Kent Sportcast Results 8th January.

Conditions Wind 5 - 10mph, WNW, Dry - 18 Casters.

Conditions weren't at all favourable due to a cross court wind

through out the day as reflected in the distances achieved.

Well done to Dave Coad who continues to show age isn't a barrier!!!

We had 4 "newbies" come along who wanted to improve their

casting technique as an added aid for when they go fishing.

Of these Graham Cave reached a pb of 140m, as well as learning how to

manage a multiplier reel without having continual "birds nests and crack-offs".

Our next event is on Sunday 29th January.

All distances are in Metres

Personal Best = Red. Club Record = Orange.

No measure: Gary Allen, Paul Chapman, Paul Crowther, Carl Dale, Steve Mutton,

Derek Reagan, Dan Theobald, Arran Thundow, Colin Tyrrel & Sam Wolfenden.

Dear fellow anglers,

I had a short meeting today with Tony Hills, proprietor of Seagull Tackle at Greatstone, local councillor to Dungeness and committee member of Dungeness Angling Association.

Tony brought to my attention a new planning application by EDF Energy Nuclear Generation Ltd (basically Dungie nuclear power station). This planning application has disastrous implications for all of us who enjoy our winter fishing at Dungie.

In summary, they are requesting a closure of all public access during the daytime to the area bordering the EA road between the boats and just short of the boardwalk. Putting it simply, they want to close the point area for daytime fishing between October and April so that they can commence shingle redistribution....not for one year but until 2023!!!!!!!!

Not good for a number of reasons but mainly:

On one level we will be losing access to some of the best cod, whiting and dab fishing in the SE, but equally importantly, while this is not good news for us able bodied anglers who can manage the two hundred yard trudge across the shingle either side of the fence, the loss of this area which is adjacent to the EA access road means any less able or more aged anglers are no longer going to be able to drive close enough to be able to fish at Dungeness.

Potentially, we are about to lose access to one of the most historic and iconic cod fishing shore venues in the world.

DAA have started a paper petition, copies will be found throughout the SE tackle shops very shortly. However, objections and petitions need to be registered within 28 days of the 19th September, which as of now only gives us 2 weeks to register our objections.

I have set up an e-petition here: http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/18192

It takes less than 30 seconds to sign.

If you are a member of any other forums, web sites, social networks, please please copy this post to the other forums you use and ask your facebook/twitter/friends reunited contacts to sign this petition as well.

If we use the internet as it can be used, we can achieve massive numbers and have a real influence on the decisions to be soon made by Kent County Council.

We have 2 weeks to do this...starting now!

Or Please write stating your objection, quoting Planning application number: KCC/SH/0381/2011 to

Miss Angela Watts
Planning Application Group
First Floor Invicta House
County Hall
Maidstone
Kent
ME14 1xx

or e-mail her at planning.applications@Kent.gov.uk quoting the application number in the subject fields and Objection.

Letters MUST go in the post next week please. Writing is better than e-mail if you can, nothing beats a big stack of objection letters at a planning meeting.


Not quite 300 on-line sigs so far, but not bad in less than 24 hours. A few thousand would be better so please get friends and family involved and get those letters off.

Suggest cut and paste the following:
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Your name and address here

Date Here


Dear Miss Watts

RE: KCC/SH/0381/2011

I am writing to register my objection to the above planning application. I am one of the many thousands of people who enjoy the recreational use of the Dungeness Point area between the months of October and March. This area is unique in many ways and to lose access has many many negative implications.

Yours sincerely