Affiliation fees are not always listed separately in England - perhaps in your club, but not everywhere.
Affiliation fees at my club are simply absorbed by the club as just another cost. Members simply pay an annual Club membership fee.
I've seen very few clubs list anything other than the full membership fee, but fair play to you for going round checking that.
Are you really suggesting that clubs would have a two tier system, and charge "home" players 15 quid more than away members if SG decided that members only need to pay the levy once? Most clubs don't even state there's a levy, just send an invoice for the full membership fee whatever that may be
Just had a swatch at the 9 clubs on Deeside, none of them show the SG fee, Aboyne says it's included but that's the only club that even mentions it and doesn't say how much it is
I’m not sure why you wouldn’t mention it as a club. It is a cost that is outside your control and it confers benefits that you are not in charge of.
I would expect the fees area would list Club take as £X, then County and SG levies as whatever is applicable, the latter 2 qualifid with 'if applicable'! They are all, levies on the player, not the club! And I'm almost certain that, even if it's not actually listed separately, the club will have worked out what it needs to charge, then adds the applicable levies! You still don't seemed to have understood the term 'Data Analysis'. Try googling 'Database design' or 'Codd and Date Relational Model'. FWIW, I don't believe there is a '2 tier system' as, a leas as far as know, the County and SG levies are payable at every club a player belongs to! If it doesn't, that's an even bigger argument for seperating them from club membership cost in th appropriate docs!
I think you are from Yorkshire? Admittedly I haven’t played many in that County and some like Alwoodley that I have played are sparse in membership information. However just checked Harrogate GC and their website says “
| Affiliation Fees in 2023 for Males | Affiliation Fees in 2023 for Females |
|---|---|
| England Golf - £9.50 per member | England Golf - £9.50 per member |
| Yorkshire Union of Golf Clubs - £3.95 per member | Yorkshire Ladies County Golf Association - £6.50 per adult member, £2.00 per junior member |
| Sheffield Union of Golf Clubs - £2.50 per adult member | Sheffield & District Ladies Golf Union - £35.00 per club |
| Yorkshire Ladies County Golf Association - £10.00 per club | |
| Total - £15.95 per adult member, £13.45 per junior member |
The affiliation fees are held in the accounts as a cost to the club, treated in a similar vein to insurance, services etc.
Perhaps I can provide a link then…….The WHS database will be used in the future ( I think from 2024) as the source data for the number of playing members in each club to calculate the affiliation fees.
I think WHS now means, What He Said.
