Update 17th April 2024

At all general meetings until further notice, we will be taking new members on, if you want to join a nice well looked after club with toilet facilities  and catch some nice specimen fish, please come along to one of our general meeting and join up, 1st Wednesday of every month.  Just download the attached join form above, print off, fill out and bring to a general meeting with two passport photos, all information below. 

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Membership renewals, Please take notice.

13th March & 20th of March 2024 are the last two dates for membership renewal fees, after 20th March it will be classed as new membership fee.

3rd April's 2024 general meeting, after this general meeting, we will be taking new memberships on only.

Thank you, Membership Secretary 

1st of April 2024, all renewal of memberships prior to 6TH April 2023 will have to fill out a membership form details and supply two passport photos, this is to update and have correct membership records. sorry for any inconvenience. 

November general meeting and AGM meeting NO new memberships will be taken.

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June 7th 2023 General meeting
The membership is still open for new memberships only. 
Membership runs from 1st April - 31st March, membership applications will be accepted at the end of the meeting, please fill out the application form prior, this will cut joining time down and two passport photos are required. THANK YOU

Membership

Membership of the Club shall be open to anyone interested in Coarse Angling upon application regardless of, sex, disability, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, religion or other beliefs.

However, limitation of membership according to available facilities is allowable on a non-discriminatory basis. 

The Club may have different classes of membership as the committee shall from time to time decide. 

At the date of the adoption of this constitution the classes of membership are: -

Senior Member.

Sixteen years old – state retirement age

Senior Citizen Member.

State retirement age. 

Junior Member.

Twelve - sixteen years old

 Carers permit

Members who wish to be accompanied by a non- fishing person may apply for an "Carers Permit" for that person. The carer may only be present on Jackson's pond when accompanied by the full member. The carer has no fishing rights and no vote or right to speak at club meetings. The carer must always have their membership card with them when on Jackson's pond. The full member is responsible for the conduct of the carer.

Membership will run from 1st April 31st March

Existing members must renew their membership at any of the three March joining meetings.  (There is no general meeting in March). These meetings will be on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Wednesday of the month at The Clubs headquarters, commencing at 20:00 hrs. Members must bring their existing membership card when re-joining. Members attempting to renew membership after the March meetings must re-pay the joining fee.

Payment can be made by cheque or cash only. 

Cheques payable to: - Reddish Angling Club

New members

• Reddish Angling Club reserves the right to decline any application for membership.
• No new memberships will be dealt with until the third Wednesday in March meetings.
• Thereafter, membership applications will be dealt with ONLY at the end of a general meeting commencing with the April meeting. 
• New members must fill in an application form. These forms are available on line at www.reddishanglingclub.com or on request from the members Secretary.
• The completed form must be proposed and seconded by existing members. 
• The proposing and seconding members are responsible for the conduct of the new member for the first year. In the event of misconduct on the part of the new member; the members who proposed and seconded that member may have their right to propose new members withdrawn.
• The signed application form must be accompanied by two current passport style photographs and presented to the members Secretary at the end of the general meeting.

New membership fees consist of the following;

Joining fee - Senior £30.00, Senior Citizen £15.00, Juniors £10

Yearly subscription fee – Senior £35.00, Senior Citizen £20.00,juniors £20

Gate key fees and deposit - £15.00 (£ 10 deposit, £5.00 cost)

Carers permit - £ 10.00

Details of the current fees can be found on our web site or on application from the members Secretary

Payment can be made by cheque or cash only.

Cheques payable to: - Reddish Angling Club.

No memberships will be dealt with before the general meeting commences. 

No memberships will be dealt with at an AGM or at an EAGM.

Please note.

Failure to comply with any of the above will result in the new member not being able to join at that time.

Joining Fees & Subscriptions shall be set by The Club on a non-discriminatory and fair basis.

The Club will keep subscriptions and joining fees at levels that will not pose a significant obstacle to people participating. 

These fees will be reviewed on a yearly basis and any proposed changes to the membership fees will be subject to a notice of motion from the committee at the AGM.

All membership cards and gate keys remain the property of The Club.

Details of membership fees can be found on The Clubs web site www.reddishanglingclub.com

Members records will be held on a secure computer and details will not be passed to any third party or used in way other than for the regulation of membership. Copies of the details held are available on request. (Data protection 2018 )

It shall be an obligation on the part of every member to observe the regulations and rules of The Club as laid down in The Club’s constitution and rule book. Members will conduct themselves in an orderly and considerate manner at all times. It should be remembered that as a representative of The Club your actions and deeds reflect The Club as a whole.

The Club operates a ZERO tolerance towards violent, threatening, aggressive, bullying, racial or sexual discriminating behaviour. 

Members of The Club whose conduct is inappropriate, or who decline to abide by the any of the rules, maybe expelled or suspended by a resolution passed at a meeting of the committee, where their entrance fee and subscription s maybe forfeited. 

Members shall have the right to appeal in person to the committee with regards to any decision affecting them, if notice of such appeal is submitted to the committee in writing, within seven days of notification of the decision. 

It shall also be an obligation on the part of every member to be in possession of a current Environmental Agency Non-Migratory Trout and Coarse Fishing Licence and to observe the conditions set out in the North West Region Rod Fishing Bye-laws.

The Environment Agency Bailiffs have access to our water and can check licences at any time.