PRESIDENTS REPORT 2014/15

Posted on by April 24, 2015

Presidents Report for the Annual General Meeting held on 11th April 2015 at Thornton Beach Motor Camp, Whakatane.

Dear members

I do not wish to dwell in the past but there are two very significant points that I wish to make you aware of.
1) When I took over in March 2014 we were down to about nine clubs
2) We were financially challenged.
In fact, the NZACA was in the final throes of dying. While there are many different thoughts going through different heads now, the truth is, it was and it had been happening for several years. The Executive, while dealing with funding applications, discovered issues that were not positive. These have been addressed but not entirely finalised. Much of this can be rectified by the implementation of some of the Constitutional changes/additions. From that point, the first positive was that our 2014 Nationals returned a good profit. While not as well attended as we wished, for which there were significant issues that we understood and others that disappointed us, it was comforting that a projected loss did not occur. The real positive was those who did attend. Continue reading →

OUR VISION

That Recreational fishing and casting are highly visible and valued sports.
The New Zealand Angling & Casting Association became an Entity in 1955.
It was formed to:
Encourage and develop the sports of angling and casting.
Encourage the formation of Fishing Clubs and to foster comradeship amongst amateur fishers.
To promote the conservation of fish and their habitat.

In 1958 there was a split in the Association that led to the formation of what is now the New Zealand Sports Fishing Council. Whilst these two groups have developed an identity particular to each Organisation they remain supportive of each other in the original three objectives.

The Association has recently returned to representing its twenty four member clubs in negotiations with the Government via the Ministry of Primary Industries via the Fisheries Ministry. A close liaison is held with the IGFA and our members are eligible to apply for World Records for qualifying catches. Along with this the NZACA administers official NZ Records for a great number of species that are not the generally recognised Game fish species. The NZACA is also the administrator of the NZ Casting records.

Since 1979 the Association has held a National Championship. This incorporates both Casting and Fishing. While the Casting has had recent changes to the rules, it does cater for those wishing to use their own fishing gear (except for Braid) and also those who wish to cast under recognised international regulations. Casting falls into three events. Postal, which is entered via a Club event, Regional, of which there is three and finally the Nationals.

The fishing involves a good amount of time which allows fishers to target the variety of fish available to be caught. During this event, the Association also holds its AGM. This is done so as to allow the membership to take advantage of all gathering at one venue.

The NZ Angling & Casting Association encourages all fishers to join a club and particularly one affiliated to the Association.

NZACA News and Chat

Posted on by April 23, 2015

August 2014

Greetings to all our clubs and members

Welcome to our monthly news, we hope to keep you informed in between baits of any fishy business within NZACA.

Correspondence
We have been reviewing and trialling different ways to communicate to our membership over the past six months. We thank you for your patience and acknowledge that it is area that is of high importance to our members. In the past communications from the executive has come via Secretarial Jottings and minutes being posted to club secretaries. We identified that there were issues with how this was disseminated to the members and so have trialled a few different ways including emails via ‘mail chimp’, our website and facebook pages. Whilst we acknowledge that there has been mixed success with these we want to ensure that our clubs are informed in all possible ways.

In the immediate future we will revert to posting information to clubs via club secretaries as well as the electronic methods above. We are hopeful that with technology being so widely used in today’s world we will be able to progress to providing information predominantly via emails to our clubs. To do so we need to ensure that we have your club’s most up to date email. Attached is a copy of the NZACA Affiliation form for the 2014/15 season. Please ensure your club’s email details are up to date so we can ensure you have all relevant information as it becomes available. Continue reading →