Tom Pickering – Born To Win – Autobiography

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Yorkshire, Gods Own Country, has spawned some real household names down the years from Harold Wilson to Michael Palin, Diana Rigg to the Arctic Monkeys, etc, etc.. But there is only oneTOMMY PICKERING.

And now you can pre-order the book that theangling world has been waiting for since it was announced in the spring.

BORN TO WINis a roller-coaster ride through the life of the man, the myth, the angling legend that is quite simply TOMMY PICKERING.

In his unmissable new autobiography, the Barnsley Blacks legend reveals, alongside inspirational stories of success and breaking records, just why:

• Denis White got aProper Monk Onon the River Bann

• Tommy got a Gret Big Monk Onover his all-time sporting hero Sir Geoffrey Boycott

• 5 x World Champion Alan Scotthorne got such a Giant Monk Onthat he stormed over to Tommy and shoved a finger his nose during a European Championships practice session

• An Italian crowd got a Massive Monk Onwhen Keith Hobson lost his budgie smugglers in a diving board disaster at the World Club Championships

• A Brian Blessed lookalike Hungarian border guard developed aWhopping Gret Monk Onwhen Tom tried to get a van load of groundbait from Hungary into Slovenia

• Why an Italian crowd got a Mountain Sized Monk Onwhen Alan McAtee called foul 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 aDoncaster-sized Monk Onover a practical joke involving his new seatbox.