Well Done to everyone who turned up to the fundraiser on Sunday 3rd August at the Giant Axe, Lancaster. We raised a lot of money doing the teddy bola and selling sweets :D!!
Thanks to Everyone who turned up!
Until further notice NO NETS of any kind will be allowed at Horseshoe Lake!
There are clean landing nets available at the lake - DO NOT USE YOURS!!!
Thank you
During the 6 weeks holidays MAD will be holding some short notice lessons/ fish-ins.
Venues include Borwick & Littledale.
Horseshoe will also feature alot. We will be doing a working party, BBQ then fishing until dusk.
Who is interested?
Plus we have the National, the holiday, some fundraisers and the carp overnighters.
The river lesson is dependant on the weather!!
Here at Morecambe & District Junior Anglers we teach young people how to enjoy angling and how to look after the environment.
We have our own lake, HorseshoeLake at DockerPark Farm near Carnforth, which is strictly for members and their guests only!
We teach the country code, how identify and look after different species of fish. We have numerous bird and bat boxes at our lake and soon we will have lots of hedgehog houses. We have a variety of native trees, wild flowers and fruits which all help to encourage wildlife to make a home and thrive at our lake.
MAD strongly encourage families to visit our lake, we have made various provision including hot drinks facilities, a toilet and a picnic area.
MAD are a non-profit making voluntary group based in the North Lancashire/ South Lakes area and receive no government funding. We rely totally on donations to keep operating. If you would like to help us by becoming a volunteer or would like to make a donation please email the club at the above email address.
We have rescued various animals since we started the club. We have taken in a rehoused 2 ducks, 1 chicken and a hedgehog. We place food at the lake for our hedgehogs, we have put various bird and bat boxes on trees to encourage them to make a home there, we have log piles and wildflowers to encourage insects.
The next match is at Crooklands. It is the Crooklands Junior Open on the 27th of July.
Please put your name down to enter, dont just turn up. To put your name down you must contact Geoff at Carlsons of Kendal. 01539 724867
CAN ALL MEMBERS PARENTS PLEASE RETURN THE FORMS NOW!!!! PLEASE???
Hi everyone, just to let you all know that I am making contacts and arranging dates for fundraisers for the coming year. SO WATCH THIS SPACE. I WILL NEED YOUR HELP!!!!!!!!!!! Any ideas or suggestions then let me know. Julie Mcclements
Thank you to everybody who did the fundraiser at the West End Festival.
You did really well
Thanks once again!
The next fundraiser is the 26th of July, can you help??
Help is urgently required for the 26th of July for the Tutti Fruitti Festival, The Platform, MORECAMBE
Remember, if you want to go on the holiday, you need to get fundraising!!
Please contact Julie McClements or Ken urgently.
The toilet at the lake is now to have a lock fitted on the outside.
Anybody wishing to use the toilet should ring Jo to find out where the key is kept.
Remember - u use it - u empty it!!!! (Pete)
If you take anybody to Horseshoe Lake as a guest, please make sure you filled in their guest ticket & that you have filled in the return form and handed into a member of the committee.
You have to do this or your guest will NOT be covered by our insurance.
If you require another guest ticket please contact Jo or Diane and hand your guest ticket request form.
Remember to sign in and out, even if you or anybody else stays just 30 seconds - it is needed as part of our child protection.
Who went fishing to the lake and took some sandwhiches, a banana, doritos and a carton of Ribena or Vimto??
You left it on the path, Jo had to clear it away!!!!!!!!! (seriously not happy)
Please Can U Help?
We are going to do our famous teddy-bola again this year to raise funds.
If you (or know anybody) have any unwanted soft toys could you please donate them to us. For every one we get donated it raises 100% profit! For every one have to buy it raises just 40% profit.
Remember we need to raise £2000 to go on the holiday! (so how many teddies is that??)
Also we need to collect used ink and toner cartridges, stamps and mobiles with chargers.
You could get points of you collect lots for us.
Thank you to Michael, we got our first mobile to send off!
Are you fishing to National?
Contact Di for a form now but make sure you return it to Wakefield before the 28th of July.
Well done to everyone who fished the sponsored match.
The weather was against us but you all did your best and the officials at the club are very impressed!
Clare was the winner on the day.
A rundown of the match is printed on the lessons & matches page. Piccies are on the photo page.
Mad Forum
We now have a forum! A forum is a place where we can all talk about where we went fishing and what we caught on, we and also talk about the lake and any other fishing club related things.
REMEMBER TO REGISTER TO THE FORUM TO POST ANY COMMENTS!
The forum is regulated and moderated, so please do not post any rude comments. If you arrange any fishing trips please let a committee member know who will then check with your parents. Members who break any rules with the forum will be banned for an unspecified time!
NEW POSTS ON THE FORUM
Caption competition - are you good enough to win?
About Us
The club started in 2004 by Jo Brown, she teaches most of the lessons and has done pretty much all of the work, we have had several grants and we have our own lake stocked with roach, carp, bream, rudd and chub.
Thank you to
F C SCOTT Trust
for making the holiday possible!
A date has been set for the 2008 MAD Holiday.
We will be going to a lake near London from the 11th of August to the 15th of August.
Accommodation, washing & cooking facilities are provided.
Members are invited, but adults are needed for supervision.
There may yet be a rule that say "If you dont fundraise, you dont go" - but that will be discussed at a committee meeting.
So far people going are Jo, Liam, Pete, Sam Mc, James, Tom D & family, Robbie & family, (providing they do enough fundraising!)
Is your name down?
Fishing Venues
We fish at lots of different fisheries, we hold matches and lessons and we rarely blank! The club if full of Junior anglers of all ages and abilities and we all help each other out. If you have registered on our forum you can post your messages and topics and all of the details that we might like to know! If you still haven't registered the please do and click on the link above!
Some of the fisheries we visit are Borwick Fishery, Cleveley Bridge Fishery and Littledale. We are always willing to try new venues, do you know of a fishery? If you do, please suggest it to us with the contact details of the manager or owner.
