Help Us

Both the Swimming Club and the Angling Section are run on a voluntary basis.

Management Committee

The Club is run by a voluntary 16 person management committee. The management committee meets once a month throughout the year. It deals with a wide ranges of issues inluding:

  • Members’ concerns and issues
  • Health and safety
  • Staff management
  • Grounds and building maintenence
  • Membership renewals and communication
  • Fish stock and health
  • Club finance
  • Land and legal issues
  • Event organisation
  • Club historic archives

Individual committe members generally take responsibility for one or more areas of the running of the Club. This means that a committee member does not just attend meetings but carries out crucial functions for the Club. Committee members are elected at the Club’s Annual General Meeting each year at the end of November. If you are a Club member and are interested in standing for the committee please speak to an existing committee member at the Lake. Or contact us via the contacts page.

Working Parties

Much of the grounds maintenance and improvement is carried out by voluntary working parties in the spring and autumn. See the events page for details of working party dates. There are also ad-hoc working parties when there is something exceptional to do. If you would like to get involved contact us via one of the methods on the contacts page.

Membership Team

Membership renewal processing is carried out by a voluntary team that meets at the Lake during February, March and April. Times and dates depend on the amount of renewals received so are arranged on an ad-hoc basis. It is quite a sociable activity with time for a cup of tea, biscuits and a chat. It is however very important to the Club in that the membership renewal process is a mammoth task and to do it with volunteers allows the Club to keep subscription rates as low as possible. If you would like to get involved contact us via one of the methods on the contacts page.

Angling Section

The Angling section is run by the Fishing Secretary and Fishing Treasurer with a voluntary team of fishing bailiffs. Ad-hoc working parties are carried out throughtout the year and include keeping the lilies at the fishing end in check. If you would like to get involved please speak to one of the fishing bailiffs or contact us via the contacts page.

Other Ways To Help

The Club often needs assistance of a specialist nature. Some past examples of this are:

  • Help setting up this web site
  • Audit the Club's accounts each year
  • Legal Advice

If you have specialist knownledge and would be prepared to advise or assist the Club please contact us via the contacts page.

We would be particulary interested to hear from any member with a legal background who has knowledge of setting up an organisation as a Company Limited By Guarantee or applying for charitable status.

Putting out the barley straw sausages. Barley straw is used to control algae growth Putting out the barley straw sausages. Barley straw is used to control algae growth

Events like the Long Swims, Gloucester County Open Water Swimming Championship and Mid-Summers are all organised on a voluntary basis. Events like the Long Swims, Gloucester County Open Water Swimming Championship and Mid-Summers Day Tea Party are all organised on a voluntary basis.

Fishing bailiffs Colin Hannan and Dave O’Rielly clear excess water lilies from the fishing end Fishing bailiffs Colin Hannan and Dave O’Rielly clear excess water lilies from the fishing end