How you can join NFR
Come and try for free
Newcastle Frontrunners are always on the look out for new members, so whether you’re looking to try a new activity, improve your running, tone up for the new year or meet a new group of people it would be great to have you along! We provide two free ‘try us and see’ sessions but we’re confident you’ll want to become a member.
Ready? Then simply drop us a line on our contact page. We’ll answer any questions you have, and then turn up at one of our sessions that suits you.
Become a member
Membership is £36 per year, which provides a whole host of benefits and allows the club to cover some of our costs.
Membership benefits:
- It’s much cheaper than a gym membership!
- Automatic membership of UK Athletics. This provides you with insurance, plus a £2 discount on all races under UK Athletics rules
- Free Wednesday evening swimming for a limited number of sessions if you have an injury and are unable to run
- Discounts in specialist running shops, e.g. Start Fitness offer a 10% discount on non-sale items
- Free training sessions and sports advice/coaching
- Reduced travel costs to some club subsidised races
- Regular email/Facebook updates
- Invitation to social and activity events such as the club’s races away, and local events such as meals, drinking, ten-pin bowling, theatre trips, countryside walks etc.
Why do we charge for membership?
This allows us to run the club as unfortunately there are costs we can’t avoid. Your membership fees go towards:
- £14 per member to UK Athletics for insurance (and other benefits)
- Paying in advance for changing and showering facilities for our weekly runs
- Fees to make use of running tracks and provide training equipment
- T-shirt and running vest orders
- Club banners and printed material
- Race entry for certain events
- The possibility of representing Northern Frontrunner at the London Marathon
- Booking fees for social events
- Website fees
- Organising and promoting the LGBT 5k race
Membership fees alone can not cover our running costs and therefore we have a small band of members that volunteer their time to supplement our income through sponsorship and grants to help keep membership as low as possible for our members.
Become a member
When you come along we can provide a membership form then bring it along to your next session, payment details are included on the form.
Be flexible with Pay As You Go
If you’d rather not take out an annual membership, you can pay as you go for £2 per session. This allows you to train with us, use the locker/changing facilities and gain access to the track for track sessions but you will unfortunately miss out on many of the great membership benefits.
If you think you’ll attend more than a few sessions then it makes sense to become a member.