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30th July 2008 NAFA & EA Angling Participation Day – Saturday 2nd August 2008Do your family or friends often wonder why you go fishing? What ever do you see in it? Sitting there all day and when you do catch anything, you put it back! Well here’s the opportunity for them to find out why you consider angling so great! We will be opening the gates to Rackerhayes all day and holding our 7th Angling Participation Open Day on Saturday, 2nd August from 10:00am to 16:00pm at our Rackerhayes Complex. The event is free and is available for all ages and abilities, to all members and non-members, whether you have never fished before, or are an expert in your field and just wish to find out about another style of fishing. There will even be an opportunity to have a go at beach casting and fly-casting sessions. Everyone who comes will have the opportunity to be coached on a 1 to 1 basis with a National Federation of Anglers Qualified Angling Coach, who will sit with them, each coach will show them how to do everything, the participant will catch the fish!! There will also be the opportunity to fish with and ask questions of the Buddy Anglers, which are made up of club members, who will be fishing in different angling styles on the complex for the day. Please tell your family and all your friends to come along and have a go at fishing, I’m sure they will all enjoy it. All tackle and bait provided free, refreshments available, items of tackle to purchase, discount NAFA memberships available to new members, and the Environment Agency will be manning a number of interesting stalls and activities. Hope to see you, your family and friends on the Day. Following on from the Angling Participation Day, NAFA will be holding “teach-in” fishing events every Tuesday evening from 17:00 onwards at Wheel Pond. The teach-ins will be aimed primarily at newcomers to angling; however, anglers of all ages and abilities are welcome to come along. Again tackle and bait will be provided if required. If there are any members who are willing to assist on these Teach – ins, we would be happy to hear from you. NAFA Chairman I am pleased to advise that Richard Hamlyn has been appointed as Chairman of NAFA on a temporary basis and this position together with all other NAFA Officers and Bailiffs are open to the membership to apply for and to be voted upon at the AGM in October 2008. I would take this opportunity to advise you that Nominations and proposals for Officer/Bailiff positions and any Rule changes proposals, can be submitted to Committee at any time throughout the year, in readiness for the next AGM. Disabled Swims at Spring Ponds We have recently installed a level path and two swims, designed in accordance with British Disabled Anglers Association, in order to assist our disabled members and visitors to Spring Ponds. The Environment Agency provided a contribution towards the cost of the swims and external contractors undertook the works. The swims are available for all to fish, however, priority should be given to our less able members. Carp Matches Due to the limited interest, we have decided to cancel the remainder of the Carp matches which were due to be held on Island and Dores Ponds over the weekends of 23/24 August and 20/21st September, 2008. These waters will now remain open over these weekends. 6th April 2008 · Trophy Evening – The Association will be holding their Annual Trophy Presentation evening at 19:30pm on Friday 11th April 2008 at the Recreation Centre, Marsh Road, Newton Abbot (road opposite Tackle Trader). Please come along to support the Association, not only to collect the various trophies available, but to meet with other anglers, Committee Members and Bailiffs and share/swap ideas on fishing, tackle, rigs etc. A Free buffet will be provided. Dependant on the attendance of this year’s Trophy Presentation Evening, the Committee may consider alternative arrangements for the future presentation of trophies. Therefore please come along and support the Association. · Island Pond Update – · Fish Stocking – We have so far in 2008, stocked several carp, bream and tench into Wapperwell Pond, Spring Ponds, and Wheel pond, all fish are now showing, and Wapperwell Pond will particularly give you some good sport. We are proposing to stock a further 100 tench into First, Linhay, Dores, and Weedy ponds before the end of May (25 into each). · River Isle – It is with regret that I have to advise you that the new owners of the River Isle stretch to which we had access, are no longer permitting angling on their land. Therefore, please will you all cease fishing on this stretch of water. We are still able fish all the rivers and drains within the SLAC fishery and these are available to all NAFA Members. 