs, he is usually well placed in most of their competitions. As for international experience, “From 1988 to 1998 I competed at the highest level in the sport of pro paintball”.

Rob Frame

An electrical estimator from Newcastle upon Tyne, Rob has 41 years’ experience to call on, and is currently a member of the 3-man North East Fly Fishers Team. His ambition has always been to fish for England with some of the top anglers in the country, to learn and become a better angler. “My favourite style of fishing? Top of the water with dries or straight lining a team of buzzers or nymphs.”

Dave Parker

Dave started competition fishing in 1991, winning lots of local events before landing the team gold in the 2001 Airflo Classic. In the same year he won team gold in the European and team silver at Loch Leven. He’s since followed this by winning the Rivers National, along with more appearances in Rivers Internationals, Europeans, and his first World Championships in Finland 2007. “I started with my Dad and Uncle, at the age of 6, fishing my local rivers – Tweed, Till, Teviot, Coquet and Pont.”  

Team Manager: Alan Jenkins

(Images supplied courtesy of Graham Robinson of GRP)

Home International Bank Match 2022 – As it happened

The 2022 Home International Bank competition is being held at Garnffrwd trout fishery in Wales on Wednesday 19th October. Teams from Wales, England, Scotland and Ireland are competing.

Representing AT TEFF are: Mark Harrison (captain), Andy Taylor, Phil Shaw-Browne, James Stephenson, Josh Piper, Tim Joyce and Anthony Meadows.

The Angling Trust reports: The teams have been piped down to the pegs and this year’s Championship is under way.
We’ll aim to keep you updated as the match unveils, however, no official results will be available until they’re ratified this evening.
The klaxons sounded and lines are looping out across the lake, let’s see what the day brings.
Good luck to all.

The first of the sessions completed and our competitors have moved onto the second.
The rough report for session one is: Josh Piper has 2, Tyler Hay 2, Rhys Wadley 2/3, Kevin Lafford 1 & Shane Bird 1.
Apologies for the low quality photos, it’s quite a large lake to cover from the lodge.

The second session concluded, Brian Keer has one as have Kevin Andrews and Rhys Wadley.
Josh Piper is now on three fish adding to the first session score. Andy Taylor landed two in this session and Mark Harrison’s off the mark too.

PM update for the Bank International, the current position after lunch is still provisional, however it’s safe to say that Wales & Eire are both on thirteen fish, while England & Scotland are on eight.
It’s looking like Wales have the handle on the day, with Eire pushing for second, whilst England & Scotland tussle for third.
Conditions are bright, but the wind has lifted considerably.

This year’s Home International Bank competition is fished and results in, congratulations to Ireland on a fantastic performance pipping host nation Wales into Silver, this was by a single fish and 600 fish points. England landed the Bronze by three fish and 2460 points, over Scotland.
Wales took top rod as Dai Jones on the same six fish as Ireland’s Brian Keer, however one placing point clear. Rhys Wadley landed the longest Trout of 55cms as well as placing third in the individual table.
Paul Page announced the results and thanked both the fishery for their brilliant support and volunteer stewards for their diligent attention to detail whilst scoring and invigilating. As well as to our competing anglers whose dedication and commitment makes this competition such a fascinating as well as intriguing match.
We’re looking forward to next year already, roll on 2023

Full Results: 2022 Bank International Final Results

Home International Bank Match 2022

The 2022 Home International Bank competition will be held at Garnffrwd trout fishery in Wales on Wednesday 19th October. Teams from Wales, England, Scotland and Ireland will compete.

Representing AT TEFF are: Mark Harrison (captain), Andy Taylor, Phil Shaw-Browne, James Stephenson, Josh Piper, Tim Joyce and Anthony Meadows.

The best of luck to everyone taking part.

The Angling Trust reports: This year’s Home International Bank competition is hosted by Garnffrwd trout fishery in Wales, Wednesday 19th October. The teams from Wales, England, Scotland and Ireland have been on the venue for official practice Mon 17th and today, dialling into the most likely methods and techniques to compete with tomorrow.
Representing AT TEFF are: Mark Harrison (captain), Andy Taylor, Phil Shaw-Browne, James Stephenson, Josh Piper, Tim Joyce and Anthony Meadows, managed by Paul Page.
The weather always plays its part in match fishing, and tomorrow’s forecast is for a mainly overcast day with light winds, usually a good scenario for targeting rainbow trout, and as the fish have been pressured during practice, this all helps. Garnffrwd also have a stocking of sparctic trout, a cross between brook trout and arctic char, they’re stunning looking fish, with distinct marking and fantastic colours. However, they do favour cooler weather, yet it’s likely some of the guys will manage to net a few during the match.
We’ve more pictures to follow this evening from this afternoon, they will accompany the details from this evening’s draw, Ceri Jones was on hand to do the official pictures, however the images here will give our comps-savvy audience some idea of the nature of the venue and general atmosphere of the guys fishing.

The Angling Trust reports: This year’s Home International Bank competition draw and rotations for tomorrow’s match are in the photographs attached, this includes updates and team changes etc. Every peg will be fished by a member of each nation’s teams and no angler will fish the same peg twice. The competition is strictly catch and release with points available for each fish and its length.
Good luck to all our anglers tomorrow, this is a long-awaited comp that all our nations and their anglers have looked forward too. We’ll keep you abreast of some the news and culminate with day’s final results tomorrow night.

AT TEFF 2022 Bank International Team & Captain

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11th Bank Home International – Now postponed to 2021

The 2020 Bank Home International, due to be held this October in Wales, has been postponed to 2021.

Two possible dates have been chosen – 20th or 27th October 2021.

Lee Cartmail, organiser of the 2019/20 AT TEFF Bank National qualifiers, is rescheduling new dates for the postponed Southern Regional Eliminator and National Final, which will select the team to represent AT TEFF at this 2021 Bank International.

10th Bank Home International, Laios Angling Centre, Co Laios, Ireland, 23rd October

Gold for AT Team England FF !!

1. England  112 placing pts  40 fish  58cms longest fish  41100 fish pts
2. Wales  149 placing pts  34 fish  51.3cms longest fish  33900 fish pts
3. Ireland  155 placing pts  33 fish  54.1cms longest fish  33760 fish pts
4. Scotland  185 placing pts  22 fish 57.0cms longest fish  22280 fish pts

Individual Results

1. Andy Taylor, England  12 fish  4 place pts
2. David Neilson, England  9 fish  9 place pts
3. Matthew Pate, Wales  7 fish  14 place pts 

Longest Fish: Andy Taylor & Philip Shaw-Browne – 58cms

The 2019 International Bank Fly Fishing Championship took place on Wednesday 23rd October at the Laois Angling Centre, County Laois, Ireland.
The four home nations fielded teams of six anglers, with a travelling reserve and manager to make up the squad of eight. Those representing England had come through the previous year’s qualifiers, semi-finals and final to make the team.
The AT-TEFF team, consisting of Gareth Tilley (Captain) Phil Shaw-Browne, David Neilson, Andy Taylor, Andrew Taylor, Graham Willis, Mark Harrison (Reserve) and manager Paul Page travelled out to Ireland on Saturday and managed to squeeze a few hours practice on the lakes prior to darkness. This short session proved to be a good starting point to the following three days of practice.

The match was fished to full catch and release with barbless hooks to be used throughout. It was to be fished over two, three-hour sessions, AM/PM, with anglers fishing for forty minutes on a peg before moving five pegs, to ensure that they covered the two lakes to be used. Place points were to be used over each session with the overall winner decided by the team which had the lowest points score. The fish were measured by a controller and returned to the water with the length recorded on the angler’s scorecard.

During the practice sessions the teamed developed and refined their flies and techniques. It became clear that distance casting was going to be a major factor as the angling pressure moved the fish out into the middle of both lakes. This impacted on the choice of lines they used with 40+ floaters and slow glass lines being their preferred fly lines. The fish were keen to feed on the surface and just under and again this impacted on their fly choice and tactics. The team over the three days narrowed their tactics down to the slow glass lines and Zonkers, the bung with Shammies and Blobs fished at 3ft and dries with Shipman’s and small F-Flies catching those fish willing to feed late on in the day.

On match day the teams were piped in for a 10am start. As expected, the first two sessions were going to be critical and getting off to a good start was essential. Plenty of fish were taken in the first two moves with only a handful of fish caught in the final two. At the end of morning session England were slightly ahead of the other home nations by just seven place points. A superb lunch was provided by the staff at the Laois Angling Centre before the second session. The afternoon session also got off to a good start with rods bending across both lakes. However, the action soon slowed down, and it was the red hats of England who were now catching consistently as the match drew to its conclusion. The second session score cards were handed in and the results were announced.

In first place with 112 place points were England, Wales were runners-up with 149 place points with Ireland third with 155 place points. Scotland were fourth with 185 place points. England also had three anglers in the top five with Andy Taylor crowned International Bank Champion with 12 fish, with David Neilson runner-up with nine fish and Andrew Taylor fifth with eight fish. Andy Taylor and Phil Shaw-Browne shared the longest fish with both anglers catching a fish of 58cm.
In total 129 fish were caught for a rod average of just over five.

The AT-TEFF bank team would like to thank the Trout Federation of Ireland (TAFI) for organising and running this years international, John and Enda Phelan of the Laois Angling Centre for hosting the competition – the venue and hospitality were first class, the controllers who gave up their day to control the match, the staff and management of the Abbeyleix Hotel which was the base for all the teams, Lee Cartmail and those anglers who supported bonus ball raffles to raise funds for the team and Greys Fly Fishing for the shirts.

Paul Page, England Bank Manager said: “The team started well in practice and kept up the performance in all eight peg rotations, winning by a healthy 37 placing points. This was a tremendous performance and the first ever clean sweep of all trophies.”

