Charity Match

As the results page for MD13 at Little Stoke indicates Hanwell beat Tring by nearly 10lb in the Charity match with Tim Watts coming top with nearly 15lb – mainly roach, falling to maggot. 14 anglers fished; we fielded 10 and Tring a slightly disappointing 4 but we still managed to raise nearly £100 on the day. 

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Our fund Raising for CRUK

The Charity match was merely one of a number of fund-raising initiatives by the club, Another the Fantasy League is now up and running and we have 14 teams entered the team entry fees of £160 will be added to the charity match receipts. To see how the Fantasy league stands go https://www.hanwellprinceofwalesas.co.uk/account/blank-14 (but you’ll need to have logged into the Members only section).

We have also received donations from club members, Little Stoke neighbours and other supporters of our efforts (thank you to all who have donated to date) which can still be made either to the club account (Hanwell Prince of Wales AS, s/c 23 05 80 acct# 16030945) or direct to the Just Giving Page set up for the Charity Match  - https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/hanwell-prince-of-wales-as-fishing-club charity-match where if you pay income tax, the charity can claim this back at no cost to you which gives it £1.25 for every £1 you donate. Donations to either account should be made by 5 November as the Stand Up to Cancer campaign closes shortly after. 

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How much you’ve raised for CRUK

Including Gift aid our efforts have raised nearly £600 to date which is a magnificent effort and it would be so good if we could break the £600 barrier. As Mr Tesco knows, ‘every little helps’!

 

Water Quality

We now have 4 years of results for our testing at Little Stoke. If you want to read the test by test detail along with a commentary it can be found in The Members Only section at https://www.hanwellprinceofwalesas.co.uk/profile/%7BuserName%7D/blank-6 .

The headlines make salutary reading. In the 4 years of testing overall water quality has deteriorated (from 2023 ‘average’ overall to 2026 ‘poor’ overall. Both measured Nitrate and Phosphate concentrations have increased over the 4 years and the highest recorded phosphate concentration (1.65) was this August. Phosphate concentrations over 0.35 are regarded an indicator of poor water quality. This has been an exceptionally dry summer so storm discharge overflows should not be factor. The biggest offending sewage treatment works impacting our venue (South Moreton) is offline at present and no discharge data is available. It is possible that this has been releasing unmonitored discharges during the current ‘improvement’ works, elevating the concentrations.