2012

Blyth FWAC

September 2011

• Overnight fishing at Brenkley is causing a number of problems. R Hebden’s chair has been smashed and the amount of rubbish that is being left is unacceptable. Anglers have reported that rubbish has been hidden in the the grass and reeds. On Peg 12 somebody has again used this peg as a toilet. This peg was dedicated to a young member who tragically died and this is not a fitting tribute to his memory.
• The lock on the gate has also been damaged.
• A petition to Kill more cormorants was circulated for members to sign.
• Match Results given
• Evening serries now finished and the results can be found on the club’s website
• Work party update
• Brenkley – grass cut and rubbish removed. Milkhope is filling up and there is still another 3 ft to go. Grass needs cutting and plaving slabs laid.
• Horton - milkhope road repaired.
• Workparty to meet at 6.pm at Horton.
• TA TA report given by B Heslop
• Treasurers Report Bank Account £6 and cash in hand £10.52
• Membership Report
• Seniors 333
• OAP/Disabled 110
• Juniors 22
• Under 12 37
• Total 502
• AOB
• No results from Juniors. T Glennie and S Clarke to be asked for a list of results.
• A pond has become available at Ashington. Club to make further enquiries.

August 2011

• Rubbish on Brenkley -- This continues to be a problem. Tins and bags are the main culprits. Plastic pop bottle both empty and partially full ones have been found by the waterside. Please take all rubbish away with you at the end of your fishing session.
Forthcoming Events in August
• 7th Junior/Ladies 6 HG
• 9th Oap/Dis 6 HG
• 10th National fishing month QEII (north bank pegs 21 - 29 10am till 3pm)
• 14th Bob Hall Trophy BK
• 21st E.A./TAA Tyne Match
• 23rd Oap/Dis 7 BK
• 27th & 28th Carp Annual QEII
• 28th SSL league 4 Trip Eden Meadows
Forthcoming Events in September
• 4th Eve Series 8 HG
• 6th Oap/Dis 8 HG
Workparty update
• Still waiting for the lake to fill up at Milkhope. Problem with Banks turning on water feed. Disabled pegs need paved. Front of pegs need to be braced. Howard’s teaching platform needs completing. Grass at all waters needs cutting. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
• Reel left at Angel – A fishing reel belonging to a Wacac member has been handed in at the Angel. Member needs to contact Angel and give details of the reel.
• Raffle
• TA Report – not given
• Treasuresr Report – not given
• Membership report
• Seniors 312
• OAP/DIS 109
• Under 12 21
• Juniors 36
• Total 478
• AOB Member D Dixon made a suggestion that all large carp should be removed from Brenkley. Proposal to be put forward at AGM.
• J Malone asked if is the committee proposal to fish the QE2 for Roach and these fish are to be put into Brenkley. B Brown replied that this was a possibility but no decision had been taken.
• Meeting closed at 8.10pm

July 2011

• Minutes from last meeting read and accepted.
• Fishstock – Roach is available to the club and Alan Kelly is looking into aquiring them.
• Club equipment - The club equipment book is being updated. If you have any equipment please see E Playford ie weighing slings and scales.
• Match Results
• Match 3 Brenkley OAP
1st Jim Appleby 6ib 6oz
2nd Vaughan Blake 1lb 15 oz
3rd Linda Shaw and Dorothy Brooke 1lb 6oz
• Match 4
1st L Evans 9lb 8oz
2nd Dorothy Brookes 2lb 5oz
3rd Benny Knight 2lb 4oz
• Raffle followed.
• Events
10th Eve Series 6 HG
17th Juniors/Ladies 5 HG
19th Oap/Dis 5 BK
24th Eve Series 7 Horton Grange
31st SSL league 3 Trip Woodlands Skylark
• Pairs Final Draw
    Home                                     Away
J Reynolds & N Beardsley vs Davey Jobe Les Evans
• To be fished by the end of August 2011
• Work Party
• Meet at Milkhope every Wednesday from 6.00pm. Thanks to D Dixon for turning up to Brenkley to cut grass, unfortunately unable to carry out because of the lawn mower being broken.
• Work at Milkhope - steps to be finished off with hardcore infill. Metal stays need to be inserted as well. Paving slabs need to be moved. Hopefully we will be able to get some water into the Lake but there has been one or two problems with the supply.
• Catch of the month Goes to Gary Lucas for a 13lb 12oz pike from the QEII
• Records
• Record fish caught on official away trips will now be recognised and recorded.
• Treasurers report 36 in current account and £15 cash in hand
• TA report given
• Membership report
• Seniors 312
• OAP / Disabled 109
• Under 12 21
• Juniors 236
• Total 478
• AOB – request for pairs match to have extension due to holiday commitments.
• Geese – problem with excrement
• Roach – fishing the Derwent and Fontburn still a possibility but will depend on cost.
• Meeting closed at 8.20

