The BSF did not raise team affiliation fees in 2021 as we began our recovery from the pandemic.  We then brought in a small increase in 2022, amounting to well under £1 per player, because of the need to build back reserves after pandemic-induced losses.

We did not originally intend to implement another fee increase in 2023, but the massive rise in inflation over the previous year, which dramatically increased some of our costs, led us to change our minds.

So BSF fees have risen again in 2023 by around 5% to help us cope with increased costs.  This is around half the rate of inflation that prevailed at the time of the AGM, less than 40% of where inflation stood at its 2022 pre-Christmas peak and well under £1 per player.

The new fees are shown below, with 2022 fees in brackets.

• Full-Member League Teams:  £220  (£210).
   
• Associate Member Teams:  £115  (£110).Associate members include:
  • Independent tournament teams with no league affiliation. 
  • Scottish league teams. 
  • Great Britain Fastpitch League teams.
  • New league teams for the first two years of their existence. 
  • BASU as an organisation. 
     
• Junior Members:  £85  (£80) 
  • Under-18 teams (50% of rostered players must be under-18). 
  • University teams playing in BSF leagues. 
     
• Special Membership:  £85  (£80).  This is  one-off team membership to allow entry to one specific competition.
   
• GB National Teams:  £30  (£30).  This fee is to provide Public Liability insurance for GB National Teams when they train or play in the UK.
   
• Single-Sex Teams created from non-BSF members:  £10 per day  (£10 per day).  This fee is to provide Public Liability insurance for single-sex slowpitch teams with members who are not affiliated to the BSF through co-ed slowpitch teams.
   
• University Teams not in BSF Leagues:  No fee 

As has been the case since 2017, teams that enter the BSF Single-Sex Slowpitch National Championships or the Softball World Series will not be required to pay an additional affiliation fee for insurance purposes provided that all members of the team are rostered with co-ed slowpitch teams or fastpitch teams affiliated to the BSF.  This will continue to be the case in 2023.

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