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AUGUST 2020 NEWSLETTER
Presidents Report
Welcome
The days are getting longer, and daylight savings isn’t far away. It’s great news for us
as the new season approaches. Covid doesn’t seem to be going away any time soon,              PLATINUM
and managing with the disease in New Zealand (including health and economic issues)
has become the new norm. It seems likely that Level 2 will be commonplace over the
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next few months. We are well positioned to run our competitions under Level 2, noting
we were one of the first, if not the first club, to run a competition following lockdown.
NPSUC Prizegiving Saturday 26th September 1920’s theme
Our Annual Prizegiving is happening on Saturday 26th September from 6.30pm. On that
night the entire clubrooms are used by the Prizegiving, and tickets are available for pur-
chase from the Bar up until Sunday 20th September. We will be running under Covid
Level 2 or 1. Under Level 2 tickets are restricted to 90 attendees – first in first served.
Adult tickets $30 and Children 12 and under $15. The night is a celebration of the year
and you are welcome to purchase tickets, even if you don’t think you might have won an
award. Tickets include food, entertainment and the Presidents Shout. We have a great
live band for the night, plus cocktails in theme for the era.
NPSUC AGM 23rd September
Our AGM is happening at 7.30pm Wednesday 23rd September. The closing date for
Remit’s has now passed (14 days prior), with only one Remit received by the Secretary
– one from the Treasurer to keep the membership fees the same for next year.
Nomination for Committee is open until 7 days prior to the AGM, so must be received by
Wednesday 16th September – if you are possibly interested in becoming a committee
member but aren’t quite sure on what is involved, feel free to contact me by email or
phone.
We encourage all members in the club to come along – there are various presenta-
tions / reports on the night amongst the Agenda – including presentations from the
President, Treasurer, and the like, followed by a Presidents Shout.
Behaviour
A reminder that being a member at our club requires reasonable behaviour at all times –
this includes behaviour toward other members, staff and visitors. This applies every-
where – including our clubrooms, at sea, the boat ramp, and online.
Club kitchen – new menu and opening during daytime
Mandy, our kitchen manager, has released a new Spring menu with a few changes suit-
ed to the warmer season. We are planning for the kitchen opening during the weekends
(Brunch etc) - that will start on 3rd October for the summer period, with exact times to be
confirmed – noting that the kitchen will likely close after Brunch and re-open at 5pm lat-
er in the day. We will be offering barista made coffees, cold (non-alcoholic) drinks, as
well as cabinet food in addition to choices from the menu. An exciting development, but
also something being done in a cautious manner, specifically around opening hours etc.
Sponsors Night
We held the annual sponsors night on 28th August, with the 2020/21 Fishgrid sold to the
sponsors from the past season. The night went well, and this year we included a sit-
down meal with a short presentation. The new sponsors grid is now available on the
website (https://www.npsuc.co.nz/uploads/202021%20Season%20Fish_grid.pdf) and
ready for use in our season’s competitions. We’ve already had a number of sponsors
renew their support for the upcoming season, which is great to see.

Member points
A reminder that member points at the bar are reset soon, meaning any unused points            GOLD
from 1 November are lost. Feel free to use them up before that date.
Strategic planning
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The draft strategic plan has progressed – recently a survey was issued by email to
members. Feedback for the survey closes on 20th September. We are also going to
have some targeted interactive sessions.
Once feedback is received, the strategic plan will be completed, including specific ac-
tions and a Financial plan.
Roof
The roof repairs are now complete – a big thanks to Central Roofing for completing the
work. It’s a timely reminder of the scale of costs that we face from time to time with a
facility as large as ours – the repairs cost approximately $13,000 and are Repairs and
Maintenance to come out of our annual expenses. It’s great that our clubrooms are
again leak free.
Replacements – Lighting and TVs
A number of our light fittings in the kitchen and bar have been replaced. We are contin-
uing to undertake progressive lighting upgrades around the outside of the building to
improve safety and security.
We are in the process of replacing the TV by the Black Marlin – it stopped operating
properly. If not replaced by the time you read this, it will be soon after – we have up-
sized from a 55” to a 65” TV. That leaves only one TV that hasn’t been replaced in the
last couple of years.
Membership database
We are in the process of implementing a new membership database. This is an online
platform and we will be having our upcoming season membership renewals run
through this system, which means a much more streamlined process for entering your
membership details and making payment. We expect the first season’s sign up to be a
touch more involved than it will be in subsequent years, as people have to enter their
details for the first time – but subsequent seasons will see a renewal request issued,
making the process much faster, easier and accurate for all. This change also means
we can move away from annual membership cards – we will be issuing a simple mem-
bership card. Within the system we also have an option for digital membership cards –
something we will have a closer look at after we have the system up and running. We
will still have the option for people to sign up or renew membership at the bar, ensuring
that people who don’t have a computer can sign up. We will send out more information
after the AGM.
Events and Promotions Manager
We have a new Events and Promotions Manager, Natasha McGlinchey. Natasha re-
places Jemma Ryan, who left us to take up full time study. Natasha started with us this
week and is currently being introduced to the club systems and procedures. As she
finds her feet in the new role, we are going to progress an increased level of promo-
tion/marketing of the club – to members, sponsors and events/functions (both our own
and venue hire). Welcome on board Natasha.
That’s all for now – look forward to seeing you down the club - tight lines.
Regards
Ian Steele
0276 881 441

New Zealand Sportfishing Council (NZSFC)
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Our National peak body, NZSFC, holds it’s AGM at the Bay of Islands Sportfishing             SPONSORS
Club on 18/19 September. Peter (Sauce) Saunders, Lee Drummond and Ian Steele
(NZSFC Vice President) are attending and representing NPSUC. Topical issues this
year are related to Covid, and support for Clubs – including a discussion on member
benefits and NZSFC affiliation fees – whether to put affiliation fees up, down or stay
the same. There are no proposed changes to NZSFC angling rules or NZSFC Na-
tionals rules.

