Glossop Region 88 - Talk Cancelled.

IMPORTANT - Peter & Mark Green's talk at Glossop Region 88 has been cancelled
Unfortunately, due to adverse weather conditions, tonight's meeting (7th December) has had to be cancelled.

RA9 - Cheshire Region - New Venue

Cheshire now have a new home for their monthly meetings - at the Owley Wood Recreation Club, Barrymore Road, Weaverham, Northwich, CW8 3LS. This is to the west of Northwich and, for those traveling from outside the area, will be most easily accessed from the A49. Please contact Regional Officer Mark Leathwood if you need more specific directions or visit their blog for further information. LINKY.

They have the use of a beautifully appointed function room which is absolutely ideal for their purposes and the meetings will take place on the evening of the first Monday in every month from 7.30 pm onwards (please note the change of day from last season when they met on a Thursday).

Unfortunately they have been unable to arrange a meeting for September so will begin the season in October. The dates for meetings and fish-ins planned so far are therefore as follows:

Saturday 2nd October 2010 - Introduction to pike fishing day, River Weaver, Northwich.

Monday 4th October 2010 - R.A.9 monthly meeting at Owley Wood Club.

Monday 1st November 2010 - R.A.9 monthly meeting at Owley Wood Club.

Saturday 4th December 2010 - R.A.9 members 'fish-in' at Petty Pool, Whitegate.

Monday 6th December 2010 - R.A.9 monthly meeting at Owley Wood Club.

Monday 3rd January 2011 - R.A.9 monthly meeting at Owley Wood Club.

Monday 7th February 2011 - R.A.9 monthly meeting at Owley Wood Club.

Monday 7th March 2011 - R.A.9 monthly meeting at Owley Wood Club.

Monday 4th April 2011 - R.A.9 monthly meeting at Owley Wood Club.

Monday 2nd May 2011 - R.A.9 AGM at Owley Wood Club.


Please continue to visit the blog for regular updates:

http://chespac.blogspot.com/

RA21/89 Teeside, Darlington & Durham

The region have announced their list of Guest Speakers for the coming months, with Wigan Pike Legend Jon Neafcy starting the ball rolling on Tuesday 5th October. Not a talk to be missed!
Venue as usual will be the Coxhoe Working Mens Club, High Street, Coxhoe, Co Durham, DH6 4AA.
The doors open at 7.30pm, with the talks starting at 8pm. There will be a bar, buffet, raffle & ticket sales going on on throughout the evening. Cost of entry is £2 for PAC Members & £3 for Non-Members. Juniors come in FREE!

Further meetings & Guest Speaker nights are:-

November 2nd 2010 - General Meeting
December 7th 2010 - Eric Edwards
January 4th 2011 - AGM Night
February 1st 2011 - Gary Knowles
March 1st 2011 - Info not available yet.
April 5th 2011 - Info not available yet.

Further information available from the regions blog at this LINK, or from Regional Officer Shane Patterson on 01913 869078

Region 40 - Selby

Wakefield pike angler Ady Mason will be presenting the Selby region with a talk/slideshow on Thursday the 16th of September.

Venue Details

The Crown Inn Public House
Main Street
Hemingbrough
Selby
North Yorkshire
Y08 6QE

Start time 8.00pm
£3 admission

Regions Map

To help make things easier for potential members, plus existing members - I have introduced this interactive map to enable you to find the details of your nearest regional meeting venue, plus contact details for each of the Liaison Officers.
Hope it helps.

RA34 - Oxfordshire & North Wilts

Region News

Following our first meeting back in April and the intervening summer I hope you are all looking forwarding to this season's winter pike fishing.

I am pleased to advise that dates for this season's meetings are now confirmed and are as follows:

Thurs 23 September 10
Thurs 21 October 10 - Julian Chidgey
Thurs 25 November 10
Thurs 16 December 10 - Neville Fickling
Thurs 27 January 11
Thurs 24 February 11
Thurs 24 March 11
Thurs 21 April 11

These meetings will be held at The Red Lion pub, Eynsham, starting at 7.30pm so please put these dates in your diary and support these as they are key to the group developing.

