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#1 Post by **alannelson** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 10:45 pm

Without the bother of joining a club as most shore comps are ifsa members only can you fish these opens if you buy a nfsa personal membership as far as im aware its not possible to purchase an irish fed personal membership.

#2 Post by k » Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:03 pm

Is the nation federation different from the irish federation?

#3 Post by **donal domeney** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:08 pm

Joining an I.F.S.A. club should not be a bother. Club will not force you to fish their competitions. The advantage with having an ifsa card means you can travel any where on this island and fish open ifsa comps. Some shore comps may be pre entry and most boat comps will be pre entry.
When you join a club you'll recieve a diary/year book this will contain a list of open fixtures and the contact name and phone numbers of all the provencial secs.

An N.F.S.A. card will not cover you to fish ifsa comps

The other option is a visitors-day card these cost about €20/£14 and will cover you for any 1 single event or any festival over a 5 day period.

Hope this helps answer all.

#4 Post by **donal domeney** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:10 pm

k wrote:Is the nation federation different from the irish federation?

The N.F.S.A. is the English federation.

#5 Post by **alannelson** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:29 pm

[quote="donal domeney"]cheers donal was just wandering if it was possible to fish ifsa shore comps without being a member of a club so it is not possible and you must be in an ifsa affiliated club cheers for that.

Rockhopper · #6 Post by **Rockhopper** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 12:25 am

Donal,

What puzzles me is why do IFSA call them "opens" ? they're not open.

Cant IFSA see its losing clubs money from turn-outs, anglers who are not members would fish club opens and bring more money into clubs.

I'm not looking to stir things up here, but its true and it really does puzzle me.

Tom.

#7 Post by **donal domeney** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 8:36 am

Rockhopper wrote:Donal,

What puzzles me is why do IFSA call them "opens" ? they're not open.

Cant IFSA see its losing clubs money from turn-outs, anglers who are not members would fish club opens and bring more money into clubs.

I'm not looking to stir things up here, but its true and it really does puzzle me.

Tom.

I'ts the I.F.S.A. clubs who apply to have their competitions classed as an open to other ifsa members. It comes down to insurance.

A non member could apply in advance to the secretary of the organizing club for a visitors-day card but with the cost of this just for one day it would be cheaper to join a club and use your full membership to fish all the "opens".

#8 Post by **contender** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 12:40 pm

I wonder how things are gonna work out with some of the clubs up here in the North being NFSA and not IFSA. GADSAC for instance are NFSA.
I also would be more interested in the NFSA membership at £16 for insurance cover alone, as it covers all ur angling needs in the UK and Ireland. I dont see the point in having anyone elses insurance if it only covers club events and not my private fishing. I see from the GADSAC website that they are now NFSA and that interests me.

Rockhopper · #9 Post by **Rockhopper** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 3:02 pm

Donal,

I'm not looking to offend you in anyway, but the insurance is an excuse by the IFSA to drain money from clubs and the members of the clubs.

When was the last time you or anyone else for that matter heard about an angler or a 3rd party making a claim on their IFSA insurance.....geesas!! their no claims bonus must be 99% :lol:

My point is, it is not only bleeding the clubs with its membership fees, its also stopping them getting a better turn out for the (dare I say it) opens!

Tom.

#10 Post by **paul mason** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 6:46 pm

You have a very good point there Tom, the description given to open competitions is wrong as is lot of things with the ifsa the strangle hold the prawn sandwich brigade has at the moment on running major competitions is wrong they have not a clue how to run a open. They persist in picking venues that are never fished in any competitions never mind major competitions, why is this done not to suite the angler but to suite the prawn sandwich brigade. The isfa has a open insurance policy and can accommodate day anglers without a levy i know this for a fact.
The point i am trying to make here is to get anglers who know how to run opens and are at the cutting edge of whats going on and whats needed to develop match angling to be running major competitions, the prawn sandwich brigade are too far removed from whats going on when was last time anyone seen any of them on a beach with a fishing rod in there hands.

Sun Aug 12, 2007 11:37 pm

Hi contender, GADSAC (GLENGORMLEY AND DISTRICT SEA ANGLING CLUB) are most certainly NOT NFSA affiliated. :x

If you see our link below we are definately an IFSA affiliated club. :wink:

One of the guys who was the owner of the origional web address left last year and took the site/address with him! :twisted: He is now trying to start a club up again himself under the rules of the NFSA, again using the GADSAC initials only calling it the glengormley and district SPECIMUM angling club? :shock: It has created a great deal of hassle and confusion for ourselves. :?

Hope this posting helps to stop the confusion based on the 2 clubs with the same initials. 8) :wink:

Steve Hewitt
Secretary
GADSAC. IFSA affiliated (The real one) :wink:

#12 Post by **contender** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 6:30 pm

Thanks for that N and G. But it will still be confusing, you will be explaining that one for years unless one of the clubs changes names. :lol: . But i hope it works out for you all...

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