FISHY TALES for February
Many of you would remember Gerald’s famous fishy tales – and many of you reading this would have featured in these tales. If anyone has any newsworthy tales or some interesting info you would like to share with members, just send me a message and it will go in next months’ fishy tales.
Saturday proved to be very challenging for some members both launching and retrieving their boats in the strong easterly winds, one boat ending up with a small dent. One member didn’t have their trailer hooked to the tow bar as they went to drive up the ramp after launching the boat – lucky someone was there to call it to their attention!!
It was nice to see the Swinden boat out on the water after many months in hibernation!
Well…….an update on the Swinden boat – Knot His – all did not go well for our President when his motor broke down and the tide was going out. He became well and truly stuck and had to do a ring around for help. The water was so low the only option for his rescuer was to take the kayak out with a small electric motor that hopefully would enable Knot His to get back in – eventually. It was a slow trip back to the jetty at around 9.00 p.m. before they all got back to dry land! The rescuer has been rescued himself a few times so knew the feeling well!
VENUS BAY ANGLING CLUB AGM
HELD SATURDAY JANUARY 6TH 2024.
ELECTION OF THE 2024 COMMITTEE
The secretary read out the nominations he had received for office bearers and ordinary committee members:
President – Tony Swinden
Vice President – Terry Shelly
Secretary – Barb Bryant
Treasurer – Tony Bryant
Ordinary Members – Rob Barlow, Kuno Brautigam, John Graham & Roslyn Shelly.
He then announced that as the number of nominations equalled the number of positions required, elections were not needed and declared that the committee for 2024 be as per the nominations. John Graham then handed over the reins of the Secretary to Barb Bryant after 11 years in the position. The committee and members would like to thank John for his dedication and hard work during this time.
Terry Shelly has agreed to help out as weigh master. He is happy for members to ring him if they have fish for the heaviest fish category outside comp weekends.
ANNUAL FISHING TROPHIES FOR 2023
Senior Club Aggregate – Phil Nebel – 3040 points.
Senior Club Aggregate Runner-up – Rory Bluett-Boyd 2090 points.
Senior Heaviest Fish – John Freeland – estuary perch 1.06kgs.
Junior Heaviest Fish – Lilly Mcintyre – Salmon 640 gms.
HEAVIEST GUMMY SHARK: None weighed in.
HEAVIEST ELEPHANT FISH: None weighed in.
When the official meeting closed a BBQ was held for those who attended. Thanks to the members for cooking the BBQ and all who helped with dishes and packing up the hall.
FISHY TALES –
Many of you would remember Gerald’s famous fishy tales – and many of you reading this would have featured in these tales. If anyone has any newsworthy tales or some interesting info you would like to share with members, just send me a message and it will go in next months’ fishy tales.
I did hear over the January holidays one member didn’t do too well in a blow up dinghy. Unfortunately he went overboard and had a very wet trip home and to make matters worse, he went home empty handed!
FARWELL TO A MUCH LOVED VENUS BAY COMMUNITY MEMBER
On Wednesday 26th May we were lucky enough to go to Doug Grigg’s farewell dinner held at the Men’s Shed. Doug was the Treasurer of the Venus Bay Angling Club for many years and an important and valued member of our club. He is re-locating to northern Victoria to be closer to family and to enjoy the warmer weather. From the accolades he received tonight he will obviously be missed by all the community. We wish you all the very best Doug.
EASTER EGG HUNT
2021
The annual easter egg hunt was back on this year. It was held at and around the club rooms this year due to COVID number restrictions at the VB community centre.
As usual it was a resounding success, with all having a great time!
VBAC AGM
HELD SATURDAY APRIL 3RD, 2021
ELECTION OF THE 2021 COMMITTEE
The secretary read out the nominations he had received for office bearers and ordinary committee members:
President – Kevin Field
Vice President – Tony Swinden
Secretary – John Graham
Treasurer – Tony Bryant
Ordinary Members – John Hutt, Lindsay Jowett, Winston Bevis and Doug Don.
