The Angling Trust are pleased to announce the team that will be taking part in the FIPsed 3rd Veterans World Championships in Belgium on 10th & 11th July 2010.
Angling Trust Team England Veterans
Don Slaymaker
Dickie Carr
Roger Marlow
Terry Lancaster
Stan Binge
Joe Roberts (England Team Manager)
Dick Clegg (International Events Manager)
The venue which has been used on several occasions for other World Championships is the rowing course in Gent. Joe Roberts, Team England Manager was with the juniors when on one occassion the team won Gold so it is a venue that has been kind to us in the past.
This year practice has been increased from 3 to 4 days which will be invaluable. Previously the venue has produced good bags of roach and bream so bloodworm and joker will play a major role.
Dick Clegg, OBE, International Events Manager said “although the Belgiums will be favourites on their home soil, England have won a team silver and bronze in the last 2 years so one place higher will see us in the winners place on the podium. Both Don Slaymaker and Terry Lancaster fished in the team when England won silver in Milton Keynes and Dicky Carr fished in Portugal and earned a team bronze. Both Roger Marlow and Stan Binge perfomed well in the team trial so England will have a good chance in Belgium. We hope to follow in the footsteps of Drennan Team England and come home with the gold medal this year”.
Trials were held on 23rd May to select the team for the Veterans World Championships. The anglers fished the venue well in the extreme temperatures of very warm sunshine, over four hours with bloodworm and joker, fished to FIPSed international rules. The fishing was even all the way through so the England Management had to pick the top five weights on the day.
Joe Roberts, England Manager for the Veterans said, “It was hard fishing conditions for the anglers at the trial this year because of the warm weather, but the fishery was well stocked to make it a good trial for all taking part. We have a really strong team this year to represent Angling Trust in the World Championships. I would like to say a big thank you to all the anglers who took part in the trial and also to Packington Somers Fishery who donated the pegs for free for the Angling Trust. The team are looking forward to competing at international level, and we are hoping to do one better from last year to bring home the gold medal.”
Angling Trust National Championship for Anglers with Disabilities
On one of the hottest days of the year the Angling Trust National Championship for Anglers with Disabilities took place at Partridge Lakes near Warrington on Saturday 26th June 2010 with 6 teams (36 anglers) competing. The team result saw local team, Partridge Team NW have a runaway win with 33 points out of a possible 36 points, with a winning weight of 157.36kg to take the title of National Champions for 2010. The team had three section winners and three section seconds on the day making good use of their local knowledge. The team plan was to start fishing close at three metres then to alter tactics as the fishing dictated. The team consisted of Bobby Slater, Kevin Dawber, Hazel Taylor, Ronnie Hayes, Steve Rimmer and Richard Rawsthorne, Team Captain.
Richard Rawsthorne, Team Captain of Partridge Team NW said “I would like to thank the people who sponsored us to take part in the event, Dave Ikin, owner of Partridge Lakes Fishery, Pauls Buttie Bar and Mark and Lee Addy who provided sponsorship of bait from Bait Tech. The team and I are over the moon with our win and would like to thank everyone for a good day and for selecting a superb venue.”
The runner up and third place positions were much more closely fought with Team Central taking second place with 24 points and 117.62kg, and in third position was the other local team North West with 22 points and a weight of 119.71kg.
Team Results
1st Partridge NW 33 points (157.36 Kg)
2nd Team Central 24 points (117.62 Kg)
3rd North West 22 points (119.62 Kg)
4th East Midlands 19 points (79.94 KG)
5th Eastern 17 points (72.02 Kg)
6th London & South East 11 points (56.32 Kg)
It proved to be a fabulous day for Duncan Greenhalgh, who fished for the North West team, who took the winning individual title in the Championship. Duncan of Walkden, Greater Manchester was one of the oldest competitors who took part at 79 years of age. Duncan drew peg D6, a corner swim in Covey Lake 3 with a weight of 42.38kg, consisting almost entirely of FI carp weighing between 8 ounces and a pound and a half. Duncan fished a pole at 4 metres feeding just half a pint of maggots and a quarter kilo of groundbait all day catching regulary from the same line through out.
In second place was Maurice Brown (Bowlers Tackle) representing the Eastern team with a weight of 31.94Kg. Maurice fished peg E1 on Covey Lake 3, and like the winner he caught a lot of fish at 4 metres, but he fed pellet and fished shallow. His catch was supplemented by some better carp up to 2 lbs. caught down the margins using luncheon meat. Third place went to Kevin Dawber (Sam’s Tackle and Bait) representing Partridge Team NW. Kevin fished peg F5 on Covey lake 3 and weighed 29.04Kg, and also caught by fishing shallow at 5 metres using caster as bait and had a mixture of F1 carp and ide. The fishing was magnificent with 30 of the anglers recording weights of over 20lb (8.8kg).
Individual Results
1st Peg D6 Duncan Greenhalgh North West 42.38Kg
2nd Peg E1 Maurice Brown Eastern 31.94Kg
3rd Peg F5 Kevin Dawber Partridge Team NW 29.04Kg
4th Peg D3 Ronnie Hayes Partridge Team NW 27.37Kg
5th Peg E3 Bobby Slater Partridge Team NW 27.01Kg
6th Peg B3 Steve Rimmer Partridge Team NW 26.23 Kg
Fish Legal News:
Polluters to talk to anglers before deal is done under new Civil Sanctions regime
After a long campaign, Fish Legal has welcomed the Environment Agency’s announcement that anglers will be involved before deals are done with polluters.
Fish Legal believes that “Enforcement Undertakings” (EUs) – one of a raft of measures introduced under the Environmental Civil Sanctions Order 2010 – could lead to secretive agreements with polluters without angler involvement where rivers have been damaged by pollution.
“Civil Sanctions” provide an alternative to prosecution. Instead of paying a fine to the Treasury, polluters can put right the damage which they have caused – for instance – by restocking.
Most anglers would be supportive of such measures if they were drafted properly in the legislation by DEFRA and implemented fairly. However, Fish Legal has argued that the way EUs are described in the legislation could lead to agreements between polluters and regulators reached behind closed doors – without full angler involvement or publicity.
The Environment Agency announced at the United Kingdom Environmental Law Association conference on 27th June 2010 that it had now taken on-board the concerns of Fish Legal .
It has been confirmed that the Agency will require evidence from the polluter that it has consulted third parties affected by pollution, including angling clubs, before signing-off an undertaking by issuing a Certificate of Completion. It will also be made clear to polluters that the sanctions are not an alternative to civil claims made by those affected by environmental damage. Importantly, the content of all EUs will be actively published and the sanction will be subject to the Freedom of Information legislation.
“After over a year of letters and consultations, we felt as though we were up against a relentless DEFRA legislative steam-train.” said Justin Neal, Head Solicitor at Fish Legal.
“However, the Agency now appears to have understood our well-founded objections at the way in which Enforcement Undertakings might be implemented.”
“At first, DEFRA completely ignored our warnings and pushed on without making some very simple amendments to the Environmental Civil Sanctions Order. We then pressed the Agency to produce guidance on implementation to recognise our concerns. It appears that the Agency now agrees with us in confirming that it will require full participation of third parties which have been affected by pollutions – including affected angling interests.
This is not just a positive outcome for angling but also for the members of the public who want to keep all deals with polluters out in the open and available for scrutiny.”
