Rivers Event

2025 Rivers International, R. Blackwater, Ireland, 12th June 2025

Country: IRELAND

Venue: River Blackwater

Dates: 10th to 13th June

Match Date: Thursday 12th June

Accomodation: The Springfort Hotel, Mallow

RESULTS

1. Ireland 160 fish 6998.0 pts 27 placings
2. Scotland 90 fish 3981.0 pts 47 placings
3. England 43 fish 1830.0 pts 63 placings
4. Wales 48 fish 2088.0 pts 64 placings

Geoff Clarkson Trophy: Ireland

Moc Morgan Trophy (Individual Winner): Ciaran Reilly (Ireland) 5 placings

Mike Childs Trophy (Biggest Trout): Paul Baker (England) 33cms

Full Results: iffarivers2025

Congratulations to Ireland on a convincing victory.

AT TEFF was represented by: Paul Fairhurst (captain), Paul Baker, Alan Clarke, Kevin Moran, Alex Tipping, John Bowen (reserve) & Simon Caddy (manager).

Paul Page reports: The England River International team at this morning’s photo shoot. This afternoon, “Walking the Beats” to prepare for tomorrow’s starting tactics after last night’s start peg draw.

ENGLAND RIVER INTERNATIONAL TEAM SONG

DRAW

Paul Page reports: The England River International Team settled in at the Championship Hotel in Mallow, Ireland. Last night Simon Caddy presented the team with the England caps etc. The team commenced their practices on the River Blackwater on Friday, familiarising themselves with the five International beats and catching the beautiful Irish wild brown trout in preparation for the match day on Thursday. (Below L-R) Paul Fairhurst (captain), Paul Baker, Alan Clark, Kevin Moran, Alex Tipping & John Bowen (reserve).

River Team Recce, Co. Cork

Paul Page reports: The 3 man recce team to the River Blackwater Co Cork met up with and paid their respects to the fly fishing and football legend.

2024 Rivers Home International – River Tees, England

Country: ENGLAND

Venue: River Tees (upper)

Dates: 19th to 22nd June (incl.)

Match date: Friday 21st June

Accommodation: The George Inn, Piercebridge

IRELAND TAKE THE GOLD

RESULTS

Full Results: iffarivers2024

AT Team England Fly Fishing was represented by: Brian Lillie (captain), Peter Buckey, Paul Fairhurst, Tom Hunt, Kevin Moran, Gavin Walsh (reserve) & Paul Page (manager).

AS IT HAPPENED – TEAM MANAGER PAUL PAGE REPORTS:

The England River International Team, comprising Brian Lillie as Captain, Paul Fairhurst, Pete Buckey, Kevin Moran, Tom Hunt, Gavin Walsh, and Paul Page as Team Manager, settled in on Sunday at their practice digs in Middleton-in-Teesdale. On Monday the River Tees was high and pushing hard. However, the team commenced their final few days’ practice on non-competition beats to reduce the pressure. Tactics learned from previous training visits to the river continued to work, so it was back to the digs for some further fly tying. Today, Tuesday, the river had dropped and eased off, although not back to normal June levels. The tram practiced on a competition beat to get used to match day timings, finishing today’s practice again on a non-competition beat. Tonight it’s a private dinner and England Team cap and medal presentations. Tomorrow the team leave for the Official Hotel at The George at Piercebridge. Paul Page, Team Manager

Yesterday the team moved into the International Hotel, The George at Piercebridge. Having settled in, the team had their photos taken in their England blazers. Good news, the river continued to drop and the weather is set to be fine for the last two days. This morning it was the official IFFA photocall for all four Home Nation Teams with the backdrop of the Piercebridge Roman Bridge. Followed by the traditional “Walking the Beats” where competitors, now knowing what beat and where they were to start fishing on match day, could finalise their tactics for tomorrow, match day. Tomorrow, all the team training sessions and individual practices on the River Tees between Cauldron Snout and High Force Waterfall will be put to the test. Paul Page, Team Manager

The Angling Trust reports: It’s match day and after this week of tactical analysis and fly tying, the four teams are down to business. Pictures show England’s Tom Hunt, quartering through his peg on D section. As ever, the Tees trout are playing ball, however not all sections are stuffed with fish. During the 1st AM section some anglers worked super hard to put a fish in the net. While other areas needed at least eight to keep up with rods around them. It’s all to play for, and the PM sessions start at three fifteen, so more news later this evening.

