Almost Athletes Membership

Annual renewal for current members

The membership year just ending started on 1 April 2025 and notionally lasted up until 31st March 2026 (please note that we contributed a £20 per ‘first claim’ member for England Athletics affiliation for that membership year).

Renewals will be invited after the membership fee for 2026/27 has been set at the AGM on 29 April; our assessment of that has to consider that the England Athletics’ affiliation fee has been increased by £3 per year.

New members’ application

New member applications are currently on hold pending the confirmation of the annual fee at our AGM on 29 April. Usually, once you have had a trial run with us and would like to join, you will be asked to complete the following application form, and this process will recommence soon.

This has two stages, the Application Form (see below) and Payment. When the Application stage is complete, Mark Wreford-Bush, our Membership Secretary, will send you details of how to pay online using Stripe, and your membership will last until 31st March 2026.

Membership is £35 per year including EA affiliation. Current members of another EA affiliated club can apply for second claim membership to Almost Athletes for the reduced fee of £15, for the same time period.

New Members’ Application Form

We prefer that our form be completed online, see below, which is then automatically sent to us by email. However, there is the alternate option of using a printed form – please email the club at almostathletes@hotmail.com if you would like one. If you are able to send your completed form as a PDF to the same address, please do so. Otherwise email us to arrange post of collection of your form.

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