Harrow School Angling Club

Minutes of the Annual General Meeting on 2^nd April 2009

At the Post Office Club,Greenford, Sudbury Hill, Middx.

Meeting opened at 8.05pm.

Attendance 43.

Apologies received from: T Kruck, G MacNamara, Sam Brown, T Brown, T Denman, B Cackett & R Morrow

1 Minutes of the 2008 AGM were read and accepted as a true record by all present

2 Chairman’s report was given by Vice Chairman, Jack Williams. Jack reported on excellent competition weights from Harrow topped by 168lb by Graham Berry. Members were reminded about disinfecting their nets to prevent disease entering the lakes. Jack also mentioned pole breakages at Harrow and asked that anglers be careful when shipping back across the path. Jack thanked Steve Brown at the Fisherman’s Cabin for his continuing support of the Club and John Jacob for running the competitions. Jack ended by requesting that as many members as possible attend the remaining work parties and wished everyone an enjoyable season. .

3 The Treasurer’s report and balance sheet to 31^st December 2008 was presented by Peter Wyatt. Peter also explained that he had looked into moving the club’s savings to a higher interest account but he was satisfied that we were already using the most favourable account for the club’s purposes.

4 The Competition Secretary’s report was given by John Jacob. John thanked all those who had supported the competitions during the season and congratulated the trophy winners of the summer & winter leagues. John gave a report on the junior competition and hoped that more juniors would attend the 2009 event.

5 Committee posts were elected uncontested as follows: Chairman – John Wood, Treasurer – Peter Wyatt, Secretary - David Bartlett, Vice Chairman – Jack Williams, Match Captain - Scott Brown, Competition Secretary – John Jacob, Committee Members - Steve Brown, Terry Brown, Mark Grassi, Tony Kruck & Gordon MacNamara. A vote was taken to approve the re election of the committee. .

6 RULE CHANGES

6.1 Proposal to introduce a £5 administration charge for a replacement permit was carried unanimously.

6.2 Proposal that all keep nets must be at least 10’ long and ‘carp friendly’ was carried unanimously

6.3.Proposal to strengthen the rule about disinfecting nets was carried unanimously

6.4 Proposal that all ledger rigs must be free running was carried unanimously.

6.5 Proposal about restricting hook lengths to 12” was withdrawn by the Committee

6.6 Proposal to increase competition fee to £1.50 was not carried

6.7 Proposal to ban surface fishing at Harrow was carried as this was a request from Harrow School

7 Questions were taken from the floor. The Committee explained plans for upgrading the shed at Harrow and a request to appoint official club bailiffs was put forward. Any member interested in carrying out bailiff duties was asked to contact the committee. The committee also explained that they were actively looking into attending fishery management courses.

8 Trophies were presented by John Wood & Jack Williams.

9 The raffle was drawn and raised a total of £158.

10. Jack Williams closed the meeting by thanking everyone who had attended.

Meeting closed 10.00 pm