The ACI are holding the 10th Introductory Coaching Course at SPORTS HQ, DUBLIN 12 on Saturday the 9th of April 2021.
This course is open to all affiliated federation club members.

Places will be alocated on a first come first served basis and on the recommendation of the relevant club secretaries and federation.

Course application forms may be downloaded here. A payment of ?50 towards the cost of the course is required to be paid on receipt of notification of being offered a place on the course.

For additional information please contact course co-ordinator Tom Lillis through

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The first recognised all discipline angling course to be delivered in Ireland took place in December 2008 under the auspices of the Angling Council of Ireland. Four years in the making, this historic event took place in the HQ of the Sports Council of Ireland covering sea, coarse, game and pike angling.

The course was given to prospective angling coaches by a team of tutors that have graduated from the Coaching Ireland course in Limerick University.

The inaugural course covered Introduction to Angling (Level 0) and was aimed at introducing newcomers to the sport. The courses range from Introduction to level 5 - (International level).

The importance of these courses is that they are recognised by the Irish Sports Council and they introduce coaching strategies developed by Coaching Ireland in partnership with ACI. This development now brings angling in line with all other sports across the country.

The following angling National Governing Bodies are affiliated to the Angling Council of Ireland, Irish Federation of Sea Anglers (IFSA) , Trout Anglers Federation of Ireland (TAFI), Salmon & Sea Trout Recreational Anglers of Ireland (SSTRAI), National Coarse Fishing Federation of Ireland (NCFFI) and Irish Federation of Pike Angling Clubs (IFPAC). Each NGB now has representation on the tutor panel.

The Coach Tutor Panel members for 2010 are as follows:

IFSA Tom Lillis, Peter Flahive, Eamonn Fogarty and Brian Cooke.

TAFI John Fahey

NCFFI Der Casey

IFPAC Godfrey O Donahue

SSTRAI Bob Seward.

A coaching programme is being rolled out and dates have been set for 2010.
September 11th and 12th (Brochure and application form may be downloaded from this website)
October 16th and 17th Mayo Sports HQ
November 20th and 21st Venue to be arranged.

Recognition of angling as a sport by the Irish Sports Council gives us a base for negotiation with official bodies on issues that relate to angling. The structured coaching approach delivered by the tutors mean that future generations of anglers will be coached in a manner that will benefit the angler and the sport. The individual angler can now use the angler pathway to be coached to whatever level of participation they so wish.


1:- ACI Coaching Course

2:- ACI GARDA vetting application form
(How to complete your GARDA vetting application form)

3:- Application Form Level 0

4:- Coaching Manual Sept 2010