Important notice regarding swimming fee increases and payment methods Notice of fee increases from January 2011 The committee
has recently passed the budget for the 2010/2011
swimming season. Unfortunately,
in order for the club to break even financially for the
coming season it is necessary to increase the fees from January 2011 as follows: Current fee
2011 Fee
Senior Squad
€77
€85
Dev squad
€66
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B Group 3 days p.w.
€55
€58
B Group 2 days p.w.
€45
€48
It should be noted that the last fee increase was in February 2009, almost two years ago. The budget assumes a significant target amount to be raised from fund-raising
activities. Therefore in order to meet our fund raising
targets it will be necessary for all members to take part fully in any fund raising activities organised during the year.
Payment of fees - Move towards payments by Standing Order The current practice of invoicing all swimmers for swimming fees on a monthly basis and collecting cash/cheques involves a lot of administration in handling cash/cheques and is very time consuming on the committee members. In order to reduce the amount of cash handled and administration effort it is proposed that the following new procedures will be introduced from January 2011. New invoicing periods: Invoices will be issued in three terms during the season: Jan-Mar Term - covers period from January to March. Date of issue of invoice January 1St, 2011 April-July term - covers period from April to June/July. Date of issue April 1St, 2011 Sept - Dec term - covers period from September to December. Date of issue of invoice September 1St, 2010 The invoices will include the following charges
.1. Swim Fees- Feesfor each month in term 2. Swim Ireland registration fees will be invoiced in Sept - Dec term. 3. Gala FeesGala fees incurred in a term will be invoiced in the following term. Payment of fees must be made by the end of the month of billing. If you do not pay your bills on time your child will not be allowed swim in the following month.
If you pay the invoices by Standing Order you may continue to make regular monthly payments against your invoices. You may
wish to consider taking into account an estimate of gala entries when estimating the monthly standing order amount. You may also consider leaving the standing order run over the 12 months to cover all charges in addition to the monthly fees.
We would encourage all swimmers to move towards paying invoices by monthly Standing Order. If any swimmers wish to continue paying invoices by cash/cheque then the full invoice for each term much be settled in full by the end of the first month of the term. Standing Order forms may be obtained from Angela Torsney or you may complete a form at your own bank branch. The details are as follows: Aer Lingus Swim Club bank account Ulster Bank Sort Code no - 985011 Bank account no - 05027072
If you have any queries please call Angela at 0872312230.