Ashton Keynes Angling Club

Website contents

• Information on Club Waters - Neighbridge Lake, Large Lake, Top Pit, Cokes Pit, Thamesmead 'A', 'B', & 'C' Lakes, Manorbrook Lake and Upper River Thames
• Location of Waters - Including a list of the Club waters, day ticket waters and opening times
• Permits - Full season - Half season - Fulltime students - Holiday permit - Day ticket - Where to purchase, or download an application form
• Parking at Keynes Country Park - Parking info for ALL anglers fishing Large Lake, Top Pit & Cokes Pit
• Rules
• Club Officials
• Match Section
• Photo Gallery
• Club Newsletter
• General Information - Committee meetings - Work party dates - Lost & Found
• Carp safety - Will all carp anglers fishing AKAC waters please read this section - thank you
• Anglers' Conservation Association (ACA) - Every angler should read this section, which includes email newsletter updates
• Links/Advertising - Links to fishing, weather (including local weather) fishing tackle shops, etc.

Notice board

15 March 2008 - Annual General Meeting
Members are reminded that the AGM will take place on Sunday, 30 March 2008. It will be held in the Ashton Keynes village hall and will start promptly at 10.15 am. The agenda will include:-

• Review of the subscriptions
• Acceptance of 2008-9 match fixture list
• Appointment of Club President, Officers & Committee members
• Appeal for bailiffs
• Recompense for bailiffs
• Ratification of age limits for senior citizen subs & matches

Don't forget to bring your club card, as all votes will be by a show of club cards only. No card = No vote.
Presentation of trophies will follow the AGM.

29 February 2008 - New unified body for angling?
Towards the end of 2007, the Anglers Conservation Association (ACA), the National Association of Fisheries and Angling Consultatives (NAFAC) and the National Federation of Anglers (NFA), with the National Federation of Sea Anglers (NFSA) expressing an interest, agreed to consider the setting up of a unified body for angling. This potential new organisation will represent the interests of ALL anglers and fishery managers in England. The major angling and fisheries organisations believe that, if they are to have the status and influence when dealing with Government, its agencies and other relevant bodies and achieve maximum impact at national and international levels, then they must unite into one single organisation.

The ACA [NB - AKAC is a member of the ACA] is currently looking into the proposal and is going through a consultative period with its members about the new organisation. To date the response from its members has been very supportive. An email update, dated 28 February 2008, from the ACA, giving further information, in particular, answering queries raised by the membership, can be read on this website by following this link.
[NB - if you wish to receive email updates direct from the ACA you may subscribe to their email service.]

20 January 2008 - Disruption to car parking at Keynes Country Park
For the next two weeks the Nature Reserve car park ( south of Waterland's ) is NOT available for use by AKAC members as some road work contractors will be using it. Provided that members display their AKAC car park sticker in their car windscreen, they are allowed to park in the Waterland's car park.

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