| Membership Scheme | Voting Rights | Bar Discount | International Tickets | Fee | Notes |
| Adult Playing Membership |  |
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£80 | At least 18 years old. For players and general members who want to have voting rights at General Meetings, discounted pricing at the bar and the ability to apply for international tickets via the club. NB For senior playing members there is an additional pay as you play scheme in operation (match subs - £5 per game played). |
| Adult Full Membership | |
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£80 | At least 18 years old. This membership is for non-playing adults. The membership includes voting rights, a discount via account at the bar and allows the holder to apply for international tickets through the club. |
| Social Membership |  |
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£40 | At least 18 years old. For general members who wish to enjoy discounted pricing at the bar. Does NOT Include voting rights. |
| Lifetime Membership | |
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£300 | At least 40 years old or no longer able to play due to injury or ill health. For general members who want to have voting rights at General Meetings, discounted pricing at the bar and the ability to apply for international tickets via the club for their lifetime. |
| Age Grade Membership | |
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£50 | Under 18 years old. For players to be able to play rugby for Acklam age grade teams. The access to international tickets is only with an adult member with similar rights. |
Payment Methods:
Credit or Debit Card
Payment in full can be made online via our online Game Management System (GMS) provided by the RFU.
Direct Debit
Payments can be made in instalments via our online GMS, provided by the RFU.
Cash or Cheque
We do NOT accept cash or cheque payments for memberships as these must be purchased via the online GMS.
Key points and restrictions:
Anyone wishing to play rugby MUST:
- Hold a current club membership of the appropriate type.
- Hold a ‘Club Registration’ via the RFU provided GMS.
- Men’s 1st XV squad players must additionally hold an ‘RFU Registration’ via the RFU provided GMS.
- All Senior members must be aged over 18 and all Age Grade members must be under 18. Each under 18 member must have, as a minimum, one parent or guardian registered in the RFU provided GMS.
- New members must complete the membership application process using the RFU's GMS system.
- Existing members will be able to renew online and do not have to complete a new membership application. Memberships for the new season will become available for purchase 2 months before the start of each season.
- All memberships purchased using direct debit must be fully paid by 28th February each year. Please note that payment by instalments is not 'pay as you go'. Once joined, you are committed to pay the full amount for the season. Anyone who cancels their direct debit will have their membership suspended/terminated and application for membership in a subsequent season will require payment of historic balances.
- Once your membership application has been completed you will be able to access your account on the GMS to update your personal details. Access is password-protected, and members are restricted only to their own data. Or in the case of Parents/Guardians access is also to the details of any child linked to your account.
Unique Email Addresses in GMS
In order to create an account in the GMS for an individual aged 18 or over, a unique email address must be attached to the account being created, this means the email address cannot already exist against an existing account.
It is imperative that the RFU are able to manage records of rugby competitions and of rugby players as efficiently as possible, and in compliance with Data Protection legislation (GDPR) we need to be able to determine that each record held in the GMS database corresponds to a unique person, and that we can manage the preferences of that person.
For this reason, every record in the GMS must correspond to a UNIQUE email address, and that the email address is VERIFIED as active. Email addresses that are already linked to a record in GMS can't be used for new records.
The RFU is aware of the legacy data challenge in GMS whereby existing accounts contain email addresses linked to more than one account, primarily children and parents.
An exercise is currently underway to clean up this data and remove email addresses against child records where a parent is already linked, therefore ensuring that an account only has unique email details linked to it. Once a child reaches the age of taking control of their account, a parent will be able to add an email address unique to that child to the child's account. The RFU will communicate next steps on tidying up this email data in due course.
