I see sanna have posted the sqauds for next years world & european competitions.

i see there are a few forum members included.

congratulations to all.

Interesting link ..thanks Tam.
I see a new selection process is now in place but can't see how one becomes eligible?
I'm interested because it sounds broadly similar to our selection process in CEFF and I'm aware from all the Home Nations that World & European selection is of interest to many anglers. (Ref: previous threads on this subject)

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From my understanding Stewart there is no selection criteria all seems a bit of a mystery

Thanks for the response Alberto,
Oh well bearing in mind the views to response ratio on this I can only guess mine was a dud question !!...which is a bit surprising bearing in mind the previous comments, moans & groans that are usually expressed when any world or european selection is mentioned.
Perhaps this is the dawn of a new world ???

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It's difficult to question the selection method when the team have just won the world championships. If it's not broke why fix it

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We are not talking about the winning team and the selection proceedure going forward has changed for Scotland

I think the criteria for selection to the squads is based on current form.
so presumably if you have done well in the last years rivers comp, comonwealth and worlds the "selectors" have a pool of anglers to pick from.
And with next years worlds and european being fished mostley on rivers the squads are biased towards that.
Normaly the way to be selected to fish in the worlds was done through an eliminator system it now appears that a committee or selectors picks the squads.
I would have thought that this change should have been voted on at the SANA AGM.

who knows

Cheers Tam and Alberto for the comments
Simmo....this thread relates to the new Scotland selection process ;-)

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First off congrats to Toby Spinner, Daver and Gibby. Well done lads.

Hi Tam, I have taken the quote below from the SANA website.

Anglers first must gain entry to the squad before they are eligible for selection to the teams. Anglers will not be selected for the squad based on their technical and tactical skills alone.

According to SANA anglers are not picked on current form.

Having watched the border boys in action I reckon they would walk into most teams. However how those that have won National River finals, have both caps for river and loch teams and gold medals never made any of the squad is beyond me and those that have not done so well over the past few years have made the team. Christ, one of the SANA committee didn't even know who was the current national champion.

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I, and I'm very sure others would like to know what the exact criteria was for selection. Heard you had to be able to run a mile in under 6 minutes with full wading kit on

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Not a dud question at all, there are a few out there who just seem to be keeping quiet for now.............

Walker

Hi All

Hi HKS, anything but a dud question but as you can see from the apathetic response it's a bit of a lost cause. Only reason that I can think of is that there are not enough people interested in representing Scotland at World and European level and therefore those that are, are left in a strong position to make policy regarding selection etc.

I assume that this selection for next year is an interim measure and that as of next year the proposed Scottish National Fly Fishing League will be in place in a format yet to be decided and the teams will be selected from those anglers that achieve the required technical and tactical skills along with giving up their life for the sake of the squad. Looks like this will also stop a lot of interested anglers being able to commit due to the expense in money and time that this will require.

As for the legality of the selection I cannot comment but will say that again a lot of noise is made about SANA AGMs but when it comes down to it nothing ever happens.

David Walker, I agree there is a silence over this at the moment and I know who and what you are talking about and I entirely agree but seems the only way to challenge anything that you do not agree with is to attend the SANA AGM. Only problem here is that few of us are individual members of SANA and therefore don't qualify to attend.

Kenny