I am currently tying up guest speakers with Drennan Cup winner Julian Chidgey and Neville Fickling confirmed, Others including Steve Younger and Phil Wakeford are lined up. I would also like to see some of our members give a talk on their fishing so please let me know if your up for it.

I plan to have a couple of trophies this season, maybe one for biggest river pike and one for biggest still water pike but we can discuss this at the first meeting on Thurs 23 Sept. As well as this maybe we can a fish-in or two, a curry night and a quiz night.

Region Blogspot

Don't forget our blogspot at http://oxonwiltspac.blogspot.com/ please email me any news and photo's, it will be good to have a group gallery on there.

Distribution List

If you or someone you know wishes to be added to my distribution list for newsletter by email then please let me know.

Tight Lines

Vince Williams
RO 34

Region 16 Herts & Chiltern

The region have just launched a Brand New Blog which is available at http://herts-chilternpac.blogspot.com/ Why not pay them a visit to see what they are up to.

Annual Convention Second Hand Stall

Forms and sticker sheets for our ever popular Secondhand Stalls at the Annual Convention, are now available directly from the PAC website, where assorted links have been included. They can also be accessed directly here at the links below.

Tackle Items For Sale Sheet (PDF)
Tackle For Sale Stickers (PDF)

Members wishing to sell those unwanted items of tackle or lures, are requested to complete the Main Tackle Form and then either cut out and sellotape the sticker to the relevant numbered tackle item; or print them out directly onto an applicable sized sheet of stickers.
The stall has over the past few years seen some real bargains sold on the stands, with some especially rare/signed books often gracing the table along with loads of rods, reels, luggage, etc. The sheer number of lures that sometimes grace the table, make the display look like something out of Aladdin's cave..
Forms and stickers are also available directly from the Events Manager Mick Crisp, or from the webmaster via either e-mail or by snail mail for those without access to the Internet.

Essex Region 102

Newly re-formed Essex Region 102 are proud to announce their first two talks of the year. First to grace their stage will be well known expert Dave Horton, who will give his much-acclaimed talk on those 20 and 30 pounders that have breached the landing net ftom just about every type of venue that holds pike. This talk will take place on Wednesday September the 8th, from 7.30pm. Visit the venue HERE. Cost of entry is £4 for Pac boys and £5 for non-members.

Their second talk will be a Classic! with John Goble, captor of the biggest river pike in Britain giving his first talk ever to the region's members and non-members alike on October 13th. This talk will have half the proceeds going to a cancer charity for John's late friend and lure legend Charlie Bettell.
The venue and entry fee will be announced later on, so keep an eye out for details which will be posted here. But for now stick this one in your diary, it's looking like it will be a cracking evening.
John will be talking about his 45lb'er no doubt, along with the other huge fish to have graced his net over the years; plus spinning some of his famous yarns about other anglers he's met in the boat and on the banks on the Broads. He'll also be bringing Charlie Bettell's closest fishing buddy Tony Myhill in a special tribute to Charlie.
Expect to come face to face with the "Urinator" and "Turdinator" lures!!!
A blockbuster indeed, one not to be missed, this will be John's one and only talk by the way.
Essex have just lauched their own Blog site which will keep uou up-dated on all that is going on. The blog can be found HERE

Region 31 - South Lancashire

Present: An Angling Evening

An introduction to English, Scottish, Welsh & Irish Pike fishing

Region 31 South Lancashire of the Pike Anglers Club of Great Britain proudly presents this event on Saturday 26th June 2010.

Guest speakers include Eric Edwards, Phil Kirk, Jon Neafcy and Mickey Jones.

Please check out the Region blog via this LINK for further details.

The meetings start at 8pm and are held at the Caledonian, Bolton Road, Ashton In Makerfield, WN4 8PF.

