04/10/2024
Amendment to rules
In the interests of fish welfare, as permitted by section 8.2a of the constitution, the Executive Committee have decided to introduce the following amendments to Society By-Laws (rules) with immediate effect.

Fish Conservation & Welfare (additional clause)
4. Carp may only be retained in nets & for a maximum of 20 minutes before release.
   All  unhooking, weighing, photography, treatment application & release must be completed in one operation &          within this time, the fish to be removed from the water once only.

Disease Prevention (new section)
1. All tackle including nets, slings, mats & cradles must be completely dry before arrival at any HWAS venue.


03/09/2024
Church Farm Overnight Closure
Yateley Road will be completely closed overnight from Tuesday 3rd September to Wednesday 4th September.
There will be no pedestrian or vehicular access and no access for emergency services.
In the interests of safety Church Farm will be closed from 
                   19:00 Tuesday 3rd September to 07:00 Wednesday 4th September.


22/03/2024
BCAA
BCAA held their AGM last night, 21/03/2024, at  which it was decided to wind up the association.
It is anticipated that this will be completed by the end of the current season. BCAA will not be issuing any permits or accepting affiliations for 2024/2025 season and therefore HWAS will not be able to offer affiliation as part of our membership options.


13/09/2023
Church Farm to reopen
Church Farm will reopen Thursday 14th September.

09/09/2023
Church Farm Closure
A leaking water main below the entrance to the car park has caused considerable erosion to the surrounding area of soil meaning that access to the car park is not available until South East Water have been able to repair the leak & reinstate access to the car park. We hope this can be completed fairly quickly and will notify all Members when works are finished. Unfortunately there would have been no way to predict this happening and no way for us to avoid it.

07/09/2023
"Magic Twig" rig by OMC.
After carefully assessing this rig the Committee have decided that it poses a significant threat to fish safety and is therefore not allowed to be used on any HWAS waters.
It should also be noted that it is in effect a self hooking device and as such is banned under Environment Agency Regional Bylaws