“I started fishing when I was around nine or ten, starting with fishing the river for grayling and the local lake for roach and silvers. This moved on to fishing for tench, pike and carp at around age thirteen, with a bit of junior match fishing in-between.

I’ve spent the time since then targeting most freshwater species seasonally, catching double-figure barbel from the wye, pike to 29lb from large estate lakes, carp to upper thirties and grayling close to 3lb along with various other species. My target for the coming season is a double-figure tench and a pike over 30lb (a man can dream!).

I’ve worked in financial services for over ten years. I started in insurance, then recently as a pension consultant. I’ve sat on the local club committee and volunteered as bailiff and treasurer, so I understand the challenges volunteers face in running a club and the solutions that Clubmate can offer clubs and fisheries.

I wanted to be involved with Clubmate because I could see the potential for helping angling clubs and fisheries to grow the sport, also to make club volunteers lives easier.”