Norm Anderton , Dot Anderton, Albert Cumming, Ted Hansen,
Ray Mollison, Vi Mollison, Ernie Miall, Rose Miall,
Ken Taylor, Chris Taylor.
" Some of the founding members are now deceased.
It is their legacy that the club survives, and we enjoy the fruits of their work.
*Ken Taylor is a life member of the club, and Wally Diss declined life membership after being nominated.
Gerald Batt was awarded life membership in 2007.
A brief history of the club.
By Gerald Batt. [an original member in 1979 & a committee member in 2008]
In 1979 Venus Bay resident Ken Taylor made a survey of people
using the existing boat ramp at Fisherman's Jetty Road.
At this time there was a timber ramp, built alongside the jetty.
The ramp was old and slippery and dangerous.
Ken approached councilor Ted Hansen with a view to starting
a boat & angling club, and to instigate the building
of a new ramp at Venus Bay.
A public meeting was held at the Venus Bay Lifesaving club
in August 1979, and that was indeed the birth of the
"Venus Bay Boat & Angling Club".
The office bearers of the club when it was formed, came from the founding members.
1979
Ted Hansen.... President
Albert Cumming....Vice president
Ken Taylor....Secretary
Chris Taylor.... Treasurer
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