NSWGFA Annual General Meeting

As previously advised the NSWGFA Annual General Meeting will be held at Rydges Hotel, Wollongong on Friday 21 st, Saturday 22 nd & Sunday 23 rd July 2006 .

Please note the following due dates:

• Special Resolutions – Addition and/or Amendment to the NSWGFA Constitution must be in writing and duly signed by Club Officials and in the hands of NSWGFA Secretary no later than 9 th June 2006 .

• Notices of Motion – Addition and/or Amendment to the NSWGFA By-Laws must be in writing and duly signed by Club Officials and in the hands of NSWGFA Secretary no later than 23 rd June 2006 .

• Items for Discussion – to be placed on the Annual General Meeting Agenda must be in writing and duly signed by Club Officials and in the hands of NSWGFA Secretary no later than 23 rd June 2006 .

• Nominations for NSWGFA Executive – must be in writing, signed by at least two (2) Member Clubs pursuant to a resolution of those Member Clubs’ Committee and must be received by the NSWGFA Secretary by 1 st June 2006 .

• Acceptance of Nomination – to the Executive Committee must signify their acceptance of the nomination in writing and such acceptance must be received by the NSWGFA Secretary by 1 st June 2006 .

Please Note: Emails for any of the above will not be accepted.

• Club Membership Statistics – to be completed on form provided and must be received by NSWGFA Secretary no later than 14 th June 06, this form is to be accompanied by ALL Members Names and Addresses.

• Coastal Waters Trophy Nomination forms – to be completed on forms provided and must be in the hands of NSWGFA Secretary no later than 14 th June 06.  

Note : Only those nomination forms that are received by the due date will be considered for NSWGFA trophies.

• Zonal Trophy Nomination form (as marked) to be completed on form provided and must be received by the respective Zone Chairman no later than 14 th June 06.

Note : Only those nomination forms that are received by the due date will be considered for NSWGFA trophies.

• NSWGFA & GFAA Affiliation Fees – are due to be paid on 1 st June and must be paid by 30 th June 2006 .  

• Delegate Registration Forms and applicable fees – are to be returned with payment no later than 1 st July 06 – forms will be forwarded to Clubs by the end of May. 

Tag & Release Line Class

By now all Clubs would have received the Line Class Tag & Release Sub-committee’s proposal to which the NSWGFA Executive have endorsed and will be putting forward at the forthcoming AGM as a notice of motion.

Included with this proposal was a “background” document giving details of what has transpired over a period of time to reach this point, as you would have noted by this, a great deal of time and thought has gone into this proposal. The NSWGFA Skippers that were invited to comment on Survey II were also notified that this proposal would be on the table at the AGM and that the document was available to be viewed and downloaded from the NSWGFA Website at:

www.nswgfa.com.au – section News & Happenings then click on Tag & Release Line Class proposal to open the file or it can be downloaded onto the computer. Skippers were asked to view this document and go back to their respective Club Committee’s with their comments.

Both the Line Class Tag & Release Sub-Committee and the NSWGFA Executive believe that this proposed point score is a fair and equitable compromise and it is hoped that Clubs will see it as such and support it putting the element of skill back into the equation. If the proposed point score is accepted, there will be further notices of motion to alter the structure of the Cock and Chicken O’the Walk Tag & Release trophies i.e. a section be introduced for the number of fish tagged as well as the pointscore to determine Champion Zone, this is similar to heaviest and most meritorious for capture and an additional Interclub trophy to be added. It may well be that Clubs will feel that there should be further additional trophies added to balance the trophy structure if this is the case then Clubs can put up a notice of motion to add further trophies if they believe this should be the case.

Marine Parks

The Batemans Marine Park and Port Stephens-Great Lakes Marine Park issues were discussed at the Full Council Meeting in November, since that time Northern & Southern Zone representatives from the Sub-Committee that was formed and Clubs have attended the respective meetings that have been held to discuss the proposed parks.

The Batemans Marine Park was declared effective on 7 th April 2006 , we are still awaiting the Draft Zoning Plan to be released.

The Port Stephens-Great Lakes Marine Park was declared effective on 1 st December 2005 , the Draft Zoning Plan has just now been released and can be viewed and downloaded on the website: www.mpa.nsw.gov.au

There is also a Public Notice for Comment – submissions must be returned by 21 st August 2006 , the comment document can either be submitted electronically or by downloading the submission brochure from the site and forwarding it to the given contact address by the due date.

