NEWS UPDATE 28/03/2024
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Chairman's Update 28/03/2024
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Tribute to Jim Hunt
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I have just received the sad news that one of our older members Jim Hunt passed away at the weekend. He had been suffering with the degenerating effects of Alzheimers for some time and he took a turn for the worse last week. I spoke to his daughter Sarah last week and she informed me of Jim's worsening condition. She also paid tribute to Dave and Chris Mahoney for enabling Jim to go fishing up until his condition worsened to the point he could no longer go out. All those members who knew Jim will have their own memories of him and I have asked Sarah to give me the details of Jim's funeral arrangements and whether there will be floral tributes or monetary donations so that we will be able to pay our own tributes to Jim.
I am working towards having all of the Littlestoke drone work completed by the end of May ready for the new River season. We are still proposing to carry out further visits to attempt to do a survey of the Small Meadow to the right of the slipway. It is also still proposed we carry out a summer drone flight to show the river at its Summer Flow Levels by way of comparison when the flow is less as is the colour. This may offer us an opportunity to discover more about the topography of the River bed. Watch this space.
All the information will be available to view on a new page in the Members area of the Website, in due course, under the heading of More Littlestoke Info. A draft version is now available to view and is still being updated as and when more content is available. Have a look and if you think of anything we can add let me know. I also still plan to migrate some of the items from the venue section into this section to have a more unified Littlestoke resource area for our Members.
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Now the Season has finished I have completed the final Charts for the Season. I have also updated the Records Section showing the changes from last Seasons results. Go to the the Match , and Trophy and Records sections to see all of the implications.
My Chairmans award comes after much deliberation between two outstanding achievements. Firstly Karl Townsends 50-6-0 Littlestoke Bag which was the 3rd best of all-time at Littlestoke and the best since 2006 and secondly Trevor Rowe's 7-1-0 Bream which was only 3ozs short of the Club Record Bream set back in 2003. I chose Trevors fish as the winner due to its closeness to the Club Record. So congratulations to Trevor Rowe who wins my Chairmans award
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SECRETARY'S UPDATE APRIL 2024
The season’s over; long live the new season and our first match is less than a month away.
However a few important things to cover before the new season:
1. AGM – that necessary requirement of all clubs: to report on all club matters (including finances) of the past season, hear from officers what the last season brought, to decide on subscriptions for the coming season, and elect officials for the coming season. A full agenda will be circulated to all members late on 11 April. The meeting is restricted to agenda items only unless the meeting agrees to take AOB. After the meeting applications forms for the new season will be circulated and posted out to those not attending. The AGM is followed by the annual presentation evening where individual trophy winners receive their trophies.
The AGM is 8.00pm Thursday 25 April at YWDCC and via Microsoft Teams. Please try to join us and have your say.
2. Subs Renewals – forms will go out as outlined above. Payment can be by transfer, cheque or cash as described in the invitation. The renewal also provides the only opportunity to check contact details so our records are up to date. The cash renewal meeting is 9 May. As our first match is before this (5 May) EXCEPTIONALLY THIS YEAR, there is the opportunity to join with cash and a completed form at the match. On receipt of payments and forms I will post out membership packs for the new season. It will include the everything sheet (inc match schedule) IF YOU HAVE REQUESTED THIS. It will also be available to all on the ‘members only’ section of the website.
3. EA rod licence renewals – the simplest way to ensure you are legal every year is to pay by direct debit, and a new licence will be sent automatically. If you have not yet got your licence this link is the quickest way: https://www.gov.uk/fishing-licences/buy-a-fishing-licence. You can no longer buy licences at the Post Office.
Useful Information For fishing Littlestoke
Below are two links to the two Thames level measuring stations nearest to Littlestoke at Benson Lock (Above) and Cleeve Lock (Below) our stretch. Although there is some distance between them they still give a good indication of the current river levels if you are thinking of fishing our water. Let me know if it is of some help. If you want more detailed information on these levels go to the RiverGauge Map site which gives information on all our the rivers in t.