2021

ANGLING TRUST INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

Saturday 31st July 2021 , INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

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Saturday 31st July 2021 Angling Trust Individual National Championship.

Please note: All competitors taking part must be Individual Members of the Angling Trust. Individual Membership can be obtained by telephoning 0343 507 7006 (option 1), requesting a form in the post or by visiting www.anglingtrust.net/join. Your individual membership must be valid when taking part in the Championship.

Contact

Angling Trust The Old Police Station Wharncliffe Road Ilkeston Derbyshire DE7 5GF Email: [email protected] Tel: 0115 822 4660

Local Organiser Chris Howard – Tel: 07711 086 436 Email: [email protected]

AT Event Manager

David Kent – Tel: 07766 081 877

Email: [email protected]

A big thank you and appreciation must go out to all our volunteers who give up their time to assist with our competitions. Without their help and continued support we would not be able to provide competitions on the scale that we do for our members.

If you would like to offer your assistance to act as a volunteer at any of our competitions please contact Kirsty Marshall, Angling Trust via email; [email protected]

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General Information

Headquarters for the Presenation Towcester Racecourse Road Towcester NN12 6LB

Draw To be conducted on AT Competitions Facebook www.facebook.com/anglingtrustcompetitions 4pm on Friday 30th July 2021

Fishing 11:00am-4:00pm (Duration 5 hours)

Licences All competitors must be in possession of a current Environment Agency Rod Licence. Any competitor reported by the Environment Agency to the resulting team on the day of the match will be disqualified.

Keepnet Minimum length of 2 metres. For 2021 Nationals on the Canals a separate keep net is required to retain any non-native fish species caught (zander/catfish). These must conform to the same requirements as other keep nets and a representative from the EA/and/or partner organisation will remove the fish at the end of the match.

Bait Bans: No bloodworm and joker. No pellets of any type to be used. (This is in accordance with local club rules)

Refreshments: Available on site.

Eligible Fish: All fish caught are eligible for weighing with the exception of Game Fish, Pike, Zander and Crustaceans.

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Pegging Details

Individual National 31st July 2021

Peg numbers Parking Postcode What3words

1 – 30 Hardstanding at Bottom NN12 7SW crispier.fells.scam Lock just off A508. Turning left just before canal bridge on A508 if driving towards

31 – 55 Field parking in Bozenham Mill Lane at NN7 2JW removal.outlooks.manhole Bridge 56 – small fence to cross so load barrows after crossing On A508 take Church Lane at Grafton Regis and follow road crossing canal bridge. Carry on for 0.5 miles and field parking on left. Some parts of field are quite uneven so take care

56 – 70 Field parking at Grafton Bridge 57 NN12 7SS milder.behaving.protrude 71 – 105 immediately after bridge on right. On A508 take Church Lane at Grafton Regis and follow road cross canal bridge and turn immediately right.

106 – 120 Parking on verges of A508 near Bridge 59 NN12 7UE clinic.tango.contemplate 1.2 miles after Grafton Regis on left side of road.

120 – 155 Parking on verges of A508 near Kingfisher NN12 7UE stammer.escorting.secure Marina and on both sides of road at Yardley Gobion junction and on sides of road leading into Village. Please note there is no vehicular access to canal bridge at Kingfisher Marina.

156 – 200 Drift Farm Yardley Gobion drive through NN12 7XR rocket.staked.warned electronic gate on A508 opposite 2nd turning to Yardley Gobion driving towards Milton Keynes Follow signs to parking at canal bridge 62.

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General Information

APPROX MILES DISTANCE TACKLE SHOP NAME ADDRESS AND CONTACT FROM HQ AT DETAILS TOWCESTER RACECOURSE 250, Wellingborough Road, Gilders Northampton, 13 NN1 4EJ 01604 636723 53-54 Barrack Road, Carpin Capers Northampton, 13 NN1 3RL 01604 634115 Weedon Road, Nether Heyford, Dennett’s at Heyford NN7 3LG 10 Fishery 01327 340002

26, Church Street, Wolverton, Gone Fishin Milton Keynes, MK12 5JN 9 01908 313158 Central Retail Park, Patriot Drive, Fishing Republic Milton Keynes, MK13 8PU 11 0330 0089778 Unit 1, Grampian Gate, Winterhill, Angling Direct Milton Keynes, MK6 1BD 12 01908 234144

Great Linford Lakes, Wolverton Water’s Edge Road, 13 Great Linford, Milton Keynes, MK14 5AH 01908 690969 37 High Street, Irthlingborough, Webster’s Wellingborough, NN9 5TE 26 01933 650110

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ACCOMMODATION APPROX MILES FROM HQ ADDRESS OF PREMISES AT TOWCESTER PUBLIC HOUSES RACECOURSE 219, Watling Street, Towcester, Saracens Head NN12 6BX 1 01327 350414

36, Watling Street, Towcester, Monk and Tipster NN12 6AF 1 01327 437250

30, High Street, Blakesley, Bartholomew Arms Towcester, 7 NN12 8RE 01327 860292 21, Station Road, Blisworth, Walnut Tree Northampton, NN7 3DS 6 01604 859551 30, High Street, Yardley Gobion, Coffee Pot Towcester, NN12 7TN 6 01908 542345

