Be part of the most successful sports team in the Army

The Soldier palmers now boasts several international loch style fly fishermen. We also have a number of our members knocking at the door of the national rivers team.

We fish in group one of the AMFC and also have a second team that fishes in group three.

The team won the prestiges AWFMI in 2007

The team has been invited to fish in the American national and on both visits they gave an excellent account of themselves coming 4th.

WELCOME TO THE ARMY ANGLING FEDERATION (GAME)
 SOLDIER PALMERS

The Army Angling Federation Game (AAF (G) represents the Game discipline of the Army Angling Federation. Our Soldier Palmers Teams (SPT) is the name of our competition squad which provides anglers to compete in most Loch Style Competitions in the UK, these include the AMFC Leagues 2 and 3, the Angling Water AIRFLO International (AWFMI), LEXUS and other competitions.
The aims of the AAF (G) are to promote and foster game angling in the Army for serving and ex-serving members and their dependants.  To achieve this we have three annual meetings two of which are English, Scottish and Welsh qualifying matches.  The standard of our top echelon anglers are a match for any within the UK and Europe and we regularly have SPT members representing the Army competing at the international level.
Membership
Membership of the Federation is open to:

  • Full Members:  All serving ranks of the Regular Army.
  • Associate Membership:
    • Dependants of serving members of the Regular Army.
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    • Members of the TA and NRPS personnel.
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    • MOD (A) civilian staff.
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    • Ex servicemen up to a maximum membership of one third of the total.  The number is limited so as to preserve the charitable status of the Federation.  The Federation through our Chairman reserves the right to authorise or not associate membership, each application will be looked at individually.

Benefits and Subscriptions:
The annual subscription of £40.00 is for all members which run from 1 January to 31 December; this recent increase is fixed for a period of 3 seasons. Therefore it will be reviewed for the season 2012.  New applicants are not required to pay annual subscriptions until after they have attended the Spring Match if they then wish to join.
Benefits
a.         Take part in a wide range of events and competitions organised by the federation annually.  These include qualifying rounds for finals for team and Individual championships.
b.         Become eligible to be selected for representative teams to compete in the Inter Service competitions, and thus qualify for Army Colours.
c.         Be covered by third party liability insurance arranged by the Federation for all fishing during Federation and Federation representative events.
d.         Be represented at the sport’s national governing bodies and all relevant Army boards and forums.
e.         Discount on some equipment deals.
f.          Coaching and training from qualified and highly experienced instructors

For more information please e-mail the club Secretary, Mr Kevin Wood