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November Newsletter 2016

Hi all, WOW here we are almost at the end of another year, but not our season of course. A very special thanks to J Swaps and all of our sponsors for the November competition. Please take note of all of our Sponsors listed in the newsletter, without them we wouldn't enjoy the awesome line up of prizes that we fish for. Once again Batesy and the team at Glass and Joinery came up with a stunner of a lucky member prize, that rod holder looked fantastic, and went to a much deserved person and great ...

October Newsletter 2016

Hi all, has anybody seen spring anywhere? It seems to have gone missing, yes the trees are now green and the grass that's not under water is growing but wouldn't it be nice to get a bit more warm sun on our backs. If you were at the club for the October competition you would already know what a great evening it was. Many thanks to you all who could get along and enjoy the time together. Even with the wet conditions we had over a hundred people there, 34 of them being children. A lot of thanks mu...

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September Newsletter 2016

We are off on another season. September the EVENTS 4th saw our first competition for the new year get under way with 84 people there, it was a good one. September of course is sponsored by our very own Mitre 10 and has been for many years. This year however we have been very lucky to welcome a new sponsor, SignTint, Craig and Cherie Osbaldiston, they have a relatively new business in town and can help you with all sorts of sign writing, tinting, screen printing etc and of course Mitre 10 can...

July Newsletter 2016

Hi, wow who can believe it, another one of our club seasons has come to an end and what a beauty it has been. A big thank you must go out to you all for being part of such an awesome club.Just to name a few things; we have had record numbers at our competition weigh-ins and we have got on board some excellent sponsors. Let's hope we can keep it up for the new season. I would like to take this opportunity to thank your committee, most of them were new to the job and they have continued on th...

June Newsletter 2016

Hi, wow who can believe it, here we are at the end of our club season. Just one comp to go and to many a very important one. The points are close in some categories so the Kerry McKinley Memorial weekend could make all the difference. Don't forget if you would like to donate to the prize pool (big or small) every little bit helps and it all goes in to the prizes for you to win. The now famous ROD and REEL donated by Hayden from Begovich Builders was raffled and won by Hugh McKean. Hugh has very ...

May Newsletter 2016

Wow here we are only two competitions to go before the end of the season, the neat thing too is that the points are very close in some sections and the last competitions could make the difference, exciting ah? I'm very pleased to say the May competition was another very good one, we ended up with over 40 anglers weighing in fish and the clubrooms were full for the prize giving, and what great prizes they were thanks to our very generous sponsors, AMI Insurance, Fairview Motors, Paul Jones Contra...

April Newsletter 2016

Hi all, hope all good with you and you have had a chance to cast a line or two, Autumn is such a good time of the year to fish, it would be a shame to only take advantage of it on the competition weekends. However they are great excuse to get out there. I'm very pleased to say our April competition was another beauty, the weather wasn't great unfortunately but we still managed to have over eighty people at the weigh in. A very special thanks to our wonderful long time sponsors Gibson and Val fro...

March Newsletter 2016

Hi all, another comp is nearly on our doorstep, can you believe we are up to the fourth month of the year already. Thankyou to all those that fished the March Big Fish comp, and helped make it a very successful and exciting one. There was over a hundred and forty people there and the place was abuzz with who would take out the Big Fish prize, in the end it went to Michael Autridge, with a very rare these days, yellow fin tuna, very nice fish. A very special thanks must go out to our wonderful g...

February Newsletter 2016

Bungey's a Granddad again 7lb.8oz Carter Christopher Bungard born in Perth Australia 15/02/2016 So it's up to the girls to write a report: Hi to you all, well the February comp was a great success with 176 adults and 47 kids turning up for the first competition for 2016. I'd like to thank those of you who came along, and those of you who went away with prizes and spot prizes with an added bonus this year of meat packs donated by Terry, Carol Holmes and family. Very many thanks to our o...

December Newsletter 2015

Hi all, wow, what a comp December turned out to be, thank you all for coming along and making the evening such a success. The final head count was 174 adults and 43 children, making for an excellent atmosphere for both the members and of course our sponsors. On the sponsors side of things, a special thanks to Comag, Viking Kayaks, Swaps, Golden Flow, and of course young Chad McDonald, without their continued support the club would not be what it is today. Please, where you can, show you...

Message from Nigel

Nigel Kittow 12:30am Dec 8 Hi Matamata Fishing Club. We have been members from Day 1 of the club and wish to retain our membership though we now live in Vanuatu. Sort have fallen out of the loop but if you can email us our subscriptions we would love to continue our club connection. We are out fishing here on our boat Mamma Mia most weeks and can file a bit of a report every now and again if people would be interested. We mainly game fish for Marlin and YFT but ha...

November Newsletter 2015

Wow, what a November Comp we had! Hi all, I'm sure if you were there on the night you will agree with me when I say it was a great night and a lot of fun was had by all. Once again, I make a special mention of our committee, as president, I have a great team to work with, so thank you to you all. Like a lot of clubs, we rely heavily on sponsors and I would like to take this chance to say a great big thank you. As you will see in the newsletter we have over forty of them for the November Comp, s...

October Newsletter 2015

Hi all, wow, what did you think of the EVENTS October comp, what a beauty. We had a great crowd with over a hundred people in attendance. The atmosphere was great, the weather good, and thanks to our sponsors, Daltons, Murray Wilcox, Allenco Marine and Directional Drilling. The prizes looked awesome, many thanks must go to Pauline and Lippy for the hard work in organising and presenting the goodies. On that note I would like to say how well all the new committee members have slotted into their n...

September Newsletter 2015

Hi, well the new season has got off to a great start. Most of you will know by now that I am back at the helm as President of our great club. I am really excited about the season ahead and have an excellent team working with me. We have virtually kicked the season off with a new team, the only remaining committee are Keith and Muzza, but, I tell you, if the Mitre 10 sponsored September comp is anything to go by, we have some very real fun and excitement to look forward to. A very big thanks...