Billericay Striders Membership 2007/08
Updated 1st April 2008 (after 12 noon!)

New Members
The good news is that you can try before you buy!  Details of where we meet can be found here. The best bet is to contact our Secretary Dave Sweet and tell him that you are intending to visit the club or alternatively you can just turn up on the night. Phoning
beforehand ensures that we can look out for you and sort out runners of a similar standard who are running the distance you want to run.  Dave's contact details can be found here.  After a month’s trial you will be in a position to decide whether you want to join or not.

2007/8 Subscriptions (Due 1st June 2007)  -
Subscriptions for the 2007/8 year (1st June 2007-31st May 2008) are shown below:

 

MEMBERSHIP FEE
 Renewals paid by 31st July 2007

MEMBERSHIP FEE
Late Renewals paid after 31st July 2007

NEW MEMBERS
(Includes A free club T-Shirt)

ADULTS

£22.00

£25.00

£22.00

FAMILY MEMBERSHIP

£37.00

£40.00

£37.00

OAP AND CONCESSIONS

£12.00

£15.00

£12.00

Membership forms
All members, whether new or renewals, are asked to complete a membership form and give/send your cheque and form to Pat Godfrey or any committee member as soon as possible. This will ensure the club retains up-to-date records.

England Athletics Affiliation Scheme
Please add £5 if you are a First Claim Runner who intends to compete in races. This is a requirement of the new England Athletics Affiliation scheme whereby each competing athlete needs to be registered by their club and pass on the affiliation payment. If you are a second claim runner who has paid this fee via their first claim club, there is no need to pay this fee. A separate form will need to be completed as well as your Striders membership form. For family membership £5 needs to be added for each competing family member over 11 years old.

This is potentially slightly confusing because the EA dates do not match our membership year. The committee are proposing that we synchronise the dates, and their proposal is reproduced below (to be discussed at AGM in May 2008).

Dear Billericay Striders,

Please see the following announcement concerning our membership year and the England Athletics membership year and fees.

I appreciate that this will not affect you all, as not all of you signed up to England Athletics last year, but the change to the membership year will be of interest to you.

The Committee are proposing that with our Striders membership year currently running from June to May, and the England Athletics membership year running from April to March, that the two are gradually combined over the next 16 months to come up for renewal together. Below, I have outlined the proposed process for your information / feedback.

Currently

Striders Annual Membership Fees £25 which expires 31/05/2008, when new year commences.

England Athletic Competition Fees £3 which expires 31/03/2008

On the Horizon

England Athletic Competition Fees will increase to £5 from 01/04/2008 for the next 12 month period.

We will begin to collect this Fee from 01/03/2008 to give ourselves a month window to collect from all those that wish to compete in races. We will then send this off to England Athletics around about 1st April 2008. After that, it will be down to individuals to pay the £5 direct to England Athletics rather than go via the Club Membership Secretary.

Looking slightly further ahead

From 01/06/2008 we will collect a reduced fee for Striders membership for the period up to and including 31/03/2009. This 10 month rate will be £15 Single, £5 OAP's, Students and Unemployed, £25 Family.

Longer Term

As from 01/04/2009 this will be the new start date for the Striders membership, to fall in with the England Athletics membership year. Therefore going forward from this date, subs for both organisations will be collected simultaneously.

Our AGM from season 2009 will change to January and this will be expanded upon at the May AGM in 2008".


Kind regards

Dave Sweet
Club Secretary