APRIL MEETING

aprils meeting will be wednesday 2nd of april at the CLACHNAHARRY INN,8 pm all welcome.
"new members always welcome,so if your interested in joining us pop along and meet us?"

glasgow angling centre club book account

guys just to let you all know,we now have a discount club book account set up at the glasgow angling centre,basicly if your buying from the store you dont get discount BUT now if you buy from the store and ask them to enter amount you spend into the inverness ra74 club book,what they then do is note the amount members spend over the year and we get 10%back in gifts or vouchers to use as prizes for comps/presentation nights etc,so if we spend say £1000 in the store over the 12 months as club members we get back £100 worth of gifts or vouchers.the book is set to be cashed in mid january each year in time for future presentation nights.
other regions have used this system for a while now to great effect so its win win situation for our club now also.

march outing

the dates for this months outing are sunday 16th and sunday 23rd march,meeting at 8am at tarvie snack bar,good luck to all.

mick brown night

just like to say a big thank you to sandy and the guys from RA93 for making us feel so welcome on our recent visit to north lanarkshire for the mick brown talk and slide show.
what a fantastic night,with myself,ewen,robbie,tia and julie attending.must say mick brown is a great ambassador to pike fishing and the pac,not only a great talk but signing books,having photos taken and just getting the crack with folk a real down to earth gentleman with seemly endless energy,some photos to appear in tia's next mag.
also a great social event with 155 pikers from all over scotland attending was great meeting guys and catching up with some that have not seen in a while.

nathans new p.b.

nathan shines bright in the middle of the night.....well done nathan on your new personal best at a fine 18lbs,a cracking fish.well after that we put the light off because nath was beaming before robbie gagged him.

MARCH MEETING

march meeting will be on WEDNESDAY 5TH MARCH 8pm at the clachnaharry inn,all welcome.

any body wishing to attend the mick brown night on friday the 7th at the joker bar,bellshill please let me know so i can confirm seating with sandy down at r.a.93,thanks.

FEBRUARY OUTING

guys this months outing is split into a home and away style.Those fishing the home leg will meet on sunday 17th feb at the drum takeawy 8am and those fishing the away leg will meet at the lochside cafe/boathouse at 8am on sunday 24th feb,any one wanting more info regarding the away leg please get in touch.
good luck.

PRESENTATION NIGHT SUCCESS

last night saw our first presentation night at fairways,i think its fair to say it went well and a good time was had by all.

last years run away leader rab hay(above)taking home the silver,club champion,best fly/lure caught trophy and heaviest fish caught on a day non points outing.well done rab.george cassels took the club runner up and heaviest fish caught on a outing.well done george.i got sportsman of the year,thanks guys and Matthew taking the spoon.

a big thanks to every one for donating to the raffle prizes,and for all the work involved to make the night happen,thanks to fairways for the buffet,bar and facilities and pro sound for the disco.

all ready looking forward to the next one.

club magazine launch

Thanks to some very hard work from tia and robbie we now have a club magazine,we hope to bring out 4 issues a year with fishing updates,photos,club news any stories,members profiles,for sale and with a bit of luck some sponsers.
I think we would all agree that tia(the editor)has made a fantastic job of the first issue,but she needs photos,stories any input that can be used, please email tia any thing you would like to see included in future issues,thanks

BOATS AFLOAT

we now have the club boat moored in the water,calanders will be issued at next meeting with a timetable of weekends and names of members using boat.
thanks to members robbie,nathen,rab,allan,ewen,grant and micky for giving up there time to set the moorings and get the boat in the water and members for donating all the bits and bobs to make it happen,a real team effort.

PRESENTATION NIGHT RAFFLE

some of the prizes up for grabs.
Helicopter trip over inverness(kindly donated by PDG helicopters thanks to hairy)
Salmon/Trout fishing on Loch Ness(on boat with allan or rab)
Rainbow trout fishing on abban water(kindly donated by robin macleod)
Big Pike book(Bob church,gord burton,nev fickling etc)
brian fowlzy handmade lures
6 pike flys(kindly made and donated by dave macfluffchucker)
i will try and up date this list as i get info,thanks.

CHANGE OF R.O.s

At our recent a.g.m long standing regional organisers Grant Macleod and James Dyce have stood down but will remain active and key club members.Rab Hay and Micky Jones will fill the vacated roles.The membership would like to thank Grant and James for their years of work involved and bringing the club to the level we are at today,a solid foundation for Rab and myself to build on.Many thanks guys and looking forward to lots more fishing.

PRESENTATION NIGHT

our presentation night will be on FRIDAY 8 FEBRUARY starts 7pm in the FAIRWAYS FUNCTION SUITE,inverness.
this is a bring your partner event,along with presentation of trophys there will be a hot and cold buffet,raffle and disco by pro sound disco,so bring your dancing shoes.
look forward to seeing you all there.

FEBRUARY MEETING

februarys meeting will be on TUESDAY 5th at 8pm at the clachnaharry inn,all welcome.
any members wanting to bring along prizes for presentation night raffle please do,it will give us more time to get ready for the night,thanks in advance.

JANUARY OUTING

january outing will be sunday 13th or sunday 27th.meeting at drum takeaway at 8 a.m.
good luck.

A.G.M.

guys just a wee reminder that wednesday nights meeting is our a.g.m.Could we please bring with us your name and reason for sportsman of the year in a sealed envelope,this will allow rab to get the engraving done so we have the trophies ready for our presentation night.
Club membership fees are due and can now be paid by cheque if so desired.

CHANGE OF PLAN

guys due to lochs being frozen,our planed outing venue has been cancelled,we now move to plan b.We will meet at the spar shop in drum at 8am sunday 23rd of december. any problems or you cant make it please give rab a ring to let him know.

merry christmas.

wishing all members and friends of the club a very merry christmas.

JANUARY MEETING/A.G.M.

january meeting will be on 9th JAN,at the clachnaharry inn,8 pm all welcome.
this meeting will also be our AGM,with a lot to discuss so please try to attend and have your say on club events in 2008.

DECEMBER OUTING/venue cancelled due to weather see new post.

this months outings are on the 16th and 23rd of december,thus far we have no takers for the 16th so its looking like the 23rd.meeting at the big tesco car park at 7am(permits £10)lets hope the weathers on our side,and see you there?CHANGED MEETING PLACE due to lochs being frozen we now meet at the spar shop in drum at 8am sunday 23rd.