British Airways Athletics Club Membership Information (updated March
2024)
Joining the British Airways Athletics Club
Print off, fill in and mail the
membership form to the membership secretary at the address on the form
and include a cheque to cover your initial year's membership (or notify the
secretary of an electronic bank transfer). Membership will start
once your membership fee has been processed. Existing members can renew with
an electronic transfer - please email the
treasurer (Treasurer@barunner.org.uk) to request the bank detail to submit your fee to.
Membership Benefits for Full Members
- Entry and use of facilities hired by the club for club evening events -
for instance The Bedfont Club is currently
provided on Wednesday evenings.
- Entry into the monthly Club In-house Event (CIE),
- these events are usually designed to encourage full
participation by all club members regardless of ability or fitness.
- Entry into the monthly Club Socials,
- with inclusive catering every other month (club funds
permitting),
- Running colleagues for ad hoc and training runs,
- Running opportunities covering road running, parkruns, cross-country, team
relays
and others,
- Track and field athletics,
- International events,
- Opportunities to organise events or simply assist others doing so,
- Additional opportunities to gain entry into the London Marathon,
- Guilt free access to this website and weekly club digests,
- Two pounds discount from most UK fee entry running events [with UK
Athletics Affiliation].
Associate Membership
Associate Members gain most of the benefits listed above but may excludes access
to BA Clubs facilities other than as a guest for a limited number of times each
year. Also note that Associate Members are not eligible to vote at the
club AGM nor to hold the key club committee posts (Chairman, Treasurer,
Secretary).
Club Eligibility
The Athletics Club was formally a closed club for employees of British
Airways but these days anyone is welcome to
join. Potential joiners might like to be aware of the following summary of
eligibility rules. These are a summary - please contact the
membership secretary (Membership@barunner.org.uk) to confirm or discuss any details or eligibility flexibility.
Also note that the eligibility rules of BA Clubs and the Athletics Club are
subject to change over time:
- To be a FULL member of the British Airways Athletics Club you must be a member of
BA Clubs (Heathrow) (aka The Concorde Club)...
- BA Club membership is open to all current and former employees of
British Airways, relatives of
other members and now in addition Community Membership to anyone over the age of
18. The
cost of joining BA Clubs depends on personal circumstances. Details can be
found on the BA Clubs website
(opens new window). Membership of BA Clubs has various benefits including, for
eligible employees, flights to international events.
- Associate Members do not have to be a member of BA Clubs
(Heathrow) but are not entitled to use the BA Clubs facilities nor benefit
from BA Clubs functions.
- You also need to join British Airways Athletics Club itself...
- This requires an annual fee paid in April for the year
from 1st April to 31st March. Details of how to join are provided below.
The current annual membership fee is £9.
- There is an optional additional affiliation fee of £19 to register for England Athletics
Membership [covers year April 2024/25]...
- This has various advantages the most significant being that
you are entitled to a £2 discount from most races organised under UK Athletics
rules (this covers most UK fee entry races).
- If you are renewing England Athletics membership, please
ensure that the BA Running Club has your most up-to-date email address since
we need to pass that onto England Athletics so that they can contact you. They
send out all registration packs to athletes in digital form, via email,
rather than sending printed registration packs.
- If you already pay the England Athletics fee via
another running club you do not need to pay again - that club would be your
first claim club and BAAC could be your second claim club (and you can have
any number of second claim clubs). Please advise the membership secretary if you need
to transfer your England Athletics membership from a previous club to BAAC.
- For many featured races BAAC will expect you to wear the BAAC registered
running vest. Additionally, if the entry discount has been used, England
Athletics may expect you to wear the club vest...
- See the Club Kit page for
details of the club vest. This rule is unlikely to be enforced if you are
running in an event in a sponsored charity vest.
- Some BAAC featured events are restricted to airline employees, or to only
current and retired employees. Some of these events may allow non-airline
employees to take part, but not to qualify for awards.
- Some BAAC featured events are team events. In these cases the BAAC
Team Captain will chose the team...
- They will initially take into account the gender and age
rules of the event. They will also take into account individual
qualities. These are likely to be performance related but can include
reliability and offers to assist with the logistics of the event. For
some events the need for a minimum team size may necessitate the inclusion of
non-club members into the team. Members should always be selected ahead
of non-members.
- Non-members are welcomed to join us for some events over the year...
- Some
fees may need to be charged to cover costs. Non-members who have attended
three or more events over the year will be strongly encouraged to join the club.
Joining the British Airways Athletics Club
Print off, fill in and mail the
membership form to the membership secretary at the address on the form
and include a cheque to cover your initial year's membership (or notify the
secretary of an electronic bank transfer). Membership will start once your
membership fee has been processed.
Club Standards
Club standards are available on this page:
http://www.barunner.org.uk/Club_Standards.shtml.
Note that to join or renew membership of the British Airways Athletics Club you
must agree to:
- adhere to BAAC’s Inclusion Policy,
- be respectful of all fellow runners, officials and spectators,
- follow the letter and the spirit of fair play,
- ensure that they do not bring the running club into disrespect.
Data Protection Note
The club will use your contact email address for club communications.
Members may opt out of receiving regular updates - contact the communications
secretary at
news@barunner.org.uk to opt out, or to opt back in.
Contact details will not be passed on, other than as necessary for enrolment.
The information in your application, as well as race, training, performance
and accounts are held on computer and used by BAAC & BA Clubs. Your signature
and fee payment is the authorisation that BAAC & BA Clubs can hold this
information.
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) from England Athletics
When you become a member of, or renew your membership with BAAC, you can also
choose to be registered as a member of England Athletics (including so that you
can compete for the club in events under the UKA rulebook). lf you register
through the club with England Athletics we will provide England Athletics with
your personal data which they will use to enable access to an online portal for
you (called myAthletics). England Athletics will contact you to invite you to
sign into and update your MyAthletics portal (which, amongst other things,
allows you to set and amend your privacy settings). lf you have any questions
about the continuing privacy of your personal data when it is shared with
England Athletics, please contact
dataprotection@englandathletics.org.
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