The club was formed in 1937 and was named Ulladulla Sport Fishing Club.
The foundation members were Anthony Horden (retailing fame of Sydney), David McCathie (business tycoon of Sydney), Harold Gray, Archie Sams (Ship’s Captain) and Jess Sams (wife of Archie Sams).
Formation of the club was in preparation for the game fishing tournament organised for the Sesquicentenary celebrations (150th anniversary of Australia’s settlement). Under the rules of the tournament all entrants had to be members of a game/sport fishing club.
read moreThe Sesqui-Centenary or Jess Sams Angling Trophy was awarded to Mrs. Jessica Sams of Ulladulla N.S.W for the capture of a 330pounds (149.68kg) striped marlin on February 27, 1938, winning the heaviest game fishing section of the four-month tournament held to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of Australia's settlement, following Captain Arthur Phillip's founding of the colony at Sydney in January 1788.
Mrs. Sams was born Jessica Millard at Milton N.S.W in 1897, a daughter of a local pioneering family. She grew up in the Milton/Ulladulla area and moved to Sydney to work as a seamstress and milliner. She Married Captain Archie Sams, a ship's captain in 1926 and later returned to live in the region.
Always interested in fishing, Mrs. Sams was attracted to the well-publicized game fishing competition which was one of the leading events arranged for the 150th anniversary celebrations. The organizers, who were prominent figures in the burgeoning game fishing movement, had persuaded the N.S.W State Government to donate valuable trophies for various categories of fish and sharks captured during the event.
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Presentation of Mrs Jess Sams Trophy to The Australia Fishing Museum
Seated: Mrs Jess Sams - Life Member of the Ulladulla Sport & Game Fishing Club
Back-L-R: Peter Goadby - Honorary Director & Trustee of the Australian Fishing Museum
John O'Brien M.B.E - Chairman of the Trustee of the Australian Fishing Museum
Ian Cutler - President of the Game Fishing Association of Australia
Don Goswell - Vice President of the Ulladulla Sport & Game Fishing Club
Bruce Doyle - President of the Ulladulla Sport & Game Fishing Club
- January 11-12 Zone weekend
- January 17,18,19 Batemans Bay Tollgate Island Classic*
- January 25,26,27 Bermagui Blue Water Classic and Zone weekend
- January 31, February 1 and 2 Ulladulla Jess Sam's Tournament*
- February 7,8,9 Tathra AFC Tournament
- February 8-9 Zone weekend
- February 22-23 Zone weekend
- February 20,21,23,24 NSWGFA Interclub
- March 9-10 Alliance Tournament
- March 7,8,9,10 Shellharbour GFC Bluewater Classic
- March 8-9 Zone weekend
- March 14,15,16 Jervis Bay White Sands
- March 22-23 Shoalhaven Open Tournament
- April 12-13 Zone Weekend
- April 18,19,20,21 Zone Weekend Easter
- April 25,26,27 Zone Weekend Anzac Day
- May 10-11 Zone Weekend
- May 24, 25,26 Canberra Tuna Tournament
- May 24-25 Zone Weekend
- June 7,8,9 Zone Weekend Kings Birthday
- June 14-15 Zone Weekend
- June 28-29 Zone Weekend
- July 6 Southern Zone AGM & Presentation Lunch
- July 12-13 Zone Weekend
- July 26-27 Zone Weekend
- Brayne Washed Capture - T&R -
- Childs Play Capture - T&R -
- Deep Seductress Capture - T&R -
- Dirty Deeds Capture - T&R -
- FinFisn Capture - T&R -
- Just A Fordham Capture - T&R -
- Karma Capture - T&R -
- Kodas Ailbi Capture - T&R -
- Live Action Capture - T&R -
- Mayhem Capture - T&R -
- Nitro Capture - T&R -
- Reel Therapy Capture - T&R -
- Sea n Fins Capture - T&R -
- Side Effect Capture - T&R -
- Starsky Capture - T&R -
- Teaser Capture - T&R -
- Tomahawk Capture - T&R -
- Turmoil Capture - T&R -
- Volvo Capture - T&R -
- Wild Thing Capture - T&R -