June 2011

• King Carp - Can all anglers leave the lake an hour before this event starts.
• Disregards - The issue of disregards and penalty points was raised by A Dixon. A short discussion followed. The proposal was put to the members that the 5 point penalty should be discontinued and this removal should be implemented immediately across all competitions.
• Proposed by A Dixon and seconded by L Evans.
• A counter proposal was put forward by B Heslop and seconded by A Dunlop to the effect that it should remain as before.
• Voting of members on both the counter proposal and proposal was taken.
• Remain as before “5 votes” and remove penalty “15 votes.”
• As of this meeting all penalty points in relation to disregards has been abandoned.
• Trophies - A Dixon raised the issue regarding to the condition of the annual trophies. Many have been damaged over the years and it would cost much money to have them replaced. He suggested that Annual Trophies should be replaced with a virtual Trophy Cabinet. Winners however would still receive the small replica in recognition of their achievement.
• It has also been decided that the catch of the month will receive a cloth badge in recognition of their achievements.
• Break and Raffle followed
• Catch of the month - 25lb carp caught by Harry Cardy at Brenkley.
• Work party update.
• Work still continues at Milkhope. Members to meet at 6.00pm. This week it is hoped to cut the grass at Brenkley and to continue putting in the fishing stations at Milkhope.
• Matches
• 5th Eve Series 3 HG
• 11th & 12th King Carp 4 QEII
• 12th Eve Series 4 HG
• 14th Oap/Dis 3 BK
• 19th Eve Series 5 HG
• 25th & 26th King Carp 5 QEII
• 26th SSL league 2 Trip Woodlands Kestrel
• 2nd & 3rd King Carp 6 QEII
• Pairs draw semi-final
• Home Away
• Tommy Smith & Willie Thomas Davey Jobe & Les Evans
• Chris Weddle & Phil Dodds J Reynolds & N Beardsley
• To be fished by the next club meeting
• Results
• Evening Series result
• 1st Ian Hunter 8lb 5oz
2nd Allan Stevens 4lb 5oz
3rd Steven Clark & Norman Wright 2lb
• OAP Match 17th May
L Evans
G Emmerson
E Groves
• 31st May
J Appleby
T Glennie
L Evans
• TA Report – B Heslop reported on the latest TA meeting
• Treasurers Report - £6 current account and £17 cash in hand
• Membership Report - Seniors 294, OAP/Disabled 106, Juniors 21, Under 12 35. Total 456
• AOB – none
• Meeting finished at 8.35

May 2011

• Last month's minutes read and accepted.
• Brenkley Pond - Human excrement has been found on peg 4. This is totally unacceptable and will not be tolerated by the club.
• Flotation safety rings at Brenkley - Over the past week two of the flotation rings have had the orange rope cut off them. This is also totally unacceptable and if the person/persons who was responsible for this action is named it will result in their removal from the club.
• Damage to fish mouths - A number of fish from our water have been found to have damaged mouths caused due to the lack of use of a disgorger. Care must be taken when handling fish and a landing net is to be used to wherever possible.
• Catch of the month - T Frazer with a 2oz gudgeon from Brenkley and N Brookes for a 4lb tench also from Brenkley.
• Ladies and Juniors Match Results.
• Won by DoT Brookes 2nd Ruth Malone and 3rd linda Shaw. Juniors 1st Lewis Clark
• 2nd Harry Cardy 3rd Thomas Frazer,
• Old uns and Young Uns 1st Lewis Clark 2nd Thomas Frazer 3rd Liam Evans
• Lord Ridley Cup – Thomas Frazer for a 11 ½ oz ide.
• Break & Raffle
• Forthcoming Matches for May
• 7th & 8th King Carp 2 QEII
• 8th Eve Series 1 HG
• 15th Eve Series 2 HG
• 17th Oap/Dis 1 BK
• 21st & 22nd King Carp 3 QEII
• 22nd Junior/Ladies 3 HG
• 29th SSL league 1 Trip Bear Park
• 31st Oap/Dis 2 HG
• G Sawyer – It was announced to the members that G Sawyer had passed away and the club had sent a wreath.
• Pair Results and Draw
• J Reynolds& N Beardsley v D Dixon and M Jobe
• C Miller & I Stobart v D Jobe and L Evans
• R Small & J Armstrong v C Weddel and P Dodds
• T Smith & W Thomas v A Oliver and S McBride
• Membership Report
Seniors 280 OAP/Disabled 10 Juniors 20 Under 12 32 Total 432
• Workparty update
• Please meet at Horton between 6 and 6.30 pm on Wednesday. Milkhope needs a tidy up and steps need to be built before the water can go back into the lake.. Members are asked to be careful if they go for a look at the work that has been done at the lake as it is still a construction site.
• TA Report – no report given
• Treasurers report – Cash in hand £11 and £21 in bank.
• Meeting closed at 8.15pm.