27th February 2008 River Isle - Please note - NAFA No longer control this water or have any fishing rights. This water is not identified within our 2008 Rule Book. PLEASE DO NAT ACCESS THIS PRIVATE LAND - ANY ONE DOING SO MAY BE SUBJECT TO FURTHER ACTION BY NAFA AND THE LAND OWNERS. Recent Fish Stocking - We have within the last month stocked fish in the following waters; Wapperwell - 150 carp approx size 1.5lb - 125 Bream approx size 1 -3lb - 150 Crucian carp approx size 8" - 20 tench approx size 1.5 - 2.5lbsWheel Pond - 250 carp approx size 1.5lb Bradley pond - 125 Bream approx size 1 -3lbMembership Renewals - Please ensure that Memberships are renewed asap, as licence checks are being conducted. Also please be aware that your EA Licence will need renewal before the end of March 2008. 30th July 2007 NAFA & EA Angling Participation Day – Saturday 4th August 2007 Do your family or friends often wonder why you go fishing? What ever do you see in it? Sitting there all day and when you do catch anything, you put it back! Well here’s the opportunity for them to find out why you consider angling so great! And, what really goes on behind those locked gates at the back of Tesco’s! We will be opening the gates all day and holding our 6th Angling Participation Open Day on Saturday, 4th August from 10:00am to 16:00pm at our Rackerhayes Complex. The event is free and is available for all ages and abilities, to all members and non-members, whether you have never fished before, or are an expert in your field and just wish to find out about specimen fish hunting or match fishing. There will even be an opportunity to have a go at beach casting and fly-casting sessions. Everyone who comes will have the opportunity to fish with a National Federation of Anglers Qualified Angling Coach, who will sit with them, the coach will show them how to do everything, the participant will catch the fish! and I will be most surprised if any one who turns up, does not catch a fish! There will also be the opportunity to fish with and ask questions of the Buddy Anglers, which are made up of club members, who will be fishing in different angling styles on the complex for the day. Please tell your family and all your friends to come along and have a go at fishing, I’m sure they will all enjoy it. All tackle and bait provided free, refreshments available, items of tackle to purchase, discount NAFA memberships available to new members, and the Environment Agency will be manning a number of interesting stalls and activities. Hope to see you, your family and friends on the Day. Following on from the Angling Participation Day, NAFA will be holding “teach-in” fishing events every Tuesday evening from 17:00 onwards at Wheel Pond. The teach-ins will be aimed primarily at newcomers to angling; however, all anglers of all ages and abilities are welcome to come along. Again tackle and bait will be provided if required. If there are any members who are willing to assist on these Teach – ins, we would be happy to hear from you. Fish Stocking News. We have recently stocked and are proposing to stock even more fish within our waters – the details are as follows; Rackerhayes – over 100 tench with an approx size of 4lb 4oz have been stocked at Rackerhayes in April and May, with 49 tench into Linhay, and 20 tench each into First, Dores and Island ponds. Island and Dores Ponds – 16 Quick growing strains of carp between 8lb and 15lb are to be stocked in each pond during Autumn 2007. These are to be obtained from the renowned “Simmo” fish farm. PLEASE NOTE – Fish can only be introduced or moved between NAFA waters with authority from the EA and the NAFA Committee. Breaches of this rule will be severely dealt with and may lead to prosecution. · Fish of the Month (Claim form is at the back of the Rule Book) 9th April 2007 TEMPORARY KEEPNET BAN & CLOSURE OF WAPPERWELL POND We have had to close this pond as several of the small carp have been found suffereing. The EA have been contacted and are looking into this. We have therefore closed this pond until further notice. As a further precaution, we have imposed a keepnet ban on all our waters until further notice. For good practice, after leaving any fishery, please ensure that you thoroughly dry in sunlight all keepnets, landing nets, retention sacks, unhooking mats and weigh slings. TROPHY EVENING AND TACKLE AUCTION Just a reminder that this event take place on Friday night (13th April) and we hope that you can come along. Please donate any items of unwanted tackle for the auction. Details as below; 2nd April 2007 MARCH 2007 – NEWS LETTERTrophy Evening and Auction (Tackle Required!!) The presentation evening this year is on Friday 13th April at the Recreational Trust in Newton Abbot, 7.30pm. Please can all members who received a Perpetual Cup/Trophy, return