18/12/2025
I have great regret to inform you, that our long serving OWAC Treasurer Bob Skinner, died suddenly at home on Monday. I have known Bob since he was in short trousers, literally! Back in the late 70's my works fishing club McMichael, joined another Slough works club, Andrew Weatherfoil to share the fishing rights for the pond in Stoke Poges Golf Club. We held an inter club match on the pond and the winner was a young lad in Kahki shorts, Bob Skinner. I don't think that he worked for Andfoil, but his parent's house backed onto the park and he fished it regularly. I was drawn opposite him and while I was catching small tench and rudd on maggots, he was using a secret bait, worms from his dad's compost heap, to catch decent tench and crucian carp. When the golfers got fed up with sharing their precious pond with anglers, Old Windsor AC attracted most of us, including Bob, who got stuck in with organising the Club's paperwork, calculating a match pool payout sheet and club championship points, while being there on most team matches for the draw and payouts. Later on he set up this page and designed the Club web stite, while being the go-to person to solve problems for new members joining OWAC through Clubmate. Bob was also a very competent angler, being a valued member fishing the Maidenhead Summer League, Winter Leagues and Nationals for the club, while often present at club matches, where he figured in the frame on many occasions, until his increasing lack of mobility restricted his visits to the bankside. Despite his health problems, Bob continued with his faultless, reliable service to Old Windsor AC and will be sadly missed by all who knew him, especially his fellow committee members. Ken Joslin
