BRIEFING PAPER
THE NATIONAL FISHING LEAGUE

The National fishing league is designed to reward regular participation in grass roots competition.
It is managed and promoted by the Angling Trust in partnership with the Angling Times and supported by funding from Sport England.
There are two leagues – a member FISHERY league and a member CLUB league with separate competitions in COARSE, GAME and SEA.

Registration is open from 9th July 2013.

Registration is open to AT affiliated clubs and fisheries only.
Member clubs and fisheries pay a £25 registration/admin fee to enter an unlimited number of qualifying fixtures. This is done by telephone. 0844 77 00 616 (Option 1) during weekday office hours
Clubs/fisheries to confirm the number of competitions they want entered to 30TH March 2014
Points counting competitions will run from 3RD AUGUST 2013 to 30th MARCH 2014 inclusive.
Results to be sent within 48hrs of fixtures end along with completed league paper work to the relevant AT regional officer who will process with the Angling Times. Templates will be provided for this.

Local club and fishery rules apply to registered fixtures
INDIVIDUAL ANGLER ENTRY
League entry is for individual anglers.
Any angler can enter (AT or non AT member) FREE OF CHARGE. This is done via the link http://www.anglingtrust.net/nfl

Anglers can fish in ANY National Fishing League registered competition in the country that is open to them.

There are five categories MALE, FEMALE, VETERAN (OVER 55), DISABLED, and JUNIOR (UNDER 17) these are to be declared when entering.

A National, Regional and County points Champion will be recognised and rewarded in each category. In each discipline and in both leagues after the competition closes on 30th March 2014

All competitors must be in possession of a unique participant number prior to competing and must ensure the event organiser records this when entering.
There is NO LIMIT to the number of qualifying competitions fished per competitor between 3rd August 2013 and 30th March.

LEAGUE RANKING POINTS
To gain any ranking points – Club League
An angler must compete in a National Fishing league club competition registered by an Angling trust affiliated club and hold a unique participant number (UPN) at the time of the event in which they participate.
To gain ranking points – Fishery League
The fishery must be a member of the Angling trust.
Anglers competing in a National league registered fishery competition must hold a unique participant number (UPN) at the time of the event in which they participate and the event must be registered in the National Fishery league.

Anglers without a valid UPN are not entered into the league and do not qualify for ranking points.
Points are awarded on the basis of the result gained according to the table below. These points contribute to their National and Regional and County rankings.

POSITION POINTS
1 15
2 12
3 10
4 8
5 6
6 5
7 4
8 3
9 2
10 1

Every angler is allocated 2 points for entering each competition regardless of finishing position.

A first place is seventeen points and a tenth place is 3 points
Points are awarded on the basis of the angler’s residence. If you live at a non-permanent address, e.g. full-time students and members of the armed forces, you score points in the region and county of either your temporary or permanent address.

IT IS THE FULL RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PROMOTING CLUB/FISHERY AND INDIVIDUAL ANGLER TO ENSURE THAT RESULTS ARE CORRECT, RECORDED PROPERLY AND SUBMITTED TO THE RELEVANT ANGLING TRUST REGIONAL OFFICER ON THE TEMPLATES PROVIDED.