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Membership fee's

Still a colt member at our club so pay a very low amount for a 7 day membership. Played at Felixstowe Ferry yesterday, recently entered into the top 100 in England, membership there was £200 a year CHEAPER than our place......which is a very very very long way from the top 100 in England. Think I might have to move to Suffolk.
 
Mine are £750 a year. A club I am looking to join has an age concession for my age group though (25-27) which will see me paying about £400 a year for about 18 months then up to a grand or so.
 
...are an awful lot when you have only played a handful of times since the start of the new membership year (1st Nov) :(

But play or not - the cost stays the same.
 
Our membership year runs October to September, annual subs this year 1125, proposal submitted for next year to increase to 1150.

Two quality courses, hasn't closed once this winter.

Worth every penny IMO
 
I pay £845 for full membership, gone up £20,Great course,I don't think theres many better in the locality, Got a great greenkeeper and the club is backing him. They are midway through a £300k irrigation upgrade, extension on clubhouse, new bunkers and paths etc.

Put it up £200 for me, Love it.

But you cant change your shoes in the car park:o
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
...are an awful lot when you have only played a handful of times since the start of the new membership year (1st Nov) :(

But play or not - the cost stays the same.
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I've always thought it would make more sense to have fees due in summer when people are out playing more. Still, what do I know
 
HawkeyeMS said:
I've always thought it would make more sense to have fees due in summer when people are out playing more. Still, what do I know
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Hey, you've just copied just about word for word what I said in post #51! Don't go copying my genius thinking and passing it off as your own work, and if I ever see you slagging off the Daily Mail and dress codes then you will be hearing from my lawyers! ;)
 
HawkeyeMS said:
I've always thought it would make more sense to have fees due in summer when people are out playing more. Still, what do I know
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Probably because memberships are a huge part of the budget used by the club during the year, and the summer months are also usually when the most money gets spent on the course. So having all your membership in at the start of the big spending (ours are due in April) is much easier to budget for. Of course it will ultimately depend on historically when your fees are due, as changing your cycle by about 6 months can cripple a club if they don't have cash reserves. I remember when ours changed from Dec to Apr it was a tough time for the club and the members too !
 
BTatHome said:
Probably because memberships are a huge part of the budget used by the club during the year, and the summer months are also usually when the most money gets spent on the course. So having all your membership in at the start of the big spending (ours are due in April) is much easier to budget for. Of course it will ultimately depend on historically when your fees are due, as changing your cycle by about 6 months can cripple a club if they don't have cash reserves. I remember when ours changed from Dec to Apr it was a tough time for the club and the members too !
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moving it one month away each year for 3-4 years could be a solution, or maybe give the members a choice between that or paying a 3-4 month fee from january to april and then pay their full fees for the year.
 
Just received 'the dreaded letter' this morning.

Its starts by announcing that its the clubs 125th anniversary and then underlines how well we've done during all the dreadful weather, which we have to be fair, and is down to the drainage work we completed in recent years and is still ongoing. It then announces that we are taking delivery of 4 new Torro Mowers, an extra Greens Iron and a Bunker Rake (not the manual hand held one :smirk: ) It goes further then stating that we need and are having a new roof on the South side of the clubhouse and solar panels being installed at a cost of 52k but this will save us £4k per year. It then informs us about the European Courts ruling on VAT and states we should have a refund which is being handled through KPMG of around £50k in 2015. There's some stuff about the pro having a new website and then states we are only 15 members short of our full 650 membership and that the gentlemen's membership is increasing but the ladies is declining. It then goes further to say we will be spending on average £20k more each year on machinery to meet the expectations of the members and..........................................then....................................it says in the last paragraph.............................. my membership has increased £50 to £1030.00 which with my locker, EGU Fee's and Bar levy, means £1168.50 in the next few weeks.

With everything we are spending on machinery to look after the course and if the course clearly displays those improvements, then a £1 p/week increase I can live with.
 
799 at my place but I wont be renewing this year, most likely joining a club whos fees are currently 1100.. so quite a big increase..
 
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