Coaching latest news

At CAPS we are keen to encourage new people to our wonderful sport, especially younger anglers who want to go fishing but whose parents maybe have no idea how to start out. To assist us in this aim, CAPS have teamed up with Angling Coaching Initiative (ACI) to introduce some professional coaching to the club. However, ACI needs some help!
We’re after volunteers to help ACI coach Juniors coming into our sport, plus some of the Parents & Grandparents who take them. 
To be one of our volunteers you do not need extensive angling experience just reasonable  competence, a love of the sport, and enthusiasm!
The intention is that this team will be based largely on CAPS waters so you’ll be helping the Club too, as well as enabling these newcomers to acquire the skills they need to stay with angling, long-term.



For this to happen next year ACI ideally need some volunteers to come forward now, to learn how ACI approach it all ready for next season. So this year you’d be on other local venues as well as CAPS waters. You can volunteer for as many or as few days as you can spare, ACI gear the number of students places for each day aound the number of available volunteers, to start with ACI have found it best to limit the student/coach ratio to two to one, as beginners do need a fair amount of help initially. 
All ACI events are run by a fully qualified Angling Trust Level 2 coach, trained in Risk Assessments, Safeguarding, & First Aid. 
Would you volunteer? It’s rewarding and enjoyable! If you’re interested in taking it further and becoming a qualified coach, we could sponsor you for this.

Junior coaching will again operate this season with the Angling Coaching Initiative on CAPS and other local club waters. Details of dates and venues are on the ACI  website https://anglingcoachinginitiative.co.uk/.  The £17 fee per participant includes all tackle and bait.

We deliver voluntary coaching on Saturdays from May to October to budding young anglers using waters provided by five local angling clubs. It is aimed primarily at juniors aged 8 to 16, both for newcomers and those looking to improve, but we also coach parents/guardians.

We don’t have enough coaches though to meet the demand for places and have to turn some kids away. We need volunteers interested in spending even a few days over the season to pass on your knowledge and experience!

ACI need to secure the volunteers well in advance of the start of the 2026 coaching season, so we can plan our events. Below is a summary of the events 
 

16/05/26 Session 1 Seabrooks (Little Leighs) 

30/05/26 Session 2  Layer Marney (Tiptree)

06/06/26 Session 3 Olivers (Witham) Float only

13/06/26 Session 4 Olivers (Witham) 

20/06/26 Session 5 Pebmarsh (Pebmarsh)

20/06/26 Beginners Session 5 at 8:30  am Pebmarsh (Pebmarsh)

20/06/26 Beginners Session 5  at 10:50 Pebmarsh (Pebmarsh)

27/06/26 Session 6 Slough House West (Heybridge)

2706/26 Beginners Session 6 at 8:30am Slough House West (Heybridge)

27/06/26 Beginners Session 6 at 10:50 Slough House West (Heybridge)

04/07/26 Session 7 Seabrooks (Little Leighs)

04/07/26 Beginners Session 7 at 8:30am Seabrooks Little Leighs)

04/07/26 Beginners Session 7  at 10:50 Seabrooks Little Leighs)

11/07/26 Session 8 Blunts Mere (Ulting)

11/07/26 Beginners Session 8 at 8:30am Blunts Mere (Ulting)

11/07/26 Beginners Session 8  at 10:50 Blunts Mere (Ulting)

18/07/26 Session 9 Brook Hall (Tolleshunt Knights) Float only

18/07/26 Beginners Session 9 at 8:30am Brookhall (Tolleshunt Knghts)

18/07/26 Beginners Session 9  at 10:50 at Brookhall (Tolleshunt Knights)

01/08/26 Session 10 Bog Grove (LittleTotham)

01/08/26 Beginners Session 10 at 8:30am Bog Grove (Little Totham)

01/08/26 Beginners Session 10  at 10:50 Bog Grove (Little Totham)

 

08/08/26 Session 11 Seabrooks (Little Leighs)

15/08/26 Session 12 Olivers (Witham)

29/08/26 Session 13 Layer Marney (Tiptree)

05/09/26 Session 14 Pebmarsh (Pebmarsh)

12/09/26 Session 15 Brookhall (Tolleshunt Knights)

19/09/26 Session 16 Bog Grove (LittleTotham)

26/09/26 Session 17 Blunts Mere (Ulting)

03/10/26 Session 18 Olivers (Witham) 

17/10/26 Session 19 River Stour (Stratford St Mary) 

24/10/26 Reserved Use if river flooded on the 18th 

31/10/26 Session 20 River Stour (Stratford St Mary 

07/11/26 Reserved Use if river flooded on the 1st  

** 18/10//26 and 01/11/26 River sessions are for juniors only with experience of fishing. There are 10 places only for each event with one-to one coach/student coaching, for safety reasons. In the event of vacancies adults will be considered, so experienced adults are welcome to go on the reserve list

For more details please contact; 
Chris Burt, ACI
M 07917 781299
Email [email protected]
Website https://anglingcoachinginitiative.co.uk/