Ah, Draycote Water....my old stomping ground....I know every inch of that rezzie!

I seem to recall the nearest big city to Draycote Water is Coventry.

The only one of my 4 internationals in which I did well was the one at Lyn Brenig. There I was second top rod in the 12-man Scotland team. If I had been in that postion in any of the other teams at that time, I would have been invited to take part in the following year's corresponding international match. Each year had a spring international and an autumn international. One year, for example, the venues would be in Wales and in Scotland. The following year, they'd be in England and in Ireland. The matches were fished from boats, 2 competitors not from the same country to each boat, plus a ghillie.

The reason I lost out was that the Scottish Association allowed the secretary to take his place in both year's teams as a perk. So, the Scottish team only had a one-rod carry-forward through merit. Said secretary took part in the qualifying process without having to be a club champion, unlike the other team members. He was always unsuccessful in the prelims, nonetheless 'qualified' for the team, and never did well in any international match! He was a Glasgow solicitor, ex Kelvinside Academy, so I believe.