Fees

Basis of Fees

United is a non-profit incorporated society. The club’s objective is to keep fees as reasonable as possible and thereby maximise the affordability and accessibility to the club, while at the same time ensuring that the club can meet its obligations in a responsible manner and on a sustainable basis. The club seeks to supplement its fee revenue with funds from grants from community trusts and from self-fund raising activities.

Current Fees

Schedule of Training Fees, inclusive of GST(Updated Term 1, 2026)

The fees payable by competitive swimmers in any squads are as follows:

• Club Membership: This is an annual fee split evenly across four terms to help alleviate a large payment at the beginning of the year.. The fee is $75 per term and will be charged irrespective of training attendance. See below for members who are predominantly training overseas.
• Swimming NZ (SNZ) Registration: This is an annual fee that is payable to SNZ in July to allow swimmers to enter competitions. It is paid through the SNZ MyPage when swimmer registration is completed.
• Training Fees: The training fees are based on a 4 term year in line with the public school terms. Each term may have a different number of training days and weeks depending on when training breaks and public holidays are scheduled (there may not be training on public holidays). Holiday programmes and camps may incur additional costs.
• Dryland Fee: Where dryland is included in a training programme, the fee for standard dry land is included within the Training Fee and contributes towards the cost of equipment such as stretch cords and weights.
• Payment Terms: All fees for the term are due to be paid before the commencement of each term. If fees are not paid on time there will be a late fee payable of $ 50. The club’s preference is for fees to be paid in full at the beginning of each term but fee payments can be structured on a monthly basis (but with an obligation for the full term) by agreement with the club’s Treasurer and the swimmer is responsible for ensuring the payments are made on the due monthly dates.
• Full term: Training Fees are for a full term and the Club does not offer options for a part of the term – other than for members who are predominantly training overseas and return to NZ during their holidays (see below).
• Make-ups/Refunds: United’s policy is that it does not offer make-up sessions or provide refunds for unattended sessions or when sessions are cancelled eg due to a public holiday or a squad break. This policy also applies where a swimmer is unable to attend for an extended period during the term as the club typically can not replace the forgone revenue on short notice and is similarly unable to reduce its costs on a pro-rata basis. In exceptional and unusual circumstances the Committee will consider limited exceptions.
• Training Overseas: Members who are predominantly training overseas, eg., on a US university swim team, may continue to be a United member. These members will pay 50% of the Club Membership fee if they compete in one of the following national meets. NAGS, Opens or Short course. This will increase to 100% if they spend the majority of the year training with United. Subject to availability of suitable lane space, these members may train with the United squads when they are back in New Zealand and the training fee will be a pro-rata amount on a weekly basis of the Seniors squad training fee.

For swimmers who are non-competitive:

Non competitive swimmers are not required to be members of United Swimming Club and hence are not required to pay the Club Membership fee or Swimming NZ (SNZ) registration fee. If the swimmer decides to enter SNZ competitive meets then the SNZ registration and Club Membership fee would be applicable. There is no training on public holidays and there are no “make-ups” or refunds.

Administration Fee: This is a fee payable by all United’s swimmers to contribute towards the cost of club administration. It is currently $35 per term (4 terms per year).