Team Manager Paul Page reports: The International match day on Friday found the weather set bright and sunny all day, light winds and the river level fallen further. After an early breakfast all competitors arrived at the High Force Hotel to prepare their tackle and meet up with their controllers. The River Tees from Cauldron Snout down to High Force was divided into 5 beats A-E, the beats were then pegged 1-4 and the 20 Controllers allocated a peg. The pegs being the designated start position for the competitors for the morning and afternoon sessions. The controllers kept the same peg both morning and afternoon, and the competitors changed beats and pegs and lunch time fo the afternoon sessions. The championship was fished to IFFA catch and release rules. The morning sessions started at 9:45-11:15, 11:15-12:45. The end of Session 1 saw Ireland with an early lead with 9 placings and both Scotland (11 placings) and England (12 placings) in close pursuit. 105 fish already on the score card and the temperature rising. By the end of Session 2 the leading three teams had closed together with only 1 placing point between them. Ireland 22 placings, Endland 22, Scotland 22 and Wales 35. England winning Session 2 to overtake Scotland. After lunch, sessions started at 15:15-16:45, 16:45-18:15. Session 3 kept England close behind Ireland and put a small gap between them and Scotland. Ireland maintaining the lead with 32 placings, England 33, Scotland 35 and Wales now struggling with 50 placings. With only three placings’ difference between the three leading teams, Session 4 as so often became the one that would make or break team final positions. Considering that 305 fish had already been caught, the teams measured a further 66 fish. Ireland held on to its lead and finished with 42 placings; Scotland managed to overtake England with 46 placings; England, despite catching 10% more fish than any other team, was pipped by 1 placing with 47 placings, and Wales 66 placings. The Individual winner was Mark Sloan, Ireland, with 29 fish and 5 placings. The top England place was Tom Hunt with 22 fish and 7 placings. Longest fish was caught by Kevin Moran of England, a 31.6cms brown trout.

(Images: Paul Baker Photography)

England Captain Brian Lillie said after the Championship: “Firstly it’s been an absolute privilege to both represent and captain this England team. It was an inexperienced team going into the event, with a combined number of only three river caps prior to the event and with three new caps given on the day. This did not matter a jot, and all team members fished brilliantly in the competition. Although we caught comfortably the highest fish numbers, it was a little disappointing that we only took the bronze position, based on the points system adopted, and missing narrowly on the higher medals. Congratulations to Team Ireland on an excellent win. In preparation we lost experienced team member Carl Nixon due to illness, and we wish him well in his recuperation. Howard Croston’s coaching support was also greatly welcomed prior to the event and formed the basis for both practice and match day tactics. Specific congratulations go to Kevin Moran on scooping the largest fish prize, and Tom B Hunt, being the top England angler on the day. Gavin Walsh was superb and both Pete Buckey and Paul Fairhurst fished extremely consistently. Paul Page provided sage guidance and the outgoing coordinator Peter Scholes was a great organiser. Good luck Simon Caddy following in his footsteps. As a national team we’ll be back next year with more experience and will hopefully continue to improve results.”

Sponsors

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2024 Rivers Home International – River Tees, England

Country: ENGLAND

Venue: River Tees (upper)

Dates: 19th to 22nd June (incl.)

Match date: Friday 21st June

Accommodation: The George Inn, Piercebridge

AT Team England Fly Fishing will be represented by: Brian Lillie (captain), Peter Buckey, Paul Fairhurst, Tom Hunt, Kevin Moran, Gavin Walsh (reserve) & Paul Page (manager).

