minutes of meeting 24.1.01 for Blue Circle (Sittingbourne) Sea Angling Club

Monthly Meeting Minutes 24th January 2001

A meeting of Blue Circle (Sittingbourne) Sea Angling Club was held at the Ivy Leaf Memorial Club, Sittingbourne on Wednesday 24th January 2001.

Members Attending

R Hills, J Padmore, R Butler, S Chesson, D Allen, J Mann, N Sharrocks, A Price, R Jolly, A Chesson and N Sissons.
Steve Miley and Keith Cofey were welcomed from the Hope Fishing Club.

Apologies

J Allen

Minutes of the Previous Meeting and AGM

These were distributed and confirmed.

Matters Arising

Secretary and President still to meet to put together a history of the club
Receipt for last years trophies had been given to the treasurer by the secretary
Treasurer still to obtain a new mandate form for the Club account as the original has been lost by the bank.
Trophies have been ordered. Senior Most Fish and Junior Most Fish Replica Trophies to be added to order. R Jolly offered to repair the Junior Most Fish and C Johnson Knockout Trophies. Members agreed that R Jolly's fees should be waived for this year for this service to the club. Members agreed to replace the Winter Trophy and Junior Angler of the Year Permanent Trophies. Secretary to obtain roundels for replicas from D Tree.
Matches against Hope Fishing Club. N Sissons handed copy of match list agreed with Hope which are as follows:- 28.01.01 Sunday Queenborough Crundels Wharf 13.00 - 17.00. 12.30 meet at wall. This is a lug only match.
08.04.01 Sunday Folkestone Pier 11.00 - 17.00. 10.30 meet at pier.
22.07.01 Sunday Deal Pier 10.30 - 16.30. 10.00 meet at pier wharf.
13.01.02 Sunday Isle of Sheppey....details to be confirmed
Blue Circle to arrange trophy for next match.
Hope Fishing Club invited members of Blue Circle to attend their match at Dover Breakwater on Sunday 3rd February. Meet at 7.30 at the Prince of Wales Pier
Boat Trips....J Mann offered to arrange boat matches with 4 against 4 costing £20 per person which includes 2 score of lugworm in the price.
Treasurer's Report 2000 was presented to the club showing that the club has £701.44 under its control. The accounts were accepted as a true record and the Treasurer was thanked for his hard work.

January Match

Fished on 20th January 2001 at Princes Parade - Fishing from 17.00 - 23.00 hrs

Name	Total Length cm	Number and Species
Jason Mann	1426.5	4d 60w 1p 1r
John Padmore	1124.5	7d 43w 1p 2r
Reg Butler	1086.0	2d 45w 3r
John Allen	643.0	3d 22w 4r
Nigel Sharrocks	638.0	5d 19w 1p 3r 1pl
Dave Allen	236.5	1d 10w
Tony Price	124.5	5w 1r

Notable fish caught:
220g Whiting J Mann
240g Dab J Mann
Key to Species Caught
d = Dab p= Pouting w= Whiting r = Rockling pl = Plaice

Many thanks went to Dave Allen for providing the much appreciated Hot Dogs on the beach.

February Match

The match will be fished at Walmer on Saturday 17th February fishing from 16.00 - 22.00
The pick up point will be at the water pump opposite the Dover Castle pub on the A2 at Teynham at 14.30.

Knockout Competition

The draw for the first round of the Knockout Competition resulted in the following heats

D Allen	v	Bye
R Butler	v	Bye
J Allen	v	Bye
J Padmore	v	Bye
S Chesson	v	Bye
N Sharrocks	v	J Mann
T Price	v	T Chesson
R Hills	v	S Seager

These heats to be fished at the February or March matches.

Pairs Knockout Competition

The Pairs were drawn as follows:-

1. J Mann	+	S Seager
2. J Padmore	+	J Allen
3. T Price	+	R Butler
4. D Allen	+	N Sharrocks

Each Pair will fish each other Pair twice in the competition which will begin at the February match.

Correspondence

Newsletter Nr 1 and minutes of the previous meeting and AGM sent to all members.
NFSA Quarterly Journal Nr 21, NFSA Diary, adverts, information on common fisheries policy, proposed Individual Membership, articles for sale, NFSA membership renewal forms
Tidy Britain Group Letter

These were distributed and discussed. Members aired their concerns about the Individual Membership proposals put forward by the NFSA and could see little benefit in it for the club. Alternative insurance could be obtained via UKSF if required. Secretary to copy and distribute the NFSA leaflet about it with newsletter. Orders were taken for NFSA Diaries. Members agreed to renew membership and insurance with the NFSA this year.

Kent Casting Club

Next casting session is on Sunday 4th February from 10.00 till 15.00. J Mann outlined that D Allen, S Chesson, R East, J Mann, L Sudds and J Sudds qualified for the KCC to pay for their Blue Circle subscriptions by attending at least 6 KCC events last year. J Mann encouraged more members of Blue Circle to attend the KCC events as it is run for their benefit.

Any Other Business

1. S Chesson to produce a poster to encourage membership to the club.
2. Presentation evening tickets for the 3rd March will be £3.00 per person aged over 14. Numbers attending the event will be required at the next club meeting which will be on Wednesday 21st February at 8.00 PM at the Ivy Leaf Club.

There being no other business the acting Chairman closed the meeting