Gareth Tilley, England Bank Captain said: “We had a great time representing England, we had a great set of lads in the team and we enjoyed our time as a team in Ireland. The fishing and hospitality at the Laois Angling Centre was first class. I would like to thank Ireland the hosts of the competition who made us feel very welcome. The week was complete when we won gold and took full honours with Andy Taylor as top rod and Andy and Phil Shaw-Browne with the longest fish.”

AT TEFF 2019 Bank International team

Angling Trust Team England Fly Fishing today wishes success to its Team for the forthcoming 10th Bank International which will be held at the Laios Angling Centre, Coolrain, Co. Laios, Ireland next week.

Team Captain, Gareth Tilley has represented England at the Bank International for the last 2 years and having come 1st and 2nd individually, his track record makes him an excellent choice to captain the team.

The Championship match day will be held on the 23rd October when teams of 6 anglers from England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland will compete for the Bank International’s Founders Trophy. This will be the third time that Ireland has hosted the Bank International and the first time at the Laios fishery.

The squad will be led by Manager Paul Page, along with Captain Gareth Tilley; Andy Taylor; Andrew Taylor; Graham Willis; Phil Shaw – Browne; David Neilson and Reserve Mark Harrison.

2018 Bank Home International, Chatton trout fishery, England

Date: Wednesday 24th October

Venue: Chatton Trout Fishery

Hotel: The White Swan Hotel

Results:

1. Scotland   107 placing points   23 fish    56.7cms longest fish   22960 fish points
2. England   148 placing points   16 fish   59.0cms longest fish   16340 fish points
3. Wales   193 placing points    9 fish   55.0cms longest fish    9360 fish points
4. 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.

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2017 Bank Home International, Forbes of Kingennie, Scotland

The 2017 Bank Home International was held at Forbes of Kingennie country resort, near Dundee, Scotland, on Wednesday 25th October.

Results:

1. England – 104 total placings – 65 fish – longest fish 57.6 – 67180 fish points
2. Scotland – 144 total placings – 50 fish – longest fish 76.9 – 53460 fish points
3. Wales – 154 total placings – 48 fish – longest fish 67.0 – 49900 fish points
4. Ireland – 198 total placings – 37 fish – longest fish 66.8 – 38660 fish points

Individually, Glenn Appleby (England) was 1st, with Gareth Tilley (England) 2nd, and James Stephenson (England) 4th.

Full Results: 2017 Bank Inter Results

Representing AT Team England FF were: James Stephenson, Glenn Appleby (captain), Colin Harris, Gareth Tilley, Ed Upton, Ben Race, Lee Cartmail (reserve), and Alan Jenkins (manager). Congratulations on a great result!

The AT Team England FF Bank team would like to thank their sponsors:

Snowbee (shirts)

Craghoppers (fleeces)

Grantz (clothing)

Ed Upton of Ellerdine Lakes (fly-tying materials)

The best of luck to everyone involved.

2016 Bank Home International, Garnffrwd fishery, Wales

The 2016 Bank Home International was held at Garnffrwd fishery, Wales on Wednesday 2nd November, between teams from England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland.

Hosted by the Welsh Salmon & Trout Angling Association (WSTAA), with accommodation provided by the Diplomat Hotel, Llanelli, the programme for this event was:

Monday 31st October: Official Practice Sessions (morning & afternoon)

Tuesday 1st November: Official Practice Session (morning). Followed by Photographs at Fishery, Managers & Captains’ Meeting & Match Draw

Wednesday 2nd October: Championship Day (morning & afternoon sessions). Followed by Formal Team Photographs, International Dinner & Presentations.

Results:

1. Scotland – 43 fish – 98 place points – 40720 total points
2. Ireland – 35 fish – 156 place points – 31580 total points
3. England – 27 fish – 165 place points – 25200 total points
4. Wales – 20 fish – 190 place points – 18520 total points

Congratulations to Scotland on a convincing victory.

Representing AT TEFF were: Iain Barr, Rob Frame, Dave Johns, Paul Runec, Andrew Scott, Jim Tuck (Captain), Charlie Abrahams (Reserve) and Alan Jenkins (Manager). 

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2015 Bank Home International, Woodford, Carrickfergus, N. Ireland

Scotland win a close contest

1. Scotland – 14 fish – 133 place pts – 15140 fish pts
2. England – 13 fish – 152 place pts – 13180 fish pts
3. Ireland – 12 fish – 163 place pts – 11760 fish pts
4. Wales – 5 fish – 235 place pts – 5060 fish pts 

Top Individual: James Stephenson (England) 4 fish – 5 place pts – 4400 fish pts

The 2015 Bank Home International was fished at Woodford Fly Fishery, Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim, N. Ireland between Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales on Wednesday 14th October.

This event was hosted by the Trout Anglers Federation of Ireland (TAFI), with support from the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure (DCAL), Stena Line, and the Mid and East Antrim Borough Council.

Programme

Sunday 11th October – Arrival and Registration of Teams at The Loughshore Hotel, Carrickfergus, Co Antrim

Monday 12th October –  Official Morning & Afternoon Practice Sessions

Tuesday 13th October – Official Morning Practice Session

Wednesday 14th October – Morning Session (3 hours) + Afternoon Session (3 hours), followed by International Dinner & Presentations

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AT Team England FF was represented by Simon Robinson (Captain), Craig Barr, Phil Dixon, Conor Metcalf, James Stephenson, Richard Slater, Ed Foster (Reserve) & Alan Jenkins (Manager).

Manager Alan Jenkins reports: England got off to a fast start in the afternoon, with eventual individual winner James Stevenson, into 2 fish quickly. It was going to be tight with every fish so valuable. However Ireland had a better afternoon but the morning lead was enough to see Scotland home. The results were announced after what seemed a long wait and then it was official, Scotland first with 14 fish, England 13 fish, Ireland 12 fish and Wales 5 fish. John Brown had longest fish at 57.1 cms, top individual was James Stephenson followed by Alan Hill and Phil Dixon England. Fewer blanks and a superb size of fish helped Scotland achieve its 3rd Gold medal in 6 years at these Championships. Team plan of sticking to flies in the team box ensured all team members contributed to result. Next year we go back to Garnffrwd Fishery in South Wales. 

Team England would like to thank our sponser John Grantz www. Grantz .co.uk for providing the team clothing.

Full Match Report by Alan Jenkins: Angling Trust Report template for Competitions

2014 Bank Home International, Chatton, Northumberland

Ireland won the recent 2014 Bank International fished on Ross and Dunnydeer Lakes at Chatton Trout Fishery, Alnwick, Northumberland, just nine placing points ahead of England. A good start by Ireland in the morning session was followed by England narrowing the gap in the afternoon. Top individual and captor of the largest fish at 63cms was AT Team England FF’s Ryan Matthews.

1. Ireland                111 placing pts    36 fish   58.0 longest fish   37340 fish pts

2. England             120 placing pts    39 fish   63.0 longest fish   39740 fish pts

3. Wales                 176 placing pts    23 fish   56.4 longest fish   23540 fish pts

4. Scotland            193 placing pts    22 fish   59.0 longest fish   22500 fish pts

Full Results: 2014 Bank International Results 

The AT Team England FF Bank Team was: 

Chris Micallef (Captain); Rob Frame; Ryan Matthews, Bernie Maher; Mark Harrison; Steve Cochrane; and Alan Jenkins (Manager).

The team was supported by Team Clothing sponsor John Grant of Grantz Custom Fishing Clothing http://www.Grantz.co.uk

AT TEFF Manager Alan Jenkins reports:

Ireland held off a strong challenge from England to claim victory in the 5th Bank International. Ireland secured Team Gold. Top Individual and Longest fish, was Ryan Mathews from England. 

Teams had been practising since the weekend at the superb Chatton fishery. Using Dunnydeer and Ross Lakes the fishing was very consistent and challenging. 120 fish were caught in total on competition day, rod average 5 fish per rod.  Weather had been blustery during practice and the fishing challenging, until competition day and the wind dropped, temperatures rose and the teams targeted rising fish. After the morning session Ireland had a narrow lead over England with Scotland and Wales a little distance behind.  A consistent team effort saw Ireland maintain their lead to secure the ‘Founding Nations Cup’. 

Team Ireland Campbell Baird (Captain) Brian Kerr, Harry McAteer, Joe Quinn, Conor Cunningham, Hubert Smith and Manager Darren Wallace. Individual Winner Ryan Matthews England – 10 fish  – 5 Place Points  – 10,640 Fish Points Longest Fish: Ryan Matthews England with a fish of 63cms

Chatton fishery proved to be excellent hosts with superb facilities complimenting the close competition, and my sincere thanks to Roger and his wife Ali. 

 

2014 Bank International Team

The AT Team England FF Bank Team for 2014 will be (right): 

Terry Phillips (Captain); Rob Frame; Ryan Matthews, Bernie Maher; Mark Harrison, Chris Micallef; Steve Cochrane; and Alan Jenkins (Manager).

They will represent AT Team England FF at the Bank International in October at Chatton Trout Fishery, Alnwick, Northumberland.

In preparation for the International a squad day was held at Chatton on Saturday 29th March. Roger Brown, owner and host of Chatton Fishery, and his wife Ali, hosted the day and kept us supplied with bacon & egg sandwiches, team & coffee. The Team fished Ross lake and Dunnydeer lake, with all the team catching. The biggest fish was caught by Graham Robinson, who accompanied the team and supplied the photographs. 

