Thanks for the kind words guys. In recent years I have not had the time to spend as much of it as I would want reading the posts on the forums and responding.
George will be an awesome chairman and has all the abilities to take the Trust forward in its next phase of growth. It took us eighteen months to find a number of suitable candidates and he was up against some very strong opposition. He has my best wishes and full support in what he plans for the Trust.
I should like to thank all those who helped me during my time in the chair, which includes all those who argued the toss with me and made me rethink a lot of issues. It was a great adventure, I have achieved what I wanted to achieve for the Trust and for anglers and now it needs a different skill set to move it forward. I will remain on the board as long as George thinks I have value, and the members vote for me, and will continue to work for angling locally as well as in Europe.
Retiring from the chair means I have already had more rod hours this year
than in all of the last four. Still haven't caught any more fish though
As just an ordinary angler I feel incredibly privileged to have been able to serve a sport I have loved for more than 60 years. Graham, I still have to catch that first barbel!
Mike