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Originally Posted by wet fly
Hi skinny can I affiliate as an individual on the day or do I need to belong to a club .
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Wetfly,
Like Flyonly says, joining TAFI is easy. Why dont you contact the national Secretary via the website.
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Originally Posted by flyonly
hello skinny, great to see you have fixed a date for the ulster bank comp but just to clarify a few points, As you know Tafi is a 32 county body with proper proceedures and guide lines about membership,competitions etc.Joining Tafi is easy, but not as simple as emailing or starting your own club.Tafi has a constitution thats needs to be adhered to.New clubs wishing to join Tafi like other federations must fill certain criteria before they can be considered for membership they wont be just accepted willy nilly. For further information on joining tafi interested clubs or individuals can contact the national secartary via the website Trout Anglers Federation of Ireland - Fips Mouch Fly Fishing Championship. . |
If you want to affiliate your club to Tafi, I would imagine that you would have to submit a letter to the Ulster Branch or National Branch and be proposed and seconded in the appropriate way.
I would say that if you want to fish this match next Saturday, then your only option, because of the short notice, would be to join Woodford Club who are organising the event. Im sure that you would be very welcome indeed. After all they are trying to attract as many top class anglers as possible to represent Ulster and Ireland.
I agree with Marazion Midge. Perhaps it may have been better to give any anglers who are interested in this comp a bit more time and notice. I mean the International is only over a couple of weeks ago. So why have local qualifiers straight away
. I mean Skinny has publicised this match on here just 12 days
before it is due to take place. I fish some major comps in Ireland, England & Wales, and I can guarantee you that if the organisers let people know about the comps just 12 days before , they would not have many entries.
Even I have to admit that this Bank match seems to be more popular than first imagined,(fair play to Fred) so surely it would pay to advertise the qualifiers over a longer period of time to try and attract more outside interest.
Only my opinion, but Its perhaps giving the impression that at some places, having "not many entries" might suit some people to give some a better chance of getting on the team, without much opposition.
Surely clubs like Woodford could allow members to join their club for the purposes of fishing this year's competition, until anglers like Wetfly are given enough time to join Tafi in the proper way for the 2011 qualifier.
Im sure that eventually the idea is to have around 100 of the best bank anglers in Ulster fishing a larger venue.
Only a suggestion.
T.A.F.I. Ulster Bank Provincial Championships
T.A.F.I. Leinster - Trout Anglers Federation of Ireland (Leinster Angling Council)
I was just pointing out that 12 days notice is not much for interested Ulster anglers who were not involved in the qualifiers a few months ago. Unless anglers can join Woodford (or another Club) in the next 12 days, then they will probably miss out, which is a bit sad. 
, would loved to make the team again, 
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