Today’s small boat angler is blessed with many festivals and competitions they can enter across the UK and Ireland: from small competitions run by a local club to nationwide events that attract big money sponsorship and some of boat angling’s top names. While these festivals often come and go, the one constant, and arguably the first of this type of small boat competition, has just completed its 36th festival. We are, of course, talking about the Rosslare Small Boats Festival.
FESTIVAL HISTORY
RSBF has run continuously from 1985 to the present day, barring two years when Covid-19 affected travel to Ireland. Originally based solely in the Irish port of Rosslare, in 1994 the organisers decided that Rosslare was no longer a suitable venue. They informed the competitors that from 1995 it would be run from Cork. Many of the original participants did not agree with this decision, deciding instead to take on the festival’s organisation. After five years, these organisers decided to step down, and new blood was introduced in the form of
