I started this thread with a genuine and ,I thought ,a reasonable question not a rant . As stated I'm new to match fishing and had noticed the IFSA website had not put up results of an international competition even though it had local competition results on its website. I was looking for peoples opinions on the matter and I stated very obviously that I didn't want people personally attacked.
Is that a bad thing to do or wrong of me ? I thought this was a forum where people discussed angling related issue.
I now see that I have been personally attacked for a completely unrelated issue..........ok ? In answer to the question of match results for the Munster Closed .At the time of the competition I was informed that the Munster Secretary Jackie O'Keefe had resigned even though the IFSA website states, as I write this post, that Jackie is still secretary ,so as there was no acting secretary at that time we gave the results to the Munster Chairman who was present at the match James McCartan and no-one had informed me or anyone else at West Cork and District SAC of a problem with that until now and strangely using the medium of a forum!.... , for any further related issues please contact me using my email or phone number both of which can be found on the link at the bottom of my posts, thank you.
"I suggest you go further and try and get involved its your enthusiasm that'd needed..." quote danbrosnan
"corbyeire wrote:
Bass dad and others join a provincial council or the central council - see what we are trying to do
and then when you've experienced what we have to deal with then by all means come on here and criticise our efforts"
I honestly do not have the spare time. As a member of the lifeboat crew in Kinsale I am kept busy doing excercises , training , meetings and rescues , I've a casualty care course to replace all my fishing time for the whole month of August which will bring me up to paramedic standard. I work up to 60 hours a week, have 2 teenagers, am club secretary to West Cork and District and try to do bass guiding and write a blog (not updated recently for obvious reasons) . It is my only respite that I am actually able to fish the odd match.
If I did have the time and I put myself forward for a job within the IFSA (rather than being pressured into taking it) I would certainly apply myself as best I could, as you can see by the link provided on the last post I get my match results up very quickly.
With writers in the country as good as Steve Brennan of Irishsportfishing and the lads at Ullcatch who make a great effort to give us some decent media coverage, it's a shame there is not more interest in the sport.............now I know that that is what it is, a lack of interest along with maybe a bit of apathy , I can now see that I'm better off keeping my opinions to myself.
If any of you happened to be pegged next to me in a match though please don't moan to me about the poor turn out anymore, thank you.
P.S The Home Nation Shore results are now up on the governing body's website ,................. the information age

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