The event is being organised by Peter Scholes (AT TEFF River International Event Organiser), with the International Fly Fishing Association (IFFA).

The best of luck to everyone taking part.

WELCOME TO RIVER TEES

Raby and Strathmore Estates, High Force, Teesdale, County Durham

Angling Trust Team England Fly Fishing (AT TEFF) welcomes all officials, controllers, competitors and their guests to the 2024 International River Fly Fishing Championship. Teesdale is world famous as a particularly scenic and interesting part of Northern England with many historic attractions to see and country pursuits to participate in. The River Tees is one of the highlights of the valley with magnificent falls and river views. There has been a large improvement in the wild brown trout in the river over the past few years and Raby Estate continues to make improvements to ensure this trend continues to the benefit of all. We hope your stay in County Durham is a pleasant one and we wish all teams the very best of luck.

Programme

Wednesday 19th June 2024

09:00 onwards – River Tees: Official practice competition beats

19:30 – Dinner

21:30 – Officials & Captains meeting / peg draw

Thursday 20th June 2024

09:15 – Official Photographs at the George Hotel

Rest the river / walk the beats

19:30 – Dinner

Friday 21st June 2024 – Championship Day

09:45-11:15 Session 1

11:15-12:45 Session 2

13:00-14:00 Lunch

14:45-16:15 Session 3

16:15-17:45 Session 4

20:45 – International Dinner

Saturday 22nd June 2024

Depart

International Fly Fishing Association – Acknowledgements

To Lord Barnard of Raby Estates and Strathmore Estates who have kindly allowed us to compete on their estate waters of the River Tees for our International Championship. To the staff at the High Force Hotel who oversee the fishery on behalf of the Raby Estate, and their staff for their invaluable assistance. To Angling Trust Team England Fly Fishing, Pete Scholes, and all their principal controllers for their help and assistance in the planning and organising of the International. To each Controller for giving their time on match day to enable the competition to take place. To the Management and Staff of The George Hotel, Piercebridge for their friendly assistance throughout the Championship. To Paul Baker Photography for their photographic coverage of the Championship. Our sincere thanks go out to everyone who helped in the preparation & running of the 2024 River International in any way.

Sponsors

Established in 2014 Hunt’s set out to produce the UK’s first comprehensive range of fly treatments. Hunt’s mission was not only to produce the best, but to be environmentally conscious as well. Fast forward to today and Hunt’s products are enjoyed worldwide, with an ever-growing base of loyal customers. Hunt’s are proud sponsors of the 2023 Rivers International and wish all competitors the best of luck. Tight Lines from everyone at Hunt’s.

2023 Rivers Home International, River Ebbw, Wales

Country: WALES

Venue: River Ebbw

Dates: 21st to 24th June (incl.)

Match date: Friday 23rd June

Accommodation: Bryn Meadows Golf Hotel & Spa, Ystrad Mynach

RESULTS

1. Wales 118 fish 5335 points 37 placings
2. Ireland 81 fish 3728 points 47 placings
3. Scotland 82 fish 3641 points 52 placings
4. England 44 fish 1992 points 65 placings

Winning Team: Geoff Clarkson Trophy: Wales

Individual Winner: Moc Morgan Trophy: Simon Barton (Wales) Placings 5

Largest Fish: Mike Childs Trophy: Mark Sloan (Ireland) Length 45.7cm

AT Team England Fly Fishing was represented by: Carl Nixon (captain), Cameron Craigs, Stan Moore, Dan Scott-Paul, Gavin Walsh, Brian Lillie (reserve) & Peter Scholes (manager).

Congratulations to Wales on a convincing victory.

Full Results: iffarivers2023

With Carl Nixon qualifying for the team for the 2023 Rivers Home International on the River Ebbw in Wales, Peter Scholes has been appointed as the 2023 Rivers Team Manager in his place.
Peter will continue in his role as Rivers National and Qualifiers Co-ordinator.

