1/. Competitions shall be held at reasonable
intervals, throughout the year. The Secretary shall post a Notice of
Competitions, giving full details of those Competitions upon the Notice board
at the clubhouse of the Cardiff Bay Yacht Club, as soon as possible following
the Annual General Meeting of the Angling Section. Generally, within two weeks
of the A.G.M., shall be deemed sufficient time for that Notice to be posted.
2/. Any
competition taking place after the 1st of January and before the
first competition detailed in the 'Notice of Competitions', shall be classed as
acceptable for inclusion in the calendar of competitions. The winner of such
competitions shall be qualified to win any of the Special Awards for that year.
3/. Entry to competitions by fully paid-up members of
the Angling Section shall be by right, BUT, non-members, including Visitors,
may also enter the Competitions, upon payment of an entry fee of £3.00 per
Competition. Such entry fee together for registration of participation, to be
paid to the skipper of the boat concerned, PRIOR TO that competitor sailing out
to take part in that particular Competition.
4/. Provision is not made for the participation of
Non-members of the Angling Section, in Special Competitions organized for the
benefit of Angling Section Members only.
5/. Visitors
may only fish a Competition from an existing member’s boat.
6/.
REGISTRATION . All members and
Visitors entering any C.B.Y.C.
Angling Section Competitions are required to “REGISTER” their Intention
to Compete, on the Registration Form which will be posted on the Section Notice
Board, prior to each Competition. All persons on each boat, Visitors included,
must be registered, whether fishing or not. Members, or Visitors failing to
Register, prior to any Competition will render themselves ineligible to
weigh-in their catches.
SECTION-RUN FISHING
POOL. When a Section-run Fishing
Pool is in operation for any given Competition, should any
Member or Visitor, on any vessel wish to enter the Pool, then ALL Persons
aboard that vessel must also enter the Fishing Pool.
NUMBER OF COMPETITIORS
A Competition shall be deemed to have taken place,
provided any TWO registered members of the Angling Section have participated.
CANCELLATION .
Only Two Boat Owning Committee Members of the
Angling Section Committee shall have Final Discretion, with regard to the
weather conditions prevailing on that day, whether or not, to cancel a
Competition.
In the event of a Competition being cancelled, if
possible, the above mentioned Committee Members shall be responsible for
hoisting a “Black Ball” on the security camera mast, at the top of the main
slipway, on the morning of the proposed Competition
To find out if a Competition has been cancelled, you can Telephone
either of the two committee Members below, on the evening before the Comp.
between 1900 and 2230hrs.
John Gittins 029 2088 2935 ,
or, Keith Jenkins 029 2030 9343
NB. Should you
forget to phone and turn up at the club on the morning of the Competition, to
find that the Registration form has been removed, you can assume that the Comp.
has been cancelled.
DURATION OF COMPETITIONS
The duration of Angling Section Competitions shall be
as follows: -
All boats participating in C.B.Y.C Angling
Competitions shall be required to remain within the confines of
Please, Do Not Lock-0ut
before the Competition Start Time.
The times relative to the duration of Angling
Competitions, i.e. Start Fishing & Weigh-in, shall be set by the
Competition Secretary of the Angling
Section, provided that prior notice of those times has been posted in
accordance with Rule 18. (1/.)
22. ROD RULES
1/. A Competitor shall use NO MORE THAN TWO RODS and
the paternoster, ledger or other terminal tackle attached thereto, shall not
have more than THREE hooks. A treble hook shall count as three hooks.
2/. A
Competitor may have a Reserve Rod assembled with reel attached, BUT,
WITH NO paternoster, ledger or other terminal tackle attached thereto.
3/. Any Visiting Angler being carried upon any
C.B.Y.C. boat during the course of any C.B.Y.C. Angling Section Competition
shall be required to comply with Rule 22, in that any such Visiting Angler
shall use NO MORE THAN TWO RODS, in compliance with C.B.Y.C. Rules. It shall be
the responsibility of the owner of the boat and or any other C.B.Y.C. Angling
Section Member on board that vessel, to ensure that any Visiting Angler
complies with this rule.
