I'm not saying I'm wrong because there is a clash in the initials used by both groups which could cause confusion.It was mentioned on a personal level and nothing official from the BCSG.I don't see why I should use a personal email when the post is on a public forum.I expect other BCSG members will come across this in time.At no time was I trying to be Provocative I was just mentioning that there could be some confusion.
No problem mate, I`m sure you wasnt on a wind up, the problem with the BCSG under Peter Mohans rein was that the group greated much ill feeling among carp anglers, it drove a wedge through the sport, my closest mate in angling coined the name and co-founded the organisation with peter back in 1969, this was done under the auspices of the NASG and came about because Peter Mohasn had his application turned down for the National Carp Club (the only carp group in Britain at the time)Peter wrote to Eric Hodson, NASG founder asking if Eric could pull any strings to get him in the group and Eric suggested that Peter form his own group and Eric helped him to do so, sadly Peter pulled the BSCG out of NASG and ran the group along the lines of a non-political body, the group strugglerd on for a few years and later the CAA was born to help subsidise it. I have quite a few intersting documents here which have never been published, but indicate the issues the early NASG had. It was not really until 1981 sand the birth of the carp society that things began to improve.
My one and only BCSG application was turned down back in the mid seventies, my old mate Des Taylor also got turned down around the same time, I wasnt turned down because of the size of fish i`d caught, indeed Peter told me I had caught bigger fish than some members, but the feedback I recieved was that I was trying to be a name before my time, amazing, and this was from an experienced branch sec, nothing like encouraging then youth of this country. I`ve never been a great believer in the philosophy that all anglers are equal, but some are more equal than others...... Sorry your post hit a raw nerve!