4th October 2024.

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As the weather has now changed and the evenings draw in for many of us time on the bank gets even more restricted. The focus for some

moves towards pike and perch so if you target those species give Coombe or East Pond a try, and do not forget to send in your catch reports.

 

Combe

The project carried out at Combe has now been completed my thanks personally and from the club for the time and effort put in by the few volunteers

that turned up to give their time to help over the two weeks of works.

Their efforts have been rewarded as the finished project is far beyond what we all envisaged and I hope members will benefit from it for years to come.

 

Get Fishing

The final Get Fishing event was held in mod September; this was moved to Nyewood bottom Pond due to low water levels at Bo Peep. The event as normal

Was fully booked and every one enjoyed a fish filled session, with silvers caught all day and the carp showing up as well.

 

This one event has led to 5 new adult members and 4 more under 16s joining, just showing what these events add to the club every year.

 

 

Wylands Farm Angling Trust Get Fishing Gathering Event 

The PDAC attended the above event last weekend, we were invited down by The AT to show case what we do to raise the profile of angling within our area and what we do at the event we attend to draw in people to Angling. We were joined there by various other clubs and societies and were able to both share what we do but also see what others are trying and get to know various organisations we can network with in the future. My thanks again to those that helped on the day.

 

Stronger Starts

The PDAC have been nominated by Tesco’s with their “Stronger Starts Scheme” in association with Groundwork UK. When shopping in Petersfield’s 2 stores or in the Liss Tesco’s Express branch, please obtain a blue token and vote to help the Development programme to continue to deliver free angling events to the community. Voting will continue from now till January 2025, so plenty of opportunities to vote.

 

 

Safety and Welfare

There has been a lot of emphasis on the safety and welfare aspects within sport that incudes fishing this year. Some of us are already actively attending on line courses and live seminars that are aimed at further strengthening the controls around the running of events, but also enhancing the protection of our members young and old alike on the bank. This I hope will improve what we do as we all gain knowledge within this field.

 

Exchange Books

Advising members that the Exchange agreements remain suspended until further notice, this is due to an outbreak of KHV on a local water and its paramount that we protect our waters.

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AGM

A date has been confirmed the the 2024/5 AGM, please add this to your diary's, Tuesday 18th February 2025, at Petersfield Community Centre, Petersfield GU31 4BW, doors open at 7pm.  

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Communication/information

Please be advised that on a number of occasions the club have attempted to contact members via email, with little response. We request that members add the club email address (thepdac@gmail.com) to your mailbox contacts list, as we believe that some email providers are redirecting our emails to your spam box.

 

Please remember the Christmas match in December and if you want to fish book your spot early with Andy Reed

 

Enjoy your fishing see you on the bank sometime I hope.

 

Steve Chapman

PDAC Chairman