2013 Bank Home International

23rd October, Lochter fishery, Inveruie, Aberdeenshire

1st Scotland – 100 total placings – 56 fish – 64.0 longest fish – 53740 fish points

2nd England – 111 total placings – 51 fish – 68.8 longest fish – 48460 fish points

3rd Ireland – 193 total placings – 24 fish – 51.5 longest fish – 23180 fish points

4th Wales – 199 total placings – 24 fish – 46.1 longest fish – 21840 fish points

Top rod: Steve Corsar (Scotland) 12 fish – 10920 fish points

Team England FF were represented by: Phil Dixon (Captain); Glen Appleby; Howard Croston; Rob Frame; Tim Gilchrist (Reserve); Gordon Swain; Andy Taylor; and Alan Jenkins (Manager).

Team outfits were supplied by clothing sponsor John Grant of Grantz Clothing.

Congratulations once again to Scotland for another Home International victory.

Report by Manager Alan Jenkins: Stillwater Bank International 23rd October 2013

Full Results: 2013 International Bank Results

2013 Bank International Team 

The Team England FF Bank Team for 2013 will be (right):

Phil Dixon (Captain); Glen Appleby; Howard Croston; Rob Frame; Tim Gilchrist (Reserve); Gordon Swain; Andy Taylor; and Alan Jenkins (Manager). 

They will represent Team England FF at the Bank International in October at Lochter fishery, Inveruie, Aberdeenshire. Here they are (below) at a recent team squad day at Seighford Lakes, along with Jim Tuck, Bank Organiser, and Clothing Sponsor John Grant from Grantz Clothing,  who supplied the team outfits.

England win 2012 Bank International in Wales

England convincingly won the Bank International at Garnffrwd fishery in South Wales by a record margin with a tremendously consistent team performance over two sessions. The team consisted of Simon Robinson as captain with team members Terry Phillips, Dean Appleby, Phil Dixon, Jim Tuck and Mark Harrison, with Andy Taylor as reserve and Alan Jenkins as team manager.

Full report: Bank International 2012

Full results: 2012 Bank International Results

Teams

1st England   total placings – 88 (76 fish)

2nd Scotland   total placings – 158 (51 fish)

3rd Wales   total placings – 163 (50 fish)

4th Ireland   total placings – 194 (41 fish)

Individuals

1st Terry Phillips (England) – total placings – 3 (19 fish)

2nd Dean Appleby (England) – total placings – 3 (17 fish)

3rd Stephen Corsar (Scotland) – total placings – 9 (13 fish)

4th Brian Kerr (Ireland) – total placings – 10 (14 fish)

5th Matthew Jones (Wales) – total placings – 12 (13 fish)

6th Simon Robinson (England) – total placings – 12 (12 fish)

7th Phil Dixon (England) – total placings – 14 (12 fish)

8th Jim Tuck (England) – total placings – 14 (11 fish)

2012 Bank International Team

The Team England FF Bank Team for 2012 will be:

Alan Jenkins (Manager); Simon Robinson (Captain) from Whickham, Tyne & Wear; Dean Appleby, Peterlee, Co Durham; Terry Phillips, Bursclough, Lancashire; Jim Tuck, Ashington, Northumberland; Phil Dixon, Seighford, Staffordshire; Mark Harrison, Walsall, West Midlands; and Andy Taylor (Reserve), Stafford, Staffordshire.

2011 Bank International, Barfinnihy Lake, Kenmare, Ireland

Final results are:

1. Scotland        146 placing points

2. Ireland          179

3. England        190

4. Wales           203

Total Fish caught: 45

Top Individual: Terry Kelly (Ireland) 8 place points

Best Fish: Lee Patten (Wales) 50cms

Top England rod: Davey Parker 6th (25 placing points)

Team England Bank Squad Day

A day was organised for a get-together to familiarise the team taking part in the Bank International at Barfinnihy Lake, Kenmare, Ireland in October.

Ed Foster, a late replacement to the team, was unable to join us, as was Dave Parker who was representing England in the Czech Republic.

The day started with strong winds but, not to be deterred, after some strong coffee a briefing was given on the best possible areas and methods to fish.

Soon we all set out to try for the hard-fighting brown trout stocked in the reservoirs. First to find a good fish of a pound and a half was Mike Dixon, who had travelled up from Crewe that morning.

Unfortunately, for the rest of the squad the morning proved fruitless, with the exception of a few pulls and a lost fish to Glen Appleby.

At lunch time we all headed off to the Moorcock Inn, where we were greeted by the welcome sight of juicy bacon rolls and thick homemade chips. After the excellent lunch a brief team talk as given by Team Manager Alan Jenkins, followed by a presentation of Team England shirts and badges to the new Internationals Bart Farmer and Rob Frame.

Smiddyshaw Reservoir was our afternoon venue, when we were again greeted with strong sunshine and even stronger winds. However, we persevered for a few hours longer before deciding to call it a day.

England Youth World Team member Carl Malpass, who joined us after lunch, decided to stick with the conditions and managed a nice fish for his efforts.

Preparations are now well in hand for the second Bank International, which will be held on the 19th October 2011 in Ireland. The organisers are the Trout Anglers Federation Ireland (TAFI), who will be our hosts for this event.

Team Profile

Glen Appleby

22 years old, from Peterlee in the North East of England, Glen’s interest in fly fishing began when he was 10, and he has always received encouragement from his father Peter. He qualified for the England bank team last year for the first Bank International, and is back in the side again for 2011. “I love all types of fly-fishing methods and my tip is to try to find the depth the fish are at, and to adapt.”

Mike Dixon

Since he started fishing in 2000, Mike has belonged to the same 6-man team, qualifying for the finals of every competition bar three! He’s also represented England in Loch Style Internationals 5 times, and made it to two Rivers Nationals. “As you know, we won the Airflo Team final last year, and I finished as the top individual. I’ve also won the Hanningfield Masters.”

Ed Foster

Ed is well known for owning and operating Elinor Trout Fishery, voted in Trout Fisherman as the best medium-sized water in the UK, and a regular venue for the Airflo Classic Final. He has represented his country four times in Loch-style Internationals (at Lough Owel, Trawsfyndd – twice – and Loch Leven), and will be captaining the side in the Autumn International at Grafham.

Bart Farmer

In Bart’s own words, he “Never stops fishing”. Despite only starting in 2004, he’s put the hours in, getting out at least twice a week, on the small waters through the winter and the reservoirs the rest of the time. A member of the Rib Valley and Hanningfield clubs, he is usually well placed in most of their competitions. As for international experience, “From 1988 to 1998 I competed at the highest level in the sport of pro paintball”.

Rob Frame

An electrical estimator from Newcastle upon Tyne, Rob has 41 years’ experience to call on, and is currently a member of the 3-man North East Fly Fishers Team. His ambition has always been to fish for England with some of the top anglers in the country, to learn and become a better angler. “My favourite style of fishing? Top of the water with dries or straight lining a team of buzzers or nymphs.”

Dave Parker

Dave started competition fishing in 1991, winning lots of local events before landing the team gold in the 2001 Airflo Classic. In the same year he won team gold in the European and team silver at Loch Leven. He’s since followed this by winning the Rivers National, along with more appearances in Rivers Internationals, Europeans, and his first World Championships in Finland 2007. “I started with my Dad and Uncle, at the age of 6, fishing my local rivers – Tweed, Till, Teviot, Coquet and Pont.”  

Team Manager: Alan Jenkins

(Images supplied courtesy of Graham Robinson of GRP)

Home International Bank Match 2022 – As it happened

The 2022 Home International Bank competition is being held at Garnffrwd trout fishery in Wales on Wednesday 19th October. Teams from Wales, England, Scotland and Ireland are competing.

Representing AT TEFF are: Mark Harrison (captain), Andy Taylor, Phil Shaw-Browne, James Stephenson, Josh Piper, Tim Joyce and Anthony Meadows.

The Angling Trust reports: The teams have been piped down to the pegs and this year’s Championship is under way.
We’ll aim to keep you updated as the match unveils, however, no official results will be available until they’re ratified this evening.
The klaxons sounded and lines are looping out across the lake, let’s see what the day brings.
Good luck to all.

The first of the sessions completed and our competitors have moved onto the second.
The rough report for session one is: Josh Piper has 2, Tyler Hay 2, Rhys Wadley 2/3, Kevin Lafford 1 & Shane Bird 1.
Apologies for the low quality photos, it’s quite a large lake to cover from the lodge.

The second session concluded, Brian Keer has one as have Kevin Andrews and Rhys Wadley.
Josh Piper is now on three fish adding to the first session score. Andy Taylor landed two in this session and Mark Harrison’s off the mark too.

PM update for the Bank International, the current position after lunch is still provisional, however it’s safe to say that Wales & Eire are both on thirteen fish, while England & Scotland are on eight.
It’s looking like Wales have the handle on the day, with Eire pushing for second, whilst England & Scotland tussle for third.
Conditions are bright, but the wind has lifted considerably.

This year’s Home International Bank competition is fished and results in, congratulations to Ireland on a fantastic performance pipping host nation Wales into Silver, this was by a single fish and 600 fish points. England landed the Bronze by three fish and 2460 points, over Scotland.
Wales took top rod as Dai Jones on the same six fish as Ireland’s Brian Keer, however one placing point clear. Rhys Wadley landed the longest Trout of 55cms as well as placing third in the individual table.
Paul Page announced the results and thanked both the fishery for their brilliant support and volunteer stewards for their diligent attention to detail whilst scoring and invigilating. As well as to our competing anglers whose dedication and commitment makes this competition such a fascinating as well as intriguing match.
We’re looking forward to next year already, roll on 2023

Full Results: 2022 Bank International Final Results

Home International Bank Match 2022

The 2022 Home International Bank competition will be held at Garnffrwd trout fishery in Wales on Wednesday 19th October. Teams from Wales, England, Scotland and Ireland will compete.

Representing AT TEFF are: Mark Harrison (captain), Andy Taylor, Phil Shaw-Browne, James Stephenson, Josh Piper, Tim Joyce and Anthony Meadows.

