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Start freeRunning the club · 7 min read · 16 Oct 2026
Treasurer, registrar, communications officer, coach coordinator: each committee role needs a different slice of your club software. Here is how to set up a role-based admin view so every volunteer sees their own jobs first, and what a focused view can and can't do.
Read the guide →Running the club · 9 min read · 16 Oct 2026
A new treasurer or secretary doesn't need a binder of screenshots. Here is a seven-day plan that uses guided page tours, a ten-chapter tutorial and a learning centre built into the software, with the handover conversations only a person can have.
Read more →Running the club · 8 min read · 16 Oct 2026
Nobody reads the PDF. Guided tours, built-in tutorials and short real tasks teach club software faster than a manual or a video library, but they have limits. Here is how to train volunteers on the screens they actually use, and where a person still has to step in.
Read more →Running the club · 9 min read · 23 Sept 2026
Which club writing jobs AI can draft well (match reports, news, minutes, alt text, sponsor proposals, grant answers, translations, replies to parents), how to write notes that get a usable first draft, what never to paste in, and the one rule that keeps a person in charge.
Read more →Running the club · 14 min read · 21 Sept 2026
Your committee has agreed to let an AI agent work on the club platform. Now decide the scope. A plain-language guide to the three access levels — read, change, publish — the optional narrowing that limits a connection to one corner of the admin, a staged adoption ladder you can vote on, and the governance wrapper that keeps it reviewable.
Read more →Running the club · 11 min read · 21 Sept 2026
Committees lose people to admin, not to sport. This is the unglamorous, repeatable version of an AI agent connected to your club platform — a money check on Monday, a committee pack on Wednesday, drafts on Thursday, site hygiene on Friday, and a handover the incoming secretary can simply ask about.
Read more →Running the club · 12 min read · 13 Sept 2026
A shop order sits unpacked for a week because the alert went to someone who stepped down at the AGM. Here is how to route club admin notifications to roles instead of personal inboxes, tell the alerts that need doing from the ones that are just news, and keep a five-minute routine that stops anything waiting.
Read more →Running the club · 15 min read · 12 Sept 2026
Every swim school, gymnastics club and dance studio gets the same message by Tuesday lunchtime: we were sick, can we make it up? Here is how to answer it the same way every time — the four workable models, how many make-ups a term can absorb, notice periods, expiry, and the wording that makes it stick.
Read more →Running the club · 14 min read · 12 Sept 2026
Most swim schools, gymnastics clubs and dance studios either inherit a badge scheme nobody has read properly or invent one with twice as many levels as it needs. Here is how to design a skill progression scheme that families can see, coaches mark the same way, and you can defend to a parent at the desk.
Read more →Running the club · 18 min read · 12 Sept 2026
Ninety clubs, ninety slightly different registration forms, and one participation return that has to add them up. Here is how a governing body sets the questions every affiliated club must ask — the four kinds you legitimately own, how to word a mandatory question so it survives ninety clubs, the order that protects completion rates, and who should see which answers.
Read more →Running the club · 14 min read · 12 Sept 2026
A term of classes is sold four or five times a year to families who decide again every time. Here's how to run term enrolment properly: the term calendar and how many weeks to sell, class capacity and instructor ratios, per-term versus per-session pricing, pro-rata for a late joiner, waitlists, the register on the day, and re-enrolment.
Read more →Running the club · 17 min read · 11 Sept 2026
A register is one table your committee keeps continuously: who declared what, how it was handled, and when it stopped mattering. Here are the columns that work, how the register and the minutes fit together, who may read it, how long to keep it, a worked example, and the five ways a register quietly stops being true.
Read more →Running the club · 17 min read · 11 Sept 2026
A court held by someone who never turns up is a court three other members were told they could not have. Here is how to measure no-shows before you police them, pick a fair notice window, and work up the ladder of responses — reminders, easy self-service cancellation, a waiting list, strikes, a pause, and only then money.
