It has been a tough year for us all and despite everyone's best efforts our running and racing programme in 2020 has been a shadow of its former self. However, the club has pulled together with some real success. Membership numbers continue to rise, we are seeing a good number of people at our track and road training sessions, we are settling into our new home at Halo Leisure Centre and our new club kit has been launched with our new online shop. Not bad at all for lockdown. Thanks and well done to everyone.
In recognition of the tough year, we have decided to try our best to keep members' subs to an absolute minimum in 2021.
Our annual fee of £25 is made up of two parts. £15 pays for your UK Athletics membership. This gives you full insurance when running with us, entitles you to race as a club member at a discount, and enables the club to register races that we organise. The other £10 is your club fee that pays for things like track hire, race equipment, and club running costs. The committee operates entirely voluntarily and no one benefits financially.
In 2021 we will drop the £10 club fee entirely and ask that everyone pays a reduced fee of £15 which will go directly to UK Athletics.
Some members who can afford it may choose to pay the full £25 to help the club during tough times - that is entirely optional.
New members joining us after 1st January 2021 will need to pay the full £25 -less than 50p a week!
For new members who have paid their fees in the last few months, we are happy to extend your membership right through until the end of 2021.
Membership is due from Jan 1st, 2021 and we will set up the membership page to accept the £15 option or the £25 option.