About Postal Coarse Angling Club
When the club was first formed it was only for post office employees. The first members were basically the anglers who represented the Scottish Post Office team in the Post Office National competition.
The club was originally formed so that a team could be entered into the SFCA league. This was to enable the members of the Postal team to gain valuable match experience against some of Scotland's best match anglers, which we hoped, would enhance our chances when it came to the Post Office national final.
The club has grown since and for the last few years we have had two teams in the SFCA league. We have also opened our membership up so anyone now is free to join.
S.F.CA Summer League 2001
Postal A finished in 7th place in this years summer league and the B team finished in 9th place. Peter Mitchell was the top performer in the individual league, he finished in 16th place. The table below shows how the Postal anglers got on this year -
|
Name |
Match- |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
Pts |
Weight Kg |
||
|
1 |
P.Mitchell |
5 |
11 |
11 |
11 |
9 |
7 |
54 |
4.310 |
||
|
2 |
B.Hamilton |
7 |
7 |
5 |
7 |
11 |
6 |
43 |
1.850 |
||
|
3 |
R.Harper |
0 |
11 |
0 |
10 |
8 |
8 |
37 |
4.250 |
||
|
4 |
J.Hillhouse |
9 |
1 |
8 |
0 |
8 |
10 |
36 |
1.290 |
||
|
5 |
B.Lynn |
9 |
1 |
0 |
13 |
0 |
9 |
32 |
4.060 |
||
|
6 |
D.Lindsay |
7 |
1 |
9 |
9 |
0 |
1 |
27 |
1.570 |
||
|
7 |
M.Neary |
4 |
1 |
7 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
20 |
1.460 |
||
|
8 |
R.Adam |
4 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
7 |
0 |
18 |
0.100 |
||
|
9 |
J.Musleh |
0 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0.180 |
Objects
Our main aim is to promote coarse angling within the Post Office but also to promote and encourage the sport of coarse angling in Scotland.
Organise tuition and coaching.
Organise competitive sport.
Membership
Membership is opened to anyone and the cost is adult's £10 approx. children up the age of 16 free.
Matches
At present we have two major matches.
Post Office National Qualifier.
This is only for post office employees as the first 9 automatically qualify for a place in the Scottish Post Office team to fish in the national team finals. The qualifier will be on a venue similar to that of the national venue, i.e. if the national is on a canal the qualifier will also be on a canal.
Pole championship
This is opened to all our members.
In this match anglers are only allowed the use of a pole or a whip.
Club Officials
Secretary: Peter Mitchell, 12 Albion Street, Baillieston, G69 7DB
Chairman: Bill Hamilton, 217 Brand Street, Ibrox, G51
Treasurer: Robert Harper, 9 Duke Street, Motherwell, ML1 1DU
Teams
Postal A: Bill Hamilton, Brian Lynn, Robert Harper, Jim Musleh
Postal B: Jim Hillhouse, Michael Neary, David Lindsay, Robert Adam
Reserves: Peter Mitchell, Terry Kay, Adam Borwick
Rules & by-laws
The rules & by-laws as laid down by the S.F.C.A shall govern the club.