these asap to Max Palmer at the Tackle Trader, as they need to be issued to the 2006 season winners! It would be great to see as many members as possible; there will be a bar and free buffet as normal.As many of you will recall we had a tackle auction at last years presentation evening, the proceeds of which, approx £1,500, have been ring-fenced for the junior section. As the event was such a success we have decided to do it again, however we have no gear to auction! We are therefore asking for members to look through their own gear and see if there is a rod, reel, net, holdall or similar (coarse, sea or game) that was bought on impulse or you never use. Anglers are the worst for buying gear that they don’t really need and many of us have sheds, garages or back bedrooms full of such. If you can help with a piece of quality gear (i.e. not fit for the skip) please drop it into the Tackle Trader, Max has kindly agreed to store and sort this gear with the help of Gary Webber. Hopefully it should be a good evening with a chance to meet fellow members and pick up an auction bargain with all proceeds again going to the junior section. New members especially welcome!
The new season commenced on 1st January and renewals are still being accepted. Send your card to the new Torquay PO Box address; (Mick Lee, PO Box 462, Torquay, TQ1 9BR). Please ensure you enclose the correct fee (£60 Full Senior, £30 Concession & £15 Junior) and a cheque made payable to NAFA. Please also ensure you enclose a S.A.E. Do not send renewals by recorded delivery as this will slow up the process significantly. ALSO - Don’t forget to renew your EA Licences!! These expire on 31st March and you are unable to fish any of the NAFA waters without being in possession of an EA Licence. These can be obtained from most Post Offices, the EA Web site, By phone from the EA, or better still to set up a standing order or direct debit with the EA, that way you will never forget to renew and your licence will be sent direct to your home every year!
Fish Stocking News. We have recently stocked and are proposing to stock even more fish within our waters – the details are as follows; Wapperwell Pond – 600 - F1 strain of Carp approx 6 – 10oz stocked in Autumn 2006 Spring Ponds – 33 - F1 Carp approx 6 – 10oz stocked in each of the three ponds in Autumn 2006. Approx 100lb of silver fish proposed for Autumn 2007. Rackerhayes – 80 tench between 3-5lb to be stocked in Linhay, First, Dores and Island ponds (20 tench in each) Stocking already commenced (11 tench stocked in Island pond in November 2006) and more arriving in April 2007. Island and Dores Ponds – 16 Quick growing strain of carp between 8lb and 15lb to be stocked in each pond during Autumn 2007. These are to be obtained from the renowned “Simmo” fish farm. Wheel Pond – approx 100lb of small carp proposed for Autumn 2007.
PLEASE NOTE – Fish can only be introduced or moved between NAFA waters with authority from the EA and the NAFA Committee. Breaches of this rule will be severely dealt with and may lead to prosecution. · Work parties The work parties will continue throughout 2007 and we would be grateful for your support and attendance through the forthcoming season. For details of the work parties, please will you look out in the local press, the NAFA web site, posters and notices around the ponds and you can always contact a bailiff to offer your assistance, which is always greatly appreciated. · Toilet Accommodation We have now provided portable toilets at Rackerhayes and Spring Ponds. The toilets have been kindly Sponsored by the Environment Agency for a period of three months. They are emptied, cleaned and the consumables replenished on a weekly basis. We are keeping them locked, however, access is available by using the Association key (the one that opens all gates to our waters). The toilets are provided on a trial basis and dependant upon how they are treated by the membership, we hope to continue to hire these or possibly even purchase them. Please will you all look after these toilets and keep them in a condition that you would like to find them!7th March 2007 New toilet provision at Rackerhayes and Spring Ponds - We are pleased to advise that new portable disabled toilets have been provided in the car parking areas of the above ponds. The Environment Agency have kindly sponsored these facilities for a three month period, and if the trial is proved successful, NAFA will take over the funding of these on a permanent basis. They will be cleaned, consumables replenished and wc's emptied on a weekly basis. Please can you keep these toilets in good order for the benefit of all at the Association. Catch reports - A few good perch are starting to show at Key and Bradley Ponds. Rackehayes has extremely high water levels at the