Remember, if results aren’t reported to the Match Secretary by Tuesday you could miss out so make sure the organiser of your your matches send in results in time.

“The squad has made fantastic progress in recent years with some impressive team and individual performances.  Last year the team regained the Celtic Cup in emphatic style and ran England close in the inaugural FishO Mania Home International, but it’s on the world stage where progress has been most significant.  The team has risen to joint 8^th placed country in the official CIPS world rankings and our focus now is on challenging for medals starting this September in the Czech Republic”.

National Team Coach and Scottish Federation Chairman Gus Brindle added;

“The team is building a strong reputation domestically thanks to both the work the guys do in promoting the sport at home, but more importantly through participation at some the UK’s most prestigious matches.  The team regularly competes in the Sensas Challenge and will again cross swords with the country’s finest at this year’s FishO Mania to be broadcast live on Sky Sports in July.  The team were also delighted to have been invited to the Maver Match This Team Championship in September which is further testament to the credibility and profile that squad has established in the UK match scene.  These additional commitments do however bring with them the challenge of finding additional resources to be able to compete, and we are determined that Scotland should be represented by the best possible team, not one made up of those who can afford to travel.”

Chris went on;

“This is an important phase in the squads development as we compete in more and more of the UK’s highest profile matches and continue to progress at World Championship level.     It is clear that we would benefit from securing an official partner to help the team realise its full potential.  I believe that we have a huge amount to offer in return, both as a team and through the governing body, and would love to hear from any potential sponsors who would be interested in discussing these opportunities ahead of this year’s events”

Interested parties can contact Chris or Gus on the following means:

Scotland Team Manager – Chris Paton 07500 160716 / the.patons@ntlworld.com

SFCA Chairman – Gus Brindle 07812 241816 / chairman@sfca.co.uk

Minutes of the SFCA AGM – 29 March 2012

One of the main items of the Agenda was the proposal for constitutional amendment to formally adopt the UK Anti-Doping Regulations.  The new constitution approved by the AGM can be found at:

SFCA Constitution

More information on Anti-Doping Regulations and the Federation’s commitment to keeping the sport free from performance enhancing drugs can be found at:

Anti-Doping

As expected the favoured culvert and end pegs again provided the individual Top 3 places with John Callaghan (Monklands A) winning with a good net of carp 42lbs 6oz from the end peg on the Queensbury pond. In 2^nd place was George Glen (Magiscroft) 40lbs with team mate Davie Corcoran (Magiscroft) in 3^rd place with 31lbs 12oz again with good nets of carp.

The biggest fish of the match a 6lb 8oz carp in the last 30 minutes was as good bonus for Davie to win the section on Bruce’s Acre.

On the team front, Daiwa managed to keep up their good run of form by winning the match with 9pts from 2^nd place Orchill Central 13pts with Magiscroft in 3^rd place with 14pts.

Full match results below:

The next SFCA match the All Scotland Rab Crossan Memorial will be held at Magiscroft on Sunday 27^th May.

Match Results

Teams Overall

 Individual Overall

A Section

B Section

C Section

D Section

Remember, if results aren’t reported to the Match Secretary by Tuesday you could miss out so make sure the organiser of your your matches send in results in time.

Better still, make sure you feature by ensuring that the results from your weekend match are reported to the Match Secretary by Tuesday.

John Baird, Curtis Craig, Peter Dick, Scott Laird, Scott McAuley, Jordan Sweeney and Josh Trueman

I hope you will join with us in wishing the team every success as they prepare for their first overseas event with the aim of bringing back the Junior Celtic Cup.  This will be a real test for the team as a reduction in the qualifying age sees it lose two experienced members in James Dornom and Ben Maguire.

Ronnie MacLeod, Junior Team Manager          Alan Pellow – Junior Team Coach

Are you a keen match angler?  Would you like to fish for Scotland?

The SFCA will be conducting regional trials this summer to try to identify new anglers to represent Scotland at this level in the future.  Keep your eyes on this website as more details on how to register your interest will be published in the coming week along with a nomination form for 2013. 

For 2012 the SFCA is delighted to be able to announce that, JB Angling Centre, Kirkintilloch have kindly agreed to offer all fully paid up SFCA Individual Members a special 10% discount on the purchase of all major brand products at JB Angling Centre in Kirkintilloch.

Simply present your membership card in the shop when making your purchase to receive 10% off all qualifying products.

Please note the discount is not valid on purchases of bait i.e. live baits, ground baits and pellets, and the membership card can only be used by the person named on the card (a separate form of identify may be requested).

For details of Membership and how to join follow the links below:

http://www.sfca.co.uk/membership/applications-renewals/

Individual membership runs from the 1^st April 2012 until 31^st March 2013 and costs only £5 for adults, OAP/Registered Disabled £3.50 and free for children under 16 before the 1^st April.

If anyone is using a tackle voucher won during the SFCA 2012 season the discount will only be applied to the balance of the purchase price over and above the value of the voucher i.e. Spend £150 – £100 voucher = £50 balance so your discount would be £5.

Better still, make sure you feature by ensuring that the results from your weekend match are reported to the Match Secretary by Tuesday.

The long awaited start to the 2012 SFCA Summer match calendar finally got under way with the Federation Cup at Broom Fishery. With the match being a 53 peg sell out there was a maximum 11pts were up for grabs to the winner for the SFCA Match Angler of the Year competition as well as the individual title.

Match Report

Drawing on one of the favoured culvert pegs on the Queensbury pond, Davie McAuley (Daiwa) managed to catch a good net of chub with 4 bonus barbel to 4lbs for a match winning 44lb 4oz.

Runner up Alan Connelly (Orchill Central) 39lbs 4oz and last year’s winner John Baird Jnr (Daiwa) 31lbs 8oz in 3^rd place, both had good mixed catches of carp and silver fish from Bruce’s Acre.

Daiwa Claim Maiden Victory

In the team competition the newly formed Daiwa team got off to a winning start by claiming a maiden victory in their first SFCA match with 43pts from Monklands C 71pts with Orchill Central in 3^rd place with 91pts

The next SFCA match will be back at Broom on the 15^th April as the first round of the SFCA Teams of 4 Summer League gets under way.

Full Results

Individual Results

Team Result

Bruce’s Acre

Square Pond

Queensberry