A National for feeder anglers coming in 2020

A new National Championships for feeder anglers has been created in a major big-match revamp by the Angling Trust.

The competition will be the vehicle for qualification for the World Feeder Champs. Furthermore, the Trust has also announced that winners of the annual Sensas Challenge will be invited to fish the World Float Champs.

Previously, qualification was achieved by teams fishing bespoke one-off events, but these proved controversial and struggled to attract numbers, with only two teams signing up for this year’s cancelled float eliminator.

However, all that will change with the big news that is sure to appeal to a wider audience.

First up is the Sensas Challenge on the Gloucester Canal at the end of March, an event that’s fished to strict international rules over two days, thus suiting the type of fishing the highest-ranked English team will do in the Float Champs in Slovenia or Italy next summer.

Then comes the new Feeder National again on the Gloucester Canal on Sunday August 23, the winner of that heading off to either Bulgaria or the Ukraine for the 2021 event, as the qualifier for next summer’s champs has already been fished.

Entry into the six a side Feeder match is just £120 per team and is open to all Angling Trust member sides and this too will be fished to international rules. Teams are welcome to register their interest in the Feeder National at this early stage by e-mailing Sandra Johnson at sandra.johnson@anglingtrust.net and application forms for all Nationals listed below will be available in the New Year.

2020 Angling Trust National & qualifier dates at a glance…

Saturday March 28 & Sunday March 29 - Sensas Challenge, Gloucester Canal (World Float Club Champs qualifier)

Saturday April 25 - Commercial National, Drennan Lindholme Lakes

Saturday June 27 - Junior and Youth Nationals, Packington Somers

Saturday July 28 - Ladies and Disabled Nationals, Gold Valley Lakes

Wednesday July 29 - Veterans and Masters Nationals, Decoy Lakes

Saturday August 1 - Individual National, Grand Union Canal Northampton

Saturday August 15 - Division One National, Grand Union Canal Northampton

Sunday August 23 - Feeder National, Gloucester Canal (World Feeder Club Champs qualifier)

Saturday September 12 - Division Two National, Gloucester Canal