Kind Gesture this weeks evening post.

[sean1974]

On Tuesday of this week i read Dennis lemons column in the Y E P as probably a lot of other anglers did.It was Mostly on about a man called Dave Winter who sadly died last year from what sounds like Asbestosis. As Dennis explains in hes column David wanted to help promote junior angling either by giving them the tackle to use, or by selling the tackle and the proceeds given to help promote the sport through junior angling.
Here is a direct quote from the article just in case some of you didn't see it.
(His aim was to catalogue all his gear to give him some sort of idea of its value and when he had done this he would give me a call to collect from his home in Boston Spa. ) It then goes on to say that it never happened and Dennis was contacted in August last year by his wife of David's passing.
But she did know of the arrangement between Dennis and David, Dennis then got in-touch with Leeds official Steve fearnley and explained the situation to him. Steve then got a friend to help him get the gear from Boston Spa and so on.
Dennis then says he was amazed to see just how much tackle there was as the first time he saw it, was when it was (unloaded) . 15 Rods, two poles,
four seat boxes, clothing, nets, reels, etc etc.
Steve was supposed to be posting a specific list of the tackle on this site for EVERYBODY to have an interest, But that's not going to happen because all of the stuff as already been sorted out by steve&co and sold to (whom it may concern) and if there is anything left that's probably because they didn't want it.
Story published this Tuesday tackle sorted out two weeks ago, work that one out for yourself.
Now maybe this is just me but see what you all think to this idea. We have headquarters in Stoney Rock Leeds that seats hundreds of people would it not have been a much better idea to have posted the findings on here like it has in the paper and arrange an Auction, so that everybody that wanted to attend could do so. This would have generated a lot more intrest and most definitely more money for the tackle plus much needed revenue behind a bar that always seems to be struggling.
Almost seems criminal to me to let things like this keep getting brushed under the carpet, absolute joke and i hope that you all did Davids Family proud.
Sean.

[rushy]

Sean - I think I'm a bit confused by your report above ?

I read the Dennis Lemmon article on line the other day as I do every issue and thought it was a lovely fitting gesture to support the club and juniors from someone who obviously loved his fishing.

It did say that the fishing gear was to be put on the "LDSA WEBSITE" - I was even hoping to put a bid in for a decent pole and come and give you a bit of competition at KP

Am I reading it correct that it will not now be put on the website ?

[ronny]

If this is true then its pretty dam shocking!

Question is where has the money gone??

[shaned]

"Dennis then got in-touch with Leeds official Steve fearnley and explained the situation to him. Steve then got a friend to help him get the gear from Boston Spa and so on."


hopefully someone in the "know" can update as to where the tackle ended up?

surely Mr Winter's wish must be taken into consideration???

if not, then it's shocking

[jgpark]

Hi

Just one quick comment, the money is in my safe in the general office at the club, where at this time it belongs.

Regards
Graham

[jgpark]

Hi

Can I add a couple of more comments ;

First of all I have been a bit p--sed off earlier this week about this fishing tackle, as when others were looking through what was available on Monday night, something I wanted to do, I was left working in the office and missed out, tough.

Secondly all the money raised is to be placed in a society account, this account has some £100-00 in it and has been unused for a number of years, as I said all the money will be placed in this account and will be set aside for the very purpose it was raised for and will foefill the wish's of David Winter and his family.

Regards
Graham
 

[frim]

