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Half of England ladies' angling team quit after trans woman 'with hands like shovels' and who used to be a rugby player is selected to join their squad for physically demanding fishing championship
THE DAILY MAIL ^
| 6-10-23
| SANCHEZ MANNING
Posted on 10/03/2023 12:29:39 PM PDT by AirForceVet1988
Half of the England ladies' angling team have quit in protest after a trans woman was selected to join the squad for a major competition, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.
Three members of the six-strong squad stepped down after Becky Lee Birtwhistle Hodges, who was born male, was named for next month's physically challenging Home Nations shore fishing championship.
There has been opposition to former rugby player Birtwhistle Hodges competing with England since 2018, when she was first selected, with suggestions that other nations snub the team over claims that her strength advantage is unfair.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
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KEYWORDS: championship; cheater; england; failedmaleathlete; fishing; transwoman
"They have the capability of doing this while using more powerful equipment, such as stiffer and more powerful rods."
To: AirForceVet1988
Not “trans woman”. “man.”
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posted on
10/03/2023 12:32:14 PM PDT
by
I want the USA back
(Democracy dies when you take away from those who work and give to those who won't. Khrushchev.)
To: AirForceVet1988
Where is the fun in ruining someone else's fun?
Actually, that is the fun a transsexual gets. Ruing the fun for normal people is how they get their jollies.
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posted on
10/03/2023 12:33:25 PM PDT
by
Governor Dinwiddie
(Lord, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
To: AirForceVet1988
Funny how no one has heard from NOW...who didn’t know they were FOS in the first place?
To: AirForceVet1988
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posted on
10/03/2023 12:40:20 PM PDT
by
jerod
(Nazi's were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
To: AirForceVet1988
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posted on
10/03/2023 12:41:11 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: AirForceVet1988
It’s fishing for crying out loud, what difference does gender make anyway. Do fish naturally tend to flock more to poles cast by males?
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posted on
10/03/2023 12:42:39 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: dfwgator
obviously the men can cast further and land fish easier
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posted on
10/03/2023 12:45:47 PM PDT
by
Jeff Vader
( )
To: AirForceVet1988
Women are better in angling for other prey.
To: dfwgator
From the article...
“She said male-born competitors had far more upper-body strength, adding: ‘This is such an advantage, with the ability to cast longer distances than any woman. They have the capability of doing this while using more powerful equipment, such as stiffer and more powerful rods.
‘Not to mention the extra strength she has wading in and out of the surf or walking through mud and rocks, and the stamina to keep this going for four or five hours.”
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posted on
10/03/2023 1:01:31 PM PDT
by
oldvirginian
("Had I known what the North had in store for us, I would have continued fighting." Gen R E Lee )
To: oldvirginian
They have the capability of doing this while using more powerful equipment, such as stiffer and more powerful rods.I bet.
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posted on
10/03/2023 1:02:22 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: AirForceVet1988
Fishing is a competitive sport?
Do the fish already have a Players Association?
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posted on
10/03/2023 1:02:51 PM PDT
by
x
To: AirForceVet1988
This is how you stop them. Half is a very good result. Get to 3/4, it’s over.
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posted on
10/03/2023 1:12:59 PM PDT
by
SaxxonWoods
(The only way to secure your own future is to create it yourself. 111 is the key.)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
10/03/2023 1:37:30 PM PDT
by
gundog
(It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: AirForceVet1988
“Half of England ladies’ angling team quit...”
The other half were Biden voters.
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posted on
10/03/2023 1:58:24 PM PDT
by
moovova
("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
To: AirForceVet1988
That whole title is a roller coaster
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posted on
10/03/2023 2:00:04 PM PDT
by
ZinGirl
(Now a grandma ....can't afford a tagline :))
To: AirForceVet1988
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posted on
10/03/2023 2:19:56 PM PDT
by
yldstrk
(Bingo! We have a winner!)
To: AirForceVet1988
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posted on
10/03/2023 2:49:35 PM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized of man)
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