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Noticeboard of news
PAKA Beach Clean 15 July 2018
Part of the beach cleanup volunteers
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Nathan Dyer (left) and a willing helper
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PAKA joined forces with the charity Children of theDump in cleaning up Swansea beach, this was the second day that a PAKA led clean up had taken place, loads of rubbish was collected including food wrappers to discarded needles, pleasingly not one piece of fishing waste had to be picked up.
A big thank you must go to Nathan Dyer and family for giving up the whole day to help. We collected over £500 for the charity, Chlidren Of The Dump.
The final figure for the beach clean was £590 going to Children of the Dump, We Would like to thank Nathan Dyer and his family the fishing boys from SA1 Fishing Club, and Tiz from the Ship Inn St Thomas, Swansea Council, Associated British Ports and Mumbles Dry Cleaning all who supported the cause, a brilliant effort by all concerned. The sad thing is, the beach was full of rubbish again 24 hours later
A big thank you must go to Nathan Dyer and family for giving up the whole day to help. We collected over £500 for the charity, Chlidren Of The Dump.
The final figure for the beach clean was £590 going to Children of the Dump, We Would like to thank Nathan Dyer and his family the fishing boys from SA1 Fishing Club, and Tiz from the Ship Inn St Thomas, Swansea Council, Associated British Ports and Mumbles Dry Cleaning all who supported the cause, a brilliant effort by all concerned. The sad thing is, the beach was full of rubbish again 24 hours later
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Local Supporters of PAKA
Wendy's Sewing House, a local company, has been kindly helping out with things to do with the PAKA kids. Also Mumble Dry Cleaners has helped with donations for bait, dry cleaning our kids and some of the less priveliged people that use the charities that PAKA supports. In recognition for this help and support we would like to bring their services to your attention. Donna Louise Childrens Boutique have supported PAKA Juniors again.
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Donna Louise Childrens Boutique
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Insurance Update
Dear Members
Over the past few weeks I have been beefing up our insurance and have managed to negotiate these addition to our policy at no extra cost . These new additions will come into force from 2nd March 2017, I think you will agree these are valuable additions especially for all PAKA member clubs.
Alan Duthie
Chairman
Alan,
I am pleased to confirm that at renewal we will be including the following additional benefits without charge.
►Professional Liability to cover each Clubs (and PAKA) responsibilities in arranging for Coaches/Instructors to be made
available for its members. This will be to the same Limit as the current Public Liability insurance which stands at £5M.
►Cyber cover to £100,000 – in the event of Hacking, Unauthorised collection of electronic data, breach of confidence,
Infringement to the right of privacy, negligent transmission of a virus etc etc – the list goes on and on!
In all probability, we will also give an option to increase the Limit under the Personal Liability section of your existing policy,
if required.
Anglers First Tackle insurance is a product available from MEAD, administered by our East Grinstead Office, with everything done
Online. It is only available to Coarse and Fly Fishermen/women so, by definition, is only given for inland angling and is
not available or sea anglers.
Kind regards,
Keith @ MEAD
Over the past few weeks I have been beefing up our insurance and have managed to negotiate these addition to our policy at no extra cost . These new additions will come into force from 2nd March 2017, I think you will agree these are valuable additions especially for all PAKA member clubs.
Alan Duthie
Chairman
Alan,
I am pleased to confirm that at renewal we will be including the following additional benefits without charge.
►Professional Liability to cover each Clubs (and PAKA) responsibilities in arranging for Coaches/Instructors to be made
available for its members. This will be to the same Limit as the current Public Liability insurance which stands at £5M.
►Cyber cover to £100,000 – in the event of Hacking, Unauthorised collection of electronic data, breach of confidence,
Infringement to the right of privacy, negligent transmission of a virus etc etc – the list goes on and on!
In all probability, we will also give an option to increase the Limit under the Personal Liability section of your existing policy,
if required.
Anglers First Tackle insurance is a product available from MEAD, administered by our East Grinstead Office, with everything done
Online. It is only available to Coarse and Fly Fishermen/women so, by definition, is only given for inland angling and is
not available or sea anglers.