He then announced that as the number of nominations equalled the number of positions required, elections were not needed and declared that the committee for 2021 be as per the nominations.
ANNUAL FISHING TROPHIES FOR 2020
Heaviest Elephant Fish – Steven Grech – Sponsored by Venus Bay Caravan Park.
Heaviest Gummy Shark – Paddy McIntyre – Sponsored by Alex Scott Real Estate
Senior Heaviest Fish – Tom Aulsebrook – Sponsored by PBE Real Estate
1000 Points Medal – Tom Aulsebrook – Sponsored by Venus Bay General Store
Unfortunately none of the winning members were at the meeting to accept presentation of them, they will be available for them to collect from the Club Shed when advised.
When the official meeting closed a BBQ was held for those who attended. Thanks to Terry Shelly for cooking the BBQ and all who helped with dishes and packing up the hall.
March (Labour Day Weekend) 2020
Bunnings Sausage Sizzle
On the Monday of the Labour Day weekend from 8am to 4pm, a small group of members manned personned (we need to be politically correct here!) the sausage sizzle at Wonthaggi Bunnings.
Many thanks to Tony and Ann Marie Swinden, Kevin Field, Tony and Barb Bryant and John and Olga Hutt for all your hard work!! A sucessful fundraising effort for our club!
We hope to do a few more of these through the year. We encourage all members to consider helping at these events, as funds raised benefit all members…………….
VENUS BAY ANGLING CLUB Inc.
SATURDAY 4TH JANUARY 2020
TROPHY WINNERS FOR 2019
Heaviest Elephant Fish – None weighed in
Senior Club Aggregate –Phil Nebel – Sponsored by Alex Scott Real Estate
Runner up Senior Club Aggregate – Tom Auselbrook – Sponsored by Venus Bay General Store
Senior Heaviest Fish – Tom Auselbrook – Sponsored by PBE Real Estate
Runner up Senior Heaviest Fish – Phil Nebel – by Venus Bay Caravan Park
1000 Points Medal –Tom Auselbrook – Sponsored by VBAC
OFFICERS AND ORDINARY COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR 2020:
The President Announced that formal elections were not needed this year and passed onto the Secretary to explain further.
The Secretary Read out the nominations he had received for office bearers and ordinary committee members:
President – Kevin Field
Vice President – Winston Bevis
Secretary – John Graham
Treasurer – Tony Bryant
Ordinary Members – John Hutt, Lindsay Jowett, Tony Swinden and Doug Don.
He then announced that as the number of nominations equaled the number of positions required, elections were not needed and declared that the committee for 2020 be as per the nominations.
VENUS BAY JETTY UPDATE
Work has finally started on the renovations of the Venus Bay jetty.
Here are some photos taken by Tony Swinden in April and May.
EASTER 2019
As with all comp weekends, the club held it’s usual BBQ on Saturday night. And as usual we held a raffle with Joe doing a great job selling the tickets for us – thanks Joe!!
We would like to thank everyone who attended, and to those members who donated prizes for the raffle.
We would like to say a very special “thank you” to club members Prem and Vianca Nath of ARMA Window Tinting, for their very generous donation of a car window tint voucher to the value of $495. This great prize was won by Phil and Lisa Russell.
The club also held the annual Easter Egg hunt at the community centre on Sunday morning. This was very well attended by members and the wider community. Many thanks to all who helped with all the work on the day.
AGM 2019
The AGM was held at the Venus Bay Community Centre on Saturday 5th January, 2019.
Tony Swinden handed over the reins of the presidency to Kevin Field. The committee and members would like to thank Tony for his dedication and hard work during his time in charge. The new committee structure looks like:
PRESIDENT: Kevin Field
VICE PRESIDENT: Winston Bevis
SECRETARY: John Graham
TREASURER: Tony Bryant
GENERAL COMMITTEE: John Hutt, Lindsay Jowett, Tony Swinden
Also, Christos Kostakos has agreed to help out as deputy weigh master. He is happy for members to drop in any day (at a reasonable time) if they have fish for the heaviest fish category outside comp weekends.
