A FLINTSHIRE angling club has suffered over £1,000 worth of damage at the hands of vandals.

An information board, put up just days before, and four CCTV cameras, bore the brunt of the vandalism which occurred on Monday evening.

The incident occurred at Connah’s Quay Angling Club, which is based in Wepre Park’s Rosie pond.

Astonishingly, the CCTV cameras were 25ft up, and needed a three-tier ladder to install them.

It has left the club’s volunteers not just angered but bemused how the perpetrators reached the cameras.

Sadly, this is by no means the first instance of vandalism at the club’s Rosie pond.

Just last week, more instances of vandalism were reported, and past instances have included fly-tipping, sign posts damaged and thrown in the lake, and last month the cormorant lines put up across the lake to protect fish stocks were cut, some having full dog waste bags hung on them.

The damage to the newly constructed notice boards, which includes smashing the board’s protective glass pane, has forced them to be removed from the site.

The board put up just three days ago provide vital information as to the species of fish in the lake, the club’s sponsors, prices, the lake’s history, details of forthcoming events and rules and regulations.

The board was funded by the Flintshire Local Voluntary Council to mark the dedicated work put in by the club’s volunteers.

In total, the damage on this occasion is worth over £1,000.

Alan White, vice chairman of Connah’s Quay Angling Club, said: “The club committee and bailiff team are absolutely shocked, angry to say the least, and now at a loss of how to tackle this senseless acts of vandalism.

“All incidents have been reported via 101, and the club has good support from the local PCSOs, whom have also increased their checks on the Rosie.”

To try and tackle the spate of vandalism incidents, the club gained a further seven bailiffs to walk the lake, as well as installing CCTV.

Alan White added: “This simply cannot continue as it is destroying all the years of hard work put in by the club to make the Rosie a premier lake for all to visit and anglers to enjoy.

“Each year the club runs a Fish Early Fish for Life programme during the school holidays for ages 4 to 15 which has been excellently received and attend. This is what the club wants to build on, not having to deal with all these mindless acts.

“We ask all to be vigilant and if anyone sees suspicious or bad behaviour call the police and or the bailiff numbers on the notice boards.”

Police are now appealing for information following the incident.

They are asking people who can assist with their enquiries to call 101 quoting reference number X006579.