moment, so be carefull when fishing, the banks are very slippery and some swims are completely covered, which could cause snagging of lines and lost fish. Even with the water up, a few nice carp are coming out from Dores and Island ponds. Tench are showing from First and Linhay ponds, with Tenchfishers member, Adam Bojar, taking 5 tench to 5.10 in a session earlier this week. Wapperwell is fishing really well, but only if you can find the tightly shoaled up F1's recently stocked. Spring Ponds are fishing very well, it's worth a trip to the top pond, using a single grain of corn hook bait, with no free offerings or groundbait, hold onto you rod, as the bites are confident and savage when using this method and some of the carp are in double figures. EA LICENCE REMINDER - Your current EA licence will expire at the end of this month. Please make sure that you are in posession of a valid EA Licence before you fish, as checks will be undertaken by both the EA and NAFA Officials. EA licences can be obtained from most Post Offices, the EA web site, by phone via the EA, or the best way, is to set up a standing order with your bank/EA, this means you will never forget to renew your licence, and your new licence wiil be sent to you by post, before the start of the season. 30 November 2006 AGM - Following the AGM in October the new revised rules and membership fees have been updated upon the "Membership" and "Rules" tabs of these pages. Full Membership Renewals - Please be aware that your membership expires from 31st December 2006, renewals are required prior to access to the waters. Details of the revised membership fees for the 2007 season can be obtained from these web pages (membership tab) and we now have a new Full Membership Secretary. All membership renewalls to be sent to ; Mick Lee, NAFA, PO Box 462, Torquay, TQ1 9BR. Christmas Matches - the Junior Sensas Christmas Match will be held on Wheel Pond (note change of venue from spring ponds as stipulated in the rule book), this will be a free event with plenty of prizes for all juniors competing. Draw at 10:00 with fishing from 11:00 to 15:00. Adam Bojar and Paul Power may even be providing the children with freshly cooked bacon rolls for lunch!! but only if the rain doesn't put out their stoves!! Senior Open Christmas Match - This is by ticket only - so book in now with Max Palmer on tel 01626 331613. Draw to take palce at 08:30 at the Century Snooker Club in Newton Abbot. Fishing from 10:15 to 15:15 and back to the snooker club for the prize giving and raffle. Another good event with over £500 of prizes to be won. Check with Max for ponds to be pegged. 27th September 2006 Island Pond - GOOD NEWS - The water quality at Island pond has significantly improved and therefore the Committee last night have decided to open the Pond from 09:00 on Friday 29th September 2006. However, there still remains a significant weed problem in the backwaters of the pond, and for the safety of the fish (Anglers fishing into the weed, fish being hooked and lost in the weed), the Committee will be monitoring the situation and may close this area of the pond if it is considered that there is a detrimental effect to the fish. 18th September 2006 Island Pond - As well as the front waters, Pegs 1,2, 3 & 4 have been opened up in the backwaters, other swims remain closed. GMBU - Junior Carp Match was held over this weekend at Spring Ponds The GMBU sponsors several local events and in particular one’s that would benefit and encourage the youth of the area. This annual event has been running for 4 years and NAFA are extremely fortunate to have the support of the GMBU. Axel Cauty took the honours of overall winner of the two days and retained the winners trophy for the second year running. GMBU’s Kingsteignton Branch Secretary, Mike Hocking, presented a £150 cheque and trophies to the juniors. Prizes were given out for the winners on each day, for the overall winners and for the largest carp caught. The results were Saturday – Day one 1st Axel Cauty – 12kg 850g 2nd Dean Bradford – 11kg 050g 3rd Liam Dore – 6kg 740g 4th Liam Bojar – 5kg 530g Sunday – Day two 1st Liam Bojar – 16kg 750g 2nd Liam Dore – 13kg 520g 3rd Axel Cauty – 13kg 320g 4th Dean Bradford – 9kg 200g Overall Winners 1st Axel Cauty – 26kg 170g 2nd Liam Bojar – 22kg 180g 3rd Liam Dore – 20kg 260g 4th Dean Bradford – 20kg 250g 5th Duncan Chapman – 12kg 750g Biggest carp - Liam Bojar 3kg 500g Next Junior Match - will be the Drennan Junior Challenge and fished at Wheel pond on Saturday 14th October. Carp & Pike Teach-in - This event is open to all members and will be held in a marquee and first spot in Island Pond. All are welcome to this free event to learn about different aspects of carp and pike fishing. the idea of these events is to offer advise on these