April 2011

• Minutes from March meeting read out and accepted
• H Pattison – An appreciation was given to Howard Pattison for the sterling work he has done for the club. He was presented with a tankard and a bottle of Whisky and the members showed their appreciation with a round of applause.
• ew Committee - The new committee was welcomed and special thanks went to Alan Kelly for offering his services to join the new committee.
• Use of Air Rifle at Ponds - There has been a reported sighting of a person using an Air rifle at Brenkley Pond. There are no guns allowed at any lake apart from the Police and Natural England approved gun certificate holders appointed to control the cormorants.
• Water watchers - Water watchers have been instructed to make a note on the back of membership card of rule breakers. Club rules are posted on the website and in the members handbook and there will be a zero tolerance with regard to rule breaking.
• Fixtures - 10th Junior and Ladies, 16& 17th king Carp, 17th Junior and Ladies . 1st May “olduns and Younguns”
• Pairs – Names to match secretary before the end of the meeting
• Fish Stocking –
• Brenkley
• 100 of each - tench, bream and carp at 6 - 8 "
• Horton
• 65 8 - 10" bream
• 86 8 - 10" tench
• 77lb of bigger bream (about 40 fish, some were getting on for 2lb)
• QE11
• 15 mirror carp to 80lb, all in excellent nick
• Work Party Meet at Milkhope Wednesday evening 6.00pm
• Pairs Draw
Home Away
BRENDAN v D DIXON
BRIAN MACKJOBE

R SMALL v A DIXON
J ARMSRONG M ROPER

JBULL v C WEDDEL
J MALONE P DODDS

G EMERSON v J RYNOLDS
IAN HUNTER N BEARDSLEY

TGLENNIE v DJOBE
ROY VOLPE L EVANS

ALLAN KELLY v ANDY OLIVER
CAROLYNE KELLY STEW MCBRIDE

T SMITH v E PLAYFORD
W THOMAS A FOWLER

CONOR MILLER Bye
IAN STOBART

• Home teams pick the venue and 4 pegs - Away teams pick which pegs they will fish (2 odd or 2 even)
• To be fished by the next meeting
• TAA Report – B Heslop reported on the last TAA meeting
• AOB Too many matches on the lakes. A Member from the floor raised the point that he was unable to fish because of the priority that matches have on the use of the waters.
• Meeting closed at 8.46 pm

March 2011

• Brenkley – Dead fish have now been removed from Brenkley. This has been a costly experience and a request for ideas to help further loses went out to the members. Hedges between pegs 1-10 have been trimmed back to help the sun reach the water.
• Milkhope - the lake has been flooded out and is currently being pumped out.
• Fishing at Lakes - There have been reports that non members have been fishing club waters. When checking cards they must have a 2011 membership card. 2010 cards are not valid. There has also been a report that one member has been misusing their membership card.
• Rubbish on Horton. Reports of rubbish left at pegs is unacceptable. On one peg shards of glass from a broken flask have been found.
• Forthcoming Events. Winter League 13th & 27th March, fish from 10
• Match Result. Fur & Feather 1st J Bull 2nd D Dixon 3rd I Hunter & G Emmerson
• Club Matches – A complaint has been received about the number of matches being fished at Horton. This is preventing leisure anglers from using the lake. This is not a problem ands there are plenty of spare pegs.
• Junior Match - The junior match planned for the 24th April has been moved to the 17th instead.
• Raffle
• AGM - Any proposals need to be sent to the committee 2 weeks before the AGM.
• Work Parties. - 5th and 6th March and 19th and 20th March. Please note pond at Horton will be closed. If work is completed the pond will reopen for fishing. Work to be done includes the laying of 10sq metres of ground guard. The pegs at Milkhope need back filling and compacted. All platforms at Horton need to be topped up and the steps need to be filled. Track to be levelled as does the car park turning circle. On the second session the path at Milkhope needs finishing. Laying of the tough guard and level off the east side of the lake. Trees to be pruned.
• QE2 271/2 lb pike caught at QE2. There was also a 17lb pike caught on the same day. Details of angler not known.
• Rod Licence - Note to members that their rod licence is due for renewal.
• Membership fees - Membership fees are due by the end of the month or you will have to pay the joining fee again
• Request for members to join committee – Committee and water watchers are required. All names to be forward to the committee.
• TAA Report. No report given but B Heslop raised the issue of members purchasing a season ticket for Whittle Dene. A short discussion followed regarding to the pro’s and cons.
• Fish Stocking. A Oliver outlined the intended stocking of the lakes. Weight and numbers to be finalised and details of stocking to be posted on website. A short discussion followed relating to where the fish from the nursery pond at Brenkley where to go.
• Treasurers report £21 in bank and £22.18 in cash
• Membership Report Snr. 179 OAP 84 Juniors 13 U12 26 Total 302
• AOB - Further discussion regarding to coarse fishing of Northumbria Waters
• Meeting closed at 8.40

