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Will you rejoin your club for next year

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    #242
    kennethrhcp
    Registered Users Posts: 274 ✭✭kennethrhcp


    Break80 wrote: »
    Joined a new club last year.
    8k Hello money over 2 years plus subs.
    Just paid the balance today so it looks looks like beans on toast in my house for a while.
    When we get back I might change my address to the golf course because I will be living there for the summer.

    did you join Fota Break? no offence to your old club but some step up (is a step up to nearly all clubs) & alot closer to home


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    #243
    Break80
    Registered Users Posts: 349 ✭✭Break80


    kennethrhcp wrote: »
    did you join Fota Break? no offence to your old club but some step up (is a step up to nearly all clubs) & alot closer to home


    yes Thats the one.
    Always fancied it and took the plunge last year.
    I hope to be walking down the 18th in 20 years time.


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    #244
    bailey99
    Registered Users Posts: 1,192 ✭✭✭bailey99


    What's the rate for fota these days? I brought a society down there twice a year every year for years but the price rockets three or four years back and we haven't gone back since.


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    #245
    slave1
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 18,678 Mod ✭✭✭✭slave1


    I’ve played their Paddy’s Day Open a few times, course does be in great nick, can’t remember the exact cost but is a good deal

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    #246
    GreeBo
    Registered Users Posts: 27,031 ✭✭✭✭GreeBo


    Break80 wrote: »
    yes Thats the one.
    Always fancied it and took the plunge last year.
    I hope to be walking down the 18th in 20 years time.

    Jaysus I hope we are back playing sooner than 20 years time! :)


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    #247
    Break80
    Registered Users Posts: 349 ✭✭Break80


    GreeBo wrote: »
    Jaysus I hope we are back playing sooner than 20 years time! :)

    I don't know.
    Listening to Tony he might let us out around then.


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    #248
    GreeBo
    Registered Users Posts: 27,031 ✭✭✭✭GreeBo


    Paid my sub today, hoping we are back in some form around Paddys :(


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    #249
    pinkdoubleeagle
    Registered Users Posts: 935 ✭✭✭pinkdoubleeagle


    GreeBo wrote: »
    Paid my sub today, hoping we are back in some form around Paddys :(

    Likewise. Paid up last Friday. Lucky to be able to in these times.


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    #250
    GreeBo
    Registered Users Posts: 27,031 ✭✭✭✭GreeBo


    pinkdoubleeagle wrote: »
    Likewise. Paid up last Friday. Lucky to be able to in these times.

    Yeah true!
    Interestingly we have one of the longest waiting lists for new members that we have had in years, time to bring the entry fee back up!
    I suspect many locals who typically played in courses outside the 5k are now looking closer to home. (there would be lots of locals in Carton or Wicklow etc)


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    #251
    gypsy79
    Registered Users Posts: 1,784 ✭✭✭gypsy79


    My sub is due March 9th. Hope we are playing by then


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    #252
    swededmonkey
    Registered Users Posts: 477 ✭✭swededmonkey


    My club have been quite fair so far. The renewal date for subs has been extended from 1st January to 1st March and won't expire until 28th Feb next year. That's as good as I can expect. Just hope there aren't any further delays. I don't know how much longer they can go without asking for payment


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    #253
    Ollieboy
    Registered Users Posts: 3,070 ✭✭✭Ollieboy


    Out of my group of friends I don’t know anyone not renewing this year and one friend actually rejoined after leaving two years ago.

    I know renewals are 20% up already on other years and the deadline isn’t till the end of February.

    We also have a waitlist for the first time in about 15 years and nearby clubs brought back entrance fees this month.


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    #254
    blue note
    Registered Users Posts: 4,503 ✭✭✭blue note


    You'll have a few things that clubs will balance off against each other with regard to their prices. If the demand for membership is up they'll think about getting more revenue in from it. Possibly from getting rid of incentive offers, reintroducing an entrance fee or just increasing their membership. In particular members clubs will not want to raise membership if they can avoid it. And they'll want to reward members for sticking with them. And if they can they'd like to compensate members for months they could not play.

    They'll also look at keeping members long term, so they'll want to keep them happy. And they can expect members to drift off when things open back up, so they should factor in a drop off in member numbers too.

    Then you'll have clubs who will need to look at cashflow to keep going, or building up reserves again. So they might look at capitalising on the increased demand while they can. Then they'll have to look at what other clubs are doing too.

    And that's just looking at membership. Green fees could be the biggest source of income for some clubs.

    I'd say we will see some volatility in prices over the next couple of years. Lots of variables at play. In the same club you could see them raise some of their prices and cut others.

    And the world has changed too. People will move clubs much more freely than they did previously. Either looking for value or even just a change of scenery.


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    #255
    GreeBo
    Registered Users Posts: 27,031 ✭✭✭✭GreeBo


    blue note wrote: »
    And the world has changed too. People will move clubs much more freely than they did previously. Either looking for value or even just a change of scenery.