2022 Rivers Home International, River Don, Scotland

24th June 2022

1. Scotland   65 fish   2968 pts   47 placing pts

2. Wales   55 fish   2589 pts   50 placing pts

3. Ireland   59 fish   2621 pts   51 placing pts

4. England   56 fish   2517 pts   56 placing pts

Individual Winner: Ross McKeen, Scotland   5 placing pts

Largest Fish: Terry Bromwell, Wales   73.3 cms

AT TEFF was represented by: Cameron Craigs (captain), James Atkinson, Harry Fox, Chris Micallef & Carl Nixon. Congratulations to Scotland on their convincing victory.

2022-river-results

Carl Nixon reports: Arriving for pre match practice on Sat 18th, we were greeted with strong 35mph+ winds. Looking at the forecast we knew match week would be settled, very warm and with sporadic cloud, all teams were in for some excellent fishing.

These gusts stayed until late Sunday where we covered Beats B & C in relative shelter from the weather. On beats B & C, known as the Streams and Upper Parkhill, we were soon experiencing the excellent fishing we had been told about. Although the deceptive flow to the river and some of the hardest wading we’ve experienced made the fishing unsteady under foot, the practice was off to a great start.

Monday we were joined by current EPP & National Champion James Atkinson, who had been taking part in an EPP event on the River Ure. James joined us on Parkhill, Beat D. Where we were lucky enough to encounter some brilliant fishing, with several of the team landing fish to 5lb. As the day progressed, a pattern and a possible match plan was starting to take shape. To that point we decided that to hopefully save increasing fishing pressure, we limited catches to 2/3 fish and move on. We progressed to Beat E in the afternoon. Where yet again we stuck to the 2/3 fish plan and steadily put together a comprehensive beat map and approach.

Tactics were discussed at length at the regular nightly team debrief, practice flies, thoughts on set ups, and tales of lost monsters.

Beats were drawn Wednesday evening, with the surprising outcome of all teams having several anglers fishing their team mates water from the morning sessions. This alone made all teams have a slight rethink to their match plans.

Small drab flies in the 14-18 range, either fished at distance with floated sighter or nymphing style on the level line.
Emerger style patterns for the slow water
Duo in the streamy riffles.

Match Day

As we all headed off to our respective start points, the weather was extremely warm for the 0930 start, 24 degrees, mist in the air, and a very high air pressure made fishing very sticky.

Harry drew Beat A, James Beat B, Beat C for myself, Chris drew the lovely beat D and Cam drew Beat E.

As we met for lunch after session 2, the scores were tentatively worked out, tales from all teams of blanks on some sessions, and some high catch returns for all teams, made the halfway score very tight. Scotland 20, Wales 26, Ireland 25, England 29. Unfortunately Harry failed to get on the score card in the morning session, which meant we needed a great afternoon session. Having a chat, we knew our match plan was correct, we had all generated fish or chances, so we regrouped and knew we could make the afternoon session ours.

As we met after session 4, we knew the scores would be tight, and after doing some quick maths, we knew that we had won both session 3 & 4, all we could have asked for and more.

As the result was announced, Scotland were congratulated and deserved winners. Sadly our session wins in 3 & 4 weren’t enough as the place points just weren’t where we needed them to be.

We stuck to our individual & team match plan, and unfortunately it didn’t quite pay off as we had hoped.

I couldn’t have asked any more from the rest of the team during practice & match day, we were 110% committed, just not our day.

Thank you to Team Captain Cameron Craigs who led from the front all week.

Fellow team mates Chris Micallef, James Atkinson, Harry Fox, Mark Lynch & myself.

Thank you to the following who kindly supported Team England.

Jason Lieverst & Nicole Darland of MasterNymph USA
Mike Laycock of Craghoppers
Franta Hanak of Hanak Competiton.
Glasgow Angling Centre.

