I am interested in the fees other organizations charge to be members of their team. I am very interested in YMCA's (YWCA), but would greatly appriecate information from any club...I need lots of data.
Is there a fee to swim at your facility, besides the Masters fee?
What is it?
Is there a fee to swim on the team?
What is it?
And finally, are your swimmers required to pay their masters registration?
Thanks in advance!
Former Member
Menlo masters has the following schedule:
USMS registration-- $25
Team Annual Fee-- $30
Dues for 20 coached workouts/week--$63 monthly, $185 quarterly, or $693 annually
Being a part of a wonderful organization--Priceless:p
Our YMCA does not charge for masters, but you have to be a member of the Y to participate. (Many of the team members join the Y only for masters; though quite a few also use other facilities, too--weight room, bball, racquetball/tennis, etc.)
We have 3 x 1 hour practices a week, though it's easy to swim at other times, too. Our coach is a player-coach--i.e., writes practices and swims them too.
There's no requirement to join USMS--we have an active fall-winter-spring of regional Y meets, which cost $7 a piece. All in all, a pretty good deal. Probably 4 or so of us also join USMS and swim 1-2 meets a year (nationals)
On the negative side, we only get 3 lanes, which limits the maximum number of participants.
My fees associated with Masters are:
Masters membership..........$25/year
Local Meets........................$30 each (approximate)
YMCA membership..............$83/month (family)
This is all to practice and compete without any coaching.
Our fees are:
$80 once-in-a-lifetime club sign up fee
$35 per year Masters Swimming Ass. of BC fee
$550/10 month year OR $60 per month fees. This entitles a swimmer to three practices a week; two are coached.
We require members to joing MSABC for insurance purposes. MSABC membership is a requirement to participate in meets, but our club does not insist that people compete. About half our club competes.
My YMCA team does registration based on the YMCA sessions (about 8 weeks long). We have 2 prices, one for YMCA members and one for non-members. Currently the price is $20 for members and $40 for non-members.
This registration fee entitles a participant to 4 (1 hour long) coached practices a week.
Since we do not have any local YMCA Masters swim meet, we compete in the USMS's Maryland LMSC. During the SCY season we try and swim (as a team) 1 meet a month. Since these are USMS LMSC swim meets we require that the swimmer joins the LMSC (Maryland ~ $30) to compete. Swimmer are not required to compete in the meets but it is encouraged and supported by the team.
Hope this info help.
Michael Jacobson
H2Ouston Swims charges:
USMS Annual Registration: $35
H2O Annual Registration: $49
H2O Monthly Dues: $54 (if by automatic credit card charge)
$59 (if by snail-mail billing)
We offer 4 coached practices per week. This allows people to attend any or all scheduled H2O practices in the month. It does not allow use of the facility at other times.
$25/month for 5 workouts 3 - 4 stroke workouts and 2 all free workouts.
This is in addition to the health club membership which is in the range of $65/month but varies.
USMS dues not required for the workouts.
Heather,
My YMCA charges $28 a month for access to the pool only. They do not offer competitive swim teams for adults...they also offered a masters swimming program last year..twelve weeks for $180....but it wasn't very good..
The Lancaster, PA YMCA has 3 practices a week at no additional charge from the Y fee (~$36/month). They are only for 1 hour each. We can have up to 4 lanes, but usually have 2 or 3 going.
We've had a succession of unpaid, volunteer coaches, but right now the workouts are arrived at among the group by a process that makes Enron accounting complexities seem simple - proving that Satre was right in saying that "Anarchy is a valid form of government."
No USMS fees since very few of the members other than me participate in meets and I do open water 99% of the time. Also, you can join the masters group without being a Y member - I believe it's about $80 for 3 months.
Chaos aside, it is a bargain.
Ours is probably one of the most expensive programs around: $75/month, plus a one time $50 fee, plus USMS fees. We get a lot for our money, though: 17 coached workouts (M-F 3X per day, Sat 2X, plus uncoached open swim on Sun); two excellent, experienced full-time coaches. Nice pool, great teammates. The $75 check is only mildly painful. ;-)
--Brad