LIMITATION OF AREA TO BE FISHED
Competitors shall
be confined to fish in a particular area during a Competition.
The restricted area is as follows:-
From: Witches Point to West Nash Buoy: then to West
Culver Buoy, then due south, to the Somerset coast and any area to the east
of that line.
There is a chart showing this area on the Section
Notice Board.
WEIGHING-IN
Unless competitors are otherwise notified, the
Weighing-in Point for all competitions shall be situated within the Club
Grounds of the Cardiff Bay Yacht Club at the time specified in the published
details of competitions.
All Competition fish must be landed by boat on the
C.B.Y.C. pontoon, or transferred to a boat moored at C.B.Y.C.
All fish weighed in for normal Competitions, will be
evaluated by using the percentage method, whereby fish are compared by their
relative percentage of the current W.F.S.A. record weight.
WINNER
The winner of a competition shall be the competitor
landing the HIGHEST PERCENTAGE FISH caught during a particular competition.
Each C.B.Y.C. Angling Section competition shall, in
addition to the Monthly Trophy / Prize Award, become subject to a POINTS
SYSTEM, with a view to Annual Awards being made to the Ten Top Scoring Members.
Points will be awarded in relation to the Ten Highest
Percentage Fish weighed in by each individual Member taking part in the
competition, as follows: -
From 10 Points for the Highest Percentage fish,
progressing down to One Point for the Lowest Percentage Fish.
Best Boat Points to be awarded as follows:_
Boat on which 1st
prize fish caught……..3 Points.
Boat on which 2nd
prize fish caught…….2 Points.
Boat on which 3rd
prize fish caught…....1 Point.
At times, a competition will be run for Total Boat Catch. The total
weight of fish caught and 'weighed-in’ will be divided by the number of persons
fishing from that boat, thus giving the 'Boat Weight Per Person'. Heaviest
average weight per person will decide the winning boat.
26.UNDERSIZE FISH.
Any competitor
bringing to the weighing scales, an undersize fish, as in the schedule of
minimum weights defined by the CBYC Angling Section. [Posted on the section
notice board], shall be liable to a fine of £1.00 and pay for a round of
drinks in the clubhouse
PROTESTS.
In the event of a protest, the protestor shall:
1/. Advise an Officer of the Angling Section within three hours of the
conclusion of the competition in question.
2/. Submit details of the protest IN WRITING, together with a Protest
Fee of £1.00 to the Secretary of the Angling Section, before the next Committee
Meeting of the Angling Section, following the incident giving rise to the
protest.
3/. The Secretary shall form a Protest Committee,
which shall include a Flag Officer of the Cardiff Bay Yacht Club to formally
hear and determine the validity of the protest and report their findings to the
Management Committee of the Cardiff Bay Yacht Club for such disciplinary action
as the Committee may deem necessary.
DISQUALIFICATION
Any member, who fails to comply with any of these rules, shall be
disqualified.
[Subject to the offence firstly being investigated by the Section
Committee]
AMENDMENT OF PUBLISHED DATES OF
COMPETITIONS
The published details of
competitions to take place throughout the year shall be subject to amendment in
relation to the following Special Events:-
1/.
4/. Fishing Competition -- "Away in
Company".
ONLY the Species of fish below
will be eligible for Weighing-in with their minimum weights.
Species Minimum
weight
Bass 4lbs
Bull Huss 8lbs
Cod 4lbs
Conger 20lbs
Haddock 1lb
Ling 4lbs
Monkfish 40lbs
Pollack 4lbs
Pouting 1lb
Whiting 2lbs
Thornback 10lbs
Blonde
Ray 10lbs
Small-eyed 10lbs
Turbot
4lb