No body more in the know than me, in answer to the defamatory remarks made this evening, Dennis Lemmons article on Tuesday night was wrote as a
thankyou to Christine, it was a brief explanation, the best he could do for the size of his column. I will fill in the bits he missed simply for those accusing
me and those involved.
I was a personal friend of both Dave and his Wife for over 40yrs, Christine made it clear that she would like me to see through the awful job of clearing
an old mates gear, Dennis cant drive and is on walking sticks I picked him up and took him along to keep her company. As you can imagine a man of Daves
standing had tackle saved from his childhood right through his sponsored days with Silstar Bathhampton, he also had a fair amount from his last days which
was quite good, but I've got to say he was heavy handed and most of his stuff was repaired or re-wrung, on clearing his garage we were asked to take everything
not just the decent stuff, we didn't think it right to root through in the circumstances.
I made it clear that we couldn't store this amount of gear at one of our homes and it was decided that it would be stored in the property room in a locked
cage at the the Anglers club, only three people have keys for the gage. This decision was made to make sure that things were done to the Winters wishes.
The day after storing his tackle I asked Steve Raper an other trusted team mate and old pal of Daves to witness the gear and do a brief inventory of what we had
taken on. Mrs Winters made it clear that she did not want a free for all and did not want her husbands life put to auction, but made it clear that she would like
people that knew Dave should have the chance to buy. In the following weeks I had a number of calls from his old pals, one from a lad that fished with him
at Bathampton who even though he didn't fly fish bought his fly rod and reels for double the price that we would have asked, another call from Darlington
asked for his centre pin and didn't even ask the price. Any tackle that has been sold has gone to friends that have gone out of there way to get in touch.
To go a bit further 24hrs after storing the tackle I made contact with another respected and well known angler Paul Clark
for those that don't know he is the Societies Treasurer, I asked him to open an account "Dave Winter Junior Account" this was done that day. Any monies taken from the
sale of any kit has been itemised, price stated, and put in the safe by Graham Parks all entries and sales have been witnessed.
We have worked hard to make sure that things have been done to the letter of Mrs Winters wishes, we were asked as trusted friends to take on this responsibility
not because that we were officials of Leeds.
Listing Daves tackle on the internet was talked about but not finalised, Dennis cant turn a computer on so these things would be left to me, ebay and the Leeds site
were just two of the options neither were ever mentioned by the family.
To finish Dave's family only ask is that any monies raised go to Junior Angling " any junior angling" remember he lived and fished all around the country, if anyone
has an idea of how to use it let me know, we have raised up to now approx. £1,700 and some of the gear left is top notch eg, Antares, Beast Master and Carbon Active
tip rods are the best of the bunch and I think we have an original Normark Microlite (but not sure yet because he re ringed it) if anyone wants to know anymore ring me
or Steve and we would be happy to show you what we have, but please don't accuse us of anything other than trying to do our best.
Regards
Steve Fearnley.

[sean1974]

Jan 24, 2014 1:45:23 GMT frim said:

No body more in the know than me, in answer to the defamatory remarks made this evening, Dennis Lemmons article on Tuesday night was wrote as a
thankyou to Christine, it was a brief explanation, the best he could do for the size of his column. I will fill in the bits he missed simply for those accusing
me and those involved.
I was a personal friend of both Dave and his Wife for over 40yrs, Christine made it clear that she would like me to see through the awful job of clearing
an old mates gear, Dennis cant drive and is on walking sticks I picked him up and took him along to keep her company. As you can imagine a man of Daves
standing had tackle saved from his childhood right through his sponsored days with Silstar Bathhampton, he also had a fair amount from his last days which
was quite good, but I've got to say he was heavy handed and most of his stuff was repaired or re-wrung, on clearing his garage we were asked to take everything
not just the decent stuff, we didn't think it right to root through in the circumstances.
I made it clear that we couldn't store this amount of gear at one of our homes and it was decided that it would be stored in the property room in a locked
cage at the the Anglers club, only three people have keys for the gage. This decision was made to make sure that things were done to the Winters wishes.
The day after storing his tackle I asked Steve Raper an other trusted team mate and old pal of Daves to witness the gear and do a brief inventory of what we had
taken on. Mrs Winters made it clear that she did not want a free for all and did not want her husbands life put to auction, but made it clear that she would like
people that knew Dave should have the chance to buy. In the following weeks I had a number of calls from his old pals, one from a lad that fished with him
at Bathampton who even though he didn't fly fish bought his fly rod and reels for double the price that we would have asked, another call from Darlington
asked for his centre pin and didn't even ask the price. Any tackle that has been sold has gone to friends that have gone out of there way to get in touch.
To go a bit further 24hrs after storing the tackle I made contact with another respected and well known angler Paul Clark
for those that don't know he is the Societies Treasurer, I asked him to open an account "Dave Winter Junior Account" this was done that day. Any monies taken from the
sale of any kit has been itemised, price stated, and put in the safe by Graham Parks all entries and sales have been witnessed.
We have worked hard to make sure that things have been done to the letter of Mrs Winters wishes, we were asked as trusted friends to take on this responsibility
not because that we were officials of Leeds.
Listing Daves tackle on the internet was talked about but not finalised, Dennis cant turn a computer on so these things would be left to me, ebay and the Leeds site
were just two of the options neither were ever mentioned by the family.
To finish Dave's family only ask is that any monies raised go to Junior Angling " any junior angling" remember he lived and fished all around the country, if anyone
has an idea of how to use it let me know, we have raised up to now approx. £1,700 and some of the gear left is top notch eg, Antares, Beast Master and Carbon Active
tip rods are the best of the bunch and I think we have an original Normark Microlite (but not sure yet because he re ringed it) if anyone wants to know anymore ring me
or Steve and we would be happy to show you what we have, but please don't accuse us of anything other than trying to do our best.
Regards
Steve Fearnley.