Membership

INSURANCES.

All Pickwick Pepperpots members are equally protected by the clubs civil liability insurance but only at Pickwick Pepperpot hosted events. Any person not holding Pickwick Pepperpot membership is not insured and must not take part in club events until they have become members.

Please note the payment of a tournament fee only in advance or on the day of the event does not confer club membership on anyone, club membership is a totally separate issue with membership subscriptions being in addition to any tournament fees.

The Pickwick Pepperpot club insurance is ineffective at any event hosted by any other organisation even if the persons taking part register their attendance as Pickwick Pepperpot members.

Details of event hosts are always published with the event details on the Shooting Diary page (please refer). They can also be found on the venues pages.(please refer).

Should club members wish a sight of The Pickwick Pepperpots current insurance certificate, please contact Richard via our contact page and make arrangements.

We strongly recommend if you attend any events hosted by organisations other than the Pickwick Pepperpots that in order to protect yourselves against any claims you investigate in advance the insurance circumstances of those events and if necessary purchase your own insurance cover prior to attending.

It may be worth you checking the clauses of your house structure and house contents insurances for a third party liability section, which may give you both personal and family cover. You must however always check with your insurance company if and when such a section is found, that the protection you require is provided by that section. You must not assume anything. All details of your archery involvement must be disclosed to your insurance company.

MEMBERSHIP DETAILS

All matters of official club business shall be conducted in accordance with the club constitution.

A copy of all relevant official club papers will be included in the membership and information packs mentioned later.

Membership is limited to 350 stout hearts and lusty infants. An entry will be made in the Announcements page when this total has been reached, following which, all further enrolment including day of event enrolment will cease immediately to be replaced by a waiting list. Upward passage through this list shall be the only route available to full membership of The Pickwick Pepperpots, ie The earlier a persons name is entered onto the waiting list the sooner it will be removed and the person named will become a full club member. Entry onto the waiting list does not confer membership of any kind. Under normal circumstances the waiting list is consulted every 20 months in order to establish if any vacancies exist.

Only members of The Pickwick Pepperpot Archery Club may take part in Pickwick Pepperpot hosted events. Please refer to Shooting Diary and Venues pages for host details.

Subject to the above stated limitation on numbers there is a facility for non members to join on event day. This however must take place before any shooting commences. Before making a speculative journey it is essential to check with the clubs administration through the Contact page whether any membership places would be available on event day. This should be done no later than the Friday evening before event day.

The full membership period is one third of a lustrum ie 20 months. Our current membership period number 4 expires on 31st December 2008 and period number 5 commences 1st January 2009 and expires on 31st August 2010.

Subscription charges are currently Stout Hearts £6, Lusty Infants (pre 16th birthday) £1 for the full 20 month period or part thereof.

All lusty infants, that is any person who has yet to attain their sixteenth birthday, must be accompanied by a parent, legal guardian, or nominated adult who shall be responsible for their conduct from arrival at, until departure from the landowners estate.

For the avoidance of any doubt please be aware that there are no family memberships or 24 hour "try it out" memberships on offer. The only memberships available are for individuals paying the full rate and joining for the full term of the membership period remaining.

All new members will receive a personal membership pack and each new address a shared information pack.

Tournament fees on the day are in addition to any membership subscriptions.

If you are interested in membership please go to the Contact page to send for a membership application form.

The Pickwick Pepperpots Archery Club is a private, independent and unaffiliated organisation which does not host any open events and in consequence membership of any other organisation will not be accepted as a qualification to take part in a Pickwick Pepperpot hosted event.

Please consult Announcements page for the latest information and any updates