Last but certainly not least, every angler, and family members who very kindly bought raffle tickets, bonus ball tickets and donated where they could.

2022 Rivers Home International

The 2022 Rivers International is being held in Scotland on the River Don at Inverurie between 22nd – 25th June. Full details are available on the “Future Events” page of the IFFA website at iffa.net.

The England 2022 River International team is the carried over team from the 2019 qualifiers. The team members are: Carl Nixon (Manager), Cameron Craigs (Captain), Harry Fox, James Atkinson, Chris Micallef & Mark Lynch (Reserve).

2020/21 Rivers Home Internationals

Due to the current Covid-19 virus outbreak, the AT TEFF Executive have agreed the following courses of action:

As the 2020 Rivers Home International has been cancelled, the 2020 team will be rolled over to compete in 2021. The outcome of the delayed Qualifier and National programme (as per above) will form the Team to fish in 2022.

2019 Rivers Home International

Country: IRELAND

Venue: River Agivey

Dates: 3rd to 6th July (incl.)

Match date: Friday 5th July

Accommodation: The Bushtown Hotel, Coleraine

The Rivers International team flew and drove to Northern Ireland on Sunday to fish the River Agivey, in the IFFA Rivers Home International against Scotland, Wales & Ireland from 3rd – 6th July.

With a mix of overall international experience and fresh faces to the Rivers Team, the lads have put in hours of homework and time on the water – two team weekends which included an advance 3-day trip to Ireland to ensure the best possible start and outcome to their trip.

The host nation will be hard to beat on home water, but the team have given everything so far to ensure they can get the best possible result! Best of luck guys!

The Rivers team: Carl Nixon (Manager & Reserve), Del Spry (Captain), Simon Clarke, Cameron Craigs, Paul Fairhurst, Mark Lynch.

Results:

1. Ireland – 87 fish – 3882 fish pts – 34 placing pts
2. Scotland – 49 fish – 2119 fish pts – 50 placing pts
3. England – 41 fish – 1795 fish pts – 54 placing pts
4. Wales – 32 fish – 1403 fish pts – 63 placing pts

Individual Winner (winner of the ‘Moc Morgan’ Trophy): Donal Monaghan (Ireland) – 5 placing pts

Largest Fish (winner of the ‘Mike Childs’ Trophy):  Glen McCrave – 35.1cms

Congratulations to Ireland. With all five of their team in the top six, this was certainly a convincing victory by the home side.

Full Results: 2019 IFA River International Results

The Angling Trust reports: The ATTEFF Rivers Team consisting of Del Spry (Captain), Cameron Craigs, Mark Lynch, Simon Clarke, Paul Fairhurst and Carl Nixon (Manager/Reserve) headed out to the River Agivey in Ireland to compete in the recent Home International, 1^st-5^th July. England had several new caps in its team of six and beating the home team, and the experienced Welsh and Scottish teams, was always going to be a difficult task. Three of the team went out for a three-day trip in June to practice on the river and this proved valuable as the team prepared on the official practice days before the match.

2018 Rivers Home International

Country: ENGLAND

Venue: River Ure

Dates: 20th to 23rd June (incl.)

Match date: Friday 22nd June

Accommodation: The George Hotel, Piercebridge 

Results:

1. Scotland  36 fish  1616 fish pts 46 placing pts
2. Ireland  46 fish  2079 fish pts  48 placing pts
3. England  37 fish  1646 fish pts  56 placing pts
4. Wales  33 fish  1498 fish pts  59 placing pts

‘Moc Morgan’ Trophy : Terry Bromwell (Wales) – Top Individual – 6 placing pts

‘Mike Childs’ Trophy: Brian Russell (Ireland) – Biggest Fish – 42.9cms

Congratulations to Scotland to their victory on a day of bright conditions.

