Establishment of Lure collecting club - The Kadaitcha Club

Hello all and welcome to an exciting new venture.

After many years of being asked, the time has come to establish an Australian based lure (and other tackle) collecting club.

The whole thing will kick off with a meeting in Adelaide at the Meridian Hotel at 7:30 pm on Sunday November 30.  
The formation meeting will be in Adelaide because there is a strong interest from a number of South Australians through a complementary web site www.lureandmore.com

I will be giving a short presentation on lure collecting before opening up to discussions on establishing the Kadaitcha Club. I have personally paid for the room - there will be gold coin admission that will go to the Childhood Cancer Association which is the charity for the lureandmore site.

The name reflects what to many (and especially to me) is the archtypical and definitive Australian lure - made by Peter Newell. Peter is currently very unwell but is happy to allow the use of the name for this club. I thank Peter and his family for this.

I am shortly travelling to the United States where I will meet with a number of prominent authors and lure collectors and discuss the ideal set up for an Australian club. It will be inclusive, it will not require membership of the club to gain entry to any show. It will offer limited edition lures, made by Australian makers to members, individually numbered with your membership number.

It will almost certainly have a capped membership to allow for easier administration, so getting in early has an advantage (don't worry I am thinking about 1000 which will take a while to achieve - we are at zero now).

More details will be forthcoming in the next couple of weeks. So if you don't HAVE to get out for the opening of the snapper season in South Australia and want to hear a bit more about lures (and maybe get your books signed), then plan to be in Adelaide on 30 November!

I know that there are a number of interested Western Australians, please let me know if you are interested in this venture.

Possible costs for membership.

Ok time to talk about the diffiuclt topic - cost.

How does this sound - $50 per year.

Ok I hope that hasn't put most of you completely off....

What you will get -

• A unique colour Custom Crafted Hammerhead lure with your membership number.
• A Kadaitcha club cloth badge to wear or collect - will have Foundation member for those who join in the first two months of existence.
• 4 newsletters a year sent to you (written by members et al).
• Access to the members area of a new website - (linked back to this site of course) - Have already reserved kadaitchaclub.com for this.
• Free entry to any show run by the club - aiming for one per year to start.
• The ability to display and/or sell at any kadaitcha club event.
• Access to club expertise including one free lure valuation and certificate per year at an event.

In future years would like to continue offering lures and patches featuring unique Australian lures.

Posted at request of Frank Prokop. PM or email me and I will pass on any messages.

TerryF
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