England Athletics

Hi

By now all of you who gave us permission to give your details to England Athletics should have received an England Athletics Competition Licence which should allow you to enter races without paying the "non-affiliated fee".

This card will also get you a 10% (or is it 5%) one off discount at Sweatshop. Check the details when you register your licence on the England Athletics website.

Now here is the important bit which came to light at the Cross Country on 28th December. Hopefully it should not affect us but is affecting other clubs.

We initially registered as a club and paid £50 for the privilige. Then we subsequently registered you all and paid the INDIVIDUAL registration fees en-bloc from club funds as agreed at the AGM. You should therefore get your licence and not be charged any further fee.

Some Clubs, however, have registered the club only and have asked their individual members to log on to England Athletics, register their personal details and pay the individual member fee direct to England Athletics. This approach is easier to administer for a small club. However it has resulted in some cases of non-payment of fees (probably due to the confusing instructions - basically runners run, they do not read websites very carefully!) and the club secretary getting threatening letters from England Athletics informing them that their EA membership will cease unless funds are paid etc.

The purpose of this notice is as follows:-

1 If you have received requests for membership money from England Athletics do not pay it, you are already a paid up member.

2 If you have not yet received you competition licence please let me know preferably before 19th January so that I can follow this up as a group issue.

3 If you are a new member to Canterbury Harriers (Joined since 30th November 2008) and would like your details forwarded to England Athletics please let Sue Reilly and myself know so that we can organise this and pay your individual fee from club funds - this is a benefit of membership to which you are entitled.

4 Not having a competition licence after April 2009 may mean you have to pay the non-affiliated fee for races such as London Marathon, Great North Run etc.

Any questions contact me

Happy New Year

Tim

NB Gerry or Sean

As not all members are using the forum yet can one of you email this to all members

Thanks

Tim

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