AT Team England FF was represented by:

Fred Bainbridge (captain), Jonathan Barnes, Mark Harrison, Del Spry, Gilliaum Vermeulen, Scott Nellins (reserve) & Jeremy Lucas (manager).

Full Results: iffarivers2018

The Angling Trust reports: 

Scotland Secure Gold in the International Fly Fishing Association Rivers International

Friday, June 22^nd, probably the most difficult conditions this season in terms of conditions for fly fishing. England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales met on the River Ure to contest the IFFA River International on the magnificent Bolton Castle Estate in North Yorkshire. The harsh reality of the results suggests indeed that the conditions were hostile, despite the conditions each and every angler gave their all and it was Scotland who prevailed and took the gold medal.

Team England was ferociously captained by Fred Bainbridge whose boundless energy drove the entire team, which included three new caps, Gilliaum Vermeulen, Del Spry and Mark Harrison, such that even this comparatively inexperienced team was always going to be a threat. Fred’s intimate knowledge of the Ure, and tactical prowess was shared with the team from the day he was made captain and the team also benefited hugely from the experience of veteran dry fly master, Jonathan Barnes.

The draw for starting pegs did not aid England’s cause, but then a draw should never be an excuse. The standard at international level, on rivers, is now higher than it has ever been, and vastly experienced England manager, Jeremy Lucas commented “In my own observation I witnessed an exemplary performance, both in the build-up preparation and the international itself, of each team member. This includes the perception and experience of our seasoned reserve, Scott Nellins. It was heartening to see them go out there, with the entire range of methods and fly types at their disposal, with strength throughout a team – which was biased towards the inexperienced at this level – and then to see such a performance.”

The morning sessions were generally poor for England and the team found themselves in last place at the lunch time break. In such testing conditions avoiding the blank was incredibly important, but unfortunately for England, through no lack of effort, they recorded a couple. However, Jonathan Barnes secured two first placings in his morning sessions, while both Fred Bainbridge and Del Spry secured one second placing. Although with the afternoon to come, England were still confident they could recover and move up the table.

To a degree, England showed this as the team romped away to two firsts and two seconds in the third session, but the river had also ‘died’ by this time. Clear skies and bright sunshine meant conditions failed to improve, while a strong downstream wind developed making conditions even more challenging for all anglers on the water. The final session came down to avoiding the blank and England’s Mark Harrison took two fish, enough to win his section in very challenging conditions. Despite the team registering measurable fish it wasn’t enough to challenge the other nations for the title and Team England finished in third place as the event came to an end.

The ever popular and magnificent competitor Terry Bromwell, of Wales, to great applause, won the Moc Morgan trophy for the top individual, while his team fished hard they could only manage a fourth place. Ireland pushed the overall winners closely and had the consolation of the Mike Childs trophy for the day’s biggest fish (42.9cm), though it was Scotland who stole the day.

Jeremy went on to say “On such tiny things do international fly fishing championships hinge. Had Jonathan Barnes caught a fish in his last session, he would have won the day. Had the single fish caught by Fred, Gilliaum and Del been a little bigger, they too would have massively influenced the results. Finally, the best team on the day always wins, but Team England performed admirably, all the way back to the moment it was formed on last year’s National Final, and each member can hold his head high with pride. It was a great privilege to be with them throughout the campaign. Our congratulations go to Team Scotland on winning the event and to Terry Bromwell and Brian Russell on their individual achievements.”

Results: 

Teams: 1st, Scotland; 2nd, Ireland; 3rd England; 4th Wales.

Individual: Terry Bromwell, Wales, with six placing points. Top England rod, in 5th, was Jonathan Barnes. Other Team England placings: Fred Bainbridge (Captain), 11th; Del Spry, 15th; Gilliaum Vermeulen, 16th; Mark Harrison, 18th.

Photograph courtesy of Paul Baker Photography http://www.paul-baker-photography.co.uk/

2017 Rivers Home International

Country: WALES

Venue: River Ebbw

Dates: 21st to 24th June (incl.)

