Tuesday 13 October 2015

Speaker season line up

This years line up, usual venue, talks start 8ish


Oct 13th Lionel mills
Nov 10th Ian Wilson 
Dec 8th nev fickling
Jan 12th simon Blaydes 
Feb 9th John rose 
March 8th Brian Ingram

Venue
Kirklington Rd
Rainworth
Mansfield
Notts
NG21 0JR

ALL WELCOME

Thursday 20 November 2014

Rob Shallcroft at notts 9/12/14

Our next speaker night is on the 9th december, we've got Rob Shallcroft (Emma Hamilton) coming to do us a talk entitled " 50/50 River Pike & Zander " and it'll cover in two halfs river pikeing from the bank and river zander fishing from a boat. this is a talk not to be missed and one I'm looking forward to! They'll be the usual raffle and also do a guess the weight competition, talk starts at 8pm 


The Venue
Kirklington Rd
Rainworth
Mansfield
Notts
NG21 0JR

EVERYBODY WELCOME! So show your support lads.

Thursday 16 October 2014

Steve Hincks

Our next speaker night is on the 11th November, we've got Steve hincks coming down from the north west, anyone interested in lure fishing and big pike this is a talk not to be missed! They'll be the usual raffle and also do a guess the weight competition, talk starts at 8pm 

Mark green 14th October 2014

A big thanks to mark green for our first talk of the season on Yorkshire piking! 

Saturday 27 September 2014

Speakers


All the speakers for the season are sorted, Got some great speakers lined up, everybody welcome, and please show your support for some top lads here for giving their time up for notts

Oct 14th Mark green
Nov 11th Steve hincks 
Dec 9th Rob Shallcroft 
Jan 13th Barry Mcconnel 
Feb 10th Dick culpin
March 10th Tony "Pieater" Balfour 

The Venue
Kirklington Rd
Rainworth
Mansfield
Notts
NG21 0JR
 8pm start


Members £3
Non members £4


Thursday 18 September 2014

Convention 2014

Piking 2014 – September 27th, Ricoh Arena, Coventry.

 

  This year the Pike Anglers Club Annual Convention returns to the Midlands after a break of 2 years. The venue for the last 2 years has been Harrogate and, whilst that was fantastic for the more Northern Regions, was not ideal for many. The venue itself was fantastic and we knew we would have to do something special to top it. Well haven’t we just! We have committed to the fantastic Ricoh Arena for the convention for the next 2 years.  Hopefully this return to the Midlands will mean that attendances will rise due to it’s central location, right in the heart of the country and also it’s excellent motorway links. The Ricoh os within easy reach of the M6, M1, M69, M42, M40 and M5.  Details of the arean, which is situated right off Junction 3 of the M6 can be found here; http://www.ricoharena.com/

 

The PAC prides itself on having top draw speakers at it’s convention and this year is no exception. we have 3 very different speakers who will all entertain and educate at the same time.

Bob Roberts is a very well known face and is happy fishing for just about anything. He is probably best known for his barbel exploits and, although he won’t be talking about them, he will have DVD’s, books etc on his trade stand. Bob is also a very accomplished predator angler particularly with lures. His talk will feature some of his lure fishing from around the world.

 

 

 

Steve Younger is another angler that his fished for the exotic, the wierd and the wonderful. His talk will be focussing on an area that he has fished a lot, the Fens. expect to see lots of pike pics and plenty of zander too. Although, knowing Steve he will manage to slip in the odd alligator gar for good measure!

 

 

 

Our trio of speakers is made up by Andy Black. Andy is an angler who will certainly need no introduction to most pike anglers particularly those who read the Anglers Mail. Andy is keeping his cards very close to his chest at the moment and hasn’t yet confirmed the topic of his talk but you can bet it will be very informative and feature a whole host of ‘big girls’

 

 

 

Also at the Convention

As well as the speaker we will have the usual trade stalls, which this year we are hoping will be even bigger and better. We already have some first time attendees signed up and we will see the return of some familiar faces who did not attend last year.

 

 

 

 

 

The junior coaching will be ran by Eric Edwards and his team of  helpers again. This is not anly very instructional but more importantly it is fun! There will be the usual host of tackle prizes for all the youngsters competing so bring the kids along too. This year we are looking at the possibility of access to the Coventry canal so that the kids can actually do some fishing during the day.

On top of these will be the mega raffle with lots of prizes from tackle to holidays to be won.

There will also be the usual raft of PAC awards given out for those who have shone out in their service of the club. Pictured here are John Currie and Mickey Cox picking up their joint award for ‘pike Angler of the Year’ at the 2013 Convention. Other awards are the Regional Organiser of the Year, Presidents Shield, The James Holgate Pikelines Article of the Year nd the Junior Pikelines Article of the Year.

 

Making a weekend of it.

Why not treat yourself to a stay at the onsite DeVere Hotel?  The hotel facilities are first class in this 4 star hotel which features a whole range of leasure and gym options. Their is also the Singers bar and Lady G’s bar. The club rooms all feature  floor to ceiling windows, en-suite bathrooms, wifi enabled work desk, tea and coffee facilities, hair dryer, in room safe, digital television and air conditioning. With facilities like this, why not bring the wife or girlfriend? For the guys travelling down together twin rooms to the same standard are also available.As the hotel is onsite there is less runnning around which means more time in bed, or in the bar!