Membership 2025/2026
Our Membership year runs from April 1st to 31st March in line with England Athletics and where possible payment is made online.
Fill out our membership form here!
Existing Members
Each year we are asking our members to complete an updated membership form, this ensure that every member of the club is fully aware and signs up to both the clubs Constitution and Code of Conduct. Membership form can be filled in online from the above link these will automatically go to membership@barnsleyac.co.uk .
Copies of out membership form can be emailed out if required and returned via email of handed to any club committee member on club nights or at the track, please email membership@barnsleyac.co.uk if that is required.
Our membership types and fees for 2025/2026 are as follows
Member Type (**** – Includes Northern and England Athletics fees)
| Membership Type | Cost |
|---|---|
| Senior (Age 18 – 64 inclusive as of 1st April) **** | £20 + £20 for England Athletics membership |
| Junior (Age 8 – 17 inclusive as of 1st April ) **** | £10 + £20 for England Athletics membership |
| OAP (Age 65 and above as of 1st April) **** | £10 + £20 for England Athletics membership |
| Full time Student / Unemployed **** | £10 + £20 for England Athletics membership |
| Associate / Social | £10 |
| 2nd Claim | £20 |
Each club member will receive an individual email on the 1st April with the link they should use to pay their membership on line.
The Standard Membership Fees (Senior 18 – 65) £20 for an adult between 18 and 65 years old.
The Standard Membership Fee for Juniors (8 to 18), 65+, student and unemployed is £10.00.
In both cases, Barnsley Athletics Club will be your First Claim Club.
Membership runs from 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026. Your club membership starts immediately after your payment has been processed and will expire on 31st March 2026.
Benefits of Barnsley Athletics Club Membership include:
- Coached training sessions
- Benefit from the support of coaches and experienced runners to improve your running (Track and Field, Road, Long Distance)
- Club social events
- Access to closed club races (Club Relay events etc.)
You can also join our Barnsley Athletics Club Members Group, Facebook Group, to find out what’s happening, club and open competitions and social events.
We will publish race results, information and photographs on our website, Facebook page – if you would not like us to do this then on the membership form or contact us directly to ‘opt out.’
English Athletics Membership
Standard Members requiring England Athletics (EA) Membership will need to pay a Registration Fee, this is an additional fee of £20.00 (this applies to both Junior and Senior Members). The England Athletics season for 2025/26 runs from 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026, in line with the Barnsley AC Membership period.
The Membership Secretary will process your application for affiliation through the club and you will receive notification from England Athletics once the process is complete. EA will invite you to sign into and update your MyAthletics portal (which, amongst other things, allows you to set and amend your privacy settings)
Anyone who joins the Barnsley AC and EA after 1st January 2025 will automatically have their membership extended to include this new season 2025/26 (please see notes below as there are certain conditions*).
Benefits of English Athletics Membership include:
- discounted English Athletics races
- discounted open race entry fees
- Various discounts for local and online retailers (Sportshoes, Sweatshop, Up and Running etc.)
- a profile on the power of 10/RunBritain websites
- South Yorkshire Road League, Cross Country Team and Relay events etc.
In the case of renewals, your membership number will remain the same as long as you continue to renew your membership and pay the respective Fee.
The information you provide us with on your application form will be stored in accordance with GDPR. Whilst Members of the Club Committee have access to this data; it will be used only for specified and lawful purposes and will be kept securely. If you have any questions about the continuing privacy of your personal data, please contact: dataprotection@englandathletics.org.
If you are renewing your membership we hope you have enjoyed being a member of Barnsley AC and look forward to another excellent year of training, racing and socialising! If you are new to our club then a very warm welcome awaits.
Barnsley AC is a club run solely by volunteers for the benefit of all its members. Please make yourself aware of the various codes of conduct and rules of the club. Should you have any concerns or questions please feel free to contact a member of the committee, the first point of call being the club secretary.
As a club we rely heavily on its members volunteering for various activities throughout the year. To co-ordinate this we have a range of working groups, one of which organises all the voluntary activities within the club. Please check in with this group to find out about opportunities and seriously consider getting involved as the more people we have willing to help the more things we can organise and offer.
Transfer and Second Claim
How to submit a transfer request?
This can only be done by the individual concerned. To transfer between club’s, the individual concerned needs to log in to myAthletics portal following the link below, once logged in they will see the CLUB TRANSFER option on the left-hand side menu. Click ‘Start New Transfer’ to request the transfer.
https://myathleticsportal.englandathletics.org/Account/Login
How to become a Second Claim Athlete?
To become a second claim member to Barnsley AC, the individual athlete must be an active competitive athlete at another affiliated club and they must have already paid their England Athletics registration fee through their first claim club.
There is no registration fee charged by England Athletics for Second Claim Members. However, there is a charge of £10.00 (in line with 2024/25 membership fees) to become a Second Claim member of Barnsley AC.
What does this mean in practice?
When you join a running club, providing it is your only club, that is your first claim club. If you subsequently join another club, that will be your second claim club. You can race as an individual in open races for any club you are a member of. However, for league and championship races and to count as part of a scoring team, you have to compete for your first claim club, unless it is not affiliated to EA for that discipline, or is not participating in that league/event.
This system is primarily designed to stop elite athletes swapping from club to club regularly. If you compete in a race in which your First and Second Claim Clubs are in contention then you must represent your First Claim Club. If the competition does not offer a team prize, then you may compete for either club.
*If you are a new member who is a brand new person to the sport of athletics and have never been affilitated to EA or running club anywhere ever before, you are entitled to a 15-month registration term. This only applies to athletes who join your club during January to March. New athletes registered during this period will remain registered with EA up until the 31st March 2026.
If, however, you are joining Barnsley AC and you have previously been registered with England Athletics by another club and you subsequently join Barnsley AC, you would only be covered/registered until 31st March 2025. Afterwhich, you will have to pay your subscriptions again from 1st April 2025 and then onwards when the new registration year commences.
New Members
If you are interested in becoming a member please complete it from the online link above, once you are registered you will then receive an email requesting membership payment.
For further details around membership and payment please contact membership@barnsleyac.co.uk or any of the contacts on our website.