Read more →Running the club · 12 min read · 8 Sept 2026
The diary in the clubhouse and the phone in one volunteer's pocket work right up until the day they don't. Here's how to set up online court booking for your club: the six decisions to make first, who counts as a member, clash-proof courts, guest bookings, cancellations, and taking payment by card or at the venue.
Read more →Running the club · 12 min read · 8 Sept 2026
A pool has six lanes, an arena holds four horses, a range has eight bays — and a booking form that lets one person take the lot. Here's how to share a facility between bookings: choosing a capacity, naming a place, per-place pricing, why a grid that shows places left changes behaviour, blocks that hold every place, and when named lanes beat a shared one.
Read more →Running the club · 12 min read · 8 Sept 2026
Your ground is the most valuable thing the club has, and it sits empty most weekdays. Here's how to take pitch and oval bookings properly: who hires grounds, fitting hire around training and match days, half-pitch versus full-pitch, lights, pricing per hour, per team or per player, ground-care rules, and getting paid at the venue or by card.
Read more →Running the club · 11 min read · 7 Sept 2026
How to get your member roster out of one system and into another without losing records or breaking privacy duties — what a complete export looks like, how to clean it, how to reconcile the import, and what can never be transferred at all.
Read more →Running the club · 8 min read · 8 Aug 2026
Every committee meeting produces a list of things people agreed to do, and every next meeting opens with discovering which of them nobody did. Here is a task system that survives volunteers — capturing actions properly, the one-list rule, chasing without nagging, and the handover that doesn't lose a year of memory.
Read more →Running the club · 7 min read · 31 July 2026
A practical, hype-free guide to using AI in a volunteer-run club — what an AI assistant genuinely helps with (admin questions, drafting comms, building web pages), what it should never be allowed to do on its own, and how to set it up so a person always presses the final button.
Read more →Running the club · 23 min read · 26 July 2026
A game dev club exists to finish things, not to start them. How to build a calendar around shipping — jams that produce playable builds, skills nights that fix your team imbalance, showcases, and a written policy on who owns what.
Read more →Running the club · 19 min read · 26 July 2026
Motocross is the most compliance-heavy club in community sport — a permit with conditions, a track that needs machinery every week, and neighbours who can close you down. Here is how to run track prep, practice days, noise management and the records that keep your permit.
Read more →Running the club · 20 min read · 25 July 2026
A weekly local is an arithmetic problem wearing a hoodie — entrants, setups and a bracket that has to finish before the venue closes. How to run weeklies, own your kit, negotiate a venue deal and moderate a scene people actually come back to.
Read more →Running the club · 21 min read · 25 July 2026
A mountain bike club's real product is trail — dirt it builds, maintains and almost never owns. This covers land-manager agreements and the dig crew, ride grading and ride leaders, shuttle days and enduros, and the trail fund that pays for all of it.
Read more →Running the club · 19 min read · 24 July 2026
A BMX club is one weekly event repeated forty times. This is the operating manual — the race-night run sheet, motos and gate marshals, grading and plates, the working bees that keep the track rideable, and the canteen that quietly pays for the lights.
Read more →Running the club · 21 min read · 24 July 2026
A sim racing league lives or dies on whether its results are trusted. How to build a season that finishes, run race control on the night, judge incidents with a process that survives a title fight, and publish standings nobody can argue with.
Read more →Running the club · 27 min read · 23 July 2026
A retro gaming club is a collection with a membership attached. How to catalogue, insure and move shared hardware, run a repair bench that is actually safe, and turn public retro events into members who stay.
Read more →Running the club · 24 min read · 23 July 2026
Skate clubs live at a park they do not own, with no gate, no keys and no captive audience. Here is how to turn a scene into a club — the land-manager relationship, coaching and consent, jams that fund the year, and membership that suits a drop-in sport.
