Categories of Membership

Full Membership

ASA Category 1 – 2010 subscription fee £6.90
ASA Category 1 membership is for members of any age who are learning to swim or who are swimmers at any level, who do not compete in any discipline in open competition (other than those exempted under Law 321.1.2 and those competitions designated as ‘Low Level Competition’.

ASA Category 2 – 2010 subscription fee £22.50
ASA Category 2 membership is for all members of any age who compete in any discipline in open competitions (other than those exempted under Law 321.1.2 and those competitions designated as ‘Low Level Competition’.
Competitive members benefit from a structured competitive pathway at all levels in all disciplines.

ASA Category 3 – 2010 subscription fee £4.00
ASA Category 3 membership is for all members of any age who are not in categories one or two including, but not being limited to, any persons who have voting rights in their club by virtue of being a parent of, or a person with parental responsibility for, a member in categories one or two; administrators; associate members; coaches; helpers; honorary members; life members; officers; qualified officials of any discipline; patrons; teachers; temporary members; vice-presidents and verifiers or tutors of the Association’s educational certificates. 

Temporary Membership

In October 2008 the ASA Annual Council agreed to change ASA law to enable an individual to obtain temporary membership to the ASA as a category two or category three member.

ASA Category 2 Temporary membership – 2010 fee £15.00
Temporary category twomembership will be available to anyone who wishes to take part in a competition who is not a member of an affiliated ASA club. The competition promoter must agree to accept entries from temporary members. If the competition schedule is to take place over a number of dates temporary membership will cover all dates of the competition.

ASA Category 3 Temporary membership – 2010 fee £4.00
Temporary category three membership will cover anyone wishing to become a volunteer in the sport, this may be as a result of a sports course and/or a leadership award. The charge for temporary category three membership is £4.00. The membership will be valid until 31st of December of that year and limited to one temporary period per individual.

Category two temporary membership forms will be available on request from the promoter of the competition and must be completed by the individual and returned along with the competition entry to the promoter along with your entry and membership fees. The Promoter will then consider the application and forward a copy of the membership form to ASA Membership Services and a copy to the competitor as confirmation of temporary membership.

Temporary Category two membership is only valid for the specified competition, however an individual may apply for temporary membership for further competitions on completion of a new form and payment of the £15 fee per competition.