The best of luck to everyone taking part.

The Angling Trust reports: This year’s Home International Bank competition is hosted by Garnffrwd trout fishery in Wales, Wednesday 19th October. The teams from Wales, England, Scotland and Ireland have been on the venue for official practice Mon 17th and today, dialling into the most likely methods and techniques to compete with tomorrow.
Representing AT TEFF are: Mark Harrison (captain), Andy Taylor, Phil Shaw-Browne, James Stephenson, Josh Piper, Tim Joyce and Anthony Meadows, managed by Paul Page.
The weather always plays its part in match fishing, and tomorrow’s forecast is for a mainly overcast day with light winds, usually a good scenario for targeting rainbow trout, and as the fish have been pressured during practice, this all helps. Garnffrwd also have a stocking of sparctic trout, a cross between brook trout and arctic char, they’re stunning looking fish, with distinct marking and fantastic colours. However, they do favour cooler weather, yet it’s likely some of the guys will manage to net a few during the match.
We’ve more pictures to follow this evening from this afternoon, they will accompany the details from this evening’s draw, Ceri Jones was on hand to do the official pictures, however the images here will give our comps-savvy audience some idea of the nature of the venue and general atmosphere of the guys fishing.

The Angling Trust reports: This year’s Home International Bank competition draw and rotations for tomorrow’s match are in the photographs attached, this includes updates and team changes etc. Every peg will be fished by a member of each nation’s teams and no angler will fish the same peg twice. The competition is strictly catch and release with points available for each fish and its length.
Good luck to all our anglers tomorrow, this is a long-awaited comp that all our nations and their anglers have looked forward too. We’ll keep you abreast of some the news and culminate with day’s final results tomorrow night.

AT TEFF 2022 Bank International Team & Captain

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11th Bank Home International – Now postponed to 2021

The 2020 Bank Home International, due to be held this October in Wales, has been postponed to 2021.

Two possible dates have been chosen – 20th or 27th October 2021.

Lee Cartmail, organiser of the 2019/20 AT TEFF Bank National qualifiers, is rescheduling new dates for the postponed Southern Regional Eliminator and National Final, which will select the team to represent AT TEFF at this 2021 Bank International.

10th Bank Home International, Laios Angling Centre, Co Laios, Ireland, 23rd October

Gold for AT Team England FF !!

1. England  112 placing pts  40 fish  58cms longest fish  41100 fish pts
2. Wales  149 placing pts  34 fish  51.3cms longest fish  33900 fish pts
3. Ireland  155 placing pts  33 fish  54.1cms longest fish  33760 fish pts
4. Scotland  185 placing pts  22 fish 57.0cms longest fish  22280 fish pts

Individual Results

1. Andy Taylor, England  12 fish  4 place pts
2. David Neilson, England  9 fish  9 place pts
3. Matthew Pate, Wales  7 fish  14 place pts 

Longest Fish: Andy Taylor & Philip Shaw-Browne – 58cms

The 2019 International Bank Fly Fishing Championship took place on Wednesday 23rd October at the Laois Angling Centre, County Laois, Ireland.
The four home nations fielded teams of six anglers, with a travelling reserve and manager to make up the squad of eight. Those representing England had come through the previous year’s qualifiers, semi-finals and final to make the team.
The AT-TEFF team, consisting of Gareth Tilley (Captain) Phil Shaw-Browne, David Neilson, Andy Taylor, Andrew Taylor, Graham Willis, Mark Harrison (Reserve) and manager Paul Page travelled out to Ireland on Saturday and managed to squeeze a few hours practice on the lakes prior to darkness. This short session proved to be a good starting point to the following three days of practice.

The match was fished to full catch and release with barbless hooks to be used throughout. It was to be fished over two, three-hour sessions, AM/PM, with anglers fishing for forty minutes on a peg before moving five pegs, to ensure that they covered the two lakes to be used. Place points were to be used over each session with the overall winner decided by the team which had the lowest points score. The fish were measured by a controller and returned to the water with the length recorded on the angler’s scorecard.

During the practice sessions the teamed developed and refined their flies and techniques. It became clear that distance casting was going to be a major factor as the angling pressure moved the fish out into the middle of both lakes. This impacted on the choice of lines they used with 40+ floaters and slow glass lines being their preferred fly lines. The fish were keen to feed on the surface and just under and again this impacted on their fly choice and tactics. The team over the three days narrowed their tactics down to the slow glass lines and Zonkers, the bung with Shammies and Blobs fished at 3ft and dries with Shipman’s and small F-Flies catching those fish willing to feed late on in the day.

On match day the teams were piped in for a 10am start. As expected, the first two sessions were going to be critical and getting off to a good start was essential. Plenty of fish were taken in the first two moves with only a handful of fish caught in the final two. At the end of morning session England were slightly ahead of the other home nations by just seven place points. A superb lunch was provided by the staff at the Laois Angling Centre before the second session. The afternoon session also got off to a good start with rods bending across both lakes. However, the action soon slowed down, and it was the red hats of England who were now catching consistently as the match drew to its conclusion. The second session score cards were handed in and the results were announced.

In first place with 112 place points were England, Wales were runners-up with 149 place points with Ireland third with 155 place points. Scotland were fourth with 185 place points. England also had three anglers in the top five with Andy Taylor crowned International Bank Champion with 12 fish, with David Neilson runner-up with nine fish and Andrew Taylor fifth with eight fish. Andy Taylor and Phil Shaw-Browne shared the longest fish with both anglers catching a fish of 58cm.
In total 129 fish were caught for a rod average of just over five.

The AT-TEFF bank team would like to thank the Trout Federation of Ireland (TAFI) for organising and running this years international, John and Enda Phelan of the Laois Angling Centre for hosting the competition – the venue and hospitality were first class, the controllers who gave up their day to control the match, the staff and management of the Abbeyleix Hotel which was the base for all the teams, Lee Cartmail and those anglers who supported bonus ball raffles to raise funds for the team and Greys Fly Fishing for the shirts.

Paul Page, England Bank Manager said: “The team started well in practice and kept up the performance in all eight peg rotations, winning by a healthy 37 placing points. This was a tremendous performance and the first ever clean sweep of all trophies.”

Gareth Tilley, England Bank Captain said: “We had a great time representing England, we had a great set of lads in the team and we enjoyed our time as a team in Ireland. The fishing and hospitality at the Laois Angling Centre was first class. I would like to thank Ireland the hosts of the competition who made us feel very welcome. The week was complete when we won gold and took full honours with Andy Taylor as top rod and Andy and Phil Shaw-Browne with the longest fish.”

AT TEFF 2019 Bank International team

Angling Trust Team England Fly Fishing today wishes success to its Team for the forthcoming 10th Bank International which will be held at the Laios Angling Centre, Coolrain, Co. Laios, Ireland next week.

Team Captain, Gareth Tilley has represented England at the Bank International for the last 2 years and having come 1st and 2nd individually, his track record makes him an excellent choice to captain the team.

The Championship match day will be held on the 23rd October when teams of 6 anglers from England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland will compete for the Bank International’s Founders Trophy. This will be the third time that Ireland has hosted the Bank International and the first time at the Laios fishery.

The squad will be led by Manager Paul Page, along with Captain Gareth Tilley; Andy Taylor; Andrew Taylor; Graham Willis; Phil Shaw – Browne; David Neilson and Reserve Mark Harrison.

2018 Bank Home International, Chatton trout fishery, England

Date: Wednesday 24th October

Venue: Chatton Trout Fishery

Hotel: The White Swan Hotel

Results:

1. Scotland   107 placing points   23 fish    56.7cms longest fish   22960 fish points
2. England   148 placing points   16 fish   59.0cms longest fish   16340 fish points
3. Wales   193 placing points    9 fish   55.0cms longest fish    9360 fish points
4. 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.

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2017 Bank Home International, Forbes of Kingennie, Scotland

The 2017 Bank Home International was held at Forbes of Kingennie country resort, near Dundee, Scotland, on Wednesday 25th October.

Results:

1. England – 104 total placings – 65 fish – longest fish 57.6 – 67180 fish points
2. Scotland – 144 total placings – 50 fish – longest fish 76.9 – 53460 fish points
3. Wales – 154 total placings – 48 fish – longest fish 67.0 – 49900 fish points
4. Ireland – 198 total placings – 37 fish – longest fish 66.8 – 38660 fish points

Individually, Glenn Appleby (England) was 1st, with Gareth Tilley (England) 2nd, and James Stephenson (England) 4th.

Full Results: 2017 Bank Inter Results

Representing AT Team England FF were: James Stephenson, Glenn Appleby (captain), Colin Harris, Gareth Tilley, Ed Upton, Ben Race, Lee Cartmail (reserve), and Alan Jenkins (manager). Congratulations on a great result!

The AT Team England FF Bank team would like to thank their sponsors:

Snowbee (shirts)

Craghoppers (fleeces)

Grantz (clothing)

Ed Upton of Ellerdine Lakes (fly-tying materials)

The best of luck to everyone involved.

2016 Bank Home International, Garnffrwd fishery, Wales

The 2016 Bank Home International was held at Garnffrwd fishery, Wales on Wednesday 2nd November, between teams from England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland.

Hosted by the Welsh Salmon & Trout Angling Association (WSTAA), with accommodation provided by the Diplomat Hotel, Llanelli, the programme for this event was:

Monday 31st October: Official Practice Sessions (morning & afternoon)

Tuesday 1st November: Official Practice Session (morning). Followed by Photographs at Fishery, Managers & Captains’ Meeting & Match Draw

Wednesday 2nd October: Championship Day (morning & afternoon sessions). Followed by Formal Team Photographs, International Dinner & Presentations.

