Welcome To South Yorkshire Sport

What is the Angling Development Board?  

The Angling Development Board (ADB) is the development arm of the Angling Trust. It is supported by Sport England, the Environment Agency, British Waterways and Sports Coach UK.

What does the ADB do?

Working with key partners, the ADB aims to establish an infrastructure to develop the sport of angling within England. This includes working with national, regional and local angling and non-angling organisations to:   

• develop policy 
• provide leadership 
• provide coach education and training 
• develop clubs and volunteers 
• establish regional development frameworks
• establish a safe environment for young people to participate in angling

What are the benefits?  

The benefits to angling include:

• increased participation
• better quality clubs
• increased club membership
• increased numbers of qualified, licensed and active angling coaches 
• more recognition and support for the development of angling 
• seamless participation frameworks and structures 

Priorities for South Yorkshire

The ADB are working in South Yorkshire to:

• Bring together, clubs, coaches, volunteers, fisheries and anyone else with a vested interest in angling, to provide opportunities for participation, club development and coach educaton
• Setup school-club links to ensure angling participation/programmes and clubs with schools
• Provide a coach education programme to provide opportunities to train as an angling coach.
• Develop clubs to manage their operations more efficiently and work towards clubmark accreditation.
• Establish a competition framework to assist in growing the “talent pool”

The South Yorkshire Angling Action Group meets every 6-8 weeks and brings together, clubs, coaches, volunteers, fisheries and anyone else with a vested interest in angling, to provide opportunities for participation, club development and coach education. The group has already accessed over £7000 in funding for its members and planned programmes in over 10 schools in the region. For more information or to find out the date of the next meeting the please contact Daniel Ramm on 07800855709 or Daniel.Ramm@Anglingdevelopmentboard.org.uk