Kind regards,
Keith @ MEAD
Swansea Bay Lagoon Update Meeting 14 July 2016
The meeting was very well attended new information was given, but still waiting for the review panel to report in the Autumn. Alan Duthie made a very good presentation to the Review Committee in London extolling the recreational and tourism benefits to Swansea and surrounding areas.
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It was a very windy day for our Ship Inn fishing competition, but all went well and we had a very successful day.
The winners were: Position Angler Fish Size 1st Sean Tucker smooth-hound 57cms 2nd Peter Evans dogfish 54 cms 3rd Steve Tucker smooth-hound 53cms Junior Harvey Jones bass 26 cms Callum Campion and Brooke Jones both received Mainwaring vouchers. A big thank you goes to Anthony Tyrell of the Ship inn, R&D motors, and all the sponsors that gave so generously , Thanks also to Rob Mainwaring of Mainwarings Angling Centre for all the junior prizes. Special thanks go to the guys who put the miles in to make it all work so well: Clive Jones, Paul Shackley, Haydyn Woods, and Marshall Mainwaring, and many many thanks to a special guy who could not fish because of work commitments Gwyn Thomas. Gwyn travelled from Port Talbot paid his entry fee and gave a prize - that was specially brilliant. Alan Chairman |
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PAKA is hoping all its member clubs will be able to support the above event
BBC film a Juniors coaching session on 30 May 2016
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The BBC came along to a PAKA coaching session on Monday, 30 May 2016 and recorded the kids and family coaching day. The BBC programme is for a X-Ray holiday special and is due to be screened in July. Nick Skinner of the BBC thanked Paka for organisng of the day. Alan Duthie would like to thank Mainwarings Angling Centre for supplying the bait and ABP for their help and permissions to use the West Pier. And a big vote of thanks to PAKA faithfuls Clive Jones, Paul Shackley, Haydn Woods and Marshall Mainwaring who stayed all day helping out.
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PAKA junior appears in Sea Angler with 25lb conger eel
Under the guidance of Alan Duthie and MMBFC Oystercat skipper Dean Gifford, Zach Fisher caught a 25lb conger eel when out fishing on the Club boat Oystercat. 13 year old Zach caught the conger on a bait of mackerel and squid mounted on a 7/O hook on a running leger.
Twelve Knights Open was a resound success raising a good sum of money for charity.
The Twelve Knights open was held on Aberavon beach today (15 May 2016). The weather was good but with a wind chill this did not put the anglers off. Booking-in was at the hotel and after the presentation free sausage and chips was available provided by the Hotel. Angela Jones and Lucy Worrall presented the prizes to the winners of the Twelve Knights open fishing competition. Thanks to Angela and Carl Jone of Twelve Knights Hotel for helping PAKA raise £730 for Tenovus and PAKA kids coaching.
The Twelve Knights open was held on Aberavon beach today (15 May 2016). The weather was good but with a wind chill this did not put the anglers off. Booking-in was at the hotel and after the presentation free sausage and chips was available provided by the Hotel. Angela Jones and Lucy Worrall presented the prizes to the winners of the Twelve Knights open fishing competition. Thanks to Angela and Carl Jone of Twelve Knights Hotel for helping PAKA raise £730 for Tenovus and PAKA kids coaching.
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Chairman Alan Duthie went the House of Commons to represent anglers for the Tidal Lagoon. 'What a great and humbling evening, met loads of MP's who now know how important this project is, thanks to Tess and Mark for the opportunity it was more than worth it'. Well done Alan top man very smart, from Clive Jones. Well done Mr Duthie good job someone's looking after the fishermen, from Paula Jones. More information about the developments with the lagoon can be found on the Lagoon Fishing page. |
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MUMBLES Pier is closed to the public due to storm damage The Victorian-built structure will not be open for the rest of January after inspectors discovered storm-related damage. This was described by a spokesman for pier owners Ameco as a "list" in the platform. But it is not considered a major concern, and the comings and goings of the Mumbles lifeboat crew at the all-weather lifeboat station at the end of the pier will not be affected. The fishing plate forms at the end of the pier are closed until further notice due to the structural work taking place. |
 Angela Jones presenting Lee Jones with the
Fishing Holiday in Ireland prize.