Read more →Running the club · 23 min read · 22 July 2026
Most climbing clubs own no wall and no crag, which makes them a buying club, a competency register and a trip organiser all at once. Here is how to negotiate a gym partnership, keep belay sign-offs current, and run outdoor meets that come home in one piece.
Read more →Running the club · 16 min read · 22 July 2026
Four to a table, several living rule traditions, and a room where some players learned from a grandmother and some from an app. A practical guide to house rules, tile sets and storage, session sign-ups and teaching nights that fill your tables.
Read more →Running the club · 18 min read · 21 July 2026
Directors, movements, results and masterpoints — plus the partner problem and a renewal plan for a membership that gets a year older every year. A practical guide to running a bridge club whose tables stay full.
Read more →Running the club · 23 min read · 21 July 2026
Range layout and shooting-line discipline, a range officer roster that does not depend on one person, beginner courses that actually convert into members, loan equipment that comes back, and an indoor season worth planning for.
Read more →Running the club · 20 min read · 20 July 2026
Ratings, Swiss pairings, time controls, arbiters and a junior program that eventually produces your next committee. A practical guide to running a chess club that fills its boards on a weeknight and is still standing in five years.
Read more →Running the club · 20 min read · 19 July 2026
Weekly events, Swiss pairings, prize support and a trading culture that stays safe for juniors. A practical guide to running a TCG club that fills its tables week after week without burning out the person who organises it.
Read more →Running the club · 20 min read · 18 July 2026
A roleplaying club's capacity is not its room, its budget or its membership list — it is the number of people willing to run a game. How to form tables, run sign-up rounds, handle session zero properly, and recruit game masters who stay.
Read more →Running the club · 20 min read · 17 July 2026
A thirty-minute induction agenda that works for any club role, a register that tracks who has been screened and trained, and the refresher and upskilling path that turns a Saturday helper into next year's committee.
Read more →Running the club · 22 min read · 17 July 2026
Wargaming clubs are asset-heavy in a way almost no other hobby club is — terrain, mats, boards and crates that live in somebody's garage until they do not. How to build, store and insure your table stock, and run leagues and tournaments around it.
Read more →Running the club · 19 min read · 16 July 2026
The bottleneck in a board game club is never tables — it is people willing to teach. How to build and lend a club library, greet newcomers properly, and run session sign-ups so the room fills without anyone standing in the doorway.
Read more →Running the club · 20 min read · 16 July 2026
Costing and deposits, rooming lists, supervision ratios, medical forms and the emergency plan — how to organise a club tour or away trip that people talk about for years for the right reasons.
Read more →Running the club · 21 min read · 15 July 2026
Nominations, eligibility, ballot methods and a clean handover — a step-by-step process for running a club committee election that stands up even when the result is close and the losing side is unhappy.
Read more →Running the club · 17 min read · 14 July 2026
General guidance on the compliance, stock and rostering realities of pouring drinks at a community club — the licensing questions to put to your regulator, the margin that actually funds the club, and cash handling that protects your volunteers.
Read more →Running the club · 20 min read · 14 July 2026
A gaming club has to satisfy console players, PC players and tabletop players in one room, in one three-hour window. Here is how to program the night, sort out venue, power and the equipment library, and write a code of conduct your volunteers will actually enforce.
Read more →Running the club · 18 min read · 13 July 2026
Pre-order windows, sizing samples, minimum runs and the box of unsold smalls that haunts every uniform coordinator. A repeatable process for taking uniform orders, collecting the money before you commit, and clearing what is left.
Read more →Running the club · 20 min read · 13 July 2026
An esports club is a sports club whose ground is a server. Here is how to handle tryouts and multi-title rosters, run an online season with ladders and a forfeit policy that holds, and take player welfare seriously without killing the fun.
Read more →Running the club · 17 min read · 12 July 2026
A serious incident, an allegation or a sudden closure — the first two hours decide how the next two months go. A holding-statement template, an authorised-spokesperson rule, the order you tell people, and the things clubs say that make it worse.