Results:

1. Scotland – 43 fish – 98 place points – 40720 total points
2. Ireland – 35 fish – 156 place points – 31580 total points
3. England – 27 fish – 165 place points – 25200 total points
4. Wales – 20 fish – 190 place points – 18520 total points

Congratulations to Scotland on a convincing victory.

Representing AT TEFF were: Iain Barr, Rob Frame, Dave Johns, Paul Runec, Andrew Scott, Jim Tuck (Captain), Charlie Abrahams (Reserve) and Alan Jenkins (Manager). 

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2015 Bank Home International, Woodford, Carrickfergus, N. Ireland

Scotland win a close contest

1. Scotland – 14 fish – 133 place pts – 15140 fish pts
2. England – 13 fish – 152 place pts – 13180 fish pts
3. Ireland – 12 fish – 163 place pts – 11760 fish pts
4. Wales – 5 fish – 235 place pts – 5060 fish pts 

Top Individual: James Stephenson (England) 4 fish – 5 place pts – 4400 fish pts

The 2015 Bank Home International was fished at Woodford Fly Fishery, Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim, N. Ireland between Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales on Wednesday 14th October.

This event was hosted by the Trout Anglers Federation of Ireland (TAFI), with support from the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure (DCAL), Stena Line, and the Mid and East Antrim Borough Council.

Programme

Sunday 11th October – Arrival and Registration of Teams at The Loughshore Hotel, Carrickfergus, Co Antrim

Monday 12th October –  Official Morning & Afternoon Practice Sessions

Tuesday 13th October – Official Morning Practice Session

Wednesday 14th October – Morning Session (3 hours) + Afternoon Session (3 hours), followed by International Dinner & Presentations

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AT Team England FF was represented by Simon Robinson (Captain), Craig Barr, Phil Dixon, Conor Metcalf, James Stephenson, Richard Slater, Ed Foster (Reserve) & Alan Jenkins (Manager).

Manager Alan Jenkins reports: England got off to a fast start in the afternoon, with eventual individual winner James Stevenson, into 2 fish quickly. It was going to be tight with every fish so valuable. However Ireland had a better afternoon but the morning lead was enough to see Scotland home. The results were announced after what seemed a long wait and then it was official, Scotland first with 14 fish, England 13 fish, Ireland 12 fish and Wales 5 fish. John Brown had longest fish at 57.1 cms, top individual was James Stephenson followed by Alan Hill and Phil Dixon England. Fewer blanks and a superb size of fish helped Scotland achieve its 3rd Gold medal in 6 years at these Championships. Team plan of sticking to flies in the team box ensured all team members contributed to result. Next year we go back to Garnffrwd Fishery in South Wales. 

Team England would like to thank our sponser John Grantz www. Grantz .co.uk for providing the team clothing.

Full Match Report by Alan Jenkins: Angling Trust Report template for Competitions

2014 Bank Home International, Chatton, Northumberland

Ireland won the recent 2014 Bank International fished on Ross and Dunnydeer Lakes at Chatton Trout Fishery, Alnwick, Northumberland, just nine placing points ahead of England. A good start by Ireland in the morning session was followed by England narrowing the gap in the afternoon. Top individual and captor of the largest fish at 63cms was AT Team England FF’s Ryan Matthews.

1. Ireland                111 placing pts    36 fish   58.0 longest fish   37340 fish pts

2. England             120 placing pts    39 fish   63.0 longest fish   39740 fish pts

3. Wales                 176 placing pts    23 fish   56.4 longest fish   23540 fish pts

4. Scotland            193 placing pts    22 fish   59.0 longest fish   22500 fish pts

Full Results: 2014 Bank International Results 

The AT Team England FF Bank Team was: 

Chris Micallef (Captain); Rob Frame; Ryan Matthews, Bernie Maher; Mark Harrison; Steve Cochrane; and Alan Jenkins (Manager).

The team was supported by Team Clothing sponsor John Grant of Grantz Custom Fishing Clothing http://www.Grantz.co.uk

AT TEFF Manager Alan Jenkins reports:

Ireland held off a strong challenge from England to claim victory in the 5th Bank International. Ireland secured Team Gold. Top Individual and Longest fish, was Ryan Mathews from England. 

Teams had been practising since the weekend at the superb Chatton fishery. Using Dunnydeer and Ross Lakes the fishing was very consistent and challenging. 120 fish were caught in total on competition day, rod average 5 fish per rod.  Weather had been blustery during practice and the fishing challenging, until competition day and the wind dropped, temperatures rose and the teams targeted rising fish. After the morning session Ireland had a narrow lead over England with Scotland and Wales a little distance behind.  A consistent team effort saw Ireland maintain their lead to secure the ‘Founding Nations Cup’. 

Team Ireland Campbell Baird (Captain) Brian Kerr, Harry McAteer, Joe Quinn, Conor Cunningham, Hubert Smith and Manager Darren Wallace. Individual Winner Ryan Matthews England – 10 fish  – 5 Place Points  – 10,640 Fish Points Longest Fish: Ryan Matthews England with a fish of 63cms

Chatton fishery proved to be excellent hosts with superb facilities complimenting the close competition, and my sincere thanks to Roger and his wife Ali. 

 

2014 Bank International Team

The AT Team England FF Bank Team for 2014 will be (right): 

Terry Phillips (Captain); Rob Frame; Ryan Matthews, Bernie Maher; Mark Harrison, Chris Micallef; Steve Cochrane; and Alan Jenkins (Manager).

They will represent AT Team England FF at the Bank International in October at Chatton Trout Fishery, Alnwick, Northumberland.

In preparation for the International a squad day was held at Chatton on Saturday 29th March. Roger Brown, owner and host of Chatton Fishery, and his wife Ali, hosted the day and kept us supplied with bacon & egg sandwiches, team & coffee. The Team fished Ross lake and Dunnydeer lake, with all the team catching. The biggest fish was caught by Graham Robinson, who accompanied the team and supplied the photographs. 

2013 Bank Home International

23rd October, Lochter fishery, Inveruie, Aberdeenshire

1st Scotland – 100 total placings – 56 fish – 64.0 longest fish – 53740 fish points

2nd England – 111 total placings – 51 fish – 68.8 longest fish – 48460 fish points

3rd Ireland – 193 total placings – 24 fish – 51.5 longest fish – 23180 fish points

4th Wales – 199 total placings – 24 fish – 46.1 longest fish – 21840 fish points

Top rod: Steve Corsar (Scotland) 12 fish – 10920 fish points

Team England FF were represented by: Phil Dixon (Captain); Glen Appleby; Howard Croston; Rob Frame; Tim Gilchrist (Reserve); Gordon Swain; Andy Taylor; and Alan Jenkins (Manager).

Team outfits were supplied by clothing sponsor John Grant of Grantz Clothing.

Congratulations once again to Scotland for another Home International victory.

Report by Manager Alan Jenkins: Stillwater Bank International 23rd October 2013

Full Results: 2013 International Bank Results

2013 Bank International Team 

The Team England FF Bank Team for 2013 will be (right):

Phil Dixon (Captain); Glen Appleby; Howard Croston; Rob Frame; Tim Gilchrist (Reserve); Gordon Swain; Andy Taylor; and Alan Jenkins (Manager). 

They will represent Team England FF at the Bank International in October at Lochter fishery, Inveruie, Aberdeenshire. Here they are (below) at a recent team squad day at Seighford Lakes, along with Jim Tuck, Bank Organiser, and Clothing Sponsor John Grant from Grantz Clothing,  who supplied the team outfits.

England win 2012 Bank International in Wales

England convincingly won the Bank International at Garnffrwd fishery in South Wales by a record margin with a tremendously consistent team performance over two sessions. The team consisted of Simon Robinson as captain with team members Terry Phillips, Dean Appleby, Phil Dixon, Jim Tuck and Mark Harrison, with Andy Taylor as reserve and Alan Jenkins as team manager.

Full report: Bank International 2012

Full results: 2012 Bank International Results

Teams

1st England   total placings – 88 (76 fish)

2nd Scotland   total placings – 158 (51 fish)

3rd Wales   total placings – 163 (50 fish)

4th Ireland   total placings – 194 (41 fish)

Individuals

1st Terry Phillips (England) – total placings – 3 (19 fish)

2nd Dean Appleby (England) – total placings – 3 (17 fish)

3rd Stephen Corsar (Scotland) – total placings – 9 (13 fish)

4th Brian Kerr (Ireland) – total placings – 10 (14 fish)

5th Matthew Jones (Wales) – total placings – 12 (13 fish)

6th Simon Robinson (England) – total placings – 12 (12 fish)

7th Phil Dixon (England) – total placings – 14 (12 fish)

8th Jim Tuck (England) – total placings – 14 (11 fish)

2012 Bank International Team

The Team England FF Bank Team for 2012 will be:

Alan Jenkins (Manager); Simon Robinson (Captain) from Whickham, Tyne & Wear; Dean Appleby, Peterlee, Co Durham; Terry Phillips, Bursclough, Lancashire; Jim Tuck, Ashington, Northumberland; Phil Dixon, Seighford, Staffordshire; Mark Harrison, Walsall, West Midlands; and Andy Taylor (Reserve), Stafford, Staffordshire.

2011 Bank International, Barfinnihy Lake, Kenmare, Ireland

Final results are:

1. Scotland        146 placing points

2. Ireland          179

3. England        190

4. Wales           203

Total Fish caught: 45

Top Individual: Terry Kelly (Ireland) 8 place points

Best Fish: Lee Patten (Wales) 50cms

Top England rod: Davey Parker 6th (25 placing points)

Team England Bank Squad Day

A day was organised for a get-together to familiarise the team taking part in the Bank International at Barfinnihy Lake, Kenmare, Ireland in October.

Ed Foster, a late replacement to the team, was unable to join us, as was Dave Parker who was representing England in the Czech Republic.

