Fusion in the Selbachpark: Pelkum starts strong new football club!

Fusion in the Selbachpark: Pelkum starts strong new football club!

From July 1, 2025, there will be a new big player in the sports landscape of Hamm: TSV Pelkum and 1. FC Pelkum merge for SC Pelkum. This decision was made in record time - the membership decision at TSV Pelkum only lasted 30 minutes, while the members of the 1. FC Pelkum agreed after 12 minutes. Thorsten Müller, chairman of the 1st FC Pelkum, expressed his relief and emphasized that the standardization is a positive turn, especially after troubled weeks of negotiations, such as Ruhr Nachrichten.

The merger is preceded by political support. Jörg Degelmann, the deputy mayor of Pelkum, emphasized the importance of this project and the redesign of the sports facility at Selbachpark. He expressed hope that a larger club in the new SC Pelkum can be active with the merger. It was also mentioned that other clubs, such as the tennis club TC Grün-Weiß, could also express their interest in examining their membership in the new club, which shows the perspective of an even stronger community in Hamm, so tsv pelkum .

sporting ambitions and future planning

The objective of the new association is clear: Sporty in the district league A1 Unna-Hamm wants to gain a foothold. Frank Fein, the chairman of TSV Pelkum, expressed that the merger offers a great perspective for the new club. The SC Pelkum will plan and prepare its structures in the transition period until the official foundation in July 2025. The focus is particularly on the relegation of the first team, which is currently in the last place in the table. In order to benefit from the support of all members and the political, joint meetings should take place from January to clarify the organizational details for the future, as was emphasized in the reports.