If you’re 18 or over then Senior Membership is for you. If not, visit the Junior Membership page or e-mail juniors@haverhillrunningclub.com for further information.
Benefits of Senior Membership
There are lots of benefits to Senior Membership, apart from keeping fit and healthy of course, including:
- Weekly club training and social runs
- Free entry to team races
- Annual awards
- Support and encouragement of trained coaches
- Access to the club’s Facebook page, where running is talked about all day long!
As a registered athlete with England Athletics, you’ll also be entitled to reduced race entry fees and other discounts and benefits. For further information about the benefits of athlete registration, click here.
The first step is to see if you like it! You can either wait for one of the Beginners courses, or just come along at 6.30pm on a Tuesday or Thursday evening (meet outside Haverhill leisure Centre). There’s always a range of abilities so you’ll always be able to find a group at your level. Just let us know when you’re coming by e-mailing membership@haverhillrunningclub.com.
If you’ve already decided that membership is for you, then read on for details of membership fees and how to apply.
Senior Membership levels and fees
The membership year runs from 1st April to 31st March.
One of the following two membership types, which both include registration with England Athletics, will apply depending on your circumstances:
- First Claim Membership: £38 per annum, of which £19 is payable to England Athletics. If there is less than 12 months of the membership year remaining when you join, the HRC portion of the fee will be prorated. First Claim membership means that Haverhill Running Club is your main club and will appear on your competition licence.
- Second Claim Membership: £19 per annum, or a prorated amount if there is less than 12 months of the membership year remaining. Second claim membership applies if you already have First Claim membership with another club. Your competition licence will state the name of the other club, who will pay the England Athletics fee.
In addition, we also offer Associate Membership to anyone who wishes to be a part of the Club, but who doesn’t want to train or compete with the Club. There is no fee for Associate Membership, but as you won’t be a registered athlete with England Athletics, you won’t have access to the benefits of athlete registration.
Membership fees are non-refundable.
Submitting your membership application
If you wish to join HRC as a First or Second Claim member, or as an Associate member, please click on the link below to complete and submit your membership application.
The application form will ask you to confirm that you agree to abide by the adopted England Athletics policies (including the applicable Code(s) of Conduct, safeguarding policies and grievance and disciplinary procedures), the HRC Facebook rules (if you use Facebook), and other relevant membership requirements.
By submitting your application, you agree for your personal details to be entered onto the England Athletics Portal. If you are joining as a First or Second Claim member, HRC may also need to share your name and date of birth with race event organisers if you participate in any team events in future. You’ll be asked to confirm your agreement for HRC to share your information in this way when completing the application form. Full details of how HRC use your personal data are given in our Privacy Notice.
Once your application has been processed, you’ll receive an e-mail from England Athletics giving you access to the myAthletics portal, where you’ll be able to review and manage your personal details and confirm your agreement to the applicable Code(s) of Conduct. If you are joining as a First or Second Claim member, a separate link will be sent requesting payment of any subscriptions that are due.
Further information about Senior Membership
If you have any questions or would like further information about Senior Membership please email membership@haverhillrunningclub.com.