The day started with strong winds but, not to be deterred, after some strong coffee a briefing was given on the best possible areas and methods to fish.

Soon we all set out to try for the hard-fighting brown trout stocked in the reservoirs. First to find a good fish of a pound and a half was Mike Dixon, who had travelled up from Crewe that morning.

Unfortunately, for the rest of the squad the morning proved fruitless, with the exception of a few pulls and a lost fish to Glen Appleby.

At lunch time we all headed off to the Moorcock Inn, where we were greeted by the welcome sight of juicy bacon rolls and thick homemade chips. After the excellent lunch a brief team talk as given by Team Manager Alan Jenkins, followed by a presentation of Team England shirts and badges to the new Internationals Bart Farmer and Rob Frame.

Smiddyshaw Reservoir was our afternoon venue, when we were again greeted with strong sunshine and even stronger winds. However, we persevered for a few hours longer before deciding to call it a day.

England Youth World Team member Carl Malpass, who joined us after lunch, decided to stick with the conditions and managed a nice fish for his efforts.

Preparations are now well in hand for the second Bank International, which will be held on the 19th October 2011 in Ireland. The organisers are the Trout Anglers Federation Ireland (TAFI), who will be our hosts for this event.

Team Profile

Glen Appleby

22 years old, from Peterlee in the North East of England, Glen’s interest in fly fishing began when he was 10, and he has always received encouragement from his father Peter. He qualified for the England bank team last year for the first Bank International, and is back in the side again for 2011. “I love all types of fly-fishing methods and my tip is to try to find the depth the fish are at, and to adapt.”

Mike Dixon

Since he started fishing in 2000, Mike has belonged to the same 6-man team, qualifying for the finals of every competition bar three! He’s also represented England in Loch Style Internationals 5 times, and made it to two Rivers Nationals. “As you know, we won the Airflo Team final last year, and I finished as the top individual. I’ve also won the Hanningfield Masters.”

Ed Foster

Ed is well known for owning and operating Elinor Trout Fishery, voted in Trout Fisherman as the best medium-sized water in the UK, and a regular venue for the Airflo Classic Final. He has represented his country four times in Loch-style Internationals (at Lough Owel, Trawsfyndd – twice – and Loch Leven), and will be captaining the side in the Autumn International at Grafham.

Bart Farmer

In Bart’s own words, he “Never stops fishing”. Despite only starting in 2004, he’s put the hours in, getting out at least twice a week, on the small waters through the winter and the reservoirs the rest of the time. A member of the Rib Valley and Hanningfield clubs, he is usually well placed in most of their competitions. As for international experience, “From 1988 to 1998 I competed at the highest level in the sport of pro paintball”.

Rob Frame

An electrical estimator from Newcastle upon Tyne, Rob has 41 years’ experience to call on, and is currently a member of the 3-man North East Fly Fishers Team. His ambition has always been to fish for England with some of the top anglers in the country, to learn and become a better angler. “My favourite style of fishing? Top of the water with dries or straight lining a team of buzzers or nymphs.”

Dave Parker

Dave started competition fishing in 1991, winning lots of local events before landing the team gold in the 2001 Airflo Classic. In the same year he won team gold in the European and team silver at Loch Leven. He’s since followed this by winning the Rivers National, along with more appearances in Rivers Internationals, Europeans, and his first World Championships in Finland 2007. “I started with my Dad and Uncle, at the age of 6, fishing my local rivers – Tweed, Till, Teviot, Coquet and Pont.”  

Team Manager: Alan Jenkins

(Images supplied courtesy of Graham Robinson of GRP)

Home International Bank Match 2022 – As it happened

The 2022 Home International Bank competition is being held at Garnffrwd trout fishery in Wales on Wednesday 19th October. Teams from Wales, England, Scotland and Ireland are competing.

Representing AT TEFF are: Mark Harrison (captain), Andy Taylor, Phil Shaw-Browne, James Stephenson, Josh Piper, Tim Joyce and Anthony Meadows.

The Angling Trust reports: The teams have been piped down to the pegs and this year’s Championship is under way.
We’ll aim to keep you updated as the match unveils, however, no official results will be available until they’re ratified this evening.
The klaxons sounded and lines are looping out across the lake, let’s see what the day brings.
Good luck to all.

The first of the sessions completed and our competitors have moved onto the second.
The rough report for session one is: Josh Piper has 2, Tyler Hay 2, Rhys Wadley 2/3, Kevin Lafford 1 & Shane Bird 1.
Apologies for the low quality photos, it’s quite a large lake to cover from the lodge.

The second session concluded, Brian Keer has one as have Kevin Andrews and Rhys Wadley.
Josh Piper is now on three fish adding to the first session score. Andy Taylor landed two in this session and Mark Harrison’s off the mark too.

PM update for the Bank International, the current position after lunch is still provisional, however it’s safe to say that Wales & Eire are both on thirteen fish, while England & Scotland are on eight.
It’s looking like Wales have the handle on the day, with Eire pushing for second, whilst England & Scotland tussle for third.
Conditions are bright, but the wind has lifted considerably.

This year’s Home International Bank competition is fished and results in, congratulations to Ireland on a fantastic performance pipping host nation Wales into Silver, this was by a single fish and 600 fish points. England landed the Bronze by three fish and 2460 points, over Scotland.
Wales took top rod as Dai Jones on the same six fish as Ireland’s Brian Keer, however one placing point clear. Rhys Wadley landed the longest Trout of 55cms as well as placing third in the individual table.
Paul Page announced the results and thanked both the fishery for their brilliant support and volunteer stewards for their diligent attention to detail whilst scoring and invigilating. As well as to our competing anglers whose dedication and commitment makes this competition such a fascinating as well as intriguing match.
We’re looking forward to next year already, roll on 2023

Full Results: 2022 Bank International Final Results

Home International Bank Match 2022

The 2022 Home International Bank competition will be held at Garnffrwd trout fishery in Wales on Wednesday 19th October. Teams from Wales, England, Scotland and Ireland will compete.

Representing AT TEFF are: Mark Harrison (captain), Andy Taylor, Phil Shaw-Browne, James Stephenson, Josh Piper, Tim Joyce and Anthony Meadows.

The best of luck to everyone taking part.

The Angling Trust reports: This year’s Home International Bank competition is hosted by Garnffrwd trout fishery in Wales, Wednesday 19th October. The teams from Wales, England, Scotland and Ireland have been on the venue for official practice Mon 17th and today, dialling into the most likely methods and techniques to compete with tomorrow.
Representing AT TEFF are: Mark Harrison (captain), Andy Taylor, Phil Shaw-Browne, James Stephenson, Josh Piper, Tim Joyce and Anthony Meadows, managed by Paul Page.
The weather always plays its part in match fishing, and tomorrow’s forecast is for a mainly overcast day with light winds, usually a good scenario for targeting rainbow trout, and as the fish have been pressured during practice, this all helps. Garnffrwd also have a stocking of sparctic trout, a cross between brook trout and arctic char, they’re stunning looking fish, with distinct marking and fantastic colours. However, they do favour cooler weather, yet it’s likely some of the guys will manage to net a few during the match.
We’ve more pictures to follow this evening from this afternoon, they will accompany the details from this evening’s draw, Ceri Jones was on hand to do the official pictures, however the images here will give our comps-savvy audience some idea of the nature of the venue and general atmosphere of the guys fishing.

The Angling Trust reports: This year’s Home International Bank competition draw and rotations for tomorrow’s match are in the photographs attached, this includes updates and team changes etc. Every peg will be fished by a member of each nation’s teams and no angler will fish the same peg twice. The competition is strictly catch and release with points available for each fish and its length.
Good luck to all our anglers tomorrow, this is a long-awaited comp that all our nations and their anglers have looked forward too. We’ll keep you abreast of some the news and culminate with day’s final results tomorrow night.

AT TEFF 2022 Bank International Team & Captain

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11th Bank Home International – Now postponed to 2021

The 2020 Bank Home International, due to be held this October in Wales, has been postponed to 2021.

Two possible dates have been chosen – 20th or 27th October 2021.

Lee Cartmail, organiser of the 2019/20 AT TEFF Bank National qualifiers, is rescheduling new dates for the postponed Southern Regional Eliminator and National Final, which will select the team to represent AT TEFF at this 2021 Bank International.

10th Bank Home International, Laios Angling Centre, Co Laios, Ireland, 23rd October

Gold for AT Team England FF !!

1. England  112 placing pts  40 fish  58cms longest fish  41100 fish pts
2. Wales  149 placing pts  34 fish  51.3cms longest fish  33900 fish pts
3. Ireland  155 placing pts  33 fish  54.1cms longest fish  33760 fish pts
4. Scotland  185 placing pts  22 fish 57.0cms longest fish  22280 fish pts

Individual Results

1. Andy Taylor, England  12 fish  4 place pts
2. David Neilson, England  9 fish  9 place pts
3. Matthew Pate, Wales  7 fish  14 place pts 

Longest Fish: Andy Taylor & Philip Shaw-Browne – 58cms

The 2019 International Bank Fly Fishing Championship took place on Wednesday 23rd October at the Laois Angling Centre, County Laois, Ireland.
The four home nations fielded teams of six anglers, with a travelling reserve and manager to make up the squad of eight. Those representing England had come through the previous year’s qualifiers, semi-finals and final to make the team.
The AT-TEFF team, consisting of Gareth Tilley (Captain) Phil Shaw-Browne, David Neilson, Andy Taylor, Andrew Taylor, Graham Willis, Mark Harrison (Reserve) and manager Paul Page travelled out to Ireland on Saturday and managed to squeeze a few hours practice on the lakes prior to darkness. This short session proved to be a good starting point to the following three days of practice.

