APPLY TO BE A MEMBER

For the 2025/26 rowing season, there’s a new process in place -everyone involved in rowing must now register individually with Rowing New Zealand through Rowing Connect, RNZ’s new membership system, that’s rowers, coxswains, coaches, volunteers, parents, committee members, and anyone wanting to be involved in rowing.

Subscriptions for the 2025-26 Season cover the period 1st Sep 2025 – 31st August 2026. Members who are not fully paid up by 1 November 2025 may not be permitted to represent the Club at Regattas. Please contact the Club if you would like to discuss a payment plan.

Guide for registering using Rowing Connect

 

APPLY NOW TO BECOME A MEMBER

The 2025-26 season rowers and supporters handbook can be read here.

Subscription Covers:

  • Rowing New Zealand Competition Fee (if competing).
  • Wellington Rowing Association Affiliation Fee (if competing).
  • Operating costs (insurances, power, gas, accounting software, petrol for coaching boat etc).
  • Care, maintenance and minor development of plant and facilities.
  • Purchase of new boats, equipment and facility improvements.
  • Note coaches are unpaid volunteers who give their time freely.
  • Family Discount: 10% off is available for families with Two (2) or more Active memberships.
  • All subscriptions are inclusive of GST

ACTIVE MEMBER CATEGORIES:

COMPETITIVE $750
• Members who are competing at regattas during the summer.
• Includes winter training and coaching.
• Priority use of club equipment during ‘summer peak’ training times.
• Key access for training purposes is available as per conditions of PRC key policy.
• Includes Rowing New Zealand Competition Licence fee, and Wellington Rowing Association Affiliation fee

While the above fees cover your use of club facilities and equipment, they do not cover the cost of racing.
Training camps, regatta and race entry fees are paid throughout the duration of the season. Members are invoiced for the activities they register and participate in.  Note final regatta fees are invoived after the regatta has taken place.
Indicative rowing costs for the season are provided in the rowers and supporters handbook (link aove). PRC does not aim to make a profit from each season, but rather run the season simply as cost recovery.

CASUAL $400
• Members who intend on flexible training that don’t want to enter racing competitions.
• Includes winter training and coaching.
• Non-priority use of club equipment during ‘summer peak’ training times.
• Key access for training purposes is available as per conditions of PRC key policy.
• Eligible to race at Porirua Goodwill and other regattas where RNZ Licences are not required to enter, this will be at the discretion of Club Captain.

COXSWAIN $200
• Non-rowing member who steers the boat.
• Includes Rowing New Zealand Competition Licence fee, and Wellington Rowing Association Affiliation fee.

SUPPORTER MEMBER CATEGORIES:

SUPPORTER $100
• Non rowing member.
• May not use the Club’s plant unless specific approval has been granted by the Club Captain.
• A Coach will be a Supporting member unless he/she is also a rower or coxswain.

*Note: ALL Coaches and Committee members are required to apply as a ‘Supporter’ member. However, the amount may be credited back to acknowledge their significant investment in the Club.

Payment:

All payments must be made by direct credit into the bank account number shown on the bottom of the invoice:  01-0546-0020388-00

Please remember to include the following details in the 3 fields provided by the banks:

Particulars: enter your account code.  This is shown on your statements and invoices and is made up as follows: the first 5 characters or surname (or less if short surname) and first character of given name.  Example David Roberts is ROBERD.

(If you don’t have an account code yet, please use the formula as explained above)

Code & Reference: can be used for any other details to help identify the nature of the payment.  A good use would be for the invoice number(s) that you are paying or a comment like ‘on a/c’ if paying by instalments.  The most important field to get right is the ‘Particulars’ field so that the correct account can be identified.

PLEASE NOTE: 

  • You are welcome to pay before you receive an invoice
  • The Club does not accept payment by cash or cheque.