Match date: Friday 23rd June

Accommodation: Holiday Inn, Newport

Results:

1. Wales   91 fish  4331 fish pts   35 placing pts
2. England   48 fish   2255 fish pts   54 placing pts
3. Scotland   57 fish   2841 fish pts   55 placing pts
4. Ireland   55 fish   2640 fish pts   56 placing pts

‘Moc Morgan’ Trophy: Alan Hill (Scotland) – Top Individual – 29 fish/5 placing pts

‘Mike Childs’ Trophy: Eamon Conway (Ireland) – Biggest Fish – 53.6cms

Congratulations to Wales on a convincing victory.

AT Team England was represented by:

Fred Bainbridge, Jonathan Barnes, Steve Cullen, Andy Ford, Andrew Scott, Harry Fox (reserve), and Jeremy Lucas (manager).

Full Results: iffarivers2017

Manager Jeremy Lucas reports on this event for Fish&Fly here>> and here>>

He also covered Team England’s practice for the event here>>

2016 Rivers Home International

Country: Scotland

Venue: River Don

Dates: 22nd to 25th June (incl)

Match Date: Friday 24th June

Results:

1. Scotland (48 fish) 2340 fish points 44 placing points
2. Wales (44 fish) 2132 fish points 51 placing points
3. England (38 fish) 1944 fish points 52 placing points
4. Ireland (26 fish) 1249 fish points 56 placing points

Accommodation: Thainstone House Hotel, Inverurie 

Congratulations to Scotland for a decisive victory.

AT Team England FF were represented by: Andrew Scott (captain), Andy Cliffe, Phil Dixon, Chris Richardson, Simon Robinson, Cameron Craigs (reserve), and Mike Tinnion (manager).

Full results: iffarivers2016

RIVERS MATCH 2015

Country:	IRELAND
Venue:	River Liffey
Dates:	24th to 27th June (incl.)
Match date:	Friday 26th June
Accommodation:	Keadeen Hotel, Newbridge

1. Ireland  (71 fish) 3199 points 43 placings

2. England (54 fish) 2432 points 49 placings

3. Wales (61 fish) 2760 points 50 placings

4. Scotland (32 fish) 1430 points 67 placings

Individual Winner – Peter Doherty (Ireland) 4 placings Moc Morgan Trophy

Biggest Fish – Rob Bending (Wales) 39.5cms Mike Childs Trophy

Full Results: iffarivers2015

RIVERS MATCH 2014

Country:	ENGLAND
Venue:	River Ure
Dates:	25th to 28th June (incl.)
Match date:	Friday 27th June
Accommodation:	George Hotel, Piercebridge

1. Wales  (61 fish) 2694 points 46 placings

2. England (63 fish) 2686 points 46 placings

3. Scotland (39 fish) 1813 points 55 placings

4. Ireland (35 fish) 1511 points 57 placings

Individual Winner – Andy Cliffe (England) 7 placings Moc Morgan Trophy

Biggest Fish – Derick Logan (Scotland) 42.3cms Mike Childs Trophy

Full Results: iffarivers2014

AT Team England FF was represented by Robert Brown, Andy Cliffe, Terry Phillips (captain), Simon Robinson, John Tyzack and Lee Bartlett (reserve), with Mike Tinnion (Manager).

Congratulations to Wales on a very close result.

It is a credit to the skills of all the anglers involved that the shrunken River Ure produced an average of just under ten fish per rod on what was one of the most closely fought Home Internationals of recent times, with small nymphs and dry fly the order of the day in the clear, low water. At the end of the four sessions it was too close to call, with England and Wales equal on placing points, so the the result went to ‘fish points’, i.e. the number and length of fish. England had more fish but Wales had some larger ones, and after counting these, England had 2686 points and Wales 2694, with Wales edging the win by the smaller of margins. Individual honour and the Moc Morgan Trophy went to England’s Andy Cliffe with a great performance on his England debut.

