Membership to our club is £20/year for basic membership and £39/year for England Athletics (EA) Affiliated membership. EA membership entitles you to enter any races at the reduced rate. Basic members belong to a running club but are not EA affiliated and therefore are not entitled to the discount when entering races.
Our membership form can be found here.
We meet at Shooters Bar, Sandy Lane every Tuesday and Thursday at 6.30pm. Members run for free as the membership now includes a year’s worth of runs. The membership fees go towards equipment such as signage for our races, marshal vests etc. It also contributes to fees and permits we have to pay to councils and venues when we are organising races.
You do not have to enter any races as a member but if you do, members are asked to wear club colours to represent your club. Vests, t-shirts, hoodies, jackets and bandanas/buffs are all available at a subsidised rate to members. Our club colours are black and white.
Other benefits of membership: Each year Dawlish Coasters sponsors up to three races for our members. These are local races of varying lengths for which you will be reimbursed your entry fee when you have run the races (regardless of whether you have paid for EA affiliation or not). These are publicised to members via our ‘Member’s only’ Facebook group.
Our club also has a committee of dedicated volunteer members who work hard to get club runs, events and kit etc. organised. We meet once a month at Shooters. If you would like to make a suggestion or raise an issue about the club, please let the club secretary know and this will be raised at the next committee meeting. As a member you will also receive a copy of the committee meeting minutes via email each month.
AGM - each year in November we hold our Annual General Meeting. We urge as many members as possible to attend to have your say, agree on issues for the coming year and agree the committee members for the coming year. You are very welcome to stand for committee as well - we always welcome new and enthusiastic members to our team.
Please let us know about events you have taken part in as a Dawlish Coaster (and we love photos!). We like to celebrate all your achievements with you!