The NPSUC committee reviewed all remits for the NZSFC AGM in at the August
Committee meeting, and have recorded planned direction for those remits – largely
staying a sensible course for all remits including voting for no notable change in affili-
ation fees.

Our Club has sent a proposal to NZSFC to host the 2022 AGM at our clubrooms – if
successful, will mean that club delegates come from the affiliated 54 member clubs
around the country to participate in the 2022 NZSFC AGM. We will find out at this
years NZSFC AGM (next week) how our proposal has fared.

Regards
NZSFC Club Delegates – Sauce, Lee and Ian

Fishing update
Winter fishing has been pretty typical – lots of spikeys, ‘couda, and strong winds. For
those that do get out the snapper seem to be down south, and not alot off town.
Spring fishing is coming up fast and we are all looking forward to some fat snapper.

Energy Sector Competition – 21st November
This year, and with the blessing of existing Energy Sector Competition sponsors, the
club is also sponsoring this event. Due to the effect of Covid in the Energy industry
this year the sponsorship is down a bit in the competition, and the Club’s sponsorship
means that Club members can enter this year’s competition. Entry forms are at the
clubrooms. Entries ($50) close soon (5th October), so if you are keen make sure you
get moving. Early birds close 21st September.

Snapper Bonanza 2020 - longest snapper

Monthly winner of $50 Club voucher – Laurie Taylor

Reminder:
 Open to all NPSUC 2019/2020 & 2020/2021 FULL Financial Members (must be
   paid up for both years)(not Associate)
 Entry Fee $20.00 per angler – paid at the bar - you are entered when you have
   received your angler number (after you have paid)
 Started 5pm Friday 3rd July 2020 to 5pm Sunday 20th December 2020.
 Please note: Entries accepted until Friday 5.00PM 2nd October 2020, you
   must have entered BEFORE you leave the harbour.
 Boat Entries only (minimum of 2 Anglers)
 Must have your angler/entry number in the photo.
       Fish photos sent to npsucmarketing@xtra.co.nz
 Official length boards only
 Must arrive and depart from Port Taranaki
 Boats that have registered to this bonanza can add anglers up to 2nd October
   but must be paid up prior to leaving the Harbour. Once entered you can fish on
   any one of the registered boats.
 Monthly prize for the longest Snapper (A $50 NPSUC Bar Voucher will be pre-
   sented to the Longest Snapper for each of the 6 months fished)
 Full set of rules available at the BAR when you enter.

BRONZE
Mico Competition 2021
If there are any club skippers that are interested in taking some plumbers out in the
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2021 Competition to be held on 5th Feb 2021, please contact Dan Johanson at Mico
(daniel.johanson@mico.nz). It’s a great comp and club skippers are well looked after
by their crew.

Season 2020/2021
The dates for the upcoming season have been set. Refer to posters around the club
and also on the club website (https://www.npsuc.co.nz/uploads/Comp%20dates%
202020-2021.pdf). It seems that the ITU Triatholon is on the same weekend sched-
uled for the Take a Kid Fishing day, so we are likely to move that date.

Top Boat Competitions 2020/21
There are no changes to the basis of the Top Boat points part of the 2020/21 Top
Boat competitions (Snapper, Tarakihi, Gurnard, Snapper and Blue Cod) – its still 3
fish of each species for each comp, with a maximum of 4 fish each species (20 total)
across the 4 competitions. Rules available here (https://www.npsuc.co.nz/uploads/
Top%20Boat%20Rules%202020-2021%20Season.pdf). A tweak has been made to
the Top 10 – it will now be the Top 9, with Crayfish still able to be weighed for a po-
tential prize after the Brass Monkey, but wont form part of the Top 10.
There won’t be a separate length category for Kahawai. While the Club is keen to
support length-based options, last year Kahawai were simply measured as well as
weighed, and not adding any conservation benefit and that the weigh station took
longer to process.
We are continuing the early bird draw for those that enter all 4 competitions prior to
the Memorial being fished. For the boats that enter as early birds, there is the added
benefit of only signing one disclaimer for all 4 comps (skippers still need to attend
briefings and sign the attendance register). Crew can be added or removed between
comps, as normal. Skippers that don’t enter their boat as an early bird must sign a
disclaimer for each of the 4 competitions.

Health and Safety Plan
Our Health and Safety plan has been reviewed for the upcoming season, and a copy
is available on this link (https://www.npsuc.co.nz/uploads/NPSUC%20Health%20%
20Safety%20Plan%201.10.2020.pdf).
Regards
Fishing Sub-Committee