Gary Knowles at RA99 - Sheffield & Rotherham

Gary Knowles will be the guest speaker at the RA99 - Rotherham & Sheffield's final meeting of the winter on Tuesday 6th April 2010.
The evenings talk is due to start at 8pm and both PAC members and non- members are welcome to attend.
Full details on the venue are available via this Link

Walton PAC March Meeting

Tuesday 2nd of March sees Dr James Gardner giving a talk on 'Predatory Barbel' to the Walton region of the PAC. The meeting starts at 8pm and all are welcome to attend. Entry costs £2 for PAC members, and £3 for non-members.
Further details on the venue and the Walton branchcan be obtained from their website at www.waltonpac.org.uk

RA1 - Birmingham Region

John 'Watto' Watson will be the Guest at Birmingham Region's next meeting on Monday 15th February. Venue is the Mill Allottment Association, Sutton Coldfield.
PAC Members £3 and Non-Members £5. Door opens at 7.30pm for an 8pm start.

Mick Brown at RA45 - Peterborough

Region 45 - Peterborough welcome Mick Brown as their guest speaker on Tuesday 9th February. The venue is the Blue Bell at Werrington. Entry is £4 on the door. Doors open at 7pm and the talk starts at 8pm.

for more details contact philbrownpac@yahoo.co.uk or visit the Blog site at this LINK

Region 17 - Blackpool

Region 17 - Blackpool are pleased to announce that PAC President Tim Kelly, will be making the long trip North to give a talk to the region's members at their meeting on March 1st.
The newly formed region meet at the Fylde Boat Angling Club, Lower Walk, Princess Way, Little Bispham, Blackpool. All are welcome to attend this meeting and support this emerging club.

Colin Brett to give a talk at RA48 Lincolnshire

All round good guy and fisherman extraordinaire Colin Brett braves the slight inclines of Lincolnshire on Monday Feb 1st.



Colin comes to us with his highly acclaimed talk entitled "Look what I have just caught". Featuring some of the fantastic catches from both here and abroad.
Be amazed at the mighty Sturgeon, wonder how salmon fit into such small tins and then sit back, relax and absorb that warmth we feel with pike and a few special zander. Girls get Valentine's day, but we at the Mighty 48 get Colin "Father Jack" Brett.

Further details from Lincoln's blog site. HERE

Geoff Parkinson at RA31 South Lancs

Guest speaker at RA31 - South Lancashire's next meeting will be renowned predator expert Geoff Parkinson. The talk will take place on Wednesday 3rd February in the upstairs function room of the Caledonian Public House, Bolton Road, Ashton-In-Makerfield, near Wigan. (Next door to the Tesco garage) 8pm onwards. Members £2 and non-members £4. This includes a FREE buffet.

This is another talk that should not be missed. Further details from RO Jon Neafcy or via this link HERE

Mark Barrett & Denis Moules at RA 26 Notts

Mark Barrett & Denis Moules will be the Guest Speakers at Notts Regions next meeting on Tuesday 9th February.
The meeting will take place at the following venue, meeting in the bar area from 7:00pm, with doors opening to the function room at 7:30 pm and closing at 11:00 pm. Speakers will start at around 8:00pm.

Function Room, Potters Social Club, Kirklington Road, Rainworth, Nr Mansfield, Notts. NG21 0JR

Full details from the Notts Region website at this LINK

Eric Edwards at RA 19 - Thames Gateway

Legendary pike angler Eric Edwards will be the guest speaker at the Thames Gateway meeting on February 2nd.
Eric has caught the biggest brace of pike ever taken by a UK angler, fish of 41lb and 37lb from Blithfield reservoir, and will be presenting his talk on Big Water Piking.
Eric's talks have received nothing but praise from many of the regional RO's & Liaison Officers, so this is a do not miss evening!

The meeting starts from 7pm onwards with Eric starting his talk around 8pm, and will include a raffle and buffet; with hopefully the Eddie Turner Pike Tackle stand in attendance as well

Entry for PAC members is £3/with Non Members at £4. Full details on this event can be found at Thames Gateway's Blog site via this LINK, and details on the venue 'The Papermakers Arms' at Hawley, near Dartford in Kent wia this link HERE.