(1)Is the rumours that have been going round in angling circles,that TAFI (NI) will be putting seperate Teams in the World,european as well as the Common Wealth Championships IS IT TRUE?.

WTF is TAFI (NI)

For the answer to you question blue diamond you would have to ask the TAFI COMMITTEE.Are go on to facebook because it on a number of there.

I just saw on the TAFI website that TAFI N.I. are sending a team to the commonwealths in tasmania in a couple of weeks time.
So are there two sections of TAFI in the country now?Does anyone know how long TAFI has been attending the commonwealths?

That the question i asked at the start of this thread was there 2 TAFI SECTIONS which would mean TAFI now THINK THEY ARE THE GOVERNING BODY FOR GAME ANGLING IN NORTHERN IRELAND THEN? I which someone from TAFI would answer that question for all NOTHERN IRELAND ANGLERS because as it is everone's You will need to ask TAFI MEMBERSHIP about how long that they are in the COMMONWEALTH,BECAUSE ONLY THEY KNOW THAT.

http://tafi.ie/?s=commonwealth Its old news mate.

I believe this is the first time, as until recently Tafi (like other competition associations in Ireland) represented the entire island of Ireland. Ireland is not a member state of the commonwealth. However Northern Ireland is, as part of the United Kingom. http://uk.ask.com/wiki/Member_states...lth_of_Nations

"The Commonwealth of Nations is a voluntary association of 54 independent sovereign states (one of whose membership is currently suspended). Most are former British colonies, or dependencies of these colonies. No one government in the Commonwealth exercises power over the others, as in a political union. Rather, the relationship is one of an international organisation through which countries with diverse social, political, and economic backgrounds are regarded as equal in status, and co-operate within a framework of common values and goals, as outlined in the Singapore Declaration.These include the promotion of democracy, human rights, good governance, the rule of law, individual liberty, egalitarianism, free trade, multilateralism, and world peace, and are carried out through multilateral projects and meetings, as well as the quadrennial Commonwealth Games.[2] The symbol of this free association is Queen Elizabeth II, known for this purpose as Head of the Commonwealth. This position, however, does not imbue her with any political or executive power over any Commonwealth member states; the position is purely symbolic,"

This is obviously a way to give TAFI representation at the Commonwealth. Its what they wanted as an organisation and they went and got it. Fair play to them.
Im not sure where i sit with this, as in the past I have been against any division in Irish Angling. But this is not really a split its more of an extra arm, to allow TAFI to compete in another championship. They are now competing at the World Championships, European Championships, Commonwealth and Home Nations Banks Championships. There is certainly more ambition to compete, within Tafi than there was a few years ago and they seem to be embrassing change. That has to be acknowledged. Even if you look at their website. Its very impressive indeed.

I could be wrong but I am pretty sure that at no time will Tafi be competing against Tafi (NI). Unless there is another split of course. Time will tell.

Why did the NIFFA not try to enter the commonwealth championships before Tafi did. Or if your members want to represent Northern Ireland, why dont NIFFA and TAFI (NI) join forces.

http://www.commonwealthflyfishingsco...m/tasmania.htm

Again all of this is an example of too many angling organisations in Ireland. Surely it would be sensible to have one organisation in Ireland that represents all competition fly fisherman. If that ever happened then perhaps we could see Ireland realistically compete for a gold medal more often..

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ONE organization representing Irish angling.... You've got more chance of a Cavan man opening his wallet to buy a round for the entire bar than that ever happening.
There are too many power hungry small minded men on ego trips within the politics of Irish angling to ever have unity, there more interested in their own benefit than the general welfare of angling in Ireland.

Forget it, it will never happen.......

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So true mate. Sad but very true. And there a too few withouth egos who will step up to the plate and take on the important roles.

Are we resigned to the fact that its gonna be like this for years to come.

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The answer to your question, Is that NIFFA did have their application in to enter the championship with the commonwealth committee from last year.But their application was turned down because as far as the commonwealth chair person was concerned Northern Ireland is not independant country,so anglers have to compete under the name of GREAT BRITAIN OR IRELAND.This matter is now out of NIFFA'S hands because it has pasted all the papers over to our solicitor and government bodys to sort out.

Sounds strange as Ireland is not part of the commonwealth.

Then how did TAFI (NI) get in.

No harm but if what you say is correct, it looks like someone has mislead you. Are you sure your not talking about the European or Worlds

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