Yorkshire, Godโs Own Country, has spawned some real household names down the years โฆ from Harold Wilson to Michael Palin, Diana Rigg to the Arctic Monkeys, etc, etc.. But there is only oneย TOMMY PICKERING.
ย And now you can pre-order the book that theย angling world has been waiting for since it was announced in the spring.
ย BORN TO WINย is a roller-coaster ride through the life of the man, the myth, the angling legend that is quite simply โฆย TOMMY PICKERING.
ย In his unmissable new autobiography, the Barnsley Blacks legend reveals, alongside inspirational stories of success and breaking records, just why:
- Denis White got aย โProper Monk Onโย on the River Bann
- Tommy got a โGret Big Monk Onโย over his all-time sporting hero Sir Geoffrey Boycott
- 5 x World Champion Alan Scotthorne got such a โGiant Monk Onโย that he stormed over to Tommy and shoved a finger his nose during a European Championships practice session
- An Italian crowd got a โMassive Monk Onโย when Keith Hobson lost his budgie smugglers in a diving board disaster at the World Club Championships
- A โBrian Blessed lookalikeโ Hungarian border guard developed aย โWhopping Gret Monk Onโย when Tom tried to get a van load of groundbait from Hungary into Slovenia
- Why an Italian crowd got a โMountain Sized Monk Onโย when Alan McAtee called โfoulโ when an Italian angler broke the rules playing a carp at the world championships on the River Arno
- Alan Taylor almost cost Tommy his England place after getting aย โDoncaster-sized Monk Onโย over a practical joke involving his new seatbox.













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