The match was fished to full catch and release with barbless hooks to be used throughout. It was to be fished over two, three-hour sessions, AM/PM, with anglers fishing for forty minutes on a peg before moving five pegs, to ensure that they covered the two lakes to be used. Place points were to be used over each session with the overall winner decided by the team which had the lowest points score. The fish were measured by a controller and returned to the water with the length recorded on the angler’s scorecard.

During the practice sessions the teamed developed and refined their flies and techniques. It became clear that distance casting was going to be a major factor as the angling pressure moved the fish out into the middle of both lakes. This impacted on the choice of lines they used with 40+ floaters and slow glass lines being their preferred fly lines. The fish were keen to feed on the surface and just under and again this impacted on their fly choice and tactics. The team over the three days narrowed their tactics down to the slow glass lines and Zonkers, the bung with Shammies and Blobs fished at 3ft and dries with Shipman’s and small F-Flies catching those fish willing to feed late on in the day.

On match day the teams were piped in for a 10am start. As expected, the first two sessions were going to be critical and getting off to a good start was essential. Plenty of fish were taken in the first two moves with only a handful of fish caught in the final two. At the end of morning session England were slightly ahead of the other home nations by just seven place points. A superb lunch was provided by the staff at the Laois Angling Centre before the second session. The afternoon session also got off to a good start with rods bending across both lakes. However, the action soon slowed down, and it was the red hats of England who were now catching consistently as the match drew to its conclusion. The second session score cards were handed in and the results were announced.

In first place with 112 place points were England, Wales were runners-up with 149 place points with Ireland third with 155 place points. Scotland were fourth with 185 place points. England also had three anglers in the top five with Andy Taylor crowned International Bank Champion with 12 fish, with David Neilson runner-up with nine fish and Andrew Taylor fifth with eight fish. Andy Taylor and Phil Shaw-Browne shared the longest fish with both anglers catching a fish of 58cm.
In total 129 fish were caught for a rod average of just over five.

The AT-TEFF bank team would like to thank the Trout Federation of Ireland (TAFI) for organising and running this years international, John and Enda Phelan of the Laois Angling Centre for hosting the competition – the venue and hospitality were first class, the controllers who gave up their day to control the match, the staff and management of the Abbeyleix Hotel which was the base for all the teams, Lee Cartmail and those anglers who supported bonus ball raffles to raise funds for the team and Greys Fly Fishing for the shirts.

Paul Page, England Bank Manager said: “The team started well in practice and kept up the performance in all eight peg rotations, winning by a healthy 37 placing points. This was a tremendous performance and the first ever clean sweep of all trophies.”

Gareth Tilley, England Bank Captain said: “We had a great time representing England, we had a great set of lads in the team and we enjoyed our time as a team in Ireland. The fishing and hospitality at the Laois Angling Centre was first class. I would like to thank Ireland the hosts of the competition who made us feel very welcome. The week was complete when we won gold and took full honours with Andy Taylor as top rod and Andy and Phil Shaw-Browne with the longest fish.”

AT TEFF 2019 Bank International team

Angling Trust Team England Fly Fishing today wishes success to its Team for the forthcoming 10th Bank International which will be held at the Laios Angling Centre, Coolrain, Co. Laios, Ireland next week.

Team Captain, Gareth Tilley has represented England at the Bank International for the last 2 years and having come 1st and 2nd individually, his track record makes him an excellent choice to captain the team.

The Championship match day will be held on the 23rd October when teams of 6 anglers from England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland will compete for the Bank International’s Founders Trophy. This will be the third time that Ireland has hosted the Bank International and the first time at the Laios fishery.

The squad will be led by Manager Paul Page, along with Captain Gareth Tilley; Andy Taylor; Andrew Taylor; Graham Willis; Phil Shaw – Browne; David Neilson and Reserve Mark Harrison.

2018 Bank Home International, Chatton trout fishery, England

Date: Wednesday 24th October

Venue: Chatton Trout Fishery

Hotel: The White Swan Hotel

Results:

1. Scotland   107 placing points   23 fish    56.7cms longest fish   22960 fish points
2. England   148 placing points   16 fish   59.0cms longest fish   16340 fish points
3. Wales   193 placing points    9 fish   55.0cms longest fish    9360 fish points
4. 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.

Full Results: 43636111_750718715282258_4665825258014507008_n

2017 Bank Home International, Forbes of Kingennie, Scotland

The 2017 Bank Home International was held at Forbes of Kingennie country resort, near Dundee, Scotland, on Wednesday 25th October.

Results:

1. England – 104 total placings – 65 fish – longest fish 57.6 – 67180 fish points
2. Scotland – 144 total placings – 50 fish – longest fish 76.9 – 53460 fish points
3. Wales – 154 total placings – 48 fish – longest fish 67.0 – 49900 fish points
4. Ireland – 198 total placings – 37 fish – longest fish 66.8 – 38660 fish points

Individually, Glenn Appleby (England) was 1st, with Gareth Tilley (England) 2nd, and James Stephenson (England) 4th.

Full Results: 2017 Bank Inter Results

Representing AT Team England FF were: James Stephenson, Glenn Appleby (captain), Colin Harris, Gareth Tilley, Ed Upton, Ben Race, Lee Cartmail (reserve), and Alan Jenkins (manager). Congratulations on a great result!

The AT Team England FF Bank team would like to thank their sponsors:

Snowbee (shirts)

Craghoppers (fleeces)

Grantz (clothing)

Ed Upton of Ellerdine Lakes (fly-tying materials)

The best of luck to everyone involved.

2016 Bank Home International, Garnffrwd fishery, Wales

The 2016 Bank Home International was held at Garnffrwd fishery, Wales on Wednesday 2nd November, between teams from England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland.

Hosted by the Welsh Salmon & Trout Angling Association (WSTAA), with accommodation provided by the Diplomat Hotel, Llanelli, the programme for this event was:

Monday 31st October: Official Practice Sessions (morning & afternoon)

Tuesday 1st November: Official Practice Session (morning). Followed by Photographs at Fishery, Managers & Captains’ Meeting & Match Draw

Wednesday 2nd October: Championship Day (morning & afternoon sessions). Followed by Formal Team Photographs, International Dinner & Presentations.

Results:

1. Scotland – 43 fish – 98 place points – 40720 total points
2. Ireland – 35 fish – 156 place points – 31580 total points
3. England – 27 fish – 165 place points – 25200 total points
4. Wales – 20 fish – 190 place points – 18520 total points

Congratulations to Scotland on a convincing victory.

Representing AT TEFF were: Iain Barr, Rob Frame, Dave Johns, Paul Runec, Andrew Scott, Jim Tuck (Captain), Charlie Abrahams (Reserve) and Alan Jenkins (Manager). 

Match Booklet: 2016-ibffc-prog-3

2015 Bank Home International, Woodford, Carrickfergus, N. Ireland

Scotland win a close contest

1. Scotland – 14 fish – 133 place pts – 15140 fish pts
2. England – 13 fish – 152 place pts – 13180 fish pts
3. Ireland – 12 fish – 163 place pts – 11760 fish pts
4. Wales – 5 fish – 235 place pts – 5060 fish pts 

Top Individual: James Stephenson (England) 4 fish – 5 place pts – 4400 fish pts

The 2015 Bank Home International was fished at Woodford Fly Fishery, Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim, N. Ireland between Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales on Wednesday 14th October.

This event was hosted by the Trout Anglers Federation of Ireland (TAFI), with support from the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure (DCAL), Stena Line, and the Mid and East Antrim Borough Council.

Programme

Sunday 11th October – Arrival and Registration of Teams at The Loughshore Hotel, Carrickfergus, Co Antrim

Monday 12th October –  Official Morning & Afternoon Practice Sessions

Tuesday 13th October – Official Morning Practice Session

Wednesday 14th October – Morning Session (3 hours) + Afternoon Session (3 hours), followed by International Dinner & Presentations

Match Booklet 20150928 2015_Bank_International_Final

AT Team England FF was represented by Simon Robinson (Captain), Craig Barr, Phil Dixon, Conor Metcalf, James Stephenson, Richard Slater, Ed Foster (Reserve) & Alan Jenkins (Manager).

Manager Alan Jenkins reports: England got off to a fast start in the afternoon, with eventual individual winner James Stevenson, into 2 fish quickly. It was going to be tight with every fish so valuable. However Ireland had a better afternoon but the morning lead was enough to see Scotland home. The results were announced after what seemed a long wait and then it was official, Scotland first with 14 fish, England 13 fish, Ireland 12 fish and Wales 5 fish. John Brown had longest fish at 57.1 cms, top individual was James Stephenson followed by Alan Hill and Phil Dixon England. Fewer blanks and a superb size of fish helped Scotland achieve its 3rd Gold medal in 6 years at these Championships. Team plan of sticking to flies in the team box ensured all team members contributed to result. Next year we go back to Garnffrwd Fishery in South Wales. 

Team England would like to thank our sponser John Grantz www. Grantz .co.uk for providing the team clothing.

Full Match Report by Alan Jenkins: Angling Trust Report template for Competitions

2014 Bank Home International, Chatton, Northumberland

Ireland won the recent 2014 Bank International fished on Ross and Dunnydeer Lakes at Chatton Trout Fishery, Alnwick, Northumberland, just nine placing points ahead of England. A good start by Ireland in the morning session was followed by England narrowing the gap in the afternoon. Top individual and captor of the largest fish at 63cms was AT Team England FF’s Ryan Matthews.

1. Ireland                111 placing pts    36 fish   58.0 longest fish   37340 fish pts

2. England             120 placing pts    39 fish   63.0 longest fish   39740 fish pts

3. Wales                 176 placing pts    23 fish   56.4 longest fish   23540 fish pts

4. Scotland            193 placing pts    22 fish   59.0 longest fish   22500 fish pts

Full Results: 2014 Bank International Results 

The AT Team England FF Bank Team was: 

Chris Micallef (Captain); Rob Frame; Ryan Matthews, Bernie Maher; Mark Harrison; Steve Cochrane; and Alan Jenkins (Manager).

