Cranborne Primary School – Teach-in at Shepherds Way

Many thanks to Ron Karasavvas and Richard Drury who were both on hand to lead a teach-in for students from Cranborne Primary school at Shepherds Way on Friday 12th and 19th September. Under the expert tutelage of Ron Karasavvas and Richard Drury along with special thanks to all of our other anglers who were on hand to assist with children. All of the children had a great time and I am pleased to say that they caught plenty of fish. Who knows, a future BADAC fishing champion maybe amongst the happy attendees?

Novelty Charity Match – Sunday 13 July

BADAC, Isabel Hospice and myself would like to thank all the anglers, helpers and external donors for making the charity fishing match held on Sunday 13th July such a great success.

I can confirm that the total raised for this worthy charity amounted to £3,641 for which donation they were most grateful. A big thank you goes out to all the sponsors for the day:

Macaroni Restaurant

Angling Direct

Cock of the North

Dutch Nursery

Essendon Golf Club

Furzefield Inspire Leisure Centre

Oakwood Angling

Potters Bar Angling

Tesco’s – Potters Bar

The individual fishing results and the guesses for the total weight of fish caught on the day can be found on the BADAC website https://badac.co.uk/https-badac-co-uk-fixtures-2022-2023/match-results-2025-2026/match-results-july/

We hope that you all enjoyed the day.

Many thanks to all.

Ron Karasavvas

Event Organiser

Don Robins

Don Robins,

We received a letter today telling us about the passing of Don Robins who reached the grand age of 105, Don was one of the original members of Barnet D A C which was formed in 1933 , Don’s funeral will take place at New Southgate Crematorium on this Thursday the 27th March 2025 at 2pm, followed by a wake at The Black Horse, 92 Wood Street, Barnet EN5 4BW , unfortunately Dave & i can’t make Don’s funeral due to other commitments, if there’s anyone else in the club who can make it would be appreciated by Don’s family.

Dave & Christine Ruddle

Denis Revell

Sadly Denis Revell passed away last night, Tuesday 18th March 2025, Denis was a long time committee member, past president and former Trustee of Barnet D A C, funeral details will follow.

Barnet D A C Committee

John Barcock

Sadly, we have to inform you of the passing of John Barcock on Wednesday 05th March 2025 after a long illness, John was a very active member of Barnet D A C, he was a committee member, bailiff at Shepherds Way, also Fishery officer there, John did an awful amount of work in keeping Shepherds Way in a very good condition when he lived in Borehamwood, John was a very active member of the match group.

Funeral Details

Mintylyn Crematorium

Lynn Road

Kings Lynn

PE32 1HB

April 4th at 1.45pm

Then the wake is at George Hotel Station street, Swaffham. PE37 7IJ

Barnet D A C committee.

River Severn Trip – September 2024

Some photos of an impressive haul from the recant River Severn trip with Dave Ruddle, Mark Saunders and Terry Sullivan.

Message for any new members thinking of joining Barnet & District Angling Club

Please note we are closing applications for new members as at 01-01-2024 & it will not be available again until 01-02-2024. From this date in February, we will run our usual early membership deal, which means if you join on 01-02-2024 you will have membership from 01-02-24 till 14-06-2025 at current prices, membership prices will increase after the Club’s AGM on 10-04-2024.

The above deal is only for new members joining the club, existing members will receive their membership renewals after the AGM in April 2024.

Andy Binstead

A plaque has been added to the bench at Shepherds Way in honour of the memory of Andy Binstead who sadly passed away a couple of months ago. Andy’s wife Lisa and daughters Hannah and Charlotte attended Shepherds Way on Sunday with Richard Drury to mark the occasion.

I am sure that a vast majority of Club members knew Andy personally and can now share a private moment in his memory when visiting Shepherds Way. Lisa intends to keep Andy’s shop (Potters Bar Angling Centre) open for business as usual. Plese note, that the shop does not open on Wednesdays nor Sundays.

River Severn, 8 – 10 September

7 anglers (Dave Ruddle, Malcolm Foster, Mark Saunders, Ray Mouratsing, Robby Bond, Trevor Williams and Vincenzo Bisogno) made the annual pilgrimage to fish the River Severn over the weekend 8-10 September . The fishing was extremely difficult in the middle of the heatwave and water levels were at least half a metre down. Thankfully, some fish were caught and below are some of the photos from the weekend.

Dave Porter

Dave Porter (aka The Hoarse Whisperer)

It is with deep regret and heart felt sadness, that I announce the passing of another stalwart  member of the Barnet and District Angling Club. He slipped away peacefully surrounded by his family, after that ‘dreadful disease’ reappeared in force, when we all thought the original operation last October had been successful.

For many years Dave was the Club’s Secretary and provided valuable input both of common sense and the ability to swell our coffers at regular intervals through being ‘in touch with people and on the ball’.

His club and match fishing ability was not to be ignored either, in his later years seeming to walk on water pleasure fishing on The River Severn in the Bridgnorth area of Shropshire.

He will be sorely missed.