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What a lovely thought ,and hope things going well with the baby . I would recommend popping in to your local tackle shop and getting him a voucher ,then he can get what he wants .my local tackle shop often sells second hand gear for other people .so no loss to eBay .Hope he enjoys .cheers Alan

As we others I dont come on much ,but just wanted to add my condolence to the others ,take care newt thoughts of me and my family are with you alan

good news indeed ,and maybe a bit of closure for the families of the attacks he helped organise,also good to see US special forces getting it right, and have said they worked with pakistan (not sure about that one . bin laden , saddam , gaddafi ? next

just to finish this off ,gary our secretary was on fishermans blues sat explaining ,if you want to listen i will put the link below .go to the 7.30 slot 30th april at about 19 minutes along > http://www.talksport.co.uk/radio/listen-again/episode/32239 In the 7.30am to 8am section thanks again alan

sean no need to feel bad at all ,local copper said how bad it looked atnd everyone at the station thought so too ,until we let people know the facts it is easy to see the bad side , good on you for teaching a kid to fish ,i helped a lad land a 33lb carp in france last year 10 years old and was his smile big in the pictures . as to donations of tackle we do have quite a lot but if you want to e mail me i can send my address and if not needed by the scheme could donate to one of lads who wants to keep on fishing if thats ok .thanks for the offer big al

thanks guys but the real stars are the volenteers who turn up to help ,one in particular does so much for angling and still finds time to help out some kids, they really are stars .cheers anyway makes it all worthwhile to see someone catch their first fish .cheers big al

your right ,but we don't worry too much about that . can you believe that the parents send them out without anything to eat for the day ,no breakfast off you go ,what parent could do that .have to arrange food now . we should get some good coverage in the angling press ,and maybe an apology from an mp that would be worth the hassle .would love to have a go at alan brazil on talk sport who spouted off about it ,he grew up in glasgow so should know better .heh ho .

ok time for some facts ,sorry had a bit to catch up with on this ,this is a scheme run by my club i do know what i am talking about ,anderoo (sorry if spelt wrong ) thanks for saying this was non story you are right , not seen in the picture were other children that were being coached by volenteers ,the pcso having delivered the children ,and they are not coaches, are catching up on text updates on a fatality, down the road, and trying to see if they were needed to attend . we have run the scheme for 4 years ,they are not bad lads just kids in a poor situation .most of their parents have issues and sometimes this is the only time they get to be away from that . so far we have a 86% sucess rate in kids completing the course and not getting into trouble ,some have gone on to continue fishing some have not .this is a good news story in my opinion for angling and we are contacting the press to get the story corrected watch out for those stories next week . if anyones has any questions please either drop me a mail or post on here i will try to get back when i can . cheers big al

thanks for posting that leon made it all so much clearer cheers big al

pass on my best wishes as well ,tell him my 11 year girl got over this easy so stop mucking about ! .hope he is on the mend soon do you think he might need any fishing mags sent in ?.cheers alan

i to loved the ludlum books but i thought he died and the rest were written by someone in the style of him .i always feel cheated if i get a book by an author i love and find it was written by someone else .just finished the latest lee child book nothing to lose ,a jack reacher novel, thats a good book if not one of the best he has done .big AL

surely it is the only way forward to have one body who can speak to sport england and the govt etc .also the reduction in admin cost alone would save a fortune .one body open to all anglers with benefits of joining .ie reduction in insurance costs etc makes great sense .hope the people involved can pull it off .cheers big al

al bangura allowed to stay whilst applying for a work permit that will heard befote an independent committee .thanks to all who added support .cheers big al

newt whilst i understand your comments taking a young family including a baby to sierra Leone not something i would consider .The guys has been here for years, and the appeal is yet to be heard, thats why they are looking for support .whilst i understand people not feeling they can make a difference sometimes in the UK apathy really does seem to rule . so far thousands have e mailed the mp who is collecting the evidence and a few more might make no difference i understand .cheers big AL

chesters thanks for the reply so far thousands have e mailed in suppoet and it is growing .i cannot see how we are better off deporting someone who is adding to the country paying tax etc .just as an aside he will eligible to play for england soon ,perhaps he needs to learn italian .seems most on here could not give a toss if a young guy with a family it to be possibly seperated, and maybe killed, never mind eh alan