Angling Trust England Talent Pathway

10/02/2026

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28/02/2022

22/04/2021

THE SEA ANGLING ENGLAND TALENT PATHWAY 2021 IS NOW OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS!

The Sea Angling England Talent Pathway will be led by Angling Trust Team England Junior and Youth coaches. For 2021 a maximum of 20 anglers will participate in one event held at Milford Shingle Bank on Saturday 7th August. The programme is water-based session where anglers will learn about the tactics and techniques required for international angling.

To participate in the England Talent Pathway programme anglers must be aged between 12-16 inclusive on 1st January 2022. To be eligible for selection to the Home Nations & World Teams, anglers must be aged 16 or under on 1st January 2022.

NOTE: Applicants must be an Angling Trust member. Join here: www.anglingtrust.net/membership

2021 PROGRAMME DETAILS

Venue: Milford Shingle Bank

(Reserve venue in case of adverse weather: Pennington Sea Wall)

Date: Saturday 7th August

Meeting Place: Cut Bridge, New Lane, Milford on Sea, Hampshire

Meeting Time: 9am

Fishing Times: 10.30am – 4pm

Cost: Free

The 2021 Sea Talent Pathway is supported by Kamasan

Book here: https://anglingtrust.net/competitions/sea-talent-pathway-2021/

23/03/2020

‼️ 2020 TACKLE GURU/ANGLING TRUST TALENT PATHWAY ANNOUNCEMENT ‼️

Due to the current COVID-19 Coronavirus we have made the decision to cancel the 2020 Talent Pathway... This means that the final sessions for the North and South, plus the Inter-Regional Final in April will not go ahead as planned.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused, but as you will undoubtedly agree the health and safety for all involved with the Talent Pathway, which includes the coaches, parents/guardians and the anglers is paramount.

Therefore, the England Under 15’s Trial Assessment which was planned to take place on April 11th, at the Inter-Regional Final will also not be taking place. We will provide all anglers involved with the Talent Pathway more information regarding the trial and Under 15’s World Championships imminently.

The Talent Pathway will return back to normal in 2021. Please keep an eye out on both the Guru page for more details about next year’s sessions.

HOWEVER... please note that if the current COVID-19 situation improves over the coming months we will still aim to run the Inter-Regional Final later in the year (date pending). We will do our very best to run the Final, but we must adhere to government guidelines and make the safety of all involved a priority.
We will inform all anglers/parents & guardians regarding the potential reschedule of the Inter-Regional Final closer to the time.

From all the team at Angling Trust and Tackle Guru we urge you to stay safe and adhere to the government’s guidelines of social distancing. We will get through this together 👊

14/03/2020

Angling Trust Guru Tackle Talent Pathway Southern Region session two Harescombe Fisheries with coaches Danny Williamson and Des Shipp .Absolutely brilliant day with 17 young anglers smashing it today, with a two line pole attack using Bloodworm and Joker. Amazing to see how quick they learn and adapt.
Lots of learning, top tips and fun.
For once the weather was kind.
Thanks to Andy at Harescombe Fishery, Ross Williamson, Shane Lovell and all the parents.

23/02/2020

Another brilliant session from the Guru backed Southern talent pathway.

Yesterday saw 16 anglers turn out at Ivyhouse Lakes near Swindon for the first session of the Southern Talent pathway, with Des Ship and Danny Williamson.

What an impressive group of young anglers, well advanced for their age.

The Weather made it tricky with a strong breeze, but at least it stayed dry and mild.

The day started with demonstrations on correct set up and tactics for international style match angling which included loads of tips and tricks throughout the day, including the use of Bloodworm and Joker.

All in all a everyone learned loads and had a great fun packed day, lots of bites and caught loads of fish, check out the photos.

A big thank you to Guru for the buckets of goodies and Mainline for Ground-Bait and Ivyhouse lakes for their hospitality and facilities, our helpers Ross and Shane all the parents for transporting the young guns to the venue.

10/02/2020

Two brilliant first sessions for the North and Midlands Tackle Guru backed England Talent Pathway! Coaches Matt Godfrey Fishing and Frankie Gianoncelli Fishing took 40 plus young anglers under their wing and introduced them into international competition style fishing! The day was packed full of valabule advice, tips, tricks and a lot of fish action by the looks of it! We’ll keep you updated on how the rest of the sessions progress! 63 young anglers are taking part in the Pathway this year... A RECORD NUMBER! 2020 looks set to be the biggest and best Pathway yet 👊🏼👏🏻🎣🤩 Massive thank you to Tackle Guru and Mainline Match for their amazing support. Incredible generosity to a truly deserving cause ❤️👍