aspects of fishing so that you can fish in a safe and considerate manner and to pass on the tips and tricks to catch more fish. Annual General Meeting - This will be held on Friday 20th October at the Newton Abbot Recreational Trust, marsh road, Newton Abbot. All nominations and proposals to be sent to the Assosiation's Hon Secretary by Friday 6th October. A news letter will be sent to all Full members, listing the nominations and proposals recieved. Please make a note of this date and make an effort to attend to have your say on how the NAFA should be run. 3rd September 2006 - Island Pond - Good News We are pleased to announce that, with immediate effect, the front waters of Island Pond are open. The Ph levels have reduced sufficiently over the past week to allow this. Unfortunately, the Ph level is still high in the back waters, and therefore will remain closed until further notice. Therefore, the back waters are taped off, so please keep away from this area. In order to help the pond's full recovery, please bait up sparingly. We would like to thank the membership for their patience during the unavoidable closure. 21st August 2006 - News Update Island Pond closure - The recent rains have helped the Oxygen levels situation at the pond, but the Ph levels are still high. Therfore this pond will still remain closed. Carp Match 26th-27th August - Due to the uncertainty of when Island pond will be opened, we have decided to cancel this event. Sorry for any inconvenience caused. 2nd August 2006 - News Update Island Pond closure - Island Pond still looks like pea soup and therefore remains closed. We are taking regular Disolved Oxygen and Ph samples to monitor the water quality. Please refer to these pages for an update, as soon as the pond opens, it will be on here first. NAFA/Environment Agency - Open Day - just a reminder that this event will be taking place this Saturday (for details see news item for 25th July below), even if Island Pond still remains closed, the event will go ahead and we will be using other ponds for the "Buddy Angler" system. All-night Match Final - This was held on Bradley and Key ponds last Saturday. With Phil Coles having first choice of peg, he opted for peg 12 at Bradley. results as follows; 1st - Phil Coles - Bradley Pond - Peg 12 - 15k 500g 2nd - Adam Bojar - Key Pond - Peg 19 - 11kg 620g 3rd - Dave Sugdon - Bradley Pond - Peg 8 - 11kg 480g Phil (Mr Bradley Pond) did extremely well with the bream and a few tench, Phil also lost a couple of carp too. Dave would have pipped Adam to second place, but he lost an eel in extremely strange but amusing circumstances!! I'll let him explain! 25th July 2006 - NEWS UPDATE Island Pond closure - Island pond is now closed due to an algea bloom, which has resulted in a reduction in disolved oxygen levels within this pond. We have a pump working at nights and hopefuly heavy rain forcast this weekend may assist. No other ponds on the Rackerhayes complex are currently affected. Please refer to this website, contact local tackle outlets ans local press for for further updates. Full Members Jubilee Match - This was well attended and held on Bradley & Key ponds on Sunday 24th July, with some huge weights coming out from Bradley. 1st - Phil Coles- peg 22 - 29 Kilo 50g - mainly bream and a 16lb carp on the last cast!! (Phil also won the evening series match last Wednesday from peg 15 with 24 kilo - More jam than Hartley's!!!) 2nd - Mike Smith - peg 10 - 18 Kilo 870g - all Bream 3rd - Chris Packer - peg 12 - 17 kilo - all Bream Best weight from Key was Paul Gay with 10 kilo of roach. Extra Evening Match - An error in the rulebook has an evening match missing. This is due on 9th August at Key pond. NAFA/Environment Agency - Open Day - NAFA together with the EA are holding their 5th Annual Open Day at the Rackerhayes complex between 10:00 and 16:00 on Saturday 5th August. The open day will give non anglers and experienced anglers of all ages, the opportunity to "have a go" at fishing. There will be free coaching sessions with NFA Qualified coaches, small tackle display, Pond Dipping with the EA, face painting, Buddy anglers explaining the different types of coarse, game and sea fishing available and much, much more. There is no charge, it's all-free. So if you know of anyone who would like to have a go at fishing, or wish to brush up on your skills or look another type of angling, please come along, bring your friends, no need to book, just come and have go! Work party update - There are still several Full Members who have not yet attended a work party this year. You are reminded of Rule 15 "All Full Senior Members must attend a minimum of one work party (or similar volunteer event) in the current season to be eligible for renewal of their licence in the following season. Exception to this