1. The name of the club shall be "The Goring Fishing Club" and hereafter, shall be known as "The Club".
2. The annual subscription for membership shall be determined at the club’s Annual General Meeting and shall fall due on the first of May each year.
3. An Annual General Meeting (AGM) is to be held each year and it’s date is to be set and published by the Committee.
3.1. The Officers of the Club shall be: Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer & Membership Secretary and they must stand for election by the members present, with a year or more’s standing, at each AGM.
3.2. Two Officers, which are Match and Venues Secretaries likewise stand and are to be elected at the AGM along with the remaining Committee Members.
3.4. All elected officials shall hold office for one year. Should any Officer be unable to complete this period the Committee of the Club may elect another member to the vacant office. The Committee of the Club shall also have power to co-opt any person for a specific time or purpose.
3.5. AGM Proposals are to be submitted in writing to the Committee before the last Committee Meeting prior to AGM’s published date. Proposals are to be proposed and seconded by a current member of the Club.
4. The Club Committee have the power to accept or reject Membership Applications as they think fit. They have the power to terminate any club membership stating the period of termination and in doing so inform that member in writing, by text or email.
5. The Venue is a Membership Only fishery and general day tickets will not be issued to the public. A non-member may be permitted to fish the Venue but only at the discretion of the full Committee and adherence to rule 6.
6. All Anglers must obtain an Environmental Agency rod licence prior to fishing the Venue. That, together with the Clubs Permit or Committee Authorisation, must be available for view, on demand, when fishing the Venue.
7. Night fishing is allowed for all Club members with the express exception of the Gatehampton pegs 78 to 86 where Night fishing is NOT PERMITTED.
13.6.2. All members have the right to challenge Anglers on the Venue and ask them to produce valid credentials to fish.
13.7. The Match Secretary shall be responsible for all match competitions; their organisation, setting match dates, the running of each match, arranging trophies and associated correspondence.
13.7.1. The Match Secretary will record all match weights & results and report final places at each AGM.
13.7.2. Any money collected, during the running of matches, is to be handed to the Club’s Treasurer.
14. CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP This competition is available to all Members to fish.
14.1. Prize money will be awarded for members that take 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places at each Club Championship Match. That prize money will be accrued throughout the annual season for each member and match fished.
14.2 The value of Club championship prize money for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places will be determined by the Committee, approved at the AGM and must be set at a total value that the Goring Fishing Club earnings can sustain. That total Competition prize money is to be limited and to be no more than 50% of the Club’s AGM approved Operational Budget in any one year.
14.3. The accrued prize money is only to be paid at the AGM and only those winners in attendance. Unclaimed prize money at the end of the AGM will be returned to the Club’s funds.
15. MATCH FISHING RULES The maximum number of Club Championship matches may not exceed twenty in any one season. The Christmas match is excluded from the Club Championship
competition but included in total match count for the season.
15.1. The Draw is to take place 45 minutes before the start of match. Those arriving late will report to the Organiser to draw or be allocated a peg number to fish.
15.2. Drawn Pegs must be fished, unless the Match Organiser has granted permission for the angler to move prior to the Match starting. Those failing to obey this rule will not be weighed in.
15.3. The plumbing of depth, position of keepnet and bank sticks and taking of water to make ground bait will be allowed prior to the Match starting.
15.4. Competitors leaving their Peg must remove bait from hooks and all tackle except keepnets, from the water. Anyone not doing so is liable for disqualification.
15.5. All fish in season except Crustaceans & Pike, and dead fish will be weighed in. The exception for Pike is a Pike Match that is decided on weight.
15.6. One rod & single hook and line is to be used at any one time, other rods may be set up. In a Pike Match, two rods may be used.
15.7. No live baiting on Club waters. Dead bait & artificial lures to be used at Pike Matches.
15.8. Wading up to knee deep is allowed.
15.9. Anglers must remove litter from the peg before weighing in.
Anglers must obey these Rules and any Club Notices displayed at the Venue or on the Clubs’ Website.