I am hearing all sorts of remarks about this open.
Someone came in the shop today and said he had been in touch with the organisers and asked: what if South Shields pier is closed? Answer: you can go beyond the gates and fish but it is at your own risk!
If that is completely true ( which i find hard to believ) then i would think the organisers have no public liabilty insurance.
Plenty of other rumours going around also, too many to mention.
Please, please if any of the organisers are watching get your act together and post some rules and boundaries otherwise i think the attendance will suffer.
I know most of the confusion has come about due to the fact the venue HQ has been changed, but lets be fair in no way have the organisers got in touch with local tackle shops, forums etc and made the fishing public aware of the changes.
Someone asked the question about wether or not it was another Shields Open, let me make it quite clear: The South Shields & District Sea Angling Cub are in no way connected to this Open Comp.