Why Simmers Dad?
With a surname of Sims my son was nicknamed
"Simmer" at school so I guess that makes me Simmers Dad or
SD for short! Also users of Fishing Simulator are known
as Simmers (See section below), but this is just a
coincidence.
The picture on the left was taken by a lake somewhere whilst
fishing hence the state of me. Some people would probably
say that's normal!
My main interests are Computers, Football & Fishing in no particular order. Don't get to do too much real fishing these days.
Football
I used to run an unofficial website
for Trowbridge Town FC which became very successful and
ended up as official when the new club was formed in 1998. I
was secretary of the club for a while but have now stepped
down and the club has merged with Trowbridge Town Youth. The
official site is now run by the new merged club and my site
has become an archive that goes back to the early days of
the first ever Trowbridge Town club. A Head-to-Head Database
containing all results since the club reformed in 1998 is
still maintained by me and a backup up is contained within
this webspace.
Fishing
Whilst I consider myself to be a
fairly average pleasure fisherman I have had some good catches over time
(mainly Carp) together with my son so I've added a few
pictures on this site just for fun.
Click for the Gallery
Fishing Simulator
Some time ago Jason Spooner released
a brilliant Fishing Simulator for the PC and the program is
still extremely popular today. I've been lucky enough to be
able to keep in contact with Jason and the way that he
responds to requests for updates and support is second to
none for a software writer. I used to run the online
(quickie) league and still have some challenges running
today. To find out more about Fishing Simulator start with
the Fishsim Forum or Fishsim.net via the links on the right.
New from March 31st 2011 - SD's Sea Challenge.
The Running Servers page is now hosted here (see link on
right). This page is used to advertise your running
servers but you will need a password from me to use it.
Please send me a pm on the Fishsim Forum to request one.
Remember, you do not need a password to run or join a
server, only to advertise one.
Also included here are the instructions for making a
personalised angler by
J B Wirral. (Hosted with permission).
Websites
Having dabbled with website design for Trowbridge Town
Football Club, I have been asked to create some websites for
other people. Links to these are also shown to the right.