It is important that Clubs and as many members of each Club as possible do take the time and complete the submission. Please inform your members in your respective Newsletters.

Club Grid Maps

At the 2005 AGM, the matter of having a uniform set of guidelines for Club Grid Maps was discussed, Clubs were asked to forward their grid maps to NSWGFA where each map would be looked at and if needed recommendations would be made as to what was required to bring that map up to the NSWGFA standard. Interclub Radio Communications Officer Neil Grieves accepted the task of reviewing these grid maps and has subsequently made a recommendation to the Executive that Club Grid Maps should all contain the following information:

1. Lat and Long scale must be clearly shown on all sides of charts
2. Compass rose must be on chart.
3. Depth must be shown (metres, fathoms, feet).
4. Uniform grid size shere possible.
5. Where possible charts to overlap North and South.
6. Disclaimer
7. Club Name
8. Emergency contact phone numbers.
9. Points of reference, eg. Fads, Reefs, Canyons in Lat and Long.
10. Points 6,7,8.9 should not overlay fishing areas.
11. Chart should be produced in largest size possible.

This matter will be placed on the agenda for the AGM as a discussion item.

Record Claims

Please ensure that if you receive a record claim, that all information, terminal tackle is legal as per Angling Rules & Regulations, the correct photographs etc. are included with the claim BEFORE forwarding onto NSWGFA.

Please use the check-list which is part of the claim form when carrying out this check, if in doubt about anything at all, contact NSWGFA Records Officer:

Henry Vanags on 0419 180 854.

Northern Zone News

The Northern Zone will be holding an “overnight” competition 13 th & 14 th May, the competition is held out of each Club’s home port.

An up to date pointscore will be published in the next NSWGFA Newsletter.

Central Zone News

Central Zone Competition – Provisional Final Results – following Sydney round.

Champion Club - Capture

Champion Boat - Capture

Champion Male Angler - Capture

Champion Female Angler - Capture

Champion Junior Angler - Capture

Heaviest of:

Champion Club Tag & Release

Champion Boat - Tag & Release

Champion Male Angler - Tag & Release

Champion Female Angler - Tag & Release

Champion Junior Angler – Tag & Release

Champion Angler Tag & Release of:

Southern Zone News

Annual Trophies – NSWGFA & Southern Zone 2005-06

NSWGFA Coastal Waters Trophies

Please complete as indicated by NSWGFA Secretary, telephone Zone Chairman if any help is required. Note: This year a MOST MERITORIOUS for each section is to be included with respect to the Cock & Chicken O’the Walk Capture Trophies.

All fish captured within the NSW, State boundaries on any day of the year are eligible, except for the following trophies, which must be captured or tagged and released in Southern Zone waters only i.e. East of Stanwell Park in the North and East of the NSW – Victorian border. Fish caught at the NSW Interclub at Port Stephens are eligible for these Zone Trophies.

1. The angler with the highest point scoring game fish (other than a shark – single capture only).
2. The angler with the highest point score in tag & release.

NSWGFA will send a separate form for these trophies which must be returned to Southern Zone Chairman Peter Pearce – 192 Stringybark Road , Nowra Hill. NSW. 2540.

Southern Zone Trophies

Can you please forward any outstanding Colombus & Geo. Bass returns from your Club’s nominated tournament.

The Zone also requires your Clubs highest point scoring. As at 31 st May 2006 in Tag & Release:

1. Highest Point Scoring ANGLER
2. Highest Point Scoring LADY ANGLER
3. Highest Point Scoring JUNIOR ANGLER

Fax: 4421 2574 or Email walnail@shoal.net.au

The Southern Zone AGM and Presentation will be held at Batemans Bay Catalina Country Club on 25 th June 2006 .

A normal Zone Meeting to be 10-30am followed by the AGM and Presentation Luncheon at Midday .

Southern Zone Competition – March 2006 – Cock of the Walk Results

Captures – Heaviest

Captures - Meritorious

Capture Points for this Month Tag & Release Points for this Month

For the latest GFAA News

Log onto: www.gfaa.asn.au

I.G.F.A. News

Cost of World Record Claims

As of the 1 st January 2006 , the cost of a World record claim will be, :

IGFA Member $ 35.00 US

Non-IGFA Member $ 60.00 US – includes Membership

IGFA Junior Member $ 35.00 US

Non-IGFA Junior Member $ 45.00 US – includes Membership

The World Record Application can be downloaded from IGFA website: www.igfa.org