The tireless dedication of a group of Pembrokeshire based volunteers has helped introduce 224 youngsters to angling in 2025. The Pembrokeshire Federation of Angling Coaches (PFAC) is a group of 17 volunteer coaches who, this year alone, have helped facilitate 30 coaching sessions for young people. Participants have ranged from young carers, scout organisations, pupils with special education needs, and even a group of Brazilian exchange students! Pupils from Ysgol Bro Gwaun en

The fifth Blood Bikes Wales Open Beach Fishing Competition, organised by members from Pembroke & District Angling Club and Osprey Sea Angling Club, was held on 9th November 2025 on Amroth beach in South Pembrokeshire. The weather on the day was blustery with showers but with a nice surf running unlike the weather that had been experienced locally in the run up to this competition and that two weeks earlier at the Osprey Open. The turnout and support was not quite as good as p

This week (17-21 November) we are supporting Safeguarding Adults Week, organised by the Ann Craft Trust. Angling Cymru is proud to support this important campaign to raise awareness among clubs, fisheries and individual anglers. Safeguarding Adults Week 2025 is all about prevention – acting now to stop abuse before it takes place. Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility and the weeks provides an opportunity for the angling community to reflect on how we can all help create

The Welsh Shore Masters team recorded a hugely respectable seventh placed finish at the 2025 Masters Shore Angling World Championships in France. The eighth edition of these championships was held on the beach at Equihen-Plage on the southern outskirts of Boulogne-sur-Mer. It was a remarkable performance with Team Wales competing as a quartet and an angler short, rather than the permitted team of five. Tony Thomas, Leigh Rogers, Ivor Smith and Franco Attanasio pulled out all