    I think thats been the case for a decade now, basically since the celtic tiger stubbed his toe. Once joining fees disappeared the nomadic member was born.


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    #256
    blue note
    Registered Users Posts: 4,503 ✭✭✭blue note


    I think it's wider than golf too. Back in the day you'd be in the one golf club, one bank, one job. You might stick with the one garage up change your car each time, one travel agent for your holidays.

    Now, people shop around for the best deal in everything. It would be strange if golf didn't change.


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    #257
    Green Peter
    Registered Users Posts: 947 ✭✭✭Green Peter


    blue note wrote: »
    I think it's wider than golf too. Back in the day you'd be in the one golf club, one bank, one job. You might stick with the one garage up change your car each time, one travel agent for your holidays.

    Now, people shop around for the best deal in everything. It would be strange if golf didn't change.

    Even the one woman!


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    #258
    blue note
    Registered Users Posts: 4,503 ✭✭✭blue note


    Green Peter wrote: »
    Even the one woman!

    Lots of things have changed, but the hours in the day haven't. I already have lists of jobs to do from having one wife. If someone wants to have two relationships going, they have my sympathies!


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    #259
    idle
    Registered Users Posts: 241 ✭✭idle


    Just made my 36th and final joining fee monthly payment. Pot committed


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    #260
    Luckycharm
    Registered Users Posts: 1,538 ✭✭✭Luckycharm


    GreeBo wrote: »
    Yeah true!
    Interestingly we have one of the longest waiting lists for new members that we have had in years, time to bring the entry fee back up!
    I suspect many locals who typically played in courses outside the 5k are now looking closer to home. (there would be lots of locals in Carton or Wicklow etc)

    They did increase it, you obviously weren't on the AGM :P


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    #261
    GreeBo
    Registered Users Posts: 27,031 ✭✭✭✭GreeBo


    Luckycharm wrote: »
    They did increase it, you obviously weren't on the AGM :P

    Probably nearly up to half what we paid! :rolleyes:


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    #262
    Luckycharm
    Registered Users Posts: 1,538 ✭✭✭Luckycharm


    GreeBo wrote: »
    Probably nearly up to half what we paid! :rolleyes:

    Considering you came through the Junior ranks like me thankfully wasn't full whack. Now €15k


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    #263
    GreeBo
    Registered Users Posts: 27,031 ✭✭✭✭GreeBo


    Luckycharm wrote: »
    Considering you came through the Junior ranks like me thankfully wasn't full whack. Now €15k

    Thats a 2K bump right? Not massively significant, considering what the neighbours charge.


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    #264
    Seve OB
    Registered Users Posts: 15,824 ✭✭✭✭Seve OB


    swededmonkey wrote: »
    My club have been quite fair so far. The renewal date for subs has been extended from 1st January to 1st March and won't expire until 28th Feb next year. That's as good as I can expect. Just hope there aren't any further delays. I don't know how much longer they can go without asking for payment

    That’s very fair


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    #265
    Seve OB
    Registered Users Posts: 15,824 ✭✭✭✭Seve OB


    Luckycharm wrote: »
    Considering you came through the Junior ranks like me thankfully wasn't full whack. Now €15k

    What kind of discount did you get by coming though the junior ranks?
    I think I paid 2k joining fee when I graduated and had a year as an associate before becoming a full member. I think the regular joining fee back then may have been in excess of €15k, so it was a big discount.


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    #266
    Green Peter
    Registered Users Posts: 947 ✭✭✭Green Peter


    Is there a bit of back clapping going on here?


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    #267
    Luckycharm
    Registered Users Posts: 1,538 ✭✭✭Luckycharm


    Seve OB wrote: »
    What kind of discount did you get by coming though the junior ranks?
    I think I paid 2k joining fee when I graduated and had a year as an associate before becoming a full member. I think the regular joining fee back then may have been in excess of €15k, so it was a big discount.

    I think I paid 3 times the subs while the joining fee was 10 times the subs. I became a full member at 26 basically once you started working they were looking for you to become a full member, Now you stay as an intermediate till your early 30s. They had a huge problem of very few Juniors going on to be become full members, I remember something like only 2 juniors became full members over 2 years.

    I was lucky though as my dad paid my years sub when I went to OZ, I hadn't even thought about it as I only really played a little bit in the summer as played rugby all year. Very glad he did now since I retired and would have really have regretted leaving but as you know yourself it isn't one your priorities when young.


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    #268
    bailey99
    Registered Users Posts: 1,192 ✭✭✭bailey99


    What club?


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    #269
    billy3sheets
    Registered Users Posts: 1,078 ✭✭✭billy3sheets


    I just coughed up for another year. :)


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    #270
    fred funk }{
    Registered Users Posts: 6,827 ✭✭✭fred funk }{


    Paid my full sub in full in December. We got a few months free last year but not sure what gonna happen this year but I won't be looking for anything back anyway.


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    #271
    Glebee
    Registered Users Posts: 6,582 ✭✭✭Glebee


    Need to be paid in full by end of March, paying it over a few installments to get it paid before then.


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