UK Ultimate has two levels of membership:
Full membership (£27.50) [Buy Online Now]
Basic Membership (£5) [Buy Online Now]
UK Ultimate is a membership organisation - it is effectively owned by its members who are then able to have a say in how the organisation is set up and run. Membership fees are used to help meet the basic costs of running UK Ultimate.
There are two levels of membership: Full and Basic. A player needs to have a particular level of membership in order to be eligible for certain UK Ultimate events.
In particular you need to have Full Membership to be able to play at UKU Tour events and Nationals (full details here). If you will be playing in a team that is entering these tournaments, or a team that will be playing in a Nationals Finals tournament (e.g. University Nationals) then you will need Full Membership. Don't forget that students and U18 players get a discount, and all Full Members receive a copy of Ultimatum!.
Some players only want to play in the major events from time to time and so prefer to buy One-Off Event Eligibility for these events when they occur, rather than committing to the full year up-front. If you only play one event per year, this is cheaper, but otherwise it probably makes sense to purchase the annual membership.
It is a requirement of the organisation's insurance that UK-resident players at UKU events are members of the organisation. We recognise that in some situations the cost of Full Membership would be prohibitive, so we introduced a very low cost alternative - Basic Membership that provides eligibility for a small subset of our events. In order to keep the price as low as possible Basic Membership does not include any physical membership pack, or membership card. It also does not include a copy of Ultimatum! - although it is possible to obtain an Ultimatum! subscription seperately.
In May 2009 we upgraded the website to resolve a number of technical issues that we have been experiencing with our membership scheme.
This seemed like a good opportunity to simplify our membership types, as there were too many options that just tended to result in confusion for many people. Here's a summary of what has changed and why.
Full Membership simply seems like a clearer description than "ordinary membership". We also wanted to make it clearer that the old "university membership" was just a discounted version of the "ordinary membership". So we have just changed their names.
Basic Membership is a replacement for the old "introductory and uni intro" membership. We combined these two types into a single membership type, but also removed the restriction on only being able to purchase this membership type once. I.e. you can purchase Basic Membership every year if that is all you need.
The old "temporary" membership was also changed. It now explicitely includes a year-long Basic membership which makes it clearer that the associated liability insurance actually lasts for one year. This was the case before, but it was difficult for us and the individual to track. We have also renamed this membership type to focus on the fact that the only reason for buying it is to gain temporary eligibility for a major UKU event.
Finally, we have set up the Ultimatum! subscription so that some of the Basic members that would like a copy can obtain one easily.
This page provides details of how the membership types breakdown in terms of eligibility to UKU events, UKU-sanctioned events and the national squads.
Basic Membership is required to play at the following events:
Full Membership grants the right to play at all events available under Basic Membership, as well as the following:
Note: most divisions and some tournaments have additional eligibility rules that act in addition to eligibility that is derived from membership. So, for example, although your membership might make you eligible to play at a University event, you must also meet the qualifying criteria. Please see respective divisions and tournaments for further information on specific eligibility rules.
In order to pay by cheque it is still preferable to have an online user account on the website.
Assuming that you have an online account, then you can simply send a cheque for the correct amount made payable to "UK Ultimate".
It is possible to join UK Ultimate without creating an online user account. Your membership details will be stored offline in a seperate system. Please download and print the PDF membership application form below. Further instructions are on the form.
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