Fees

Membership Costs

The club is currently trialing a direct debit system which would allow us to increase the payments automatically when a swimmer is enrolled in more sessions and to reduce the payments should the opposite occur. This will also allow us to cease payments when swimmers leave the club, rather than chasing up the cancellaton of standing orders.

Training sessions are charged at £14 / month for each day enrolled upto a maximum of 3 days. i.e. for a swimmer that attends every Thursday the monthly charge (paid by standing order) is £14 - for a swimmer that attends every Tuesday and Thursday the monthly charge is £28. Training is held every week with a two week shutdown during August and December.

Younger swimmers generally join the FUNdamentals squad swimming either Tuesday or Thursday each week (see Training > Sessions). As ability and fitness increases swimmers progress to swimming on both Tuesday and Thursday (£28 / month) then Tuesday, Thursday and either Wednesday or Sunday (£42 / month). The next stage would be swimming on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday (£50 / month). The club's top swimmers (Regional / National Level) attend on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday resulting in a monthly charge of £60.

Training days are fixed - swimmers are not permitted to change or substitute sessions to a different day i.e. if a swimmer is registered to attend on a Tuesday only and cannot make that training session please don't swap to another day as this affects training plans and effectively means the club pays for two sets of pool hire while being reimbursed for one.

Pay as you swim is not permitted for any swimmer as this would adversely affect all members due to the higher rates that would need to be charged to cover those sessions when some members do not attend. This approach is also extremely difficult to manage from a training and administration point of view - there aren't enough parent volunteers to cope with the additional workload.

As swimmers graduate through the squads they are provided with appropriate opportunities to compete both for the club and individually at competitions that range from open meets through to Nationals with all levels supported by a strong competition focused training regime. At the same time, with squad advancement comes an increasing proportion of pool-time - i.e. the very youngest swimmers (FUNdamentals) will be swimming for 30mins on Tuesday and/or Thursdays although the senior squads will be swimming either 1½ or 2hrs on each night.

In addition to monthly standing orders there is an additional annual membership fee (1st Feb - 31st Jan). This fee is administered by the club but forwarded to the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) as part of affiliation / insurance. The annual membership fee for 2016 is £40 (single) or £80 (family) and paid by 31st January each year - please monitor your E-Mail for annual membership renewal instructions at this time of year.

IMPORTANT NOTE: If a swimmer regularly misses one of the swimming sessions, on a given day, for 8 or more occurances the club will seek to understand why and if necessary remove the swimmer from that session. This is in the interest of making the best use of the lanes for all swimmers. If you will not be swimming sessions for a prolonged time due to leg / arm or other aliments please contact the club so we can discuss session fee's etc.

Changing the Number of Sessions

Please remember to update your existing standing order when the number of sessions you are registered for changes. If you start swimming an extra day increase your standing order. If you reduce your number of days swimming please reduce your standing order and E-Mail the club using the website 'This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.' link above. CASC is not able to change standing order payments - this remains entirely your responsibility.

Club Finances

Chippenham ASC operates as a completely non-profit making club with the aim of matching expenditure with income. The vast majority of funds raised from membership fees and monthly standing orders is used to pay pool hire costs (>95%). Remaining funds are used for essential training, events, equipment etc. All coaches, poolside helpers and other club officials provide their time completely free of charge as unpaid volunteers.

Club Resignation

Chippenham ASC cannot cancel Standing Order payments when swimmers leave the club - Bank Rules. It is the parents sole responsibility to cancel standing orders on leaving the club. Please E-Mail the club using the website 'This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.' link above when this is done.