Durham Sports Club

Name

Durham Sports Club

Legal name

Durham Sports Club

Website

https://durhamsportsclub.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1969

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Sports Club

NAICS

Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers (713940)

SIC

Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Local Amateur Clubs & Community Sports Organizations (MPAKACAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Sports Community Relations & Grassroots Program Management (MPAKAKAJ), Club Sports Programs (EDALAIAB)

Keywords

• Sports community club
• Membership organization
• Sports speaker series
• Youth athletic scholarships
• Community fellowship programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Durham

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Durham Sports Club is a community membership organization for men and women in Durham, North Carolina and surrounding areas who share a mutual interest in sports. It hosts bimonthly lunch meetings featuring speakers ranging from world-renowned sports personalities to professional athletes, coaches, referees, authors, and commentators, and operates the Durham Sports Club Foundation which provides annual scholarships to local scholar-athletes alongside signature community events such as "Night Out With the Durham Bulls."

Product overview

Durham Sports Club is a community organization operating as a single unified offering centered on sports-related programming. The core product combines monthly meetings with fellowship and sports speakers, supplemented by the Durham Sports Club Foundation which manages annual scholarships. Additional products include three named award programs (Scholar-Athlete Award, Hugo Germino Award, and George McAfee Football Award), special events like the annual Night Out With the Durham Bulls, and a calendar-based event scheduling system.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Durham Sports Club Membership Core membership program for men and women from Durham and the surrounding area who share a mutual interest in sports; includes bimonthly lunch meetings, fellowship with fellow sports enthusiasts, and access to a recurring speaker series featuring world-renowned sports personalities, athletes, coaches, referees, authors, and commentators.
• Durham Sports Club Foundation Foundation arm of the Durham Sports Club that awards annual scholarships to scholar-athletes in the Durham community, including the Scholar-Athlete Award, the Hugo Germino Award, and The George McAfee Football Award, with recognition culminating in the Durham High School Scholar-Athlete Awards Night.
• Meetings & Events Calendar Scheduled bimonthly luncheon meetings featuring sports speakers plus recurring special events throughout the year, including the "Night Out With the Durham Bulls" signature event and the Durham High School Scholar-Athlete Awards Night.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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App detail

Recent moves6 records

Others

• Rotary International: Global civic-membership organization that runs regular meetings, fellowship events, and community service programs. Highly comparable to Durham Sports Club's dues-funded community club model, though broader in scope and not sports-specific.
• Elks USA (Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks): National fraternal/membership organization with local lodges running regular meetings and community programs. Operates on a similar recurring-meeting, fellowship, dues-driven club structure.
• Lions Clubs International: International service-club federation operating through local chapters that hold regular meetings and run community programming. Comparable membership/dues model and event-driven local engagement pattern.
• Kiwanis International: Community service club organization with local chapters running recurring meetings and youth-focused programs. Shares the local-chapter, dues-based, fellowship-driven operating model with Durham Sports Club.
• The V Foundation for Cancer Research: Sports-affiliated community foundation that channels donations from the sports community toward a charitable mission. Mirrors the DSC Foundation's structure of using sports-community ties to drive philanthropic giving and scholarships.

Regional players

• Vanderbilt Athletics (Anchor Link): College athletic department that runs fan engagement events, speaker series, and award programs through alumni networks - conceptually adjacent to DSC's speaker-driven and scholar-athlete programs.
• Durham Bulls Baseball: Minor League Baseball team in Durham, NC and a documented event partner ('Night Out With the Durham Bulls'). Closest local sports-property relationship for the club, though not a direct competitor - operates a franchise rather than a membership club.

Broad incumbents

• National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS): National governing body that supports high school athletics, including scholar-athlete recognition programs. Comparable as an overarching amateur-sports recognition framework relevant to DSC's Scholar-Athlete Award.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/durhamsports
• Facebookfacebook.com/durhamsportsclub
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/durham-sports-club-scholarship-foundation

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