To All Members of the NZACA

Firstly let me start by thanking the Gisborne Surfcasting Club, and especially Karla Tardieu, for running a fantastic and very successful Nationals. I would also like to thank all our sponsors for this event. Thanks also to all those who attended. Your behaviour and conduct was exemplary and I was very proud to be associated with you all. The fun, competition and camaraderie is the main reason I go to the NZACA Nationals and this year’s event lived up to my expectations. To those of you who did not attend, you missed a great week and I encourage you all to make the trip to Papamoa next year. The more the merrier!!

As your new President let me start by thanking you all for having enough confidence in me to be your President. I will try very hard to live up to that confidence. We, the executive of the NZACA, have a hard road ahead of us if we wish to bring the Association into the future as a strong identity in the world of recreational fishing. It will not be easy, but I have full confidence in the executive to continue on with the great work done by Brent Rolston, our prior President, and the executive of the last two years. I ask that all of the members of the NZACA continue to give support to your executive as you have done in the past.

Already people have been talking to me and giving me their opinions as to what direction they think the Association should take. Of course not all suggestions will be the thoughts of the majority but I do think that it is VERY IMPORTANT that you do get to have your say. The common thread so far seems to be communication or lack of. Can I please remind you all that communication is a two way street. Yes we need to communicate with you as our members, but you also need to communicate with us!!  If you have ANY ideas, questions or suggestions please do not hesitate to contact me. I have included my email address and phone numbers below, so please keep your thoughts coming. We the executive are there to look after YOUR best interests, so we need to know what you want.

Can I please ask that ALL clubs email me with an up to date list of their committee’s with contact numbers and email addresses so we can ensure that any information will get through to the correct people to distribute information to their club members. This does not mean that you, as a club member and member of the Association, cannot contact me directly if you want. My door is always open to all members of the NZACA.

Again thank you all for your on-going support and I look forward to helping the NZACA grow into the future.

Kind Regards

Paul Peetoom

President
NZACA

06 3287035
027 2241616

willypilly@farmside.co.nz

About Paul

My name is Paul Peetoom and I live in Colyton, just outside Feilding on a small lifestyle block with my wife Raewyn and a small menagerie of animals.

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The following pages schedule current Fishing Records and include both Official NZ Fishing Records and Association Light Tackle Records. World Records for catches in NZ waters are recognised as NZ Records, unless exceeded by a NZ one. Also included are the records administered by the NZSFC.

For applicable Rules and Regulations and how to make Record Applications refer to previous Sections in this Manual

The Association recognises almost all species as eligible for records. The NZSFC administer NZ Records for those generally thought of as Game Fish species. The NZACA will issue “Association Records” where appropriate for these “big game species” to its Members.

The Association no longer issues, except for some species, “Association Records” as the system of “NZ Records” has now taken the place of these. However existing Association Records are shown for historical purposes and remain relevant until surpassed by a NZ Record.

Each month there is sent out to Member Clubs updates of Records. It is recommended that Members may like to insert in this Section of their Manuals copies of these updates for those species, which are of the most interest to them.  This will provide the latest information on those species and make the Manual a more current reference to records.

See your Club Secretary or contact the Association Secretary for further information regarding these monthly updates.

These Record Pages will be updated in full at appropriate times throughout each year. Web pages will be updated regularly.

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Secretarial Jottings – March 2013

Moki Flyer 2013 1

Nationals results 1.4n page 1 and 4

Nationals results 2.3n page 2 and 3

2012 Postal Casting results p1n

2012 Postal Casting results p2.3n

Click here to view 1 Annual Trophy holdersn

This event was described by stalwarts and old timers as a “huge roaring success.”

Some said the best yet !

I was humbled by the genuine passion, dedication, camaraderie, fun, endless voluntary work, and the fishing, which was enjoyed by so many keen anglers who love their sport.  The people there were nice genuine people and certainly not pretentious. Worth mentioning too, is the fact that this form of sport and sustenance fishing that the NZACA aspire to, attracts many people who simply would not participate in hard-out fishing as they grow older. In fact some anglers were quite old but were still doing it and winning, taking out trophies. (The oldest there was 81 years of age.) On the other hand young girls and boys also were catered for, taking many trophies as well. A great healthy family orientated environment who all love fishing. Read the rest of this entry »

Due to the retirement of the Association’s National Secretary and following a revision of the management structure of the NZACA Executive Committee a “new” position of Secretary/Treasurer to the Executive Committee is hereby advertised.

The position is such that the appointee will need to have

• The ability to work as part of a team

• A reasonably high level of computer skills in areas of wordprocessing, spreadsheets, databases etc.

• A familiarity with Internet use and communication via emails, having access to such preferably via a broadband connection.

• Competency in day to day general bookkeeping and finances with the ability to produce end of year accounts and balance sheet ready for audit purposes. Read the rest of this entry »