Seaham Sea
Angling
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Seaham Sea
Angling Club
S
eaham Sea Angling Club (SSAC) is based at George
Tully House, South Crescent in County Durham and
they pride themselves on being the Premier North
East Club. SSAC was first established in April of 1912 after
the construction of the outer piers when the Sixth Marquess
of Londonderry requested it after an increase in the number of
anglers fishing from the piers.
At this time angling was considered to be a good source of
food for miners in the local area. Since then it has moved on to
become a sport although many anglers would still like to take
home a good cod or two.
The membership at the club grew significantly after the 2nd
World War and this led to a headquarters being built in around
1950 in order to serve the members and committee. The ‘hut’ that
was built served for 34 years until the club was given new land,
allowing a brick building to be built.
Clifford House was opened in 1984 and was used until it was
decided that the land was needed for retail development in 1998.
SSAC worked with the local authorities to find a new home and
eventually settled on George Tully House which is a two storey
headquarters near to the dock entrance with its own private car
park. It is named after the now deceased SSAC secretary who did
a fantastic job for the club over the years.
In the current financial climate it is vital that any club is run
as a business and there are a number of costs that need to be met
to sustain an ‘angling premises’. SSAC look to cover these costs
with income from regular annual membership, members using the
facility and a good turn over from competitions.
With this in mind they run a number of junior, senior and open
competitions which help to generate income and maintain the
interest of the membership. At present, they hold approximately
70 competitions every year which works out at an average of one
every five days which obviously generates a lot of work for the
committee.
Their committee deserves tremendous credit for all of the hard
work that they put into making the Seaham Sea Angling Club the
success that it is today. Hopefully they will be able to continue
their good work for many years to come and everyone at Sport in
Profile Magazine wishes them the best of luck for the New Year.
16 Issue 12
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