Read more →Running the club · 21 min read · 12 July 2026
Parkour clubs are judged before they are understood. Here is how to build coaching progressions and risk-graded sessions, negotiate training in public space, and handle waivers, minors and parent expectations without losing what makes the sport good.
Read more →Running the club · 20 min read · 11 July 2026
Two grounds, three halls or a merged club — running one club in several places quietly eats more committee time than anything else. How to split ownership site by site, publish venue information people actually trust, and keep keys, gear and rosters straight.
Read more →Running the club · 21 min read · 11 July 2026
Open water clubs live or die on the head count. Here is how to run sign-on, buddy groups, water safety craft, the conditions call and a full event swim — plus the records that protect your committee when something goes wrong.
Read more →Running the club · 23 min read · 10 July 2026
Burnout is a design problem, not a character problem — too few people holding roles nobody ever wrote down. Here are the four warning signs, how to split a hero role into three doable ones, and the term limits and deputies that keep good people for a decade.
Read more →Running the club · 21 min read · 10 July 2026
A sport defined by a negative rule, run for people who want to keep playing rather than keep up. Session run sheets, refereeing the no-running rule without ruining the mood, recruiting through health services, and the warm-up that keeps calves intact.
Read more →Running the club · 20 min read · 9 July 2026
Inclusion is an operating model, not a policy paragraph. How to audit access across venue, transport, information and cost, build individual participation plans and support ratios that hold up, and fund an inclusive program past its first grant.
Read more →Running the club · 20 min read · 9 July 2026
Online committee meetings can be shorter and better attended than the ones in the clubroom — or a slow-motion disaster. The difference is process. Quorum and valid voting, a timed agenda, hybrid setups that work, and what to do about recordings.
Read more →Running the club · 23 min read · 8 July 2026
Subcommittees fail for one reason — nobody wrote down what they were allowed to decide. Here is a terms of reference template, four levels of delegated authority, and a reporting format that keeps working groups out of your main meeting.
Read more →Running the club · 19 min read · 8 July 2026
Masters clubs keep members for decades, but only if the age groups are handled properly, the results are archived, and the social program is treated as core business rather than an afterthought. A practical guide for committees running sport for adults over 30.
Read more →Running the club · 22 min read · 7 July 2026
A practical retention guide for volunteer committees — what your club must keep, what it should keep, where those records belong so a handover cannot lose them, and how to destroy the rest without putting member privacy at risk.
Read more →Running the club · 26 min read · 7 July 2026
Dog clubs are clubs of handlers, not dogs — which changes everything about how you run them. Class intakes and levels, the vaccination record at the gate, growing your own instructors, and putting on a trial or agility day that pays for itself.
Read more →Running the club · 22 min read · 6 July 2026
Small clubs are full of unavoidable conflicts — the committee member who supplies the kit, the coach who votes on coaching fees, the treasurer whose partner runs the canteen. Here is a copy-paste policy, a declarations register, and how to handle a conflict live in a meeting without anyone feeling accused.
Read more →Running the club · 23 min read · 6 July 2026
An adult riding club is really a small showground business — grounds to maintain, a competition day to produce and a duty of care to every horse on site. Here is how to run the arenas, the entries, the judges and the incident book.
Read more →Running the club · 20 min read · 5 July 2026
A tenpin club owns no lanes and no building — its assets are a league, a set of averages and a room of people who have bowled together for years. Here is how to structure divisions and handicaps, negotiate the centre agreement, and run a prize fund that keeps teams together.
Read more →Running the club · 22 min read · 5 July 2026
The first-90-days pack that stops a new treasurer or secretary quietly drowning — what goes in it document by document, how to grant access properly and revoke it later, and the buddy arrangement that makes someone genuinely useful by their third meeting.
Read more →Running the club · 20 min read · 4 July 2026
Put the whole club year on one calendar — registrations, insurance renewal, the AGM, funding rounds and presentation night — so nothing arