CLUB RULES

1. NAME
NORTHAMPTON NENE ANGLING CLUB

2. OBJECTS
The preservation of all waters owned by or leased to the Club for the purpose of SPORT with rod and line only, to promote lectures and debates, competition and good fellowship. 

3. SUBSCRIPTIONS

That for all the club's waters the full Annual Subscription be £33.00, concessionaries (persons aged 65 or over, ladies and special tickets issued at the discretion of the committee) £14.00 and Juniors under the age of 17, £2.00. Subscriptions to be payable from the 1st June each year, and no person shall be considered a Member or be allowed to fish until his or her subscription has been paid. For the full and Concessionary Subscription a half price card will be available from 1st January of the following year.
 

4. DAY MEMBERS

That for Club Waters, other than those in the River Great Ouse, Earls Barton Mill, Weedon Road Lake and Swan Valley, day membership will be allowed at £4.00 Adult dawn to dusk, after 4:30pm evening tickets at £2.50. O.A.P/Ladies/Juniors £2.50 dawn to dusk £1.50 after 4:30pm.  "Peg Fee" for matches £3.00 per peg. That on written application permission may be granted for competitions of bona fide Angling Clubs on Club Waters. Application must be made before the 1st April of each year for the following season. Applications should be made to the booking secretary who shall have discretionary powers. Applications after that date will be at the discretion of the Booking Secretary.

5. MEMBERS CHILDREN
That Members' children under 12 years of age may be allowed to accompany their parents to fish, with the exception of Swan Valley where all children under fifteen years must be accompanied by an adult, but the number of rods shall not exceed one per person.

6.ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
That the Annual General Meeting of the Club be held in the April of each year and Notice thereof shall be published in local and Angling Newspapers at least 14 days prior thereto, unless notified individually to members.

7.OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE
That at the Annual General Meeting there shall be appointed a Management Committee consisting of a President, six vice-presidents and a maximum of nine ordinary members (five members of the management  committee to form a quorum) in whom the conduct of the affairs of the Club shall be solely vested by the Club. The meeting shall appoint two auditors. The Management Committee shall appoint a Treasurer, Secretary and Membership Secretary, there shall also be appointed a Match Secretary and a Bookings Secretary. No Member shall be eligible for a nomination for Committee unless he has been a Member for one year at least. A retiring President shall automatically become a Vice-President. The Committee shall have the power to co-opt non-voting members on to the Management Committee. The officers of the Club being, the President, Vice-Presidents, Secretary, Treasurer, Committee members or other ordinary Members so authorised by the Committee shall not incur any personal liability for any duties properly carried out on behalf of the Club. Any Officer so acting shall be entitled to be indemnified from the Club Assets.

8. TRUSTEES
The freehold property  and investments belonging to the Club shall be held by three Trustees who shall not be held personally liable for loss arising out of the proper performance of their duties. The Management Committee shall have the power to at any time or times to remove any Trustee or Trustees and nominate a new Trustee or Trustees to fill any vacancy in the number of Trustees howsoever occurring.

9. SPECIAL GENERAL MEETINGS
That a Special General Meeting may be called at any time by the Committee or upon the request in writing (stating the object) of twenty or more Members sent to the Secretary. Notice thereof to be given to the Members of the Club, expressing the object for which such a meeting is called, not less than twenty one days previously.

10. VOTES
Each Member shall be entitled to one vote.

11. NOTICE OF MOTION AND RESOLUTIONS
That these rules shall remain in force until altered at the Annual General Meeting. Notices of motion including those as to proposed alteration of the rules and nominations, must be forwarded to the  Secretary 21 clear days before the Annual General Meeting for inclusion in the agenda.

12. REMOVAL OF FISH
No fish to be removed from Club Waters. ANYONE FOUND TO BE SO DOING WILL RECEIVE A LIFE BAN FROM THE CLUB. All incidence of fish theft will be fully investigated and reported to the relevant authorities.

13. Conduct
The following are operational rules relevant to the waters held and conditions prevailing at the time of publication. The committee shall have the power amend these, to make additional regulations and to settle any relevant matters not provided for in these rules, provided that any such changes are submitted for endorsement at the following AGM.

Membership of the Club conveys no privilege of trespassing upon land adjoining the river, without the consent of the owners. There is no vehicular access whatsoever across fields adjoining our waters. Camping is not allowed and open fires are not permitted. Provided that the landowner does not have a specific ban, a dog may accompany an angler but must be on lead and under control at all times.

Reservation of swims is not permitted, neither is the leaving of bivouacs unattended. An angler may not stay more than 24 hours in the same swim. After this time he must leave or may move to another vacant swim on the water if one is available. All anglers must clear their swim of litter, before and after fishing. Members are requested to be discreet when answering the call of nature.

No bloodworm or joker is to be used except on the Grand Union Canal between Dodford (bridge 22) and Flore (bridge 27) from November to March inclusive. No beans or peanuts are to be used on club waters. No Sweet corn or Luncheon meat tins allowed.
Membership conveys no right to take a boat onto club waters, or to fish from a boat. Members may not carry firearms on club waters.
Members may use a maximum of 2 RODS at any one time.

On all Club Waters, no fishing shall be allowed within 30 metres either side of, or under electricity pylons or power lines.

Additional rules may apply to some Club waters, such as Meadow Lakes, and will be posted at fishery entrances.

Swan Valley
These Rules must be observed as an addition to the usual Club rules.
1) Members ONLY.
2) Children under the age of fifteen to be accompanied by an adult.
3) No night fishing.
4) No tents bivvies or other temporary structures with the exception of Umbrellas.
5) No Fires .
6) No Boats.
7) Membership conveys no right of access to the Island for any reason.
 8)No boilies nuts or beans.
9) No beds / bed chairs

14. FISHING DURING THE PERIOD MARCH 15TH TO JUNE 15TH INCLUSIVE
The following waters only will be open for the above period.
Meadow Lakes
The Northampton Arm
The Blue Lagoon
Swan Valley
Shelfeys Lake
The Grand Union Canal
All other waters will be closed.

15. CONDITIONS OF MEMBERSHIP
SERIOUS CRIMINAL OFFENCES AND CHILD PROTECTION
It is a condition of membership that these rules and the byelaws of the Environment Agency shall be observed. The Management Committee shall have power to exclude from Membership any person found to have broken any Rules of the Club or byelaws or rules of any parent body or Association to which the Club is affiliated. Membership cards must be carried at all times when fishing club's waters. if a member commits a serious offence or breaks a Club Rule and his card is already endorsed, the bailiff may withdraw the members card, issue a receipt and report to the Committee for action to be taken.
Any member who has been convicted of a serious criminal offence warranting a custodial sentence, may have his/her membership suspended by the management committee. A general meeting of the club shall have the power to cancel or set time limit on the suspension. The meeting shall also have the power to expel the offending member, whether or not a suspension has been imposed by the management committee. The club will adopt the Child Protection Policy of the NFA as or when published.

16. REPRESENTATIVE TEAMS
The representative teams fishing for the Club in the National and the County Cup shall be chosen using a points system based on the results of the Club matches during the previous Club year (1st June to 31st May). The points system used will be the same as that currently used to decide the Club Champion and Runners-up.

17. FINANCIAL YEAR
The clubs financial year shall run from 1st January to the 31st December in any one year.

18. SALE OF WATERS

That the sale of waters can only be done by consent of a two thirds majority at a General Meeting.

19.DISSOLUTION