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essesxandy
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essesxandy
   Old Thread  #6 20 Aug 2025 at 1.58pm  0  Login    Register
In reply to Post #4
I organised exactly this with a local club a good few years ago.
You just need to know that you have enough like-minded people willing to become committee members and put in the necessary effort.
We managed to completely turn a club around. The committee was totally dominated by match orientated anglers and the rules reflected this. We weren't even allowed to use a brolly with stormsides.
If you care about the water/club enough, put your effort into changing things. I wish you all the best with it if you do.
wandle1
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wandle1
   Old Thread  #5 19 Aug 2025 at 3.53pm  0  Login    Register
I,d be really ,really careful how you approach this ,recently a well run established club in the Derbyshire area has been lost to angling ,turning into a biodiversity hub no less. at the moment it's not being managed at all..

Apparently it was very well run ...

Try to get change from within ,because if people start going 'rambo' you stand a chance of angling finishing altogether..

Go steady ,kid gloves, and all that .

BTW ,we should all take note it's a labour led council ,with the actions fully supported by a member of the loonys,ie Green Party...
kells
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kells
   Old Thread  #4 19 Aug 2025 at 3.09pm  0  Login    Register
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Find out when the next committee meeting is taking place. Turn up mob handed and declare a Coup d' etat... probably best not to take the committee outside and have them shot...

In all seriousness your best bet is trying to force change from the inside. If you can get enough members together to write to the committee with there concerns and asking for a Extraordinary general meeting. Asking for a vote of no confidence in the committee. Or at the very least get them to address the issues the water is facing. Good luck..
Dazjones
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Dazjones
   Old Thread  #3 19 Aug 2025 at 2.46pm  0  Login    Register
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Report it to the EA.

Daz
Greekskii
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Greekskii
   Old Thread  #2 19 Aug 2025 at 12.28pm  1  Login    Register
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Need to approach Thames Water and speak with them about it, maybe put in a complaint?
You’ll need to find out the length of the lease remaining, if TW have clauses to terminate the lease which could be actioned.
What you run the risk of is TW stopping angling altogether on the venue so tread lightly.
karmh
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karmh
   Old Thread  #1 19 Aug 2025 at 12.06pm  0  Login    Register
There's a local res near me, run by a local angling club, and owned by Thames water.

The angling club is run by old match boys that don't care about fish welfare, and the res is in a very bad way currently. Algae bloom, no oxygen, fish and birds dying left right and centre. There's some lovely old fish in there! They're satisfied the water is fine and have said it's ok for fishing, when everybody else knows it needs to be closed and oxygen created for it to recover.

My question is, is there a way to force this particular angling club off the water and get another local better run angling club to take over?Any other possible courses of action?
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