will be at the discretion of the Committee." With this in mind, you may wish to attend the work party on Monday 4th August at wheel pond, where we will be preparing the pond for the open day. All-night Match Final – Due next Saturday 29th July on Bradley and Key ponds. Note; You will only be able to fish this match if you have previously fished the previous all-nighters. With Bradley pulling out huge weights of bream throughout the day, I can guess that all will want to fish there, especially Phil Coles!! Junior Sunrise Entertainment Evening series matches - These started last Thurday night on Wheel Pond. There are another 7 matches to go, all on Thursday nights at wheel Pond. 5th June 2006 The juniors are showing the adults how to catch carp from Island Pond, over the weekend 1 junior had a 28lb + Common Carp from the backwaters and The Wheel Pond Bailliff's son, Dean Bradford, equaled the Junior record with a magnificent 32lb 12oz Mirror Carp from the Cattle Drink swim (peg1). Juniors please be aware of Rule 9, which was part omitted from the rule book this year. Please refer to the rule on Night fishing within these pages and the posters issued around the ponds. There has been no change in the rule, just an omission at the printers! For clarification Rule 9 is as below; 9. A junior is any angler under the age of 18. No unaccompanied junior angler may stay on property leased or owned by the Association from one hour after sunset and until one hour before sunrise unless accompanied by an adult member. The adult must be in the same swim and not responsible for more than junior angler at any one time. This weekend has Dores and Island Ponds closed for the second Carp match this year. Draw is at 08:00 on Saturday Morning in the Car park. Juniors are able to fish as long as they are accompanied by an adult at night and both are in the same swim. 24th February 2006 Unfortunately, the trip to The Go Fishing show at the NEC in Birmingham on the 5th March, has been cancelled , due to lack of interest. 9th February 2006 We are pleased to announce that we will again be arranging a trip to the 'Go Fishing' exhibition at the Birminighma NEC. All details will be available from the newsletter that is about to go out. Please contact club Chairman Guy Pedrick to book your place. For this great day out! 15th January 2006 All existing members who wish to renew their membership have until 28th February. After this time it may be necessary to complete a new application, dependant on the number of new members. 21st October 2005 Please remeber the AGM is on Friday 21st at the Recreational Trust, Marsh Road, Newton Abbot, starting at 7.30pm. All members are invited to attend with Full Memebers being able to vote on the proposals. Please come along if you can! 23rd August 2005 On Friday 2nd Septemeber and Saturday 3rd September the Association has been invited to attend an open day being hosted by WBB Minerals Ltd. On these days the company will be allowing vistors to have a guided tour of their operation, the Association will have a represenation at this event that will give details our waters and interests relating to WBB. This is a ticket only event and anyone interested in the WBB Mineral operation should contact them for a ticket. 6th August 2005 * ALL FREE * NAFA together with the EA are holding their 4th Annual Open Day at the Rackerhayes complex between 10:00 and 16:00 on Saturday 6th August. The open day will give non anglers and experienced anglers of all ages, the oportunity to "have a go" at fishing. There will be free coaching sessions with NFA Qualified coaches, small tackle display, Pond Dipping with the EA, face painting, Buddy anglers explaining the different types of coarse,game and sea fishing available and much,much more. There is no charge, it's all free. So if you know of anyone who would like to have a go at fishing, or wish to brush up on your skills or look another type of angling, please come along, no need to book, just come and have go! 31st July & 6th August 2005 Wheel Pond at the Rackerhayes complex will be closed on both Saturday's 31st July and 6th August. A work party will be held on 31st, all welcome to attend and assist. The EA Open Day will be held the following Saturday, details to follow. 27 July 2005 There is a day out organised for the Junior section on the 27th July.Transport arrangements are as follows :- A coach will take all down to Stafford Moor Fishery , it will leave Rack's car park at 0730 hrs (on time ) so you need to be there for 0715 hrs at the latest. It will be leaving Stafford Moor fishery at around 1600-1615 hrs so we should be back in Newton Abbot around 1730hrs - 1800hrs. Please bring your own bait, tackle, food and waterproofs just incase it decides to rain again. This event is open to all juniors, please contact paul.power@newtonfishing.com to confirm your attendance. 