PAC Regional News

Region 13 - Devon

2011-10-10T22:22:00.000-07:00

Passionate writer and predator angler Dominic Garnett opend the regions winter season on Tuesday 25th October with an engaging talk and some stunning photography. Among other subjects, he will be lifting the lid on his recent predator fly-fishing exploits in the build up to his debut book "Fly fishing for coarse fish".

Recently cited as 'Britain's most promising angling writer' (Angling Times) this will be an evening not to miss.

As usual, the region will be holding one of their infamous raffles for some fantastic pike related prizes..

The meeting will take place at: MILL ON EXE (Bonhay road, Exeter EX4 3AB). Meet at 7pm, talks begin 7:30. All are welcome: £2 PAC members/ £3 Non Members

Cambridge - Region 2

2011-09-02T23:10:00.000-07:00

Cambridge have just announced their list of dates for your diary:-

2011/12 Meetings

October 5th – Martin Godliman
Avid lure angler Martin will tell tales of his lure fishing both in the UK and abroad

November 2nd – Graham Booth
Graham has a wide ranging talk covering his own pike-fishing approach, philosophy and recent escapades In addition he will talk about his new book, “A History of Pike Fishing – Volume 1”

December 7th – Mick Brown
To keen pike anglers Mick needs no introduction, his talk will cover the topic of his new book, twenty years spent as a professional angler

January 11th – John Neafcy
2010 PAC RO of the year travels down from the north west to tell us all about his piking exploits

February 1st – Eric Edwards
Hugely successful and previous visitor to Cambs PAC Eric brings his new talk to the region

March 7th – Scott Davidson
Keen young Scottish Piker Scott makes the long journey down with tales of exploits north of the border

April 4th – Season Round up, Quiz and Raffle

Lincoln PAC - RA48

2011-08-29T22:11:00.000-07:00

September 5th 2011 - Ivan Cooke
October 3rd 2011 - Mick Brown
November 7th 2011 - Denis Moules
December 5th 2011 - Steve Rowley
January 9th 2012 - Darren 'Buzz' Conroy (2nd Monday)
February 5th 2012 - Phil Smith
March 5th 2012 - Dan Williams
April 2nd 2012 - Mark Ackerley

Lincoln PAC meet from Sept.-April on the 1st Monday of the month at the Stag's Head in Newport Lincoln We encourage everyone to arrive early, especially new faces, nice to chat before the speaker is on at 20:00. All welcome from 19:00.

PAC membership encouraged but not a prerequisite, we are here to talk pike and generally be social.

All abilities of piker are welcome, those just starting or thinking of piking especially welcome as we will point you in the right direction, help and assist you.

We welcome anyone with an interest in pike, even zandermen can come!

Cost of entrance (Speaker Nights) = £2.50 for PAC Members & £3.50 for Non-Members.

Region 72 - Kings Lynn

2011-08-24T10:49:00.000-07:00

Two dates for your diaries....

Oct 26 (7.30pm) Dennis Moules;

Nov 30 (7.30pm) Neville Fickling.

Both at the WM Burt Club, West Winch - just off the A10.

See local press etc nearer the time, or contact the Regional Officer Chris Bishop via this email press@pacgb.co.uk.

Region 40 - Selby

2011-08-22T22:51:00.000-07:00

The Selby region will be welcoming local pike angler Luke Gordon on Thursday the 15th of September, Lukes talk/slideshow will cover his pike fishing over the last decade.Luke has had more than his fair share of big pike from all over Yorkshire so this talk is definately one not to be missed.

Venue details

The Crown Inn Public House
Main Street
Hemingbrough
Selby
North Yorkshire
YO8 6QE

Start Time 8.00pm

£3.00 admission

Region 21/89 Teeside & Darlington

2011-08-22T22:39:00.000-07:00

It's getting towards that time of year again where our regions are launching their programme of speakers for the coming season. Teeside & Darlington being no exception have just launched theirs, with more speakers to follow in the New Year:-

06 September 2011 - Mark & Pete Green

04 October 2011 - Derrick Amies

01 November 2011 - Mick Brown

Times and venues will be advertised soon along with the speaker posters. If you are in the area on one of the regions nights, then why not pop in for a very warm welcome and a good nights entertainment.
Further details from their Blog at this LINK

Thames Gateway

2011-08-20T23:41:00.000-07:00

Region 19, Thames Gateway have announced their Winter schedule of meetings for the coming year. Starting with a Social get together on September 5th, they have an impressive line-up of talks arranged through the coming season. Take a look at the link below for further details.

http://thamesgatewaypac.blogspot.com/

Glossop Region 88 - Talk Cancelled.

