How much do you pay for children's sport?

[jlk]

Netball - $50

Little athletics - $45

[Trillian]

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? 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.

[Tinks]

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.

It keeps them happy I guess.

[MrsFabuloso]

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....

[LimeSlice]

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.

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!

[Trillian]

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!

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.

[Olive]

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)