September 2002 News
27/09/2002
The Annual General Meeting will be held on Wednesday 13th November at the Hollins Inn, Walsden, Todmorden, at 7:30 pm prompt. All 2002 members are welcome to attend. Proposals have alredy been received to put up subs, and to ban barbed hooks. Ant member can make a proposal for general rule changes or match rule changes, but all proposals must be in writing, and be in the hands of Ray Barber by 13th October at the latest. All proposals to properly seconded, and both the proposer and seconder MUST be in attendance at the A.G.M.
The match meeting which decides venues, dates and fishing times for next year`s matches is also at the Hollins in, on Wednesday 6th November at 9:00 pm.
The Pennine Winter League starts soon with the Todmorden match on the Rochdale canal (Fire Station down) on Sunday 27th October.
20/09/2002
The juniors have their final match of the season, which counts for the championship tomorrow Saturday 21st September. The match is open to members only with the draw at Tench length/ Firestation up to 1:15 pm. Fish 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm. £1 entry. Winner and runner-up in all junior throphy matches receive replicas at the annual trophy presentation on Sunday 8th December (after xmas match). Two lots of replicas given out to under 12`s and under 16`s.
The points for the junior league with one match to go are
U12
U16
The A.G.M. of Todmorden A.S. will be held at the Hollins Inn, Walsden on
Wednesday 13th November 2002 at 7:30 pm prompt. Proposals must be in the
secretarys hands (in writing) and properly seconded at least 28 days prior to
the meeting, lets see a good attendance this year.
The 2003 match programme
will be decided commencing at 9:00 pm on Wednesday 6th November (after committe
meeting).
The committee match was fished on Cliviger top pond on a good day weather-wise.
Result:
14/09/2002
The final match of the Tuesday evening series was fished on Lanebottom
section of the Rochdale canal by 12 members (qualifiers from the series). Match
secretary Richard Winterbottom won the match and the series from peg 406 with 3
carp caught on luncheon meat.
Result:
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Membership of fishing clubs has been falling over the last 10 years owing to the massive increase in £6/day commercial 'Carp Puddles' . These waters can be very good fishing, but are killing off local clubs. If you can afford £6/day to go fishing it might be a good idea to also join your local club to ensure it`s survival.
All committee meeting are now back at the Hollins Inn Walsden at &:30 pm, 1st Wednesday of every month with the A.G.M. on Novermber 13th at &:30 pm. The match meeting is at 9:00 pm on Novermber 6th at the Hollins Inn. Match attendances have been poor this year, ideas please!
The final open match of the year was fished by 40 competitors on Derdale down
to Finneys sections of the Rochdale canal in warm sunny weather.
Result:
06/09/2002
The N.F.A. division one national was fished on the Basingstoke canal by 600
anglers. It was hot weather and a very hard match for all the competitors and
400gm was a good weight for team points. Squatt fished 2/3 of the way across was
the bait but anglers in boat basins where big fish were resident also went for
these. Shakespeare Redditch won the match.
Todmorden just avoided relegation
by finishing 6th from bottom (bottom 5 teams relegated to division 2. Mick Evans
from Bury won the match with a weight of 11.16kg (inc 6.6kg carp).
Members should note that parking on the towpath of the Rochdale canal is strickly prohibited especially near to lock 14 (bottom Victoria terrace) lock 35 (warland swing bridge) and pike house section.
Angling times carried and article asking anglers who fish the newly re-opened
Rochdale canal to have their say in how the waterway is run! British waterways
board now own and run the canal and Steve Griffiths (fisheries manager) wants to
hear from anglers with suggestions about what should be done to improve the
waterway.
This could mean de-piking, weed cutting/planting or bankside
improvements. Todmorden Angling society would like as many members as possible
to ring Steve, to let him know what they think about the fishing on the canal
since boats were re-introduced . Also for their suggestions for improvements.
Steve Griffiths 01606 723800
The juniors have their final trophy match (members only) on
Tench/Fire-station sections of the Rochdale canal - draw up to 1:15pm fish
2:00pm to 4:30pm - £1 entry.
Bill Cox our junior organiser is to finish
running the junior section after this year's presentation. Thanks Bill for all
your excellent work. We now need at replacement for Bill at our A.G.M. which is
at the Hollins Inn, Walsden on Wednesday 13th November at 7:30pm.
Last Tuesdays match was fished at Smithy Bridge by only 9 members - low weights were caused by constsnt boat traffic.
Result
The pennine winter league match (Todmorden leg) is on 27th October for team entries only. The final match on the current membership card is the grand xmas match on Sunday 8th December draw Hollins Inn up to 9:00am. Fish 10:00am to 1:00pm members only. The committee match (for T.A.S. officals, baliffs and committee members) will be fished on Sunday 8th September on Cliviger top pond. Draw up to 8:00am fish 8:30 am to 2:30pm. £5 with 100% payout.