User talk:Morecambedinghy

Morecambe dinghy angling club was founded in 1988 by the now club president Alex Bottomley.

Alex advertised in the local angling shops about setting up a club of like minded individuals, who wanted to provide first class facilities for themselves and other local dinghy anglers. There was obviously a demand for such facilities as there was a very successful uptake and the club could boast approximately 100 members in the early years.

The reasoning behind Alex's move to form the club was primarily for the safety of boat owners going to sea, most at that time were not conversing with each other, usually only the briefest of pleasantries. Also another reason was to foster better relations with other clubs and boat owners from different regions who wished to fish our waters and be launched with our facilities, and this was to be reciprocated by their clubs.

NABAC the national association of boat angling clubs of which Alex was also an instigator and founding member, was set up for the very same reasons, and flourished for some years with a membership peak of approximately 53 clubs around the UK. Unfortunately, this number has now diminished, but NABAC is still active.

Today, the club continues to go from strength to strength, with a recently appointed new committee who are determined to keep the best traditions of the club alive. The opening of the new slipway and the continued provision of a fleet of reliable tractors means MDAC has possibly the best beach launch site in the North West

http://www.morecambedinghyanglingclub.co.uk

Morecambedinghy (talk) 11:26, 29 January 2009 (UTC)