EASTMOOR ANGLING CLUB

12th MAY 2015

As from the 11th May 2015, Stuart Heptinstall resigned his position as Club Chairman/Treasurer to concentrate on his new position as Councillor for Wakefield Ward 16,

We would like to congratulate him on his recent polls win and wish him all the best in his new career.

We would also like to thank him for all the work he has done for the club over the past 8 years, he will now become a lifetime member of the club and we all look forward to seeing him down on the banks.

8th APRIL 2015

Presentation of Trophies made by Ron Halliday(president)

JUNIORS

JOINT 1st Place - J. HAIGH/ J. VINE - 116 pts
2nd Place - K. BATTY - 28 pts
3rd Place - G. CROWCROFT - 25 pts

ADULT & JUNIOR

1st Place - L. HAIGH/J. HAIGH - 13lb 5oz
2nd Place - D. VINE/J. VINE - 9lb

DAVID LAND LEAGUE

WINNER - D. VINE - 334 pts

PRESIDENTS SHIELD

WINNER - A. VINE - 673 pts

Ron Halliday(president) also presented L.HAIGH with the CLUB MAN OF THE YEAR trophy for work and dedication to the club over the past year.

WELL DONE ALL ON YOUR TROPHIES N SHIELDS

8th APRIL 2015

The club recently received a grant of £1270 from the Community Development Foundation to be solely spent for the purpose of restocking of the Washlands Lake after recent floods, the club spent a total of £1500 on the restocking of carp.
The club has also received a further £1000 grant from the neighbourhood improvement fund, which also will be spent solely for the purpose of our restocking program of Washlands Lake i.e- introducing freshwater Barbel in total 200 at 6" - 8"
The club will be rejuvenating the coppers pond over the next 2 years, we will be adding a blue dye to the water to cut out the sunlight , so as to kill off the weed problem, then a restocking program will commence

CLUB OFFICIALS
The club welcomes
Christopher Garside as the new appointed committee member.
Danny Whiteley as our newly appointed Head Bailiff,
And Rob Lockwood is now appointed as a Bailiff.
we are looking to appoint more Bailiffs, if interested please Contact the committee.

MEMBERSHIP
still at the low price of £5 per year and free for under 18's

FEBRUARY 2015

In February, the club was awarded a grant of £1,270 to be solely spent on fish stocks for Washlands Lake from the Community Development Foundation, 

In total the club spent £1,500 on the restocking of Carp with a total of 194 carp being added to Washlands Lake.

5th February 2013

handing over of the lease, by Becca Dent of the Canal and Rivers Trust.
Leasing Eastmoor Angling Club, the
Canal from Broadreach Lock to Harrison's Bridge,and the
River Calder from the Train Bridge to Kirkthorpe Weir

31st October 2013

PRESENTED BY BECCA DENT OF THE CANAL & RIVERS TRUST

JUNIORS
WINNER 2013 - JOSHUA VINE
2nd PLACE   - JOSHUA HAIGH
3rd PLACE - GEORGE CROWCROFT

ADULT & JUNIOR
WINNERS 2013 
DARREN VINE & JOSHUA VINE

RUNNER'S-UP
LEE HAIGH & JOSHUA HAIGH

June 2013

ANGLERS are hoping an international approach will help net poachers who are killing and barbecuing swans, ducks and fish.
Posters written in Polish have been put up by police after years of problems at Eastmoor Angling Club.
Stuart Heptinstall, club chairman, said: “It started off with fish. Then they started catching ducks and swans.
“They kill them and then have big drinking parties where they barbecue and eat them.”
One of the members recently found the remains of seven swans.
Mr Heptinstall said: “It’s deterring the members from going down. Our policy is to catch fish and to release them.
“We put them in a net, weigh them and then release them back into the water. But these people are taking them by the carrier bag full.”
He said the poachers were laying wire traps and lines with bait to catch their prey and returning a few days later to collect their bounty.
They believe the culprits may be Eastern European people who do not understand the rules of the Angling Club.
PCSO Jonathan Fahey, of the Central neighbourhood police team, said: “We fully support the angling club in their efforts to combat illegal poaching and we will be conducting operations in the area.”
The club, which was set up in 2003, has spent a considerable amount of time and energy stocking the water with perch, carp and bream.
Mr Heptinstall said: “One of the reasons we started up was to get young people involved. It’s less than a mile from the city centre and it’s a wonderful place for wildlife.
“Over the years the water is getting cleaner so we’re getting more types of fish and wildlife but all that hard work could be ruined.”

Anyone with information should call police on 101.

MAY 2010

In May 2012 Eastmoor Angling Club was awarded £2000 to purchase new equipment that can be loaned out free to young people and adults wishing to try their hand at angling.

The money was used to buy fish stocks (chub / tench) also fishing rods, A boat and clean up equipment. All can be used by members of the club.