Club's new badge remembers Barrie

A limited-edition badge will be launched at the PAC Convention in memory of one of the club's founding fathers Barrie Rickards.

Tributes flooded in when Barrie passed away last November, after battling cancer. His loss rocked the angling world.

As well as raising funds for the PAC, a portion of the profits from the £5 cost of each badge will be donated to two of Barrie's favourite good causes - Cancer Research UK and the St John's Ambulance.

The new badge will go on sale at the PAC convention, at Kettering Conference Centre, on Saturday, September 25.

Click here for more on the convention, ticket prices and this year's line-up of speakers.

Pikelines pays tribute to Barrie Rickards

Anglers from all walks of our sport pay tribute to Barrie Rickards in the latest Pikelines.

Pike were routinely thrown up the bank before Barrie and his cohorts launched a campaign to conserve them in the 1970s.

The club they founded became a powerful conservation force, which has won many battles on behalf of predator anglers and the fish they target over the last three decades.

Every pike angler owes a debt to Barrie, who lost his fight with cancer last November. His partner Mandy Lyne told Pikelines: "I hope you all value and cherish that wonderful asset you all share, the love of angling and the cameraderie of the angling community.

"It is particularly special. Take care of each other and keep up the good fight."

Don't worry Mandy. We will.