Over the past
several years, since the separation of the fishing
side of things from the affairs of the Sussex Branch
of Salmon and Trout Conservation UK with the
formation of Cinder Hill Fly Fishing back in 2015
and the closure of the fishing at Arlington
Reservoir in 2020, there have been no Branch
activities as such, all the events now being
organised and run by Cinder Hill Fly Fishing,
although Branch members do still help out at the Ardingly shows,
The Branch
Committee has dwindled and currently consists of
just four officers, who are now getting a little
long in the tooth and would like to take more of a
back seat, having been in post for a great many more
years than the Branch Constitution allows. Annually
at past AGM's we have not received any nominations
for new Officers or Committee and in view of the
fact that the Branch now has no events requiring
organizing, we have reached the regrettable
conclusion that the annual expense of maintaining
the Branch is no longer justified. There is no
income, the only outgoings being maintaining a
website and postage costs, which are eroding the
small amount of residual funds the Branch holds and
we have now come to the conclusion that this money
could be better utilised by our main national
organisation.
We have therefore
decided to dissolve the Branch, transferring any
remaining funds to Salmon & Trout Conservation UK.
Branch members have
been circulated via email and letter to this effect
and while we received several responses in agreement
with this decision, there were no objections or
volunteers to take on the running of the Branch.
As a result, the current S&TC UK
Sussex Branch website will be closed down with
effect from the 10th April 2022.
We trust that all
current members of Salmon & Trout Conservation will continue their membership to support the good work
they do in protecting our waters and the fish living
therein.
It is with much sadness that we report the passing of George Martin who
died
in hospital following a
very nasty fall in his
home.
George was a long time
member of the Syndicate,
serving on
the Committee
of the East Sussex
Branch of the Salmon &
Trout Association (now
Salmon & Trout
Conservation) for
several years taking on
the role of arranging
the work parties to maintain the
waters and he was a regular attendee at
subsequent sessions long after he had relinquished the organiser post.
He also always lent a hand erecting the
marquee and serving
on our stand at the South of England
Shows and Autumn Game
Fairs at Ardingly.
George was a proper countryman, gentle
in nature, always
having a ready smile and he liked to
share a joke or two.
He will be sorely missed and we extend
our sincere condolences to his family on their loss.