5, Watling Street, Weedon, Narrow Boat Northants, 10 NN7 4QG 01327 340333 ACCOMMODATION

HOTELS Premier Inn Silverstone 5 www.premierinn.com Premier Inn Northampton South, Wootton 9

Premier Inn Northampton West, Harpole 11

Travelodge Towcester, Silverstone www.travelodge.co.uk 2

Travelodge Milton Keynes, Old Stratford 6

Campanile 15, Loake Close, Northampton, NN4 5EZ 7 01604 662599 Holiday Inn Express 15, Lodge Close, Grange Park, Northampton, NN4 5AJ 7

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Angling Trust National Team Championship Rules

1. The Angling Trust (AT) will organise a swims. Individual National Championship each year. The AT Board will appoint a committee who will be 9 No competitor will change their Section. Any angler responsible for supervising the arrangements. fishing at the wrong peg will be disqualified.

2. The Sections to be used in the Individual National 10. Competitors must use private transport to transfer Championship will be closed at some point prior to from HQ to their Section and return. the National Championship please contact the local organisers to find out which sections you will be 11. Any angler may bring a caddy to help carry their able to practice on, as it is usually from midnight on tackle to their peg. the Sunday prior to the Championship, but the local organisers are trying to accommodate as many 12. No competitor will have live or dead fish in their people as possible in the build up to this Individual possession before the Championship. National Championship. 13. The signal to commence and cease fishing will be 3. The National Championship will be “pegged down” given by the Senior Section Steward in each competition, pegs to be preferably 20 yards (18 Section. metres) apart, or more where practicable. And must be a minimum of 30m from overhead power 14. The duration of the Championship will be 5 hours. cables. 15. Before the starting signal no competitor must on any 4. The Individual National Championship is open to account ground bait or loose feed the swim but will anyone who has individual membership of the be allowed to wet a line, plumb the depth and test Angling Trust. the float, mix or wet ground bait, clear his/her fishing ground of weed or obstructions and position 5. In order to qualify to compete in the National his/her equipment. On no account must a feeder Championships Entrants must have paid their be used prior to the starting signal. subscription for the current year entry. N.B. All competitors taking part in the 16. A competitor may wade provided that the water Championship must be Individual Members of the does not extend above the knees, unless they can AT. touch the bank with their fingertips, in which case the water can extend above the knees. 6. The Draw for pegs will take place on the Angling When platforms are used the water must not come Trust Competitions Facebook page the day before over the angler’s knees when standing on river/lake the match. Time to be specified in the match bed. booklet. 17. Every competitor must fish from within one metre 7. The Senior Steward will have the right to examine all either side of their designated peg. containers carried by competitors prior to (a) On flowing water, they will fish from their commencement of the Championship, at their position in the direction of the flow as far as the pegs. next peg. (b) On still waters they may fish as far as half the 8. Stewards will do their utmost to prevent spectators distance between their peg and the pegs on either approaching or interfering with the competitor’s side. Where competitors are drawn on opposite banks, person, tackle, bait, ground bait or hooked fish may the limit of the swim will be the middle line intrude into their neighbour’s swim. between either bank and as defined in (a) and/or In an extreme situation, e.g. snagged tackle or a (b) above. snagged fish, an angler must seek permission from The competitor will restrict their activities their neighbour/neighbours before moving from completely to these boundaries, neither their their designated peg to try and remedy the situation.

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Pulla bungs and similar devices. 18. No competitor may leave their peg during the Championship other than to answer the call of 28. a) Competitors must retain all fish in a keepnet that nature. However, in the event of an emergency complies with the relevant Environment Agency and/or severe weather conditions, a competitor bylaws. may leave their peg, but only with the express Nets should be dry when arriving to fish, as dry nets permission of the Senior Section Steward. are less likely to spread diseases, parasites and non- In such circumstances the Senior Steward may native species. Keepnets must be pegged out decide in the best interests of the competitors that behind the designated swim until 15 minutes fishing should be suspended. before the start of the match. This may be signalled In the worst-case fishing may be terminated by the by a whistle and/or claxon. Fish must never be Senior Steward upon an instruction from the AT’s handled with gloves or towels. team of Championship adjudicators. b) For 2021 Nationals on the Canals a separate keep net is required to retain any non-native fish species 19. A competitor shall have in use one rod or pole, one caught (zander/catfish). These must conform to line and single hook at any one time, but may have the same requirements as other keep nets and a other poles or rods and tackle assembled in a representative from the EA/and/or partner position behind them, if possible, providing no such organisation will remove the fish at the end of the other tackle is baited. match.

20. Maximum Length of Poles, 16 metres, Floating 29. All fish caught are eligible for weighing except poles are not permitted. Game Fish, Pike, Zander and Crustaceans.

