By John Wearn, SMDAC

Southsea Marina Angling Club held their Annual BBQ on Sunday 28th August , with the weather holding out favorably making 2022 a resoundingly successful event. But only achieved by the hard work put in by Steve Kelly doing all the organizing aided by Bill Arnold, with Neville Merritt once again committing his good self to barbecuing all the succulent deliciously cooked and plentiful food, including separately cooking his specialty in marinating deliciously smoked mackerel, all freshly caught by fishing members, especially for the day.

Thanks must go for the lovely scones cooked to perfection by the loving hands of Eleanor Atkins Jim’s wife. Steve Andrews made up for it by winning most of the prizes, but give him his due he was just as busy giving them back to be re-raffled, that goes to show the character of members throughout the club.

There may have been others behind the scenes who helped in making the afternoon so enjoyable, if so thank you all for making the bbq such a pleasant occasion you did us proud. This is shown by the fun little Eira Scott SMAC’s youngest member ( as pictured with her dad Luke ) was having, as she helped Steve and Bill when the raffle ticket winners’ prizes were being presented. Our thanks for a great day from SMDACs attending members.

PS
Steve did a brilliant job, neatly filleting 30 mackerel for the smoker from fish supplied by members. You would think 30 mackerel equals 60 fillets, but not quite. Steve confided that as he was at the back of the boat getting into the rhythm of fillet-fillet-head over the side,  something  distracted him and it was fillet-fillet-fillet over the side. Oops. Still, there was plenty for all and we even sent a doggy bag of smoked mackerel to our good friend Rupert in the Marina Office.
Neville Merritt