2025 Chairman's report
People
The committee has retained its current members and we don’t see any change of personnel for the foreseeable future.
Jetty & Moorings
The Jetty has had a productive year in terms of visitors and accordingly visitor income. We believe this has been due to reasonable weather in the summer months. We are looking forward to seeing the completed accounts which will give the LLJA an accurate view on the revenue.
Donations
I’m delighted to say that we’ve been able to distribute funds to wearthy local causes. This includes products for the local school, £400 towards a local music event and £400 towards a day out to Oban for our senior citizens, £1000 towards IT and Cybersecurity advice classes and £5000 towards the village warden. In addition donations were made to the Poppy Appeal and the local Macmillan Cancer Research coffee morning.
Loch Long Events
In September we organised the Arrochar 10K for the 8th time. This event goes from strength to strength, participant numbers were 150 this year. Brilliantly led by Caroline Kelly & Theresa McComisky and supported again by the committee and community delivered another outstanding event. Initial numbers suggest a profit of around £4500.
The Loch Long Jetty Association Crab fishing Championship took place in June. The event run in conjunction with the Olive Branch (A local sandwich bar), was a lot of fun and a great success. 650 crabs were caught by the 30 entries and a small profit was made.