Membership fees

Membership year

Our membership year runs from 1 September to 31 August.

Joining the club

Everyone is welcome at Kilbirnie Tennis Club. To join, simply register for membership and pay the applicable membership fee. Payment details are provided when you register.

Renewing your membership

Existing memberships are renewed for a further year on 1 September, and we'll send you a renewal notice around that time.

Please pay your membership fee by 30 September. If it remains unpaid after 31 October, your membership will lapse. You can rejoin later by paying the full annual membership fee.

If you don't plan to renew, we'd appreciate you letting the Treasurer know so we don't need to follow up with you.

Joining part way through the year

We offer new members a pro-rata discount when joining part way through the membership year. The fixed Tennis Capital-Coast (TCC) and Tennis New Zealand (TNZ) affiliation fees are not discounted.

Your membership starts from the date you join and continues until 31 August.

For this purpose, a new member is someone who has not been a KTC member for at least one year.

Short-term membership

We don't offer short-term memberships, other than the pro-rata rates available to new members joining part way through the year.

If you only want to play occasionally, you're very welcome to use the club as a casual player. See Information for Non-Members/Casual Players.

Members of other Wellington/Kapi Mana clubs

If you're already a full member of another Wellington or Kapi Mana tennis club, you may be able to have the TCC and TNZ affiliation fees deducted from your KTC membership fee, as these fees only need to be paid once.

Please e-mail our Treasurer to request the adjustment and let us know which club you belong to. We may confirm your membership with that club.

This adjustment applies only to members of other clubs within the Wellington/Kapi Mana region.

Membership refunds

Membership fees are normally non-refundable. We don't provide refunds or fee adjustments for periods when members are unable to play because of injury, illness, holidays, work commitments, travel, relocation, or similar circumstances.

Having a simple annual membership fee helps us keep administration manageable and fees affordable for everyone.

If there are exceptional circumstances, you are welcome to make a written request to the Treasurer for consideration by the Management Committee.

Transferring memberships

Memberships are personal and cannot be transferred to another person.

Health and Safety

Please familiarise yourself with and follow our Health and Safety policies when using the club.

Interclub fees

Interclub fees are payable when teams are registered with Tennis Capital-Coast. We'll let players know when payment is due, and fees must be paid before the summer or winter season begins.

These fees help cover team registration and tennis balls.

Because the club incurs these costs when teams are registered, interclub fees cannot normally be waived or refunded if a player later becomes unavailable because of injury, illness, holidays, work commitments, travel, relocation or similar circumstances.

Team captains will do their best to give everyone a fair share of matches over the season.

Non-members/Casual players

Non-members are very welcome to use our TigerTurf courts on a pay-per-session basis when courts are available.

See Information for Non-Members/Casual Players for fees, payment details and conditions of use. 

Guests and casual fees

Guests playing with KTC members are required to pay the casual fee, except:

• Members of other NZ tennis clubs may play free when there is a reciprocal arrangement allowing the KTC member to play free at their club.
• Parents of junior members may play free while occasionally helping their child practice.

Members may also bring up to two guests into the clubrooms free of charge. Friends and family are always welcome to  come along and watch tennis at no cost.

Coaching

One Community Tennis is KTC's contracted coaching provider and has exclusive rights to provide paid coaching at the club. Other coaches may only provide paid coaching with prior written approval from both Kilbirnie Tennis Club and One Community Tennis.

One Community Tennis pays the club a licence fee that allows its clients to attend coaching at KTC without paying casual court fees.

If a coaching client is not a KTC member and wants to use the courts outside their coaching sessions, the normal casual fee applies.

Being a club member

We want Kilbirnie Tennis Club to be a friendly, welcoming, and enjoyable place for everyone.

Members are expected to support the club's objectives, treat others and club facilities with respect, and avoid behaviour that could harm the club or its reputation.