19 March 2005 The juniuor section today fished a leg of the Oakford Winter League at Rocombe. The fishing was tough, inspite of the fine weather. Ed Gray won with just over 2kgs from the middle pond, Matt Crocker came a close second and Axel taking third place. A great attendance with around 20 juniors of all ages fishing! 9 March 2005 Following the success of last year, the committee has again organised a trip to The Go Fishing Show at Birmingham's NEC. www.gofishingshow.com The date of the trip is Sunday 3rd April, with the coach leaving Rackerhayes car park at 6.30am and returning at about 9pm. The coach has toilet facilities, hot drinks and a tv/video. The cost to you has been kept the same as last year, at £20 for Adults and £15 for Juniors. This covers the cost of the coach and admission to the show, and is open to members and non-members alike. Last years show was an excellent event, with many of the top tackle manufacturers and most of the top names in uk coarse angling including Terry Hearn, John Wilson, Alan Scotthorne and Chris Yates. The 2005 show is billed to be even better! Please contact the Chairman, Guy Pedrick, on 07971 837245 to reserve your place. 5 March 2005 The presentation evening was a great sucess with over 100 members present. The auction that followed raised in the region of £1500, this money will be spent on the junior section. Many thanks to all of those members who donated tackle and aution lots. 27 February 2005 Don't forget the presenation evening on March 4th at the Newton Abbot Rec. 7.30pm. Prize giving and tackle auction, buffett and bar, all members welcome! 22 November 2004 The 2005 rule book will be published shortly, however you can download a copy via the following link 2005 Rule Book 20 September 2004 The Annual General Meeting will be on the 8th October, 7.30pm at the Newton Abbot Recreational Trust. Full Senior Members are entitled to vote. 1 February 2004 Go Fishing Show, NEC Birmingham Sunday 29th February It has now been confirmed that this trip will be going ahead, please contact Paul Power to book your place. Senior Member £20 Junior Member £15 The coach will be leaving the car park at Rackerhayes at 6.30am……..not 6.45 or 7.00am! The coach will leave the NEC at 4.30pm with an ETA back at Rackerhayes of 8.30pmThe price includes entry to the event and coach fare but does not include any food or drinks. The coach has a toilet on board and we anticipate that we will make one stop in each direction. 11 January 2004 Trophy Presentation and Auction Evening The Association’s Trophy evening will be on Friday 23rd January at Newton Abbot Recreational Trust, Marsh Road, 7.30pm. The evening will be a little different than in previous years as we will be holding an Auction of second hand fishing tackle. Mr W Ward of Bovey Tracey has kindly donated all of his tackle to NAFA, he has agreed that any money raised from the sale of this gear is to benefit the Membership of NAFA. It is not yet known how the proceeds will be distributed, however, it is envisaged that the Junior Section of NAFA will be given high consideration. As well as Coarse fishing tackle, you will see that Game and Sea fishing equipment is also available. Please make an effort to attend, make a bid and help the Association, especially the Junior Members who have loads of trophies to collect. 15 November 2003 Netting and Stocking Approximately 6000 small silver fish have today been moved from the Wapperwell Pond onto the Rackerhayes Complex. Due to the high stocking levels in Wapperwell and the difficulty in getting through to the larger crucians and tench it was decided that this was the best course of action. Hopefully with fewer fish in the water the remaining stock will increase in size and improve the water further. 30 October 2003 2004 Rule Book 2004 Rule Book as published including Match Fixture List, click link 2004 Rule Book PDF 10 October 2003 AGM Please remember the AGM, 7.30pm at the All Whites Rugby Club, Newton Abbot. There will be a bar and buffet mid-way through the meeting. Please support the Association and show your face! 27 July 2003 The Association is pleased to announce that the Environment Agency / NAFA open day will be held on Saturday 27 July, starting at 10.00am. An opportunity for anyone interested in angling to come along and give it a go. 11 June 2003 We are now able to confirm that the recent stocking of carp into Weedy has been very successful. Over the last couple of weeks numerous good bags of the small carp have been reported; in the recent all-night match Dave Brailey picked the water and came second overall with in excess of 12 kilos. The water seems to be very popular with the Junior section of the club, Mike Wallace and James Head had over 120 fish in 3 hours on a recent Sunday afternoon session. 