Club Membership Fee - What's yours ?

[bullbarrel]

Ours is £40 per annum with £3 green fee.

Personally I'd like them to raise it to £!00 an £2 green fee as will be cheaper over the year.

But we have many people who rarely shoot and I don't think the rest of the committee (several who rarely shoot) will go for it.

I think Carshalton is £120 a year and no green fee (not sure about targets). They have loads of members but still claim to be quite quiet most evenings. Nice indoor range limited to 25 metres, includes carbines and BP pistol.

Croydon is £100/120 and no green fee, but you pay for targets. 10m airpistol is indoors, 25,50,100 yard outdoor range (firing point under cover) and they have 20yard carbine range. Could do with a refurb.....

The best club is the BBS NRPC which is only £25 a year. And range fee depends on how many people turn up to share the cost, average is about £10 for a full day.

[AHPP]

The best club is the BBS NRPC which is only £25 a year. And range fee depends on how many people turn up to share the cost, average is about £10 for a full day.

Why; this sounds like a jolly good arrangement!
Tell us, bullbarrel - how does one go about joining this fabulous organisation?

[bullbarrel]

Why; this sounds like a jolly good arrangement!
Tell us, bullbarrel - how does one go about joining this fabulous organisation?

I wouldn't bother trying. Its quite exclusive and we'd never let someone like you join.

[Haggis]

When my probation ends in 3 weeks I'll tell you

[Rodd]

South Dorset FTC,

Adults £30 per annum, juniors £15, guests £1.50, shoot dawn to dusk 364 days a year (closed Xmas day) no range fees, no facilities just good wooded shooting ground, 50 target FT, 30 target HFT and zero range out to 60yds.

Rod

[Fimbulvetr]

£10 p/m, no range fees but £1 a hire if you want to borrow a club gun.

This would have been better as a poll.

[Huntsman07]

£ 40 a year, open every sunday, plenty of targets and a great bunch of gun nuts.

[littlefraggle]

Ours is £40 per annum with £3 green fee.

The best VALUE club is the BBS NRPC which is only £25 a year. And range fee depends on how many people turn up to share the cost, average is about £10 for a full day.

Despite the popularity of this board we never really get more than the same 4-6 people coming each month desipte the negligable cost to use Bisley ranges... very sad I think.

[thibben]

Alan

You are a bit 'schnooked' with the LRP/LBR's falling outside the norm. Having a range approved for such to use plus being a member of a national related body is (it looks) your only option?

Littlefraggle

I'd like to come up shoot some time but some folks have a 4-6 hour journey each way (season dependant) which takes the edge off of things .

Terry

[Westcountry Tony]

£60 per year, 24/7 access to 3 ranges out to 50m

owned by the club so far easier and better for the members

no fancy pants clubhouse etc, but hey we out there to shoot guns! not shoot the breeze

[riggers2647]

The club in Gloucester that was mentioned at the very start of this thread has had the audacity to raise the basic membership from £150 last year to £258 this year ,with massive increases across the board and nothing worthwhile to show for the increase. The idea was supposed to raise a massive amount of cash in a short time, but if you want my opinion, there will be a large number of members refusing to renew their subs thus defeating the whole objective.

[Coney2]

It's really difficult to compare what you get for the money when comparing the prices given here, as several people have already mentioned.
The new fees at Glos are apparently higher than others here but then the facilities are reasonable. Indoor range 30 meters with 10 and 20 options with target spotlights, 50 meter floodlit outside range with covered firing point, small club room area with drinks and snack facilities. It's open every evening Mon - Fri, Wed afternoons and Sat & Sun mornings with access for members anytime they want to use the range(s) outside of the "open" times. Air, rimfire and centre fire plus a crossbow section. Membership is for all disciplines with no extras like range or attendance fees. Targets and other "consumables" are not free.
The large outside range takes a lot of maintenance to keep it in good order and there are structural problems with the building that houses the club room and internal range that needs money to repair, and costs like electricity and heating are far from cheap.
If fees are paid in one amount then the cost is £240pa or £4.61 per week. Is this really an unacceptable amount of money to have to pay for the resources available? I cannot speak for anyone else but I personally don't think so. I also have to say that just paying a range fee of £2 per session would cost me over £300 per year which perhaps influences my judgement in this!!!!!
B

[doctordoom]

The club in Gloucester that was mentioned at the very start of this thread has had the audacity to raise the basic membership from £150 last year to £258 this year ,with massive increases across the board and nothing worthwhile to show for the increase. The idea was supposed to raise a massive amount of cash in a short time, but if you want my opinion, there will be a large number of members refusing to renew their subs thus defeating the whole objective.

Hi Ian, you have PM from me, look forward to seeing you at the club. John

[so3295]

I pay £100 for the year and no fees to shoot on club nights we have an indoor 25m range and outdoor 50m where we can shoot fullboore and slug. Just about to join another club locally and their fees are £50 per year but there is a hefty joining fee.