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The President's Report August 09
PRESIDENT'S REPORT - 65th AGM
I am very pleased to report to you all that the club has had another
pleasing year given the current economic climate. The weather had its say
once again, with note during the One Base. Despite this, a good time was
had by all who attended. The official club tally of Striped Marlin this
season stands at 245 with 126 of these tagged compared to a total of 136
the previous year. So all in all, a relatively good year for the club. The
WDSAC teams in the Nationals Contest again performed with distinction, and
it's pleasing to see the number of members making the effort to fish this
prestigious event. Our junior team took junior honors and 9th overall at
the 40th anniversary BOI International yellowtail competition this year,
going three from three fish on the final day to come from behind to beat
the reigning champs from the Whakatane Sportfishing club by a narrow
margin. Well done to Sam Purdie, Lewis Dobbs, Corey Bellamy and Josh
Armstrong. Who ably represented the club and showed great aptitude with
both rod & reel.
The Club once again finds itself in a secure financial position, which is
pleasing considering the completion of the new toilet & office upgrade,
increases in tournament expenditure, the new bar auditing system, and
increases in wages and salaries to name a few. I'm sure our Treasurer will
enlighten us in regard to these later. This leaves the club with a net
cash surplus of $84,072 with a net operating profit of $33,581 down on
last year but still a reasonable result all things considered.
Once again the WDSAC sponsors have been superb in there continued support
for our club. It goes without saying to keep these valued contributor's to
our club in mind members, when out there purchasing. I'm also pleased to
report the club has secured significantly more sponsorship this year than
last, which is a credit to the Funding & Sponsorship Committee. Although
not shown until next year's report it was pleasing to see virtually the
same Grid Map revenue at our recent auction, and growing interest for
sponsorship in this year's Tournament schedule. The WDSAC is also pleased
to announce it will host a National ITM Fishing contest in the first week
of March this coming season. A huge boost for club and community as a
whole. Thanks to Shane Heape and all at ITM for this great opportunity to
showcase our Club, community & coastline. Whilst this event is hosted by
the club it has been agreed to remove our Trades & Contractors Tournament
from this year's tournament schedule.
It would be remiss of me to not acknowledge our staff at this point. To
Sue and the team in the office, thank you for your continued assistance
and diligence To Janet, Tru, Pat & Dianne, It's been a huge year, with
many changes to procedures and protocol for the betterment of the club.
It's been a challenge for us throughout this year, and we still have
plenty to do. But I'm sure with your continued application and support, we
can achieve something well worthy of the effort for the club and its
members. To Mary and her little helper Max. Thanks for continually
dragging yourselves out of bed and cleaning up after us while we sleep off
the night's indulgence. To Pauline and Vicki for their help with the
juniors. To all of you I've missed, and to those of you who attended our
working bee's, did firewood, erected the tent and the many other chores
that go with making our club what it is, Thank you. And although not club
staff, John & Julie & all at Moocha's, thank you for your continued
contribution to the club. And it's with pleasure I can announce to the
members, that the committee has renewed Moocha's Bistro contract for a
further 2 years. Keep up the good work & thank you.
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