President's Report
Hello team,
Welcome to our December newsletter. Our November competition was a huge success. A big thank you must go out to our long time sponsors who sponsor this competition and help to make our competitions a great success. It was great to see a larger gathering of fishos and their families at the Club. Fifteen Club members and four boats ventured up to Houhora for the weekend. The winning snapper was a lovely fish of 9.22kg caught by Peter Nelmes. Another memorable catch was Junior Member Austin Oliver that just missed out on the 20lb mark. Well done Little Jim! On the same trip Ben Furness also caught a nice Kingfish of 19.150kg. There was also nice snapper caught in the Firth of Thames caught by Jacqui Andrew, Glen Mcpherson and Shaine Le Gros.
Due to our great sponsorship from local businesses, there was an impressive array of prizes and we are very thankful for their support. Please remember to support them where you can.
Our December competition is always a popular competition. Our major sponsors for December are J Swap Contractors and Comag. Thank you to all our sponsors for this competition.
We have registered the Fishing Club for the Christmas Parade so please get your thinking caps on and give us some ideas. Keep an eye on our Facebook page for more details closer to the date. Also please remember to bring a gold coin or tinned food to our December competition to donate to the Matamata Foodbank. And there will be a visit from Santa for the kids! What will he arrive in this year! Let’s hope the weather plays its part for the December competition and we can have another great competition.
Happy Fishing and have a Merry Christmas,
Phil