Lee Jones won the PAKA Irish Fishing Trip Raffle Prize Worth £900, but he did buy £40 of tickets. The raffle raised £500 for Lucy Worrall to help with her rehabilitation. The Twelve Knights Hotel have asked PAKA to do a fishing competition with Brains giving £500 sponsorship. So a very fruitful night on the 20 January. Well done all you members who attended and took part and many thanks.
Angela and Carl have confirmed they are sponsoring the Twelve Knights open competition to the sum of £500. The event will take place on Aberavon Beach,15 May 2016 fishing from 11am to 3pm. |
Angela Jones also presented her ward (Angela Jones Trophy) to Marshall Mainwaring for his tireless charity work.
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Cancelled due to adverse weather.
Clive Jones was organising the Ray Neale memorial match, to be held at LLanstephan on the 17th January 2016. Participants to meet in MacDonald’s, Carmarthen, at 8am. |
Western Super Mare Fishing Trip
Clive is also organising a trip to Weston Super Mare, planned for the 27th February 2016. Clive will be taking all the equipment down in his van and Peter Jervis will be providing a bus at a reasonable cost. |
Sea Angling 2016 Research – Welsh Anglers Wanted! To complete a short survey to help improve the information available about recreational fishing in Wales. Sea anglers are currently a little unrepresented in research activities in relation to conservation. Sea Angling 2016 research need to hear from you whether you have been sea angling a lot recently or even not at all! Go to www.surveymonkey.com/r/seaangling2016 to complete the survey.
Further details can be found on the Conservation page.
Further details can be found on the Conservation page.
Sea bass catch and release January - June. 1 bass per angler per day July - December
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New EU recreational fishing restrictions for Sea Bass in 2016 (including fishing from boat and shore)
Sign the petition: Gill netting should also be prohibited during the closed season The current restrictions on recreational anglers should also be in place on commercial activities. The European union have done their best to reverse the damage done to the bass fish stocks , yet the UK government decided to ignore the basic facts ,and allow gill netting to continue, a single gill nett can wipe out hundreds of fish in one swoop so how can this be acceptable , it make a mockery of the restrictions placed on recreational anglers. If you agree then sign the petition at: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/116747 Government responds to all petitions that get more than 10,000 signatures. So far there are 12,598 signatures (11Jan.) but more there are, more effective the petition will be. At 100,000 signatures, this petition will be considered for debate in Parliament.
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PAKA Irish Fishing Trip Raffle Prize Worth £900 - The 3 day all inclusive fishing holiday was won by Lee Jones.
You will recall Marshall Mainwaring won the prize on the night. He then donated it Angela of the Twelve Knights who in turn could not use it due to ill health and gave it to the Lucy Worrall fund. So the prize is to be raffled off again at the PAKA meeting on Wednesday, 20 January 2016 to be held at the Twelve Knights Hotel, Port Talbot, and the money raised will go to the Lucy Worrall Fund. The meeting will start at 7.30pm The Karen Thomas Memorial Fishing Competition in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care was held on the 6th September 2015. Joint winners: M Cruickshank and P Curtis Junior winner: Josh Davies Cheque presented to Marie Curie representative Sara Bass on the 24th September for total £1330. Gwyn Thomas is a very proud man. Many thanks to all who contributed and participated. 
Cheque for £1330 being presented to Sara Bass of Marie Curie
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Gwyn Thomas caught this 24lb Tope while boat fishing off Jersey on 24 May 2015.
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Marshall Mainwaring very chuffed at catching a 3 bearded rockling whilst out fishing from the Oystercat Sunday, 15 February 2015.
