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Fundraising Dinner Raises £10,000 For ACA Fighting Fund
Written By: Mark Lloyd
On Date: 3/3/2006
The Anglers Conservation Association (ACA) is celebrating the success of its first fundraising dinner, held at the Fishmongers Hall in London on Thursday 23 February. Nearly £10,000 was raised from tickets sales and from an auction of donated gifts, ably carried out by anglings finest auctioneer, Neil Freeman of www.anglingauctions.com [check URL]. 115 guests, including restaurant critic and TV star Giles Coren, angler John Bailey and Sir Edward Dashwood attended the event, which looks set to become a regular part of the ACAs annual calendar of events. Tom Fort, a regular contributor to Trout & Salmon magazine, spoke eloquently after dinner about the condition of our nations fish stocks.
Donated items included: a weeks fishing on the Miramashi River in Canada (Ponds Fishing Resort), top of the range Orvis fishing tackle and a stay at the Gliffaes Country House Hotel in Wales. All the proceeds of the event will go towards the ACAs famous fighting fund which allows it to take legal cases on behalf of its members at no risk or cost to the clubs, associations or riparian owners concerned. It is only through raising money from events of this sort, donations and the subscriptions of its 10,000 members that the ACA is able to take on polluters throughout the UK in this way.
The timing of the event was particularly apt as the ACA was that very day celebrating the suspension of sales of cypermethrin sheep dip across the UK, something it has been calling for since 1997. The ACA had contributed its legal expertise to force the Veterinary Medicines Directorate to see sense. It will be continuing its campaign to ensure that this suspension becomes a permanent ban.
Mark Lloyd, ACA Executive Director, said:
Organising an event like this involves a lot of work, but we were delighted that everyone had such a great time and that we managed to raise vital funds for our work fighting pollution. The ACA is extremely grateful to everyone who generously donated and bid for items at the auction, to Neil Freeman who was a brilliant auctioneer and to the Fishmongers Company for supporting the event and allowing us to use its magnificent hall.
Notes to Editors:
· For more information about the cypermethrin decision, please visit our web site at www.a-c-a.org and go to the Whats New section
· The ACA was founded in 1948 with the purpose of using common law to fight to protect water environments.
· Since that time, the ACA has won in excess of two thousand cases and recovered many millions of pounds in damages, which is returned to the members the ACA represents. Throughout our history, we have lost only three cases. At any one time, we typically have about fifty to sixty cases running and give clubs legal advice across the entire range of angling matters.
· Clubs wishing to join the ACA should phone 01568 620447 during office hours or download a subscription form from the web site: www.a-c-a.org
· The ACAs Annual Report is available on request.
· The ACA is a member of the Fisheries & Angling Conservation Trust (FACT) which is a company limited by guarantee that was formed in January 2005 to protect and promote the interests of angling and recreational fisheries in the UK.
Contact point: Mark Lloyd (Director, ACA).
Telephone: 01568 620447
Mobile: 07973 468198,
e-mail: mark@a-c-a.org
Fundraising Dinner Raises £10,000 For ACA Fighting Fund
Written By: Mark Lloyd
On Date: 3/3/2006
The Anglers Conservation Association (ACA) is celebrating the success of its first fundraising dinner, held at the Fishmongers Hall in London on Thursday 23 February. Nearly £10,000 was raised from tickets sales and from an auction of donated gifts, ably carried out by anglings finest auctioneer, Neil Freeman of www.anglingauctions.com [check URL]. 115 guests, including restaurant critic and TV star Giles Coren, angler John Bailey and Sir Edward Dashwood attended the event, which looks set to become a regular part of the ACAs annual calendar of events. Tom Fort, a regular contributor to Trout & Salmon magazine, spoke eloquently after dinner about the condition of our nations fish stocks.
Donated items included: a weeks fishing on the Miramashi River in Canada (Ponds Fishing Resort), top of the range Orvis fishing tackle and a stay at the Gliffaes Country House Hotel in Wales. All the proceeds of the event will go towards the ACAs famous fighting fund which allows it to take legal cases on behalf of its members at no risk or cost to the clubs, associations or riparian owners concerned. It is only through raising money from events of this sort, donations and the subscriptions of its 10,000 members that the ACA is able to take on polluters throughout the UK in this way.
The timing of the event was particularly apt as the ACA was that very day celebrating the suspension of sales of cypermethrin sheep dip across the UK, something it has been calling for since 1997. The ACA had contributed its legal expertise to force the Veterinary Medicines Directorate to see sense. It will be continuing its campaign to ensure that this suspension becomes a permanent ban.
Mark Lloyd, ACA Executive Director, said:
Organising an event like this involves a lot of work, but we were delighted that everyone had such a great time and that we managed to raise vital funds for our work fighting pollution. The ACA is extremely grateful to everyone who generously donated and bid for items at the auction, to Neil Freeman who was a brilliant auctioneer and to the Fishmongers Company for supporting the event and allowing us to use its magnificent hall.
Notes to Editors:
· For more information about the cypermethrin decision, please visit our web site at www.a-c-a.org and go to the Whats New section
· The ACA was founded in 1948 with the purpose of using common law to fight to protect water environments.
· Since that time, the ACA has won in excess of two thousand cases and recovered many millions of pounds in damages, which is returned to the members the ACA represents. Throughout our history, we have lost only three cases. At any one time, we typically have about fifty to sixty cases running and give clubs legal advice across the entire range of angling matters.
· Clubs wishing to join the ACA should phone 01568 620447 during office hours or download a subscription form from the web site: www.a-c-a.org
· The ACAs Annual Report is available on request.
· The ACA is a member of the Fisheries & Angling Conservation Trust (FACT) which is a company limited by guarantee that was formed in January 2005 to protect and promote the interests of angling and recreational fisheries in the UK.
Contact point: Mark Lloyd (Director, ACA).
Telephone: 01568 620447
Mobile: 07973 468198,
e-mail: mark@a-c-a.org
