The membership fees are fixed by the majority vote of the club members. Every member of the club has the right to vote during the yearly held club assembly, to which every member is invited.

But please keep in mind that we do not have generous sponsors yet, and therefore almost all money spent by the club must be covered by the amount of the collected membership fees. We can only spend, what we collect. If the income is insufficient, expenses would have to be cut, for example by reducing training or not spending funds to buy shuttlecocks, balls, or registering league teams.

 

NEW !!! IMPORTANT DETAIL ABOUT "monthly", "quarterly" or "yearly".

From now on our members have the choice between

• monthly payment (approximately + 10% surcharge, see the prices below),
• or quarterly payment (see the prices below)
• or annual payment, once a year (approximately - 10% discount, see the prices below)

Important to know: as we do not pay back debited membership fees, every debit fixes the duration of the period. You pay monthly, you are a club member for one more month, you pay quarterly, you will be a member at least for the next 3 month, and accordingly you stay a member for another year, if you decide to pay annual.

The advantage of short period, monthly: you can leave any month, or pause, if you work or travel for a while, and need the flexibility. The disadvantage: more expensive. This option is best for people, who are not sure about a longer stay in Berlin, or are not sure, if this sport fits long term. And for frequent long time travellers.

The advantage of a long period (annual): lower membership fees. But you bind yourself for a longer time, you can leave the club just once a year. This option is best for people, who found their "home" in our wonderful club, and want to stay a member for the next future, without any doubt.

A good compromise is the quarterly payment. Every existing club member, who was charged quarterly during the past year, will remain to be a quarterly payer. If you want to change to "monthly" or to "yearly", you have to send a message to the club. 

Important: in case of a serious injury or disease (what we don't hope, but it can happen), and you cannot play for more than a month, you can send a medical certificate to the club administration board  or talk/message to Henrik, or Salma, or Francisca. We will pause the debit of the membership fees accordingly. Same procedure, if you want or have to end your membership: send a mail. 

 

*Badminton: 

• for adult members with own income:  Monthly: 22,50 €;     Quarterly: 60 €;     yearly: 220 €
• for students ≤ 30 years, jobless people, pensioners > 66 years: Monthly: 17 €;     Quarterly: 45 €;     yearly: 162 €
• for members, who are members of another badminton club as well: Monthly: 17 €;     Quarterly: 45 €;     yearly: 162 €
• for children and adolescents ≤ 18 years: Monthly: 12,50 €;     Quarterly: 33 €;     yearly: 120 €
• surcharge for excessive use of gym times, as this is a major reason for expenses, to buy fresh shuttles: we charge 1 € per participation, to be calculated at the 31.12.   100 participations are included to the membership. Any participation exceeding this number within a year, will be charged extra. Key persons and coaches do not have to pay this surcharge, if they help to open and close and organise the play times.  

 

 

*Volleyball: 

• for adult members with own income:  Monthly: 10 €;     Quarterly: 27 €;     yearly: 100 €
• for students ≤ 30 years, jobless people, pensioners > 66 years:  Monthly: 8 €;     Quarterly: 21 €;     yearly: 75 €
• for members, who are members of another volleyball club as well:  Monthly: 8 €;     Quarterly: 21 €;     yearly: 75 €
• for children and adolescents ≤ 18 years:  Monthly: 8 €;     Quarterly: 21 €;     yearly: 75 €

 

*Basketball, Cricket, Pickleball, Table tennis: 

• for adult members with own income:  Monthly: 8 €;     Quarterly: 21 €;     yearly: 75 €
• for students ≤ 30 years, jobless people, pensioners > 66 years:  Monthly: 6 €;     Quarterly: 15 €;     yearly: 54 €
• for members, who are members of another sport club as well:  Monthly: 6 €;     Quarterly: 15 €;     yearly: 54 €
• for children and adolescents ≤ 18 years:  Monthly: 5 €;     Quarterly: 15 €;     yearly: 54 €

 

*Membership admission fee, applies for all members:

• when joining the club first time, a one time admission fee of € 20 is due (exception: for age ≤ 18 no admission fee is charged).
• rejoining the club after pausing or leaving the club: a one time fee of 10 € is due.  

 

*These fees are subjected to change without prior notice. Only the published fee regulations are binding.

 

The membership fees are collected by direct SEPA debit, every beginning of your selected billing period, once a month, or once every 3 month, or once every 12 month. It depends from your start time at our club. 

You can declare to leave the club any time, and will be released at the end of your selected billing period. Means, if you need to cancel the membership, do it before the end of a month, quarter or billing year. 

IMPORTANT: if you change your bank account or the bank, PLEASE send us your new IBAN. If we debit to an invalid IBAN, this costs banking fees, which you would have to compensate. 

 

Last but not least, if you are interested to know and have time to read:  here some information, about the usage of the membership fees. The club has to pay:

• fees to our umbrella organisations, as the Landessportbunds Berlin, the BVBB (Badminton), the VVB (Volleyball), the BBV (Basketball), the BTFT (other sports, leisure), for every member, plus license fees for league players and teams
• cost for insurance
• Übungsleiterpauschale for our coaches, Ehrenamtspauschale for the officials
• cost for the education and training of our coaches
• badminton shuttles, volleyballs, basketballs, nets, posts, lockers, boxes, other training equipment, ball machines
• license fees for tournament software, for takeactive, for our websites, for our club member database (cloud software, from Buhl)
• banking fees, fees for notary cost, and registration process at the registering court in Charlottenburg
• especially if comparing our offer to other Badminton clubs: at almost every other club you either have to play with plastic shuttles, or to bring your own feather shuttles, which is very costly. Not in our club!

 

Just for you to know, that we have a lot of expenses to cover. If you would compare the cost of playing in our club, with playing in a commercial sport center (badminton or volleyball or basketball or beachvolleyball courts), you will find out, that the commercial solution is much more expensive. We (our club) can keep the cost in a quite low range, because:

• we get the gyms for free in Berlin, not even for electricity or shower we have to pay anything. Thanks to the Berlin sport promotion act.
• the berlin Toto-Lotto company contributes 50% to the insurance fees
• most of the work to run the club is done on a volunteer base: for little money or for free: opening and closing the gyms, cleaning, buying and transporting equipment and shuttles, the administration work, adjusting takeactive, organising the league games and tournaments.

What every member has in his or her own hands: helping to keep the cost down by helping with volunteering, cleaning, installing, dismantling, and a responsible usage of balls and shuttles, and taking care about the own garbage on the own instead of throwing it somewhere in a corner of a gym. 

Instead of thinking, that the membership is expensive, please consider, what it would cost in a commercial sport center. Furthermore, showering in the gym saves you cost for water and heating at home.

Of course it makes sense to be a member, if you play at least once in a while. And we hope, that everybody finds the time and the willpower to come to play with the others and have fun and joy to play together. Sport is healthy in a multiple sense. Enjoy it.

But well, if you cannot use our sport offer, for family reasons, work, lack of time, health problems, or other circumstances, then of course you might consider to leave the club (or continue to support us).