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The name of the club shall be "The Goring Fishing Club" |
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Thereafter The Goring Fishing Club shall be known as "The Club" |
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The general committee of the club shall have powerafter receipt by the Hon. Secretary of an application,
supported by a proposer and seconder who are already members of the club, to elect such persons
to annual membership as they shall think. The annual subscriptionfor membership shall be determined at the
clubs Annual General Meeting and shall fall due on the 1st April each year. |
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The officers of teh club shall be: Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer and Match Secretary, to be elected from
the members of the club. They shall be elected each Annual General Meeting. |
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The elected officials shall hold office for one year. Should any member be unable to complete this period
the Committee of the club may elect another member to his office. The committee of the club shall
also have powerto co-opt any person for a specific time or purpose. |
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Night fishing on club water will be allowed providing no fires are lit and the fishermen show due
consideration to other river users. Night fishing at Gatehampton is NOT allowed. |
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All fish caught on the clubs water must be returned alive. The only exceptions being that diseased fish,
may if considered necessary, be destroyed or fish may be removed under supervision of a bailiff. |
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All visitors to the water must be in possession of a day ticket, unless other arrangements are
made with the Committee. |
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Lead: It is prohibited to use lead shot as defined in Gevernment and Local Water Authorities Rules
or Legistation. |
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Management: The Match Secretary shall be responsible for all correspondence, organisation, of dates
of matches, running of matches, recording of weights, competitions. Any other business connected
with the club will be dealt with by the Secretary. The secretary will be responsible for the collection
of the clubs annual subscriptions and will hand these the the clubs treasurer. All accounts for the
club will be included in the annual balance sheet of the fishing club. All bailiffs will, as soon as
possible, after carrying out their duties, hand all monies collected to the clubs treasurer. |
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The committee of the club shall have the power to dismiss any member of the club, who will ne notified
in writing. |
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All members will be responsible for obtaining a rod licence, which together with a day ticket must be
available on demand whilst fishing. |
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It is the responsibility of the fisherman to leave the bank in a clean and tidy condition. |
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A junior member must have fished at least three matches before qualifying to be able to fish for the
junior trophey. |
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King of the Club |
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All competitors must be "full members" of the above club. |
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The qualifying competition will be fished over five rounds the winner being the person with the best
three results of teh five rounds. The dates of these rounds will be selected by the match secretary
and published well in advance of the commencement date. |
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The winner of each round will be competitor gaining the highest points. Points will be awarded as for
cub matches. Should there be a tie for equal weight, equal points will be awarded and the next
points score omitted. |
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The competitors must have fished at least three club matches prior to commencement date of the
qualifying rounds. The winner of the competition with the highest aggregate points will be deemed
the winner. |
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Match fishing rules |
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Draw to take place forty-five minutes before start of match. Anyone arriving late will report to the
organiser to draw peg. |
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Plumbing of depth, position of keepnet and bank sticks and taking of water to make groundbait
will be allowed. |
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Any competitor leaving his peg must remove all tackle except keepnets from the water. All baits to
be removed from hooks. Anyone not doing so is liable for disqualification. |
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All fish in season except Pike, Crustaceans and dead fish will be weighed in. Except in Pike Matches. |
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Only one rod and single hook and line to be used at any one time, others may be set up. In a pike
match, two rods may be used. |
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No livebaiting on Club waters |
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Dead bait and artificial lures may only be used at Pike matche. |
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Wading up to knee deep will be allowed. |
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Anglers to be responsible for removing his litter from the peg before weighing in. |
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King of Club. See rule 15. |
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Pike matches will be decided by weight only. |
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