The Membership fee this year has been frozen at a very reasonable £15 per year.
For this you get:-
- 10% discount at upandrunning, sweatshop and Moti
- Free entry into all X-country league races
- Free relay event entry
- Reduced fees to all ARC affiliated events
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A nice Sandhurst Joggers membership card
- Access to a bunch of damn fine people
The Club year runs from 1st April to 31st March
Please see link on the links section on the right of the page for the membership form, and details about ARC.
Affiliation With EA
About 4 years ago England Athletics changed their system of affiliation. The club used to pay a £50 payment which meant that all members of the club were affiliated. However, England Athletics found that they were not able to cover their costs in this way and so have started charging both the club £50 and then each member can voluntarily choose to become affiliated themselves.
Currently, Sandhurst Joggers are affiliated to England Athletics as a club, but only a handful of our members have chosen to become affiliated. Over the last few years this has not been an issue, but we have noticed that increasingly if you enter races online you will only get your £2 reduction for being a member of a club if you can put in your membership number. Many people have emailed asking for this and unfortunately until you pay your £5 you will not have this number. We assume this will become more and more of a regular occurrence and as a club it is our duty to communicate your options as clearly as we can. (Bear in mind that the legislation has been brought in in a very sporadic manner and when talking to committee members in other clubs no-one is really sure if you need to join or not!!)
Anyway here goes on the options:
1) Pay the £5 on top of your SJ membership of £15. This will enable you to enter all races and get a discount of £2. You will also get sent a Sweatshop voucher for £5 along with your England Athletics membership card.
2) Not pay the £5. In most races at present you can claim the affiliated fee as we as a club are affiliated, but in some races this will not be enough and you will have to pay the unaffiliated amount as you have not paid your £5.
The £5 you give to EA goes towards:
- Educating coaches (we have about 10 of our members with England Athletics qualifications)
- Develop clubs (this is aimed at junior sections - which we have)
- National Competitions (if you would like to compete in the South of England XC and the National XC they organise these free of charge - Sandhurst entered teams in both of these events last year)
- Support School Athletics
- Support Run in England (Serena, Nina, Mike G, Royston, Carl and Alan all have qualifications which allow us to be a "Run in England" club)
If you would like to find out some more information have a look at the England Athletics website which can be found at www.englandathletics.org
If you would like to become affiliated, then please send £5 made payable to Sandhurst Joggers to 53 Bishops Drive, Wokingham, Berks, RG401WA. You also need to send:
Full name:
Date of Birth:
Address: