Dear Members
I hope you all have been enjoying your fishing so far this season. 

We had a great turnout for our January AGM in Kelsall, thank you to all the members who took time to attend. 35 people attended.

Below is the update that we presented, discussed and voting was made.

CLUB ACHIEVEMENTS
Update of the work your committee has been doing this year. 

I would like to start with a huge thank you to our Bailiffs and Committee Members for the amazing jobs you have done this season.

We continued with our clear 5 point plan this season.
1. Fill our Committee Vacancies
2. Control Costs & Invest Sensibly
3. Increase our Membership
4. Maintain our Key Waters
5. Replenish Fish Stocks.

We have moved over to new membership cards this year which will allow a much faster and more cost-efficient renewal process next season. This has all been funded and we will see a significant benefit next year. 

Thank you all for your patience whilst we did this. 

Our website has also been updated, allowing for easier use and faster member updates. 

We have circa 380 members now, with a maximum limit of 400 members. If you know anyone that is looking to join, please direct them to our website.

We made a commitment this season to complete the works we started on Little Budworth, installing new pegs, new walkways, new stages, removing weed beds, improving water flow, and giving the new fish we purchased a great start in their new home. 

This has been greatly received by members, and the fish catches have been superb this year. 

We made a second commitment to focus our efforts for the coming seasons on making Little Mill our primary focus from an investment and effort point of view, so that the water that we own as a club is restored to its former glory. 

We will be netting Little Budworth and fish except carp will be moved to Little Mill. This will help the biomass in both waters. 

We have had several work party’s that members have supported well, enabling us to clear and landscape the left-hand side of the lake, make good the pegs and plant out new lily and rush beds. 

We have desilted the wall and dug out and re-established the top end of Lake. 

We have Installed a brand-new fence the full length of the right-hand Side of the lake, this will keep the cattle at bay and allow the banks to regrow. The club thanks Stuart Davenport for his help and guidance. This looks fantastic. 

We have also invested heavily in mobile aeration equipment that will provide much needed support in the coming springs and summers that will only get hotter and drier, meaning we can look after our fish welfare. 

We have installed net dips at our main waters that have helped keep infections at bay that have plagued neighbouring clubs.  Please make sure that you support this ongoing. 

We have put up notice boards on the big 3 waters that give members up to date information and particularly help the safe and accurate use of bait boats on Oulton Mill and Little Budworth. 

This has all come at considerable cost, but we responsibly discussed and planned this spending as a committee to give our members some fantastic fishing this year, with one eye on the coming season. 

I hope you agree that the committee, bailiffs and work party volunteers have done an amazing job so far this season to keep the club clean, tidy and fishing well. 

If you would like to be part of our committee, please reach out, we are also looking for a work party co-ordinator who can work with our committee and bailiffs to keep our waters safe and well looked after. 

Website Update
Thanks to Mark Finley for his support with both launching our membership cards and maintaining and upgrading our website.

I would like to share some interesting statistics we have gained this season from our TDAC Website and Emails.

12-month period (from Feb 2025-Jan2026) visitor statistics.
Total of visitors to the website = 4,929.
Total of page views on the website = 27,857.
Most popular month 2025 May = 704 Visitors 3,695 page views.
Most popular page visits = Homepage 2,328
Join Us 1,540
Oulton Mill Pool 1,335

News notifications last 12 Months, 36 News Posts on the website and email updates notifications.

Current email subscribers 288 (waiting on update of new member details)

2025/2026 File Downloads
TDAC Membership Application Form = 531
TDAC Water Map Directions = 189
TDAC 100 Years Old newsletter = 117

MEMBERSHIP FEES
Recommendations for 2026 season (UNANIMOUSLY PASSED)Member £80 / Senior Member £45/ Joining Fee £40
New Member Joining Fee Total £40 +£80 = £120
Bait Boat and Renewal £30

DAY TICKETS
Prices held this year.
Day Tickets £10
Night Fishing per night 1 = £20 2 = £30 Must have Toilet Facilities

FINANCE UPDATE
Thanks Paul Costello
Great cost control and a drive for membership
Bank balance = £30,400
Income memberships = £24500 / Bait boats = £1200
Expenses – Water Rentals = £11920
Aerators = £7500
Fish = £2500
Insurance = £800
Fencing = £2000 (£24720)
Deferred Netting Cost = £4500 approx.

Chris Butters gave a fish update detailing the investment we have made this season.

COMMITTEE ELECTIONS
All nominations were happy to stay in role so unanimously voted and carried, with the exception of Paul Costello who stepped down – vacancy posted straight after the meeting.

PRESIDENT – MICK CLAYS

VICE PRESIDENT – PAUL RODEN

CHAIRMAN – BRIAN MESSHAM

VICE CHAIRMAN – JOHN BOOTH

SECRETARY – JONATHAN CARRINGTON

TREASURER – PAUL COSTELLO (stepped down at the meeting) vacancy to be posted out.

MEMBERSHIP CO-ORDINATOR – DAN COSTELLO

SAFETEY OFFICER – REBECCA COSTELLO

Work Party Coordinator – VACANCY (Head Bailiff Dave White will facilitate works with John Booth)

IT MANAGER / CLUB WELFARE OFFICER – MARK FINLEY

MATCH SECRETARY – SIMON WOODFINE / JAMES WOODFINE

COMMITTEE MEMBERS – DAVE STUBBS / DAVE BLACKWELL

BAILIFFS – Head Bailiff DAVE WHITE (Season Update)
MIKE POTTS B3
DAN COSTELLO B3
JOHN BOOTH – B3
CHRIS BUTTERS – D
NIGEL BALL
BRIAN MESSHAM
REBECCA COSTELLO

TRUSTEES – ANDY LENIHAN / NIGEL BALL / BRYAN PERKS
Suggested – 2 Open Members places – (Non-Voting – Just Listening)

AOB
Our thanks to Paul Costello for looking after the treasurer role last season – now an appointed committee member.

Discussions about Junior Members to be raised at future committee meetings

Replacement for Paul Costello to be advertised –

How do we increase match fishing attendances to make them viable.

We agreed to let waiting list applicants to join the club at the reduced rate of £50 for the remainder of the season to fill the vacant places.

Club Secretary
Jonathan Carrington