2025 – 2026 SEASON MEMBERSHIPS ARE NOW AVAILABLE VIA Clubmate or Membership Secretary

WARNING: DO NOT ATTEMPT TO JOIN/RENEW VIA CLUBMATE FOR THE COMING SEASON UNTIL IT IS ANNOUNCED THAT ‘MEMBERSHIPS ARE AVAILABLE’ (usually shortly after 1st March each year), IE AFTER CLUBMATE HAS BEEN UPDATED FOR THE YEAR AHEAD. IF YOU DO YOU WILL ONLY GET A WINTER MEMBERSHIP OR DUPLICATE PAST YEARS MEMBERSHIP DOC – WITH INCORRECT EXPIRY DATES AND GATE CODES! 

JOINING/RENEWING:

If you wish to join, or renew your membership we strongly urge you to use the new Clubmate system, via one of two routes:

1/ Existing Members who have provided HAC with an email during a previous Membership Year.

Your membership details are already uploaded to the Clubmate system. Using that email address you will be able to log in and renew using this LINK.

If you cannot trace your email, wish to use a different one or are having technical difficulties please contact Paul Edwards (email preferred – steady2207@gmail.com) or, failing that, speak to the Membership Secretary: Geoff Perkins.

2/ New Members/Existing Members without a registered email. 

To use the clubmate system you will need to create a new account HERE.

In either case follow the Clubmate system prompts to update/create your profile, accept the terms and conditions and then move to pay online by card. You will then be emailed your membership confirmation, which will need to be printed off and either have a photo attached or be accompanied by recognised Photo ID when fishing to become valid. (Note. If you do not have a printer, please forward the email to a friend who has, or renew somewhere with computer access to a printer, e.g. Market Drayton Library).

Your auto generated membership confirmation will include brief membership details and the coming season’s gate code.

Your stored (registered) email will become your key Clubmate identifier, but you will also be allocated a membership number that will stay the same year to year – if you renew.

If you truly are unable to use email/internet services then you will need to complete a current paper Membership Form, downloadable from HERE and arrange to take it to our Membership Secretary, Geoff Perkins, who lives in Hodnet.

Geoff will need a fully completed form together with the correct fee (cash or cheque payable to Hodnet Angling Club) and other items* – see below. Please check with Geoff by ‘phone first (07974 535377) that it is convenient to visit, and please only ring/visit during sociable hours.

*You will also need to provide:

– A passport sized photograph for your Membership Card – or show that you have recognised Photo ID, e.g. passport, driving licence, railcard, bus pass.

– Evidence for any concession sought, e.g. older member, disabled or student memberships – see below.

Note. All member’s data collected as part of the membership process, or other means, is managed in accordance with our GDPR Policy, available HERE.

MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES AND FEES (From 1/4/2025) :

Please also read the IMPORTANT notes at the foot of this page:

Category 1 – Junior Members^ (Free) = £0

Those aged below 12 years (at April 1st  each year).

Category 2 – Junior Members^ (Concessionary) = £14

Those aged 12 to 16 years old inclusive (at April 1st each year)

Category 3 – Full Members (Adult Concessionary) = £40

  • Those aged 65 years old or over (at April 1st each year)
  • Those with officially recognised Disabilities (e.g. mobility/visual impairments)
  • Students aged 17 – 21 inclusive (at April 1st each year) who are in full time education.

(All subject to proof of status, e.g. Age ID; Blue Parking badge/Disability Living Allowance letter; Student Union card, etc – and otherwise at discretion of Membership Secretary)

Category 4 – Full Members (Adult) = £55

Those aged 17 years old or over (at April 1st each year) who are not eligible for any other Membership Category.

Category 5 (a or b) Short Term Memberships, available as follows:

5a) Full (Winter Only) Members = £25 (Concessionary) or £35 (Full)

For those Adults otherwise eligible for Membership Categories 3 or 4, but who join for/within the ‘winter’ period only, i.e. 1st November to 31st March inc.

5b) Associate (Canal Only) Members = £25 (No Concessions, single rate)   **NEW for 25 – 26 season**

For those Adults eligible for Membership Categories 3 or 4, but who wish to fish HAC controlled portions of the Shropshire Union Canal ONLY – fishing on other Club Waters is NOT permitted. Associate (Canal only) Members have no HAC voting rights, e.g. at an AGM, etc.

Category 6 (a or b) – Day/Guest Tickets- for those aged at least 12 years old^ or over (at April 1st each year), available as follows:

Note. These tickets are available from the Membership Secretary, at least one day in advance, or by others means authorised by The Committee, e.g. the Clubmate system. 

a) Public Day Ticket (Shrops Union Canal, bridges 51-61only) = £3

Note. Ticket only valid on date shown. £10 fee for persons found fishing without a valid ticket.

b) Full Member’s Accompanied Guest Ticket – all Club Waters except the canal at Market Drayton Marina, ie bridges 63 – 64) = £5

Notes.

i/ To fish the SU Canal (bridges 51 – 61) it is cheaper for the Guest to buy a Public Day Ticket

ii/ The Guest must be accompanied by the sponsoring Full Member

iii/ A maximum of 2 Guest Tickets are allowed per named Guest per Membership Year.

iv/ If the Guest joins HAC in the same Membership Year, any paid Day/Guest Ticket charges paid can be offset against the normal membership fee – refer Membership Secretary.

Category 7 – Special – A range of differing fees – made available at discretion of the Committee:

IMPORTANT – Extensions/Limits to all paid and free Junior Memberships

i/ As per rule 1.4, where their names are noted on the Membership Card at the time of issue, a Full (Adult) Member can take one accompanying person, at a time, from their own Family* fishing on Club Waters without charge – as a Temporary Member.

  • ‘Family’ shall mean the Full Member’s married, civil or co-habiting partner or any of their children^ aged up to 16 years (inclusive).

The above means that if a Full Member has anyone in their Family (as defined) that they may in the year ahead wish to take fishing with them, they need to name them in advance on the Membership form/card. If they have two people that they think they may wish to take fishing at the same time, then one of them will need to obtain their own Membership Card.

ii/ ^ For insurance reasons, anyone fishing Club Waters who is aged below 12 years old must be ‘Directly Supervised’ ~ by an accompanying adult (whether a Member or not) aged 21 years or over.

~ ‘Directly Supervised’ shall mean that the accompanying adult is located in the same, or an adjoining, peg/swim.