21. Braid hook lengths are not permitted. 30. Competitors must, if practicable, keep all fish caught alive. 22. Any bait, subject to the local rules appertaining at If for any reason competitors cannot keep fish alive, the time of acceptance as a National Championship the Stewards shall have the power to weigh in venue, may be used during the National during the Championship and return the fish alive Championship, except live or dead fish, spinning to the water. baits and artificial lures. 31. Competitors must cease fishing at the signal. 23. Floating baits, either hook or feed are not allowed Should a competitor still be playing a fish hooked before the finishing signal is given, they will be 24. The use of electronic fish finders is forbidden. permitted no more than 15 minutes after time has been called to land the fish.32. All competitors 25. No competitor shall present their baited hooks into will remain at their pegs, except for the purpose of their swim by any means other than the pole or rod clearing litter from their swims, or, for reasons (as to which the line is attached. defined in Rules 17 and 18), until details of their catch have been recorded by the Steward, even if 26. All feed may be thrown in by hand, or by the use of they have caught no fish. one or two-handed catapults, throwing sticks, swim feeders, bait droppers, bait cups and bait shuttles, 33. Competitors are responsible for ensuring their but no other mechanical means of projecting feed pegs are clear of litter and no competitor shall have is allowed. No bait shall be introduced with a pole their catch weighed in who has litter on the banks or bait dropper attached to an extra pole or rod of their swim. whilst continuing to fish. Spodding is not permitted. 34. Both the Competitor and Scales Steward MUST ensure that the correct procedure for transferring 27. Competitors must strike, play and land their own fish from keepnet to weigh net and weigh net back fish from the confines of their own peg. (See Rule to the water is followed: 17). Hand lining fish is not permitted; this includes hand lining elastics and line. Also, not allowed is Keepnet to weigh net: - (a) Swim the fish from the the practice of trapping stretched elastic with the bottom of the keepnet to the top, ensuring that the hand down the length of the pole, fish should never top ring is out of the water, and gather the rings up be bullied like this. This does not affect the use of from the bottom as the fish move up. Once the fish

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are between the top ring and the 2nd or 3rd ring Section Steward, no later than one hour after the (depending on the number of fish in the net), end of the Championship on the official forms remove the keepnet from the water and gently issued to the Senior Stewards. Irregularities which slide the fish into the weigh net. Should the number are brought to notice at a later date may be dealt of fish require more than one weigh, only slide with only by and at the discretion of the AT Board. sufficient fish into the weigh net for the first weigh. Whilst the weigh is taking place, hold the remaining 40. The holders of the trophies shall, upon fish back in the water until required for weighing presentation, be allowed time for photographs to and repeat until all fish have been weighed. be taken and then will be required to hand the trophy back to the Officials present. (b) Remove the keepnet from the water collapsing the net down until the 2nd or 3rd from the bottom can 41. All National Championships must conform to be reached from the inside. Environment Agency bylaws. Any competitor Pull the chosen ring through the top ring and then reported to the Management Team by the gently slide the fish into the weigh net. Should the Environment Agency for being unable to produce a number of fish require more than one weigh, only valid licence shall be deemed to be in contravention slide sufficient fish into the weigh net for the first of the Rules and shall be disqualified. All pools, weigh. Whilst the weigh is taking place, hold the entry fees etc in respect of the said competitor shall remaining fish back in the water until required for be forfeited. weighing and repeat until all the fish have been weighed. 42. The use of lead, including any alloy or compound of After each competitor is weighed in at their peg, it lead, in the form of split shot or any other suitable will be the duty of the Scales Steward after each items for weighting fishing lines is prohibited. The weigh to return the fish to the water. prohibition does not apply to weights of lead, alloy Under NO CIRCUMSTANCES must the keepnet be or compound of lead, of 0.06g or less or of more removed from the water and fish tipped down from than 28.35g. The prohibition also does not apply to bottom to top. weights of lead, alloy or compound less than 28.35g if the said lead, alloy or compound is incorporated 35 The individual weight of each competitor will be in the construction of swim feeders or self cocking recorded to the nearest 10 grammes rounded up floats. (Where 10Kg scales are used) and 20 grammes, rounded up (Where 20Kg scales are used). Where 43. If in the opinion of the Event Management Team, electronic scales are used the recorded weight will any Individual is in breach of these Rules or is guilty be actual. of behaviour which is contrary to the best interests of the sport, or upon complaint being received by 36. Each competitor will be responsible for ensuring the Event Management Team that there has been that the weight of their catch is correctly recorded an alleged breach of the rules, the Event by the Record Steward on the Weigh Sheet and on Management Team shall make a decision on all his/her Peg Card. He/she must sign both to that available facts and that decision will be final and effect. The Peg Card must be kept safe in case of a binding. An appeal can be made to the AT Board; query. a copy of the appeals procedure is available from AT HQ. 37. After being weighed any dead fish are to be suitably disposed of by the Scales Steward. 44. Any competitor proved to be in contravention of these rules will be disqualified. 38. Any fish about which the Stewards have any doubt must be brought before the Management Team 45. Any individual Angler deemed to be bringing the and the competitor’s weight will not be confirmed sport into disrepute will be severely dealt with by until a ruling has been obtained. Even if a Steward the Management Team. recommends the disqualification of a competitor, they MUST weigh the fish in case the Stewards ruling is not upheld.

39. Any objections must be made in writing and lodged with a member of the Management Team or Senior

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