The club struggled in the early 90's.
The committee worked hard, but people lost interest,
and the competitions and meetings were poorly attended.
In fact the winding up of the club was an option in 1994.



The following excerpt is from the presidents report year ending 1994


The club survived but there was little action until: 1998.
Doug Rozynski called for a meeting and formed a committee
to revive the club, and in doing so, steered us to where we are today.

There were some changes on the committee over the early years of the new committee.
Some members who had volunteered for office positions were unaware
of the commitment involved and did not have the time to do the work,
and were replaced by others who did.

Under Doug's leadership the club started to move forward and membership grew slowly.
Competitions started getting more entries, and social events were well attended.

Some funds were still in the bank from the old club, [around $5000] and
some these funds were used to purchase trophies and assist with
running costs for the new committee.

However a total of under $1000 was taken from this account,
and from that time on, the club has been able to stand alone
and raise funds, to the extent of being able to build "The Fisherman's Shed"
in 2007/2008, with club funds, council & government grants,
and fantastic donations of goods and services from members and supporters.

This facility in effect is valued at over $20,000.

At the annual general meeting in 2001 Stuart Shelton
replaced Doug Rozynski as president.

Doug accepted that his work was done, and he had been
successful in reforming the club, and it was Stuarts turn to take the club further.
Stuart began the task of building the club membership,
taking the club to a more social club where members mixed together regularly.
The club also started to be more actively involved in improving facilities
for members and visitors.

In 2005 the club decided to approach council, with the proposition of
building a fish cleaning facility on the jetty , next to the boat ramp.
Gerald Batt & Bob McCracken designed and built the fishing table in late 2005.

Gerald applied for a grant through the community grants program and
the club received $800 from council. Bob did the welding and fitting of this facility.
The cost of bringing water to the jetty was $800, and all material and
labour for the table itself, was provided by Bob & Gerald.
This facility was built for the use of all anglers, not just members of the club.

At the committee meeting of the Venus Bay Angling Club held on the 6th of June
2006, the committee passed a motion for the club president, Alick Purchase,
to explore the possibility of building a storage area / club rooms facility
on council land adjacent to the boat ramp.

While the club had been using the community centre for it's A.G.M,
and other social events, it was not a place where we could display our trophies,
and we still relied on David Walsh, [Rod Bendings shop],
as a competition station and membership enrolment. The club needed a "Home".

Gerald Batt returned to the committee in 2007 as Vice President,
[after a two year absence], and was appointed as Alick's assistant, to deal
with council matters, on getting the clubrooms up and running.

Gerald spent many hours through 2007, dealing with council
regarding the lease of land adjacent to the jetty, the planning permit,
the building permit, and the application for a council grant, to assist
in the building of the facility.

With success with all of these negotiations,
the concrete slab was poured in November, and the shed was
erected in December 2007, to lock up stage.

This had been the aim of the club since it's beginning in 1979.
While the "fisherman's shed" is not as grand as some previous committee's plans,
it is a great asset to the club, and to Venus Bay.

In December 2007, the club began stage 2 of this project.
This was the Fitting of a kitchen area, plaster lining of the walls,
tables & seating for our members & visitors, and shelving for our perpetual trophies.

The work completed on stage 2, would be valued at over $10,000,
and thanks to the generous donations of goods & services of our members,
and supporters of the club, this is now a$25,000 facility on the best site in
Venus Bay, and the club has no outstanding debts.

           
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