England Manager Mike Tinnion reports: “This turned out to be a nail-biting match (especially for a manager on the bank) fished in the very best of sport. The England team fished their hearts out to be pipped at the post by the tiniest of margins. Special thanks also to Lee Bartlett (reserve) for all his work throughout the competition.”

Our thanks to: Bolton Castle Estates for the superb stretch of river; George Hotel, Piercebridge, and Three Horseshoes, Wensley, for accommodation and match day food; the IFFA and the AT TEFF Northern Federation, especially Mr Paul Page, for organising the event; and last but not least, all the controllers/section judges for measuring the fish and ensuring they were safely returned.

RIVER MATCH 2013

Country:	WALES
Venue:	River Taff
Dates:	26th to 29th June (incl.)
Match date:	Friday 28th June
Accommodation:	Premier Inn, Merthyr Tydfil

Team

Mike Tinnion (manager)

John Tyzack (captain)
Andy Croucher
Lewis Hendrie
Paul Lee
Andrew Scott
Dave Drake (reserve)

Results

1. Wales        43 fish  2010 points  36 placings

2. England    25 fish  1249 points  55 placings

3. Ireland     20 fish  1031 points  60 placings

4. Scotland   19 fish   907 points  61 placings

Top Individual: Terry Bromwell (Wales) 5 placings

Largest Fish: Terry Bromwell (Wales) 63.4cms

Full Results: 2013 Rivers International – Results

Congratulations to Wales for a convincing victory.

RIVER MATCH 2012

Country:	SCOTLAND
Venue:	River Tay
Dates:	27th to 30th June (incl.)
Match date:	Friday 29th June
Accommodation:	Scotland’s Hotel, Pitlochry

Team

Mike Tinnion (manager)

Phil Dixon (captain)
Tony Baldwin
Mike Dixon
Terry Philips
John Tyzack
Scott Nellins (reserve)

Wales put in great performance to cope with a big change in river conditions on the day of the match.

1st Wales         31 fish     1435 pts       43 placings

2nd England    18 fish      829 pts        64 placings

3rd Scotland      9 fish      401 pts         66 placings

4th Ireland        7 fish      330 pts         67 placings

Full Results: iffarivers2012

Report by Mike Tinnion: RIVERS INTERNATIONAL, RIVER TAY, SCOTLAND

RIVER MATCH 2011

Country:	IRELAND
Venue:	River Agivey
Dates:	29th June to 2nd July (incl.)
Match date:	Friday 1st July
Accommodation:	Bushtown House Hotel, Coleraine

Team

Mike Tinnion (manager)

Alex Bobba (captain)
Ben Bangham
John Emerson
Graham Lumsden
Scott Nellins
Phil Dixon (reserve)

Results

Ireland 1st, Wales 2nd, England 3rd, Scotland 4th

Report by Mike Tinnion, Manager, Hardy/Greys Team England:

This year’s home international was hosted by Ireland on the River Agivey, a tributary of the Bann. It proved to be the perfect venue for this type of event with lots of wild trout just about everywhere on all of the beats. With heavy showers rolling through all week, the river changed in height every day but still fished extremely well.

Friday, the day of the match, saw the river at probably its lowest level of the week. A tight competition ensued as it often the case. With fifteen minutes of an hour and a half session left on “A” beat in the afternoon, we saw all four anglers with the same number of fish, so one or two fish in the last ten minutes really can make all the difference between that 1st spot and a 4th place.

With Ireland claiming first place, just pipping Wales, this was a popular result on home waters. England also just beating Scotland for 3rd. Kieron Jenkins got a magnificent four 1st placings to take the individual winning place; to crown this he also took the Mike Childs Trophy home with him for the biggest fish.

Once again, this proved to be a fantastic event fished in the true spirit of fly fishing, and with all four nations winning this competition within the last five years, it will be anyone’s match next year when it moves to the mighty Tay in Scotland.

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