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Junior Match Rules

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We have adapted the general club match rules to make the Junior matches as fair and balanced as we can without taking the fun out of it.

 

The ability levels vary wildly between individuals and so there must be a degree of flexibility to cater for this. However, the rules are there for everyone to follow. When juniors achieve level four and above, then they will be expected to strictly stay with the rules with no exceptions. General and competition rules are as follows.

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General Rules

  • All members must conform to the Rules of the Environment Agency (EA) in all respects pertaining to fishing, particularly in possessing the appropriate rod licences where necessary.

  • Members must always carry their membership cards as a means of identification. When on Society, concessionary, or agreement waters.

  • NO guns, dogs, fires, or radios are allowed where stated. No camping without the owners’ permission.

  • LITTER IS UNTIDY, DANGEROUS TO WILDLIFE & LIVESTOCK. IT MUST NOT BE LEFT ON THE BANK. Discarded nylon is particularly dangerous. Metal or plastic, disposable bait, food, or drink containers must not be taken to the water.

  • No fish may be taken other than by rod and line.

  • All fish caught are to be returned to the water alive and unharmed.

  • Braided lines and barbed hooks are NOT allowed on Non predator or specimen matches.

  • KEEPNETS: Some restrictions are in place, see each individual ‘Regulation Water’ Rules for details.

  • The construction and use of keepnets, sacks and landing nets used by members must comply with the Environment agency regulations and bylaws current at the time of use.

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MATCH RULES (Amended where applicable for Juniors where necessary)

 

  • Junior matches are open to male or female anglers aged between 13 & 17.

  • All Junior anglers competing must have a non-fishing parent or guardian with them to support.

  • No competitor may disturb the water in any manner before the starting signal except for positioning the keepnet, mixing ground bait, plumbing the depth, and shotting floats.

  • (Keep nets are to be laid out on the bank until the order is given to place them in the water)

  • All competitors in junior club matches must be bone fide members of the Society.

  • The entry fee for all junior event/matches is set at £10.00 including peg fees and entrance fees. No prize pools allowed on Pole Position Junior Matches.

  • All matches shall be attended by a pole position senior member who will Stuard each match.

  • The draw for matches will take place at a suitable time before commencement of the match to allow participants adequate time to fully prepare.

  • All competitors must fish from the bank and within one yard of their peg.

  • Competitors may only use one rod, one line and one hook at one and the same time. Any bait may (unless bait bans apply) be used except spinning tackle or live or dead fish.

  • A maximum of 16 metres of pole length (in hand)

  • It is the competitor’s responsibility to see that his/her fish are weighed live at his/her peg and returned carefully.

  • Pike or game fish are ineligible in matches.

  • Junior competitors may have assistance in playing, landing, and unhooking of any fish that they catch. 

  • Game fish accidentally hooked must be handled carefully and returned to the water immediately.

  • When a competition is in progress, no competitor may approach another within ten yards without permission and then only from the rear.

  • Complaints of unfair conduct must be made immediately to the steward on the day.

  • All competitors must stop fishing immediately the signal to stop (whistle) is given, except if already playing a fish, in which case the call ‘Fish on’ is to be announced at the signal to stop. A further 20 minutes is permitted to land the fish.

  • A match may not be abandoned within the first hour or when a competitor has caught a fish.

  • When a match is abandoned, or postponed, the reserve date shall apply; your original entry stands, and the match will be redrawn. If you do not wish to fish the match on the reserve date, please cancel your entry. If the match cannot be fished on the reserve date, then all members shall be notified of the new date and must re-enter for the match in the usual way.

  • Competitors are responsible for clearing all litter from their peg. Failure to do so will result in not being weighed in until it is cleared up.

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