Any young anglers from north east want to fish for England?

[scaley]

My son Arran has entered for it,he is a canny angler for 14 years old,not so much for a place in the England team as we could not possibly afford it but it is a good opportunity to show what talent there is in the north east......and a chance to win some tackle vouchers which will save me forking out....I would be interested to hear about funding available to help young anglers,is there any funding available or is it a case of you need a few bob to progress in the competetive england sea fishing scene regardless of age

 

[Silversurfer220]

In order to fish for England you not only have to be a very good angler but a wealthy one to boot!. There are many Anglers who are without question skilled enough to fish for their country but don't have the money to fund it,indeed here in the NE we have some top notch match anglers who would be worthy of a try out and I'm sure there are many others country wide who are equally talented. Funding IS a huge problem and until a solution is found it does not matter how good you are....... if you can't afford it your out!.

I agree, it's an expensive gig but like I say there is some sporadic funding out there, just need to know where to look for it. It is something the Angling Trust are looking at but it's not something that will happen overnight. This comp will give Chris Clark a chance to see our top anglers but we need them to be there on the day, if anyone was of the standard Chris is looking for I would personally turn over every stone to help find funding if it was required!
Aside from Chris visiting there are some good prizes to be won and rather than giving them tackle the already have or maybe better, it's gift vouchers so they can get what they want.
We need more anglers to come along to make it a success so please tell any anglers you know, they dont have to be top notch anglers to take part, Chris coming along is a bonus but it's a comp for the youngsters to have a good day and maybe win some good prizes worth having
Thanks
Ben

 

[Silversurfer220]

My son Arran has entered for it,he is a canny angler for 14 years old,not so much for a place in the England team as we could not possibly afford it but it is a good opportunity to show what talent there is in the north east......and a chance to win some tackle vouchers which will save me forking out....I would be interested to hear about funding available to help young anglers,is there any funding available or is it a case of you need a few bob to progress in the competetive england sea fishing scene regardless of age

Hi,
Looking forward to seeing you and Arran on the day, I don't have exact info at the moment about what funding is out there but if the situation arose that required it I would make the time to search and see what there was. As has been said its expensive and this can make it prohibitive and having a few quid will help but that wouldn't and shouldn't exclude anyone from being able to represent their country if they are good enough and want to.
Thanks
Ben

 

[stevieanderson1]

Tyne & Wear County Angling Action Group will be hosting a junior sea fishing competition on Sunday 19th August 2012 on the River Wear. England Junior and Youth Sea Angling team manager, Chris Clarke will attend the event to look out for talented under 18 sea anglers from the North East.*

Entrants must be aged 17 or under on the 31st August 2012, there will be a £2 entry fee payable on the day with all proceeds donated to the RNLI. All participants must complete an application form and submit to the organisers before Friday 10th August 2012. Participants must be members of The Angling Trust and membership is FREE for under 18’s. there is a maximum of 45 places so book early to avoid disappointment


What's the crack with two different days?

 

[Durham-Lad]

The 10th of August is when registration must be completed by via the online link. 19th is the competition day.

 

[ar lan y mor]

would have my son owen down,
but keeping him clear for welsh registration when he's a bit older

afraid great grandfather would turn in his grave if he went in for an english team!!

 

[Silversurfer220]

deadline extended

deadline extended

afternoon all,

just thought id let you knwo the deadline has been extended, we will now accept applications up until the morning of the event. we will have application forms available on the day but if you intend to come along please pm me on here so i can plan for numbers attending.

get yourselves along, some good prizes to be won

Ben

 

[Silversurfer220]

Still accepting applications folks, will have forms available on the day so any last minute entries will be accepted, be at golden lion on the wear for 12, registration finishes at 12.30
Cheers

 

[stevieanderson1]

I agree, it's an expensive gig but like I say there is some sporadic funding out there, just need to know where to look for it. It is something the Angling Trust are looking at but it's not something that will happen overnight. This comp will give Chris Clark a chance to see our top anglers but we need them to be there on the day, if anyone was of the standard Chris is looking for I would personally turn over every stone to help find funding if it was required!
Aside from Chris visiting there are some good prizes to be won and rather than giving them tackle the already have or maybe better, it's gift vouchers so they can get what they want.
We need more anglers to come along to make it a success so please tell any anglers you know, they dont have to be top notch anglers to take part, Chris coming along is a bonus but it's a comp for the youngsters to have a good day and maybe win some good prizes worth having
Thanks
Ben

How expensive is it to fish for England £ wise

 

[codseeker]

My son Arran has entered for it,he is a canny angler for 14 years old

hes a mean keen angling machine chris he will do great now and the future think he takes after hes uncle john

sorry chris anar ya good aswell

 

[stevieanderson1]

Is it compulsive to have a bucket of water btw how I u get the water?

Cheers

 

[scaley]

hes a mean keen angling machine chris he will do great now and the future think he takes after hes uncle john

sorry chris anar ya good aswell

He has been trained from an early age Trev,he was in his nappys when he first went down pendulum casting out of his pushchair

 

[cod hunte1]

if id of seen this thread befor i would have came along

 

[finseeker]

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[scaley]

Is there many signed up to fish this event so far:question: