How much do you pay for children's sport?

I am a bit angry over how much my kids sport costs. We had cricket registration yesterday, it cost me a whopping $160 :jawdrop: I am positive it was under $100 last year, which included a shirt. On top of that we have to pay $5 ball money each game.

DD plays netball, her registration was around the $70 mark and $5 per game, which I find quite reasonable. They've just announced a spring season for Netball which DD will play in, so that makes it $140 a year + game money, which is around the same as cricket, I suppose.


How much do you pay?

Umm footy is $70 plus $5 a game

Gymnastics is $80 a term (one lesson a week) $100 insurance a year. Plus comps

Dancing is $66 a term

Oh and of course outfits and uniforms for all.

The cricket fee seems extremely high.

Soccer is $195 per season per child (no game fees though), two seasons each year, $35 for uniform and $10 for shin guards.

Basketball is $195 per child per season, $8 a week for game fees, two seasons per year, $60 for uniform.

Karate is $80 per month per child, up to four sessions per week, no other fees, $60 for uniform.

Swimming is $18 per lesson. No discount.

T-ball is $110 registration and $25 for glove/ball. Uniform provided just have to buy club socks.

Gymnastics is $75 per term with joining fee $40 (1 lesson per week)

Swimming is $120 per term (1 lesson per week)

Dancing was $80 per term (1 lesson per week)

We're in the process of registering for t-ball. Gymnastics has been put on hold as it clashes with t-ball training. Swimming due to be restarted next term. Dancing was stopped as it was Saturdays and her father refused to take her on his weekends do she couldn't participate in the concerts.

Soccer is $250 per season (no game fee). Plus uniforms of $50.

Gymnastics is $140 per term (plus insurance of $45 per term or $90 for the year)

Dancing is $110 per term plus uniforms and jazz shoes (total cost for year approx $120-150 depending on if you can get second hand shoes)

Swimming we do over school holidays so it is $90 for 3 kids for 5 days of lessons

Piano (not really a sport but still a "lesson") is $30 per class

For riding and Dancing just over $2k

Clearly, I'm a cheapskate :rofl:

Skiing is probably over 1k a year once I factor in things like petrol and equipment.
Riding $20 a lesson.
Tennis $125 a term
Aikido (which includes Japanese language class) $130 a term.
Swimming I think it is about $70 a month.

No wonder my CC is always sad.

Dance tap/hiphop is $12 a week during school terms, for dd2 plus a pair of tap shoes as needed Thats it, she can wear any suitable clothingm she has

Swimming is $35 per week total for dd1 and dd2 we pay two monthly so get a small discount

At the moment we can't afford any more sports, and time wise we would struggle too

Horse riding, 2 lessons per week, $100 per week. Our pony, our arena, instructor comes to the house and gives DD1 lessons. Sometimes DS will jump on for a short lesson - he has the attention span of a 7 year old boy!!

Martial Arts = $52 a fortnight. Technically unlimited lessons, but reality 1-2 half hour lessons per week.
Honestly stopping it, DD1 enjoys it, not enough and 2 nights a week is adding a lot of stress the family schedule. So changing her to calisthenics, should be less than $600 for the year.

Netball - $50

Little athletics - $45

Tinks, I'd be double checking about the netball registrations - Netball rego is a bastard of a thing. You pay so much money because you come under the governing body for your state - so for me it's Netball NSW, for you its Netball Victoria and they cover all your insurance etc, not your actual club/league that you play for. BUT if you have already paid the full amount for one competition and you are still registered with Netball Vic, then if you play in a second comp during the same year, then technically you don't pay as much as your registration is still valid with Netball Vic. In our Club, we are affiliated with netball NSW, and our annual registration is $60 per junior, and $50 of that goes to Netball NSW. If they are already registered with them through the local town competition, then their rego fees with us are only $10, as they are already registered with Netball NSW. Clear as mud for you? :lol: So if they are hitting you up for the full amount again for netball, I'd be asking them why that is, because it shouldn't be that much.

But the cricket is a totally bloody rort and I'd be asking them why it is so much and what exactly does it cover. That just sounds too much considering that they are paying ball fees each week and more than likely he has his own bat that he uses.

It costs me $115 per year for two girls to play netball and a son to play football. When we did little A's it was under $150 per season for the three of them.

Thanks Trillian. I haven't had the bill for the spring season of netball yet because it's just a new thing this year. I assumed I'd have to pay a 2nd time because we always paid per season for basketball. What you've said about Netball Vic makes complete sense.