February 2011

• Minutes of the January meeting were read out and accepted.
• Death of Fish at Brenkley A number of carp have died at brenkley. It is believed that this due to the ice and the lack of oxygen in the water. High levels of Nitrates and subsequent gases is also thought to be the cause of the deaths. Brenkley is not alone this winter as it has been reported that other waters have lost fish in a similar manner.
• It is proposed to replace lost fish in the very near future. Carp to 28ib to be put into the QE2 and 10lb carp to go into Brenkley.
• Currently Brenkley is covered by ice and the boat is to be used to help break up the ice. Club is considering placing pipes into the water during icey coditions to allow gases to escape. Work parties and devices needed to help minimise losses in the future.
• Car Parking Permits. Permits have to be displayed in windows of cars whenever members are fishing club waters.
• Matches. Cancelled winter league Draw pegs at 9 and fish from 10 – 3. Pairs draws - names to be forwarded to match secretary. Fur and Feather to be fished on the 27th Feb
• Break and raffle
• Future matches. 5th feb – Winter league. 6th Pike on the 13th February. 27th Fur and Feather – prizes to the the value of £3
• Membership Report Senior 114 OAP/Disabled 69 Junior 10 Under 12 17 Total 210
• Work Party Update. Ice needs to be broken at Brenkley this coming Sunday. Remove all dead fish and bury. Cut back all of the hedges between pegs 1 and 10. Milkhope. Flooded at weekend and Banks have been informed. It is thought that this water is contaminated and will need pumping out. Work part at Brenkley to meet between 10 and 11 and will finish around 3pm. Horton needs to be completed by April 1st. Ground guard needs to be completed and this will take about a day.
• Appeal by Chairman - An appeal was made by the Chairman for new committee members and water watchers.
• TAA report given
• Treasurer's Report - £21 in Bank and £ 35.18 in cash
• No items raised in AOB and the meeting closed at 8.20pm

January 2011

• The Chairman gave a warm welcome to the members for 2011 and a Christmas card has been received from Lord Ridley and son addressed to the members of WACAC
• Presentation Night - the recent Presentation Night went well . Good Buffet and the attendance was fair considering the poor weather conditions at that time.
• Trophies. Greater care needs to be taken by the winners of the Club Trophies. A number of them have been damaged and will need replacing at a cost to the club.
• Fishing at Lakes
• There is thick ice on the lakes and therefore the lakes are unfishable to both the Cormorants and unfortunately to the members. The track leading to Horton is very rutted and great care is needed if you intend to visit the lake. Locks at Horton and Brenkley need changing as does the setting of the new code for this year.
• Membership Subscription
• Subs must be paid for season 2011 before you are allowed to fish WACAC waters. You have till March to pay them( but you will not be allowed to fish ) and if not paid by then you will have to pay a rejoining fee as well.
• Work Parties.   No work parties due to the bad weather/ The path around Horton is very rough due to the rutted mud etc. A lawnmower has been purchased for cutting grass around the Horton Lake. Work at the lakes will happen as soon as there is a break in the weather.
• Appeal for New Committee members - The Chairman asked if there was any member would like top join the committee. Please forward the names asap.
• Water Watchers – A request was made to members asking if anyone would like to be a water watcher. Once again as with committee volunteers names should be forwarded asap.
• Treasurers Report
• £68.21 in hand and £21 in current account
• No membership total was given, as this information was not at hand due to the membership forms have not been processed.
• Fishing Competitions
• Pike 5 - January 9th - possibly be cancelled due to weather.
• Pike 6 16th January- will need to check website for update due to weather.
• AOB - Fish stocking was raised by a member. This is to be discussed by the committee at there next meeting.
• Meeting closed at 8.10pm