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Adrian Rippon - nice codling
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Daron Lawry - codling susi
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John Elvins - spur dog
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Lee Jones has a jump for charity and raises £1000
Lee Jones of the Pleasure Anglers and Kayakers Association during the actual charity sky dive.
Picture below from l/r Carl Jones of the Twelve Knights hotel with his wife Angela, Chris Purdue and Bella Tudor of Y Rhosyn Palliative care unit in Port Talbot, Angela is an out patient of the hospital and the £1000 raised will help with the care of patients in the unit.
Picture below from l/r Carl Jones of the Twelve Knights hotel with his wife Angela, Chris Purdue and Bella Tudor of Y Rhosyn Palliative care unit in Port Talbot, Angela is an out patient of the hospital and the £1000 raised will help with the care of patients in the unit.
Gwyn Thomas, Sainsbury's Manager, presented a voucher for £20 to Alan Duthie, PAKA Chairman, to help with support the Juniors Fishing Weekend. See poster to the right. Many other donations have been made to help the event take place. Angela, 12 Knights providing tents, Marshall Mainwaring medals, Matt Taylor camping & workshop facilities on his farm, soft drinks from the Ship Inn, £10 voucher from a butcher for meat, and more. Many thanks to all who are contributing, and to those giving freely a helping hand at the weekend camp.
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The camp was very successful and a a big thank you is due to all who took part, helped out and provided sponsorship.
The PAKA team: Alan Duthie, Clive Jones, Lee Jones, Ali Jones, Paul Shackley, Daron Lawry, Marshal Mainwaring. Sponsors: Matt & Sian Taylor for use of Heol Farm. Angela of 12 Knights Hotel for the camping equipment Mainwarings for the bait Sainsbury's for food vouchers Bwyd Butchers for meat NSA Afan for the supply of a laptop computer Marshal Mainwaring for the medals MMBFC for the free use of the minibus. |
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Swansea Bay Lagoon: PAKA is supporting the development of the lagoon, the new seawall which will replacing the breakwater will provided many more fishing opportunities for anglers. The development can be followed on their website and you can leave comments on our blog page concerning the lagoon.
Our chairman Alan Duthie is participating in the consultation with regards to sport of fishing and wishes to know the views of PAKA anglers. |
Skydiving Lee Jones
Lee Jones did a very successful skydive on August 17 raising £1200+ money for Ty Rhosyn Palative Care Unit in Port Talbot. 100% of the money is going to Ty Rhosyn Palative Care Unit. Lee will paid the full cost of the skydive £220 as his contribution on behalf of Anglea.
Angela the stewardess of the 12 Knights Hotel, Port Talbot is being cared for in Ty Rhosyn Palative Care Unit. Angela and the 12 Knights have been fantastic supporters of PAKA and our charity fund raising competitions, so we wanted help Angela and the work of Ty Rhosyn Palative Care Unit. Lee Jones came up with the offer to make a difference and we supported him whole heartedly with his preparation and money raising. You can still donate by contacting Lee on 07772163336 or lee.jones78@btinternet.com |
CATCH OF THE DAY Gwyn Thomas of CwmavonSAC and MMBFC clubs when out fishing on MMBFC's Oystercat caught this 2lb 2oz black bream off Langland. Oystercat had a party of 10 members out for a day's fishing on the marks around Langland and Oxwich. Fishing low water, several species and sizes were caught and a good day was enjoyed by all, excellent weather, sun cream required and John Elvins' sausage baps went down very well with a cup of tea. Skipper for the trip was Richie Pearce. |
Breakwater news: Swansea Breakwater
The breakwater has been inspected again by ABP engineering and found to be undermined and unsafe. Therefore, there can be no fishing from the breakwater until repairs have been carried out and this could take some time. You will appreciate ABP and PAKA have to ensure the breakwater is 100% safe for fishing. |
PAKA's First 'Purple Heart' Award At the AGM, 9 April 2014, Marshall Mainwaring was awarded a 'Purple Heart' Trophy for his outstanding services to the Association's charity activities and providing substantial donations. 
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