2010-12-07T06:53:00.000-08:00

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

2010-09-15T11:24:00.000-07:00

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

2010-09-15T03:21:00.000-07:00

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

2010-09-08T08:11:00.000-07:00

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

2010-09-02T10:24:00.000-07:00

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

2010-08-26T04:53:00.000-07:00

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

2010-08-25T00:51:00.000-07:00

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

2010-07-15T04:38:00.000-07:00

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

2010-07-14T01:27:00.000-07:00

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

2010-05-19T22:17:00.000-07:00

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

2010-03-29T05:48:00.000-07:00

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

2010-02-27T03:15:00.000-08:00

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

2010-02-08T08:32:00.000-08:00

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

2010-02-03T00:05:00.000-08:00

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

2010-02-02T12:45:00.000-08:00

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

2010-01-26T04:10:00.000-08:00

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

2010-01-25T03:38:00.000-08:00

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

2010-01-23T02:29:00.000-08:00

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

2010-01-20T11:09:00.000-08:00

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.

Region 13 Devon

2009-12-16T06:03:00.000-08:00

New Devon Region 13 of the PAC, are pleased to announce the date for their first meeting on Friday January 29th 2010; to be held at the Barge Inn, High St, Halberton, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 7AG.
They are very pleased to announce that they have managed to get Julian Chidgey as their inaugural speaker.
The 27 year old Devon-based Korum consultant, who took a new personal best lure-caught fish of 32lb 14oz back in late October has caught 40 pike over 20lb in his career, 10 of which have been taken this season. So I am sure it will be a very interesting talk.
The meeting starts at 7.30pm with the talk commencing at 8.00, so please dont be late!
There will be a small admission charge of £1.50 for P.A.C. members and £2.50 for non-members.
Please come along and support this new region, and enjoy what should be a great evening.

Region 13 - Devon is reforming

2009-12-03T02:43:00.000-08:00

RA13 Devon is is starting up again with joint RO's. Contact details for them are as follows:-

Ian nadin - email devonpiker@yahoo.co.uk
Dominic Garnett = email info@dgfishing.co.uk / Phone 07716 394355

Blog http://devonpac.blogspot.com/

Graham Slater to give talk in Yorkshire

2009-11-30T14:38:00.000-08:00

PAC General Secretary Graham Slater is to give a talk and slide-show for the Yorkshire Regions on Friday December 11th. The talk will be held at the Redoubt Rugby Club, Broadway, Wakefield, WF2 8AA. The show starts at 8pm, and there is a charge of £3 per person.
Further information from Pete Green on 01924 782705.

RA 31 - Mark Barrett Talk

2009-11-29T02:26:00.000-08:00

Mark Barrett will be the guest speaker at Region 31 Lancashire on Wednesday 2nd December. The venue will be the Caledonian Public House, Bolton Road, Ashton-In-Makerfield, Near Wigan. Meet in the upstairs function room from 8pm onwards. There is a Free buffet, and a Prize raffle.
Entry is £4 for non Region Members, and £2 for Members. All are welcome to attend.