Another important part of the night was the presentation of trophies for the year of 2018. Results are as follows:
SENIOR CLUB AGGREGATE: Dale Walker
(Trophy sponsored by the McIntyre Family)
SENIOR CLUB AGGREGATE RUNNER UP: Phil Nebel
(Trophy sponsored by the Venus Bay General Store)
SENIOR HEAVIEST FISH: Dale Walker
(Trophy sponsored by PBE Real Estate)
SENIOR HEAVIEST FISH RUNNER UP: Andrew Godfrey
(sponsored by Venus Bay Caravan Park)
HEAVIEST GUMMY SHARK: No Gummy Sharks weighed in.
HEAVIEST ELEPHANT FISH: Joe Griscti
(Sponsored by Alex Scott Real Estate)
VBAC 1000 point medal: Andrew Godfrey
(Sponsored by VBAC)
VALE JOHN BLEZZARD
It is with sadness that we advise long-term serving member, past committee member and treasurer, John Blezzard, passed away at approx. 10pm on Tuesday night. He was in hospital with his two daughters by his side.
The funeral will be held on Tuesday 15th January at the Tarwin Lower Church Hall, commencing 12 noon.
John’s daughters invite his fellow club members and friends to come back to Gerald’s shed after the service to reflect on John’s passing. There will be food and drinks provided.
VENUS BAY JETTY UPGRADE
On Monday 17th September the president, Treasurer and Secretary of the club met with officers of the South Gippsland Shire Council and their consultant at the condemned Jetty to finalise the size and positioning of the new Fishing and Boating access Jetty. This will be in the form of a floating pontoon with an access ramp located from the concrete path which leads to the existing condemned Jetty.
The agreed size of the pontoon was 24 metres long (equally divided for boats and anglers) by 2.5 metres wide with hand rails along the side facing the near shore bank (sizes are subject to availability from the pontoon manufacturer).
Gippsland Ports have provided the Council with survey data of the water levels at various distances from the bank – at extreme low and high tides so as to position the pontoon where it will give the longest periods of water availability for boating and fishing activities with the tidal constraints we have there.
An application has been made for a grant for the project, which includes the adding of a buffer between the 2 sides of the boat launching ramp, which will prevent boats being blown into each other when strong winds gust unexpectedly.
The club has submitted a letter of support for the grant.
Applications for the necessary permits from various Government bodies for the demolition of the existing Jetty, installation of the new pontoon, attachment to the bank and modification to the ramp have been made by the council and their replies are being patiently awaited for so the work can begin.
We will keep you posted……………….
Easter 2018
As usual there was a four day competition for the Easter long weekend. Mostly favourable weather conditions meant a number of members (and non-members) were out there either in boats on the inlet or along the rivers and beaches dangling a line. Well done to all who participated!
Our annual Easter Egg Hunt was held at the Venus Bay Community Centre, and as usual there was a great turn-out. The children gathered in the centre for colouring in activities while the Easter Bunny visited outside. They were then let loose on the gardens outside the centre to hunt out the offerings left by the Easter Bunny. Always a lot of fun for all!!
Many thanks to the committee and general club members who gave up their own Easter Sunday morning to make this event possible again!
AGM 2018
The AGM was held at the Venus Bay Community Centre on Saturday 6th January, 2018. The turnout was disappointingly less this year – perhaps due to the extremely hot weather?! Despite this fact a good time was had by those who did attend.
