Tommy Pickering steps down as England Feeder team manager

The search for a new manager for the Preston Innovations England Feeder team begins following the announcement by boss Tommy Pickering that he is to stand down from the role with immediate effect.
A glittering few years at the helm of the team has seen Tommy lead them to two golds, a silver and three bronze medals while seeing Steve Ringer crowned World Champion in 2014 but he admits the time has come to call it quits and hand over to someone ‘with a younger mind and a younger brain’.
 “I thought I would go to South Africa but toe be frank, I’ve lost the enthusiasm for the job and feel that it is time to let someone else take over,” Tommy told Angling Times. “Managing the team has taken its toll on me and things have been non-stop going from managing the England Ladies for many years to the Feeder team. You do sacrifice so much of your time and your fishing plus I’m also not getting any younger and have a few ambitions to achieve before I pack in.”
“I said when I began managing the team that it’d take them five years to get used to international fishing but they’ve surpassed that and are now brilliant – they go all over Europe and smash up the matches they fish. I honestly don’t think I can take them any further,” he admitted. “They’re above me in terms of the fishing and tactics so it’s time for someone younger and hungrier to step in!”