Neville Fickling speaks to RA31

Region 31 South Lancashire proudly present Neville Fickling, a name that needs no introduction to pikers, a man who has held the British pike record and has caught over 400 twenty pound plus pike!

Wednesday 3rd March upstairs function room, Caledonian Public House, Bolton Road Ashton in Makerfield, Wigan (next door to Tesco garage). Entry £4 none region members, £3 to members of the region, entry includes free buffet.

Talk starts 8pm.

Caledonian Public House -154 Bolton Road, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, Greater Manchester WN4 8PF

REGION 31 SOUTH LANCS, CHANGE OF GUEST SPEAKER

Unfortunately Paul Haughton has dropped out of doing his talk on on Wednesday 4th February.

Region 31 Member & local specimen ace GARY KNOWLES has kindly stepped into the breach and will be presenting a slideshow on his all round specimen angling exploits, (this will be a different slideshow than Gary presented at R31 last year).

Entry £3 non-Region 31 members, £2 Region 31 members. Upstairs function room Caledonian Public house, Bolton Rd, Ashton in Makerfield, Nr. Wigan (next door to Tesco garage.

RA 31 Change of Speakers

Due to unforeseen circumstances (work commitments) Mark Green has had to cancel his talk for Region 31 this Wednesday, I have replaced him with a two part talk:

Martin Salisbury - Author of the book 'Where to fish in Lancashire', Martin is a very passionate angler, he is an all round specimen hunter and a Committee member of Region 31 PAC. Martin will be talking on his all round exploits fishing for many species including pike and some VERY large continental catfish, this is the first time Martin has presented his slideshow and its one not to be missed

Martin James - Angling legend and BBC Radio DJ, Martin has entertained thousands of anglers over the years with his BBC Radio show 'At The Waters Edge' and has presented slideshows throughout the UK for over two decades, Martin will be presenting a general 'mixed bag' talk including question and answers.

Upstairs function room Caledonian Hotel, 154 Bolton Road, Ashton-in-Makerfield, WN4 8PF (next to Tesco garage). Entry £3 for non-Region 31 Members and £2 for region 31 Members. Wednesday 7th January 8pm.


Jon Neafcy
R/O Region 31

Mark Green and Peter Green at RA 31

Mark Green & Peter Green are presenting a slide show on Yorkshire Piking at Region 31 South Lancashire on Wednesday 7th January at 8pm.

Pete & Mark have a wealth of Pike fishing experience, Pete has served with the PAC Committee.

The venue is the Caledonian Hotel, 154 Bolton Road, Ashton-In-Makerfield, Wigan, Lancashire, WN4 8PF.

£2 entry for region members - £3 for those who aren't a member of the region.

Prize raffle - first prize a copy of PAC 30 signed by some of the contributors. All welcome.

Hope to see you there.

Jon Neafcy

R/O Region 31

South Lancashire

Region 31 Christmas Bash

Piking Legend Steve Ormrod will be presenting his awesome slideshow on Northern Reservoir piking to Region 31 South Lancashire on Wednesday 3RD December.

FREE Buffet & prize raffle.

All welcome.

This is not one to be missed.

Entry £3 to non Region 31 members & £2 to Region 31 members on the door.

Caledonian public house - upstairs function room 8pm onwards. Bolton Road Ashton in Makerfield, Nr Wigan Lancashire (next door to Tesco garage) .

Hope to see you ALL there.

Tight lines Jon Neafcy RO Region 31 - Wigan Piker!

Region 31 South Lancashire Calender of Events - 2008-2009

Meetings recommence 1st October. Meetings are held in the upstairs function room of The Caledonian Pub, Bolton Road (next door to Tesco garage), Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, Lancashire.

Meetings start at 8pm on the first Wednesday of each month, October to April inclusive.

The region has a great line up of guest speakers and fish-ins.

October 2008:

• Meeting guest speaker Damien Wood, north-west specimen angling
• Fish in local reservoir

November:

• Meeting Mad Mick Bowen river piker extrodinaire
• Fish in to two Scottish lochs (club boat available for use) & FREE BBQ

December:

• Meeting Steve Ormrod Northern Reservoir piking, FREE BUFFETT
• Fish-in Yorkshire land-drain venue

January 2009:

• Meeting Geoff Parkinson - big fish man
• Fish-in - Pennine Challenge - North-West reservoir
• Fish-in - Local drain system

February:

• Meeting - R31 Members Paul Haughton & Martin Salisbury - specialist angling & big cats

March:

• Meeting - The one and only Neville Fickling
• Fish in - Local reservoir

April:

• Meeting - Presentation night, Awards presented by James Holgate, compare Jon Neafcy, FREE BUFFET

For more info contact - roregion31@blueyonder.co.uk or come along to the meetings - ALL welcome!

North-West Teach in Region 31 South Lancashire

Region 31 South Lancashire will be holding a teach-in for new and inexperienced pikers again this year. The venue will be Carmill Dam (thanks to St. Helens AA) and the date will be Sunday 21st September 10:00-14:00

Regional Organiser Jon Neafcy, who is a qualified Angling Coach, said:

"Last year Region 31 ran an angling coaching session aimed at showing youngsters and newcomers to the sport some of the basic methods to catch and pike welfare. This year we aim to built on this and make the event more interactive. Last years event was very well attended and everyone enjoyed it. We hope that we can repeat this success this year"

Any PAC members who would be so kind as to offer their assistance or wish to donate tackle items to help with this event please contact Regional Organiser Jon Neafcy directly at roregion31@blueyonder.co.uk

North West Eel Fishing Overnighter - Saturday 21st June,

With many pikers hanging up their rods until the winter, Region 31 PAC GB and the Northwest branch of the National Anguilla Club (NAC) have organised an Eel fishing session on a canal venue.

The event will take place from 8pm-6am, there will be a demonstration of rigs and pointers on eel welfare.

Event organisers are Jon Neafcy (RO Region 31 PAC) and Peter Waterfield (NAC), please contact Jon (roregion31@blueyonder.co.uk) or Peter for further details.
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