The team was supported by Team Clothing sponsor John Grant of Grantz Custom Fishing Clothing http://www.Grantz.co.uk

AT TEFF Manager Alan Jenkins reports:

Ireland held off a strong challenge from England to claim victory in the 5th Bank International. Ireland secured Team Gold. Top Individual and Longest fish, was Ryan Mathews from England. 

Teams had been practising since the weekend at the superb Chatton fishery. Using Dunnydeer and Ross Lakes the fishing was very consistent and challenging. 120 fish were caught in total on competition day, rod average 5 fish per rod.  Weather had been blustery during practice and the fishing challenging, until competition day and the wind dropped, temperatures rose and the teams targeted rising fish. After the morning session Ireland had a narrow lead over England with Scotland and Wales a little distance behind.  A consistent team effort saw Ireland maintain their lead to secure the ‘Founding Nations Cup’. 

Team Ireland Campbell Baird (Captain) Brian Kerr, Harry McAteer, Joe Quinn, Conor Cunningham, Hubert Smith and Manager Darren Wallace. Individual Winner Ryan Matthews England – 10 fish  – 5 Place Points  – 10,640 Fish Points Longest Fish: Ryan Matthews England with a fish of 63cms

Chatton fishery proved to be excellent hosts with superb facilities complimenting the close competition, and my sincere thanks to Roger and his wife Ali. 

 

2014 Bank International Team

The AT Team England FF Bank Team for 2014 will be (right): 

Terry Phillips (Captain); Rob Frame; Ryan Matthews, Bernie Maher; Mark Harrison, Chris Micallef; Steve Cochrane; and Alan Jenkins (Manager).

They will represent AT Team England FF at the Bank International in October at Chatton Trout Fishery, Alnwick, Northumberland.

In preparation for the International a squad day was held at Chatton on Saturday 29th March. Roger Brown, owner and host of Chatton Fishery, and his wife Ali, hosted the day and kept us supplied with bacon & egg sandwiches, team & coffee. The Team fished Ross lake and Dunnydeer lake, with all the team catching. The biggest fish was caught by Graham Robinson, who accompanied the team and supplied the photographs. 

2013 Bank Home International

23rd October, Lochter fishery, Inveruie, Aberdeenshire

1st Scotland – 100 total placings – 56 fish – 64.0 longest fish – 53740 fish points

2nd England – 111 total placings – 51 fish – 68.8 longest fish – 48460 fish points

3rd Ireland – 193 total placings – 24 fish – 51.5 longest fish – 23180 fish points

4th Wales – 199 total placings – 24 fish – 46.1 longest fish – 21840 fish points

Top rod: Steve Corsar (Scotland) 12 fish – 10920 fish points

Team England FF were represented by: Phil Dixon (Captain); Glen Appleby; Howard Croston; Rob Frame; Tim Gilchrist (Reserve); Gordon Swain; Andy Taylor; and Alan Jenkins (Manager).

Team outfits were supplied by clothing sponsor John Grant of Grantz Clothing.

Congratulations once again to Scotland for another Home International victory.

Report by Manager Alan Jenkins: Stillwater Bank International 23rd October 2013

Full Results: 2013 International Bank Results

2013 Bank International Team 

The Team England FF Bank Team for 2013 will be (right):

Phil Dixon (Captain); Glen Appleby; Howard Croston; Rob Frame; Tim Gilchrist (Reserve); Gordon Swain; Andy Taylor; and Alan Jenkins (Manager). 

They will represent Team England FF at the Bank International in October at Lochter fishery, Inveruie, Aberdeenshire. Here they are (below) at a recent team squad day at Seighford Lakes, along with Jim Tuck, Bank Organiser, and Clothing Sponsor John Grant from Grantz Clothing,  who supplied the team outfits.

England win 2012 Bank International in Wales

England convincingly won the Bank International at Garnffrwd fishery in South Wales by a record margin with a tremendously consistent team performance over two sessions. The team consisted of Simon Robinson as captain with team members Terry Phillips, Dean Appleby, Phil Dixon, Jim Tuck and Mark Harrison, with Andy Taylor as reserve and Alan Jenkins as team manager.

Full report: Bank International 2012

Full results: 2012 Bank International Results

Teams

1st England   total placings – 88 (76 fish)

2nd Scotland   total placings – 158 (51 fish)

3rd Wales   total placings – 163 (50 fish)

4th Ireland   total placings – 194 (41 fish)

Individuals

1st Terry Phillips (England) – total placings – 3 (19 fish)

2nd Dean Appleby (England) – total placings – 3 (17 fish)

3rd Stephen Corsar (Scotland) – total placings – 9 (13 fish)

4th Brian Kerr (Ireland) – total placings – 10 (14 fish)

5th Matthew Jones (Wales) – total placings – 12 (13 fish)

6th Simon Robinson (England) – total placings – 12 (12 fish)

7th Phil Dixon (England) – total placings – 14 (12 fish)

8th Jim Tuck (England) – total placings – 14 (11 fish)

2012 Bank International Team

The Team England FF Bank Team for 2012 will be:

Alan Jenkins (Manager); Simon Robinson (Captain) from Whickham, Tyne & Wear; Dean Appleby, Peterlee, Co Durham; Terry Phillips, Bursclough, Lancashire; Jim Tuck, Ashington, Northumberland; Phil Dixon, Seighford, Staffordshire; Mark Harrison, Walsall, West Midlands; and Andy Taylor (Reserve), Stafford, Staffordshire.

2011 Bank International, Barfinnihy Lake, Kenmare, Ireland

Final results are:

1. Scotland        146 placing points

2. Ireland          179

3. England        190

4. Wales           203

Total Fish caught: 45

Top Individual: Terry Kelly (Ireland) 8 place points

Best Fish: Lee Patten (Wales) 50cms

Top England rod: Davey Parker 6th (25 placing points)

Team England Bank Squad Day

A day was organised for a get-together to familiarise the team taking part in the Bank International at Barfinnihy Lake, Kenmare, Ireland in October.

Ed Foster, a late replacement to the team, was unable to join us, as was Dave Parker who was representing England in the Czech Republic.

The day started with strong winds but, not to be deterred, after some strong coffee a briefing was given on the best possible areas and methods to fish.

Soon we all set out to try for the hard-fighting brown trout stocked in the reservoirs. First to find a good fish of a pound and a half was Mike Dixon, who had travelled up from Crewe that morning.

Unfortunately, for the rest of the squad the morning proved fruitless, with the exception of a few pulls and a lost fish to Glen Appleby.

At lunch time we all headed off to the Moorcock Inn, where we were greeted by the welcome sight of juicy bacon rolls and thick homemade chips. After the excellent lunch a brief team talk as given by Team Manager Alan Jenkins, followed by a presentation of Team England shirts and badges to the new Internationals Bart Farmer and Rob Frame.

Smiddyshaw Reservoir was our afternoon venue, when we were again greeted with strong sunshine and even stronger winds. However, we persevered for a few hours longer before deciding to call it a day.

England Youth World Team member Carl Malpass, who joined us after lunch, decided to stick with the conditions and managed a nice fish for his efforts.

Preparations are now well in hand for the second Bank International, which will be held on the 19th October 2011 in Ireland. The organisers are the Trout Anglers Federation Ireland (TAFI), who will be our hosts for this event.

Team Profile

Glen Appleby

22 years old, from Peterlee in the North East of England, Glen’s interest in fly fishing began when he was 10, and he has always received encouragement from his father Peter. He qualified for the England bank team last year for the first Bank International, and is back in the side again for 2011. “I love all types of fly-fishing methods and my tip is to try to find the depth the fish are at, and to adapt.”

Mike Dixon

Since he started fishing in 2000, Mike has belonged to the same 6-man team, qualifying for the finals of every competition bar three! He’s also represented England in Loch Style Internationals 5 times, and made it to two Rivers Nationals. “As you know, we won the Airflo Team final last year, and I finished as the top individual. I’ve also won the Hanningfield Masters.”

Ed Foster

Ed is well known for owning and operating Elinor Trout Fishery, voted in Trout Fisherman as the best medium-sized water in the UK, and a regular venue for the Airflo Classic Final. He has represented his country four times in Loch-style Internationals (at Lough Owel, Trawsfyndd – twice – and Loch Leven), and will be captaining the side in the Autumn International at Grafham.

Bart Farmer

In Bart’s own words, he “Never stops fishing”. Despite only starting in 2004, he’s put the hours in, getting out at least twice a week, on the small waters through the winter and the reservoirs the rest of the time. A member of the Rib Valley and Hanningfield clubs, he is usually well placed in most of their competitions. As for international experience, “From 1988 to 1998 I competed at the highest level in the sport of pro paintball”.

Rob Frame

An electrical estimator from Newcastle upon Tyne, Rob has 41 years’ experience to call on, and is currently a member of the 3-man North East Fly Fishers Team. His ambition has always been to fish for England with some of the top anglers in the country, to learn and become a better angler. “My favourite style of fishing? Top of the water with dries or straight lining a team of buzzers or nymphs.”

Dave Parker

Dave started competition fishing in 1991, winning lots of local events before landing the team gold in the 2001 Airflo Classic. In the same year he won team gold in the European and team silver at Loch Leven. He’s since followed this by winning the Rivers National, along with more appearances in Rivers Internationals, Europeans, and his first World Championships in Finland 2007. “I started with my Dad and Uncle, at the age of 6, fishing my local rivers – Tweed, Till, Teviot, Coquet and Pont.”  

Team Manager: Alan Jenkins

(Images supplied courtesy of Graham Robinson of GRP)