Chris Liebbrandt Talk

2009-10-28T03:39:00.000-07:00

The Thames Gateway Region 19 are pleased to announce that Chris Liebbrandt will be the guest speaker at their meeting on Tuesday 3rd November at the Papermakers, with the usual buffet and raffle...7 oclock onwards with an 8pm start for the talk.
Entry costs - Members £3.00 / Non members £4.00

His talk will take us from his early days in the Darenth valley to his fishing today, centered around the River Severn near his new home in Tewkesbury. Along the way Chris has been Marketing Director in charge of Product Development for some of the major tackle companies including Masterline and Ryobi, and will be explaining his involvement in the development of some of the items and lures that we take for granted as pikers today....all in all I think will be a very interesting talk and a bit of a blast from the past for some of the older region members

Full details from the Region 19 Blogsite at http://thamesgatewaypac.blogspot.com/

Mark Ackerley Talk

2009-10-09T02:31:00.000-07:00

Darlington / Teeside & Durham Region of the PAC present an evening with Mark Ackerley on Tuesday 3rd November. The venue will be the Coxhoe Workingmen's Club, High Street, Coxhoe, Co. Durham. This all starts from 8pm with Bar & Refreshments available plus a raffle.
Tickets cost £2 for PAC members, Non PAC members £3 and Juniors FREE. Further details available from Shane Patterson on 0191 3869078.

Scott Davidson Talk - Ayrshire Piking

2009-09-28T20:27:00.000-07:00

RA21/89 - Teesside & Darlington Region are to present an evening with Scott Davidson on Tuesday - 6th October 2009 in what is sure to be a fascinating in-sight into Scott's pike fishing. The venue will be the Coxhoe Working Mens Club, 3 Blackgate East, Coxhoe,
Co Durham, DH6 4AA.

Just off the A1. Map available on RA21/89 link.

Doors open at 1900hrs for a 19:30 Start. PAC Members £2, Non-Members £3.

There is also a Mega Raffle an Eddie Turner Tackle stand plus more.....

For more info contact assistant RO Phil Dale 07747607578 or RO Shane Patterson on 0191 3869078

Mick Brown Charity Talk

2009-09-28T07:19:00.000-07:00

Legendary Brummie Mick Brown is to give a talk on Friday October 2nd at the Yardley Ex Servicemens Club, South Yardley, Birmingham, B25 5TL.
The show is raising money for the Sands Charity which offers support to parents and families who lose a child during birth or shortly afterwards.
Full details from the RA 20 - Shakespeare Region Blog.
Please come along and give your support.

Region 45 - Peterborough

2009-09-17T08:10:00.000-07:00

New Region 45 - Peterborough, are pleased to announce that Eddie Turner will be their first Guest Speaker on Tuesday 10th November at the Blue Bell Pub, 6 The Green, Werrington, PE4 6RU. 7pm onwards.
Entry for all interested pike anglers is £4 (Non PAC members are especially welcomed) with raffle tickets included within the entry fee.

This will be Eddie's first talk of the new fishing year, and should prove a highly entertaining one. Please come along and support the region and this event.

The region have a new Blogspot available here

Region 70 - East Sussex

2009-09-08T01:50:00.000-07:00

PAC Region 70 are pleased to announce that Mark Barrett and Denis Moules will be presenting thier new talk and slide show at the Thoroughbred Pub, 6 Grand Parade in Polegate, East Sussex, BN26 5HG Tonight! Tuesday 8th Sept starting at 8pm.

The talk will be focusing on the piking history of 'The Fens', and the anglers fishing for Fenlands Pike.

Copies of their new book Fenland Pike will be available on the night too!

Entry is £3.00 for non-Pac members; and just £2.50 for PAC members.

I've attached a map for the new venue, which should be a little close for those further West.

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=557761&y=104688&z=0&ar=Y

By all means phone me on 07717 005 480 for further details.

Jon Cook

RA 21/89 Darlington & Teeside

2009-08-28T23:20:00.001-07:00

Present an evening with Mark Green - this coming Tuesday 1st September 2009, from 8pm.
The Coxhoe Working Men's Clun, High Street, Coxhoe, Co. Durham
Bar, raffle & tackle sales.
PAC members £2 - non members £3 on the door. Juniors FREE.

Full details from Shane Patterson on 0191 3869078.

PAC Convention

2009-08-27T10:29:00.000-07:00

Just a month away now, this years Convention takes place at Stoneleigh Park. Click on the images to expand to enable easier reading. You can also then print the page for ease of use. The pages are also available within the latest issue of Pikelines.

