Minutes of Meeting on 24.03.04 for Blue Circle (Sittingbourne) Sea Angling Club

A meeting of Blue Circle (Sittingbourne) Sea Angling Club was held at The Beauty of Bath on Wednesday 24th March 2004.

Members Attending
M Hammond, K Hammond, J Mann, K Moran, A Crayford and S Heathfeild.

Apologies
R Hills, N Sharrocks and J Padmore

Minutes of the Previous Meeting
The minutes of the previous meeting were accepted as a true record except that S Heathfield should have been shown as attending and results were listed as January dates and venue which should have shown Deal Pier on Sunday 22nd February fishing from 10.00 - 16.00.

Matters Arising
No matters arising were discussed unless noted below.

March Match
21st March - Isle of Grain fishing from 11.00 - 15.30

Name	Total Points	Number and Species
Alan Crayford	40	4b 1f
Jason Mann	35	3b 1pl 1d
Simon Heathfield	23	2w 3f 1b
Kerry Morran	12	1d 1f
Bob Greatorex	10	1f 1s
Kay Hammond	8	2f
Mark Hammond	8	2f
Brian Clark	6	1s
Tony Price	6	1s

Notable fish caught:
341 g Bass returned by A Crayford
300 g flounder returned by K Hammond
Key to Species Caught
w=whiting pl=plaice d=dab f=flounder s=sole b=bass

Pieman Pats Pairs Competition
The draw for pairs resulted in the following pairs:-
John Padmore/Reg Butler
Nigel Sharrocks/Tony Price
Ray Hills/Alan Crayford
Jason Mann/Mark Hammond
Terry Nicholson/Darren Sandy
Kerry Moran/Brian Clark
Simon Heathfield/Kay Hammond
Bob Greatorex/Conrad Skillen

April Match
This will be fished at the Lloyds Building on the River Medway on Sunday 18th April fishing from 10.00 - 15.00. Pick up will be at 09.00 at The Little Chef car park on the A2 at Rainham.

Correspondence
1. Newsletter and minutes of last meeting were sent to all members.
2. Letter advertising Whitstable Open
3. M Hammond had emailed last results to East Kent Gazette
These were discussed.

Any Other Business
1. Items for boot fair are being collected together by Mark Hammond.
2. Subs and competition fees to be paid by April meeting.
3. Excluding trophies and ties the club made £20 profit thanks to the efforts of K Morran selling £60 of raffle tickets.
4. M Hammond is offering rechargeable electric lamps at a discounted rate of £20 each to club members.
5. Members discussed introducing a Bus Stop raffle at £1 a go for a £5 Ashford Tackle voucher.

There being no further business the chairman closed the meeting.