Gents,
Let me pust this into perspective, I used to fish with this bloke in various clubs and although he is very very good and personally in my opinion I think he should fish for a team, he is not unbeatable. What the paper forgot to mention was that he finished in the money something along the lines of seventeen times out of twenty. From 'knowing' him, he is completely unapproacable and rubs shoulders with a couple of big names in angling - and no I wont drop names, but ultimately this is not club level angling.
The club in question is a fish once a fortnight and its not taken too seriously, he was asked to hold back to avoid upsetting people and I dont think going in with such an approach represents club level. Or least once in a while you would not weigh in, go for a walk, help others, etc. The hollow victory point someone mentionned above reins through - Im not knocking him for his ability or those that he fish's agaisnt.
Personally I think the club secretary and its members are being portrayed quite badly here, which is the initial view you take from reading the article that is one persons view.
He was told that he would not be fishing again next season due to the results prior to the presentation, on the clubs presentation night in February he turned up in a t-shirt spelling out his victimisation which everyone read whilst he went to collect trophies - Is this really the treatment that a club secretary and its members deserve. Add this to the paper incident and perhaps you will change your views on the 'inhumane nature'.
And no, I am not the club secretary or a member as ****e incidents like this turned me to others hobbies.
