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Welcome!
You have found Sea-Angling-Ireland SAC.
Why would you join?
If you work odd hours and/or you are located geographically a long way from a sea angling club, then here is the perfect solution. Members of the bulletin boards have held both comeptitions and informal meets in Leinster, Connaught Munster and Ulster. You can participate on the bulletin boards (the life blood of this community website) fully without being a member of the SAC.
As a member of an IFSA affiliated SAC, you would be able to compete in all other IFSA club open competitions, and you will have the benefit of the IFSA insurance scheme.
What about visitors or tourists to Ireland?
Maybe you are a regular visitor to Ireland, a keen angler but you lack the local knowledge and would like to be able to link up in advance and meet fellow anglers when on holidays? Here is the perfect opportunity.
Who knows, you might even get a chance to bring a trophy home with you! I know Tim and several other UK anglers are ready to join or are already members, and everyone will be made very welcome.
What are the rules?
We abide by the IFSA rule book, but we would ask everyone to consider them carefully and to feel free to recommend changes / additions / alternations etc. and we are keen on what other people think...
We are delighted to see the rules
emphasise catch and release and other conservation and safety measures.
Many thanks in advance for your assistance. Who can join? Anyone. Simple. Elected club officials will have to submit a full
CV and references. Training will be provided if/as required for club
officials in relation to the proper management of the club e.g. transparency in
collecting monies etc. 2011 officers are: How much is it? Seniors: 70 Euro
We will look at discounts for families on a case by
case basis. A sizeable chunk goes to the IFSA for
affiliation and insurance. The more people join, the more we will have
available to fund competitions, meetings, and possibly other events around the
country. Of course, if you want to give more, please feel free :-) and we will
list you on the site as a honourable sponsor of the Sea Angling Ireland SAC. How can you join? Full Membership costs 70 Euro a year, you may enter our competitions and you will have a vote at the Sea Angling Ireland AGM. Offline: Mail a cheque
or postal order in Euros only please (enclosing your name and address) payable to
" Sea Angling Ireland SAC " for
the appropriate amount to: John Diamond What else do you need to know? Our intention (February 2005) is that we will
register the club properly as a non-profit making oprganisation, with any annual surplus carried
forward to fund competitions etc. It may be that the members will decide
that some charitable donation
might be made to deserving causes, such as the RNLI - that is entirely up to
you. How will the club communicate with you? On the bulletin boards, specifically the last
one which is set aside for SAC business. We have experimented wirth a chat room
but it has not been as successful as anticipated. If personal communication is required, this
can be done with total privacy using the private message (PM) function on the
bulletin boards or you can give us your email address and we can use that as
well/instead. The use of modern technology means no letters, no posters,
none of your annual subscription wasted. What can I get out of it? As much as you are prepared to put in!
Seriously, if you travel to the competitions you will enjoy them and meet lots
of fellow anglers from all over the country - its always nice to put a face to a
name / avatar and we will do our best to locate and time competitions so that
average anglers will avoid the dreaded blank! The list of comeptition
venues will be posted shortly... We will be hosting competitions around Ireland at
some of the country's premier marks, at times that suit the mark allowing you to
target a wide variety of species throughout the year, and we've got some really
nice 'social' honour based competitions planned. Careful planning has gone
into the selection of venues and dates to ensure that the mark will be at its
best relative to known tidal and other conditions. Furthermore we've
chosen venues where everyone has an equal chance of being 'in the fish'... More to follow... Conclusion: Join us. This club will live or die by the effort expended
by the members as much as by any committee. Being part of a any club, is
about taking part, participating in every and any way possible and not waiting
for "stuff" to happen. You can contact Kieran, John, Mark or Kevin on
this bulletin
board We feel this club can become the
most successful popular and progressive club in Ireland. What do you think?
President
Kieran Hanrahan
Chairman
Pete Davis
Secretary
John Diamond
PRO
Sean Ivory
Treasurer
Kevin McClean
Recorder
Keith Murphy
Committee Members
Mark Beatty,Andy Boyce,Donal Domeney,JP Molloy,Cormac Walsh
Membership Open for 2012
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Sea-Angling-Ireland SAC
211 Temple Court
Santry
Dublin 9