Thames Gateway - Region 19

2009-08-24T08:06:00.000-07:00

The Winter Pike fishing season is nearly upon us, and we kick off our winter meetings with speakers in September through to April. Ive managed to procure the services of some very interesting and diverse speakers this winter, so there should be something to appease all tastes.
Tuesday 1st September : Mark Salt of the National Angulla Club. Mark will be imparting his knowledge of the enigma that is anguilla anguilla
Tuesday 6th October : John "Watto" Watson. One of the all time great pike anglers, and author of the iconic tome " A Pikers Progress"
Tuesday 3rd November : Chris Leibbrandt. Chris has held the highest office in the PAC and the LAS, was the original RO of the Old Dartford PAC region, and can only be described as the Chris Yates of the Piking World
Tuesday 1st December : Mike Green Mike is a highly successful fly angler, catching a large amount of big pike on the fly, the most recent being the amazing 40lb 8oz fish from Chew
Tuesday 5th January : TBC
Tuesday 2nd February : Eric Edwards : Eric is a very successful and innovative all round angler, and the captor of the biggest brace of pike ever taken by a UK angler
Tuesday 2nd March : Mark Phillips. Mark is an avid lure angler specializing in Zander and Pike
Tuesday 6th April : Dave Horton : Dave Horton.....need I say more!

All meetings held at the Papermaker's Arms. More info from http://thamesgatewaypac.blogspot.com/

Marie Curie Predator Cup 2009

2009-07-16T10:21:00.000-07:00

The Cambridge Region of the PAC, are pleased to confirm that the 8th Marie Curie Predator Cup will take place on Sunday 29th November 2009. The venue remains unchanged - being the Ely Beet section of the river Great Ouse near Ely. The usual rules apply with dead-baiting and lure fishing only, and with a maximum of 2 rods in use at any time. The likely cost will also remain unchanged at £15.00 per person and with an optional pool of £5.00 per angler.

The fishing will be from 9am until 3pm, with the draw taking place at the Ely Beet Sports and Social Club from 7am onwards. There will of course be a raffle on the day and anglers will have the opportunity to buy raffle tickets on the bank from the Marie Curie team.

It is likely that the number of anglers taking part will be restricted to no more than 120 so early booking is advised to avoid disappointment. For more information please contact Nicky Hastler of Marie Curie Cancer Care by e mail at nicola.hastler@mariecurie.org.uk or by telephone on 01920 468956. The address of their office is:- Marie Curie Cancer Care, 9 Mobbs Miller House, Ardington Road, Northampton NN1 5LP. Registrations will be dealt with by Margot Clements at this office. You can also contact the organsizer, Dick Culpin, on 01279 813588 after 7pm if you need any further information.

Over the last 7 years the efforts of the anglers taking part have made a real difference to those whose lives are affected by cancer. In that time over £15,000 has been raised to help people who are less fortunate than us and we aim to continue that good work at this years event. Your efforts are really appreciated and I look forward to seeing old friends and new acquaintances alike in November.

RA26 - Nottingham

2009-06-24T10:59:00.000-07:00

RA26 - Nottingham PAC are pleased to announce that Neville Fickling will be the Guest Speaker at their meeting on Tuesday 8th September. Venue details are shown below.

Members Meeting venue

All members meetings will take place at the following venue, meeting in the bar area from 7:00pm, with doors opening to the function room at 8:00 pm:

Venue: Function Room, The White Post (Public House), Mansfield Road, Farnsfield, Newark. Notts. NG22 8HN.

On the Mansfield road / A614 crossroads. Follow signs for White Post farm from the A614, pub is opposite side of the road to the farm.

View Larger Map

Members meetings will be held on the first Tuesday of each month from September to April.

All members and visitors welcome, Junior members must be accompanied by an adult.

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Admission & Charges

Members Meetings: Members £2.00, Non-members £3.00, Juniors Free (unlimited tea and coffee available at £1.00 per person)

Fish-ins (matches): Members £10.00, Non-members £10.00, Juniors £5.00 - with optional pools £5.00 (adults only)

The Regional Association is non-profit making. All profits will go directly back to the region to cover the cost of club activities. Any profits from charity events will go directly to the designated charity. Financial updates will be given at every members meeting and accounts may be viewed on demand by any member.

More information on the activities of RA26 may be found at our website here, including contacts.