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Board and National Angling Bodies
List
of Angling Federations of Ireland
Trout
Angling Federation of Ireland (TAFI)
This
Federation is all Ireland based but operates mainly in the 26 counties.
It has Four Provincial councils working alongside the main organisation.
It has over 200 clubs affiliated to it nationally.
In the last ten years, the Federation has sent international teams to
participate in the following events:
World
Lake Championships
European
Championships (Lake and River)
World
Junior Championship
Approx.
Membership: 18,000
Chairman,
John O’ Hare, 21 Main St. Kenmare, Co. Kerry.
Phone:
Home: 064 41499
Mobile:
087 2464102
Secretary:
Gerry Larkin, Cloonee, Ballinlough, Co. Roscommon.
Phone:
Home: 0907 40067
PRO:
John Paddy Burke, Pinewood Lodge, Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo.
Phone:
Work: 092 41680
Home
and Fax: 092 41324
National
Anglers Representative Association (NARA)
This
Game Angling Federation was formed by Trout Angling clubs supporting the Rod
licence in the “Rod War dispute” in the early 1980’s.
The Association is now very strong and many game angling clubs are
affiliated to both TAFI and NARA. This
organisation has over 100 clubs affiliated to it. The association supports the ITFFA in its competitions, which
it hosts.
Approx.
Membership: 11,000
Chairman:
Michael Callaghan, Virginia Road, Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan.
Phone:
(H.) 049 8544506
Mobile:
087 6781562
Secretary:
Paddy Byrne, 21 College Park, Newbridge, Co. Kildare.
Phone
and Fax: 045 433068
E-Mail: nara@iol.ie
Irish
Trout Fly Fishing Association
This
organisation is a competition forum with affiliated clubs mainly from Nara.
Teams are selected through provincial and national competitions
throughout the year to fish the twice a year, home international fly-fishing
events with teams from England, Wales and Scotland.
Chairman:
Dr. T. W. Waldron, Harbour St., Mullingar, Co. Westmeath.
Phone:
Home: 044 48668
Federation
of Irish Salmon & Sea Trout Anglers (FISSTA)
This
Federation was formed about 15 years ago to represent Salmon and Sea Trout
Angling and it has over 85 clubs affiliated to it.
At present, the Federation is not involved in any national or
international competitions.
Approx.
membership: 14,000
Chairman:
Noel Carr, Teeling Road, Carrick, Co. Donegal.
Phone:
073 30300
Secretary:
Tommy Lawton, Rath-Healy, Fermoy, Co. Cork.
Phone
and Fax: 025 33574
Public
Relations Officer: Dan Joy, Killocrim, Listowel, Co. Kerry.
Phone:
068 40310
President:
Richard Behal, 21 Countess Grove Killarney, Co.Kerry
Phone:
064 32723
National
Coarse fish Federation of Ireland (NCFFI)
32
county all Ireland based organisation with 4 provincial councils with 60 clubs
affiliated. Founded in 1962 it was originally a tourism based
organisation but after a few years angling clubs joined and in 1966 the first
Irish Team was sent to England to participate in the World Championship.
Irish Teams have attended annually at these championships ever since and
have been partially funded. The
NCFFI in the last ten years also send teams to participate in the Home
Internationals, European Championships, Junior World Championships and the World
Club Championship. There is a Team Manager and an assistant.
The world championships will be held in Ireland in 2002 at a venue to be
decided. The recent successful
European Championships held in Castleblayney attracted a huge tourism spin off
for the whole county of Monaghan in June 1999.
Approximate
membership: over 5,000 members.
Chairman,
David
Egan, 264 Castletown, Leixlip, Co. Kildare.
Phone:
Work: 8747027
Home:
6242968
E-mail: daveegan@iol.ie
Secretary: Brendan Coulter, Blaithin, Dublin Road,
Cavan.
Phone:
049 32367
The
Irish Federation of Pike Angling Clubs
This
Federation was founded in 1988. Pike Angling is the fastest growing angling
sport in Ireland. The Federation is All Ireland based with 78 Clubs and rising.
The Federation is very competition based and annually send a 10 man team
to fish against an English Team on a home and away basis at venues in both
countries. This annual event
attracts big publicity and brings in a spin off in tourism especially every two
years when the event is held here in Ireland.
Declared Membership: 7,000
Chairman,
John
Chambers, J.K. Chambers & Co, Chartered Accountants, Orion House, 53 Main
St. Rathfarnham, Dublin 14.
Phone:
Work: 4901700 & 4904454
Fax:
4929779
Home:
4933857
Secretary, John Crudden, Oldcastle Road,
Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan.
Phone:
Work: 043 45633
Fax:
043 45635
Home:
049 44757.
Irish
Federation of Sea Anglers
(IFSA)
180
clubs – 5,000 members (all Ireland body) associated to CIPS (Confederation de
la Peche Sportiv) the world governing body.
Teams are sent annually to:
1.
Home International Championships (Boat) Senior
2.
Home International Championships (Boat) Junior
3.
Home International Championship (Shore) Senior
4.
Home International Championship (Shore) Junior
5.
World Boat Angling Championships
6.
World Shore Angling Championships
Chairman:
Brian Prendergast, 78 Glasnevin Park, Dublin 11.
Phone:
8336218
Secretary:
Hugh O’Rorke, 67 Windsor Drive, Monkstown, Co. Dublin.
Phone:
Work
& Fax: 01 2806873
Home & Fax: 01 2806901
Irish
Federation of Sea Anglers
(IFSA) continued.
Note:
In 1988, the E.S.R.I. prepared a report for the CFB entitled “An
Economic Evaluation of Irish Angling”. This
report estimated that there were over 25,000 sea anglers in Ireland.
It was noted that club (federation) membership was not as important to
sea anglers as others and despite the fact that there has been an apparent
decrease in sea angling participants over the last 10 years, it is probable that
the 5,000 membership of the IFSA represents less than half the total number of
marine sport fishermen.
Irish
Match Angling & Surfcasting Association (IMASA)
140
members (mainly Leinster based) associated to SAMF (Sea Anglers Match Federation
– UK)
Individual
members compete in several “Home” tournaments and teams are sent annually to
SAMF Masters and Winter Beach Festival, both in UK.
Secretary:
Tony Davis, 101 Marsham Court, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin.
Phone:
Home: 2833393
European
Federation of Sea Anglers – Ireland (EFSA)
100+
members (mainly Leinster based)
Irish
branch of European Association. Individuals compete annually in Annual ESFA boat and shore
tournaments. It is also proposed to
send boat and shore teams to future championships.
Chairman:
George McCullough, Dardistown House, Collinstown Cross, Cloghran, Co. Dublin.
Phone:
Home:
842468
Work:
8301133
European
Anglers Alliance (Ireland)
This
Angling Alliance is only a few years in existence but most of the major angling
federations are represented. The
alliance is very strong throughout the European Union and some eastern European
countries. At present, a new constitution is being initiated at national
level. There is some hope that an
angling umbrella group will be formed from this group to represent all the
Angling Federations in Ireland in the near future. The alliance is not involved with hosting international
competitions at present.
Chairman:
Paddy Byrne, 21 College Park, Newbridge, Co. Kildare.
Phone
and Fax: 045 433068
E-mail: nara@iol.ie
Secretary
& PRO: John Crudden, Oldcastle Road, Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan.
Phone:
Work:
043 45633
Fax:
043 45635
Home:
049 44757.
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