Terry Shelly and Michelle Godfrey vacated their positions, however, only two members nominated for to take their places, therefore there was no election held. The new committee structure looks like:
PRESIDENT: Tony Swinden
VICE PRESIDENT: Winston Bevis
SECRETARY: John Graham
TREASURER: Tony Bryant
GENERAL COMMITTEE: John Hutt, Lindsay Jowett, Doug Don, Kevin Field, Peter Prysten
Another important part of the night was the presentation of trophies for the year of 2017. Results are as follows:
SENIOR CLUB AGGREGATE: Paul De Hamer
(Trophy sponsored by Venus Bay Caravan Park)
SENIOR CLUB AGGREGATE RUNNER UP: Joe Griscti
(Trophy sponsored by the McIntyre Family)
SENIOR HEAVIEST FISH: Andrew Godfrey – Silver Trevally weighing 1.90kgs
(Trophy sponsored by PBE Real Estate)
HEAVIEST GUMMY SHARK: Joe Griscti
(Trophy sponsored by PBE Real Estate)
HEAVIEST ELEPHANT FISH: No Elephant Fish weighed in
JUNIOR HEAVIEST FISH: Blake
(Sponsored by Alex Scott Real Estate)
VBAC CLUB MEMBER OF THE YEAR: Lesley Jowett (for making our bbqs better with her delicious rissoles each comp)
(Sponsored by IGA Tarwin Lower)
OCTOBER 2017
Not only is the warmer weather lovely, but it certainly means the appearance of our fisher folk again. It also means more come out to socialise. We had a great turn out for our Saturday night BBQ. As always thanks to the gents who cooked and thanks to all for the lovely dishes brought along to share. A great time was had by all!
SEPTEMBER 2017
Ben Griscti and partner Natalie welcomed a beautiful little girl into the world on Wednesday 13th September. Baby Isabella and parents happy and well. Grandpa Joe – over the moon!!! Congratulations to the Griscti family.
If anyone else has an announcement or news to share with fellow members, please email me at amgodfrey@aussymate.com
EASTER 2017
The Venus Bay Angling Club had a busy time throughout Easter this year. We had our usual 4 day fishing comp, ran a sausage sizzle on Saturday at the end of the Tour de Tarwin, had our BBQ on Saturday night and hosted our annual Easter Egg hunt on Sunday morning at the Venus Bay Community Centre. The committee heartily thank all who gave up their time to help with the running of these events!!
Here are some photos of the weekend’s activities…….
VBAC AGM JANUARY 7th, 2017
The AGM was held at the Venus Bay Community Centre on Saturday 7th January, 2017. There were approximately 60 people in attendance on this very warm night.
As the only nominations received were from the existing committee, there was no election held. Committee structure is now as follows:
PRESIDENT: Terry Shelly
VICE PRESIDENT: Tony Swinden
SECRETARY: John Graham
TREASURER: Tony Bryant
GENERAL COMMITTEE: John Hutt, Lindsay Jowett, Winston Bevis, Kevin Field, Michelle Godfrey
Another important part of the night was the presentation of trophies for the year of 2016. Results are as follows:
SENIOR CLUB AGGREGATE: Michael De Hamer with 6954 points
(Trophy sponsored by Venus Bay Caravan Park)
SENIOR CLUB AGGREGATE RUNNER UP: Paul De Hamer with 5840 points
(Trophy sponsored by the McIntyre Family)
SENIOR HEAVIEST FISH (DRAWN): Michael De Hamer with a Salmon and Lindsay Jowett with a Flathead, both weighing 2.120kgs
(Trophy sponsored by Venus Bay General Store)
HEAVIEST GUMMY SHARK: Paul De Hamer 8.890kgs
(Trophy sponsored by PBE Real Estate)
HEAVIEST ELEPHANT FISH: Thomas Grech 2.52kgs
(Trophy sponsored by Cargills Sports Store)
1000 POINTS MEDALLIONS: Michael De Hamer and Lindsay Jowett
(Sponsored by Venus Bay Angling Club)
The committee were delighted to present Ian and Anne McIntyre life membership as much-deserved thanks for services to the club over the past 15+ years.
Farewell to Maureen
On the Friday just before New Years’ eve, those who could gathered at “Gerald’s Shed” to say farewell to much-loved and long-time member, Maureen Batt.
Maureen has relocated to be with Elise, Paul and Chloe in Cockatoo. We wish Maureen and her family much love and happiness and hope that they will be able to still come to visit.
We will miss seeing you sitting at the outside table with a smoke and a can on Friday nights Maureen!!!