15 March 2003 On Saturday 15th March in excess of 2000 mirror and common carp were stocked into Weedy Pond, as part of the ongoing development of this water. These fish are of a fast growing strain and average 5 inches in length. The water will be closed for a couple of weeks to allow the new stock to become acclimatized and to enabled a feeding program to be started. Bailiff of the water, Gary Saxton, said on delivery of the fish " I am pleased that these fish have arrived at last, it has made all of the hard work on the water over the last couple of years seem worth while, with the other works that have been carried out recently in landscaping the water I know that Weedy will become increasingly popular with the membership". At the same time as the delivery of the carp to Weedy, a long overdue order for 1500+ skimmers was stocked into Bradley. 23 December 2002 WBB Minerals (our Rackerhayes landlords) and Tesco Ltd. have today announced details of a proposed planning application that will result in the re-development of the Tesco site at Newton Abbot. This development will involve the existing car park and First Pond on the Rackerhayes site being acquired by Tesco. As compensation for the loss of the car park and First Pond the application will include the creation of new facilities for the Association including car parks, stock ponds and a stocked 100 peg match water. The Committee of the Association has been fully consulted during the initial stages of the planning process and believes that the proposed development will benefit the membership of the Association, __________________________________ Angling Open Day - Saturday 5th August - put this in your diary NAFA will be holding another Angling Open Day in conjunction with the Environment Agency, at the Rackerhayes Complex. This will be the 6th Year we have held such an event. Please advise your friends and family to come along and visit our waters and have a go at fishing with a qualified NFA Registered Angling Coach. You don't need to have any experience of fishing, it's free, and all who attend should have a good chance of catching a fish. 16th July 2006 Today saw the Vernon Johnson memorial match being fished on Bradley. Beautiful weather made for a very enjoyable match, however only Phil Coles really found the fish with a final weight of 24kg 90grms!, made up of three good size tench, a stack of skimmers to 1 kilo and a couple of eels. 13th July 2006 All Night Match - Last Saturday saw the second in the series of the all night matches, with NAFA Secretary and Tenchfishers Member, Adam Bojar taking first place with a bag of 3 tench and 3 bream for 14kg from Linhay. Hot on his tail was NAFA Work party Officer, Phil Coles, with 4 superb tench from Dores, for 12k 600g. In third place was Dave Sugden with 10k 800g consisting of 12 tench from First pond. Dave also lost several fish throughout the night. Bradley Pond Closure - NAFA will be closing Bradley Pond on Sunday 16th July to hold a Vernon Johnson Memorial Match. This match is not in the rulebooks, so we would appollogies in advance for any inconvenience caused. NAFA Officials were given permission to fish a local small nature reserve and to remove some tench from this water. I am pleased to advise that approx 30 tench of between 6oz to 2lb were removed and stocked into Bradley Pond at no cost to NAFA. Building Works at Rackerhayes - Visitors to Rackerhayes will notice some portal cabins and a fenced compound within the car park. We are letting this part of the compound to contractors who are currently refurbishing the existing Tesco store. The letting is for a 17-week period from 30th June. I know this may cause some inconvenience to our members, however the Committee decided to proceed with the letting in order to obtain some valuable income. Work Party - The work parties are still continuing throughout the season, mainly on Monday nights, however, some weekend work parties are arranged. If you have not yet attended a work party, I would suggest you hurry up and book yourself onto one soon, as your 2007 Full Membership will not be available if you have not attended at least one work Party or similar event (see Rule 15). Details of the work parties have been sent to all full Members in February, been published in the press and are also posted around the ponds - So there's no Excuse!! There have been very few entries for the fish of the month competition so far this season. We know there have been several excellent fish caught, so why not report them? As well as the chance of winning a £10 cheque each month, your entry will automatically qualify you for consideration of winning an end of season trophy.
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