The Irish teams that fished in this year's World Championships and Celtic Cup have vowed to represent Ireland again after a falling out with the national angling body, Angler's Mail reports.
Angler's Mail reports that the squads are in dispute with the the National Coarse Fishing Federation of Ireland (NCFFI) over reforms to competition selection that were rejected by the governing body.
The squads contend that the current system of four qualifiers does not allow room for every member of the squad to get a chance to compete.
In a statement they noted that world silver medalist Cathal Hughes was denied a wild card place after charity commitments kept him away from the qualifiers.
They also argue that "extremely fair way of picking a team was agreed on by all, but this was rejected by the federation executive committee, who decided to run with an outdated protocol document rather than take advice from those concerned."
The NCFFI has blamed the economic crisis for the drop in the number of anglers going forward for qualifiication, but this has been rejected by the squads who maintain that "last year’s squads travelled for a fraction of the price of previous years".
The Irish teams that fished in this year's World Championships and Celtic Cup have vowed to represent Ireland again after a falling out with the national angling body.
Angler's Mail reports that the squads are in dispute with the the National Coarse Fishing Federation of Ireland (NCFFI) over reforms to competition selection that were rejected by the governing body.
The squads contend that the current system of four qualifiers does not allow room for every member of the squad to get a chance to compete.
In a statement they noted that world silver medalist Cathal Hughes was denied a wild card place after charity commitments kept him away from the qualifiers.
They also argue that "extremely fair way of picking a team was agreed on by all, but this was rejected by the federation executive committee, who decided to run with an outdated protocol document rather than take advice from those concerned."
The NCFFI has blamed the economic crisis for the drop in the number of anglers going forward for qualifiication, but this has been rejected by the squads who maintain that "last year’s squads travelled for a fraction of the price of previous years".