Cricket is a rip off! The club has just built new nets, that's probably what we're paying for. I sent Dh and DS with $100 expecting to get change but instead they came home with a $60 bill. :angry:

It keeps them happy I guess.

Wow, I'm not looking forward to having all 3 of my kids in sports/music lessons.....It's going to break the bank!!
At the moment DD is doing dancing for 5yr olds and under, and that is it. I think it was $40 to register and $9 per lesson.
Next term, I will register both DS1 and DD for Little Athletics. I'm not sure how much that will be....

Not all comps are covered by netball Vic insurance (VNA) these days- some prefer to go through a different company or are not affiliated with netball Vic.

I feel your pain- I don't have a child old enough for sport- but DH and I pay enough for our sports!

Swimming - I think was $170 per term for 2 kids (actually I think it's more)

Gymnastics is $100 term each plus insurance & a once off family levy.

Not looking forward to when they are older!

Wow some swimming lessons are cheap! Ours are $51 a fortnight for the 2 of them, soccer is around $170 a term, ballet the same.

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Cricket is a rip off! The club has just built new nets, that's probably what we're paying for. I sent Dh and DS with $100 expecting to get change but instead they came home with a $60 bill. :angry:

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It shouldn't be - those things are usually paid for by the council, just like pitch and ground maintenance, pavillions, etc, are all owned by the council, not the club. I would be asking them to explain the hike too!

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It shouldn't be - those things are usually paid for by the council, just like pitch and ground maintenance, pavillions, etc, are all owned by the council, not the club. I would be asking them to explain the hike too!

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Not always. It depends on who owns and manages the grounds. But that's besides the point. There are loads of grants available to help sporting clubs pay for these things and they should surely have enough money in the kitty to pay for these sorts of things - any club would be mad to use all their available money to pay for it and then massively increase rego's to help pay for it or rebuild the bank balance.

Swimming was $140 a month for 2 but it's cheaper now because I work there, gymnastics is around $17 a week for an hour plus rego and insurance (quite expensive)

swimming is 70 per month
playball is about 145 a term

At the moment DD is doing kindergym which is $75 a term.

Previouslly she has done swimming which was $135 a term (we thought we would try something new this term)

Swimming is $120 p/term p/child.
Physie is $35 Rego + $2 p/lesson + shoes and leotard about $60

Dance $120 per term each not including costume and performance fees
Gymnastics $140 per term each
Swimming $12 a lesson but I get a discont for dd2

I think full fee's here for kids netball & footy were only $5. But there's a scheme here you can apply for through the shire that covers the costs. Up to a certain amount a year for each child, to play as many sports as they want.

My netball fee's were $90 for the year.

ETA: Limey, WA has a MUCH much better set up than other states! There are no pavilions etc in NSW that I've ever been too. We have a bar, 2 kitchens, indoor netball courts, kids play rooms, play ground! It was always to the pub after games in NSW. Here they do dinner & drinks at the sports ground! I love it! :lol:

Pretty sure the footy clubs here would make a fair amount on money compared to over there though. They made enough just out of me this year ;)

Boy oh boy did i lie... just paid term fees for swimming $290

Interesting to see how much swim lessons vary in terms of cost.

Our swimming is $144 per month for 2 kids
Dancing for DD is $6.50 per week plus costume hire ($30 a year) and concert tickets ($20 per adult twice a year)
Looking into soccer for DS which will be around $16 a week plus rego

I spoke to a friend of mine whose son plays cricket in another team and their subs were $50, which also includes a shirt. :angry:

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Boy oh boy did i lie... just paid term fees for swimming $290

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that's a bargain!

we just booked both girls into the summer semester program which runs for 11 weeks and it cost us $440 :o

eeek. I need to book the boys in for their holiday program. I wonder if I can squeeze in tennis as well? I prefer tennis because it's drop and run instead of sit in the heat and wait.

Swimming is $170 odd per month for the two of them. Gym $260 for two per term

I really want the girls to start horse riding lessons but the cheapest I can find is $40 per kid for 30 minutes! Seriously kicking myself at times that I chickened out of buying 10 acres further out so then the girls could have had their own ponies and we'd save a fortune - completely overlooking the cost of keeping the little furry money pits of course ;-)

I'm dreading when Miss A is old enough to be joining in all this fun too.

We pay $20 for 30 minutes riding. I assume it goes up when they need better instructors.

LuluHB, trust me, at $80 p/w for your kids to ride, you are still miles in front lol!

I think that's why I chickened out - I remember all too well just how much they cost to keep. I know if the girls got ponies I would want another one too.