flightliner
Well-known member
Was the premier match of match fishing until the format/way it was run changed sometime in the early seventies .
From then on it went divisional with a points system.
before the change it was previewed well in advance by the angling press and the results could cover several pages along with the centre pages to boot.
Many match anglers never accepted the changes and it lost its glamour and prestige to the point that these days the results barely warrant a look.
For years after the change I still used to look for the team that had accrued the highest total weight ignoring the "winning team" often thinking ---- oh look,would you believe it Rotherham have won it again!!!:wh
From then on it went divisional with a points system.
before the change it was previewed well in advance by the angling press and the results could cover several pages along with the centre pages to boot.
Many match anglers never accepted the changes and it lost its glamour and prestige to the point that these days the results barely warrant a look.
For years after the change I still used to look for the team that had accrued the highest total weight ignoring the "winning team" often thinking ---- oh look,would you believe it Rotherham have won it again!!!:wh