Guide
Swimming club membership payments.
Junior, adult and family rates for a club that usually swims all year and renews around September. A parent adds each child on the one form. Swim Ireland registration is a spreadsheet you download.
The season
Most clubs swim through the year and renew around September, in line with the school year. A learn-to-swim block can be a shorter membership with its own price. Set the season to the dates you are collecting for.
On subs.ie you set the season dates and a due date. Email reminders count from that due date. They go out on the days you choose, never more than one every three days, and they stop once the member has paid.
Juvenile, adult and family rates
A junior swimmer, an adult swimmer and a family rate are the usual split. A non-swimming membership can cover parents, volunteers and officials. Masters swimmers can be their own membership with a minimum age.
The club names each membership and sets the price. A type can have a minimum age, a maximum age, or both, checked on a date you choose. A family membership is one price. You can limit how many adults and how many children it includes. An adult, for that count, is 18 or over on that date. On other memberships you can cap what a household pays, so a family is not charged more than the amount you choose.
Members can pay the full amount by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. A treasurer can record cash, a bank transfer or a cheque, and those payments have no online fee. A membership can be split into 2 to 10 monthly payments of at least €5. Members only see instalments once that option is switched on for the club. The detail is in Instalments for club fees.
Registration and insurance
Clubs register members with Swim Ireland. Learn-to-swim, age-group, masters and non-swimming members can be different memberships. Any Swim Ireland amount the club passes on is a price you set. subs.ie does not look up that fee.
- Roster: everyone this season, with date of birth, age grade, guardian contact, membership and what has been paid.
- Registration: names, dates of birth, gender, address and governing body numbers.
- Insurance: counts by membership category and age band, with no names.
- Finance ledger: payments, refunds and payments the treasurer recorded, with fees and payouts.
Exports are spreadsheets. subs.ie does not file a return with Swim Ireland. You download the file when you need it.
Memberships and exports are on Features. The fee for an online payment is on Pricing. Every sport is listed on the sports guides.
Questions
When do swimming clubs usually collect membership fees?
Most clubs renew around September and swim all year. A learn-to-swim block can be its own membership, with its own price, if it is shorter than the club year.
Can adults and children be different prices?
Junior, adult and family rates are the usual split. A non-swimming membership can cover parents and volunteers. Each membership has its own price and its own age rule, checked on a date you set. A family membership is one price. You can limit how many adults and children it includes, and you can cap what a household pays.
Does subs.ie register players with Swim Ireland?
No. Registration with Swim Ireland stays with the club. A governing body number can be stored on the member and is included in the registration spreadsheet. You download the file. subs.ie does not send it.
What does a swimming club pay for an online payment?
One fee on each online payment, including VAT and the card fees. The club decides whether it covers that fee or the member sees it as its own line. Cash, a bank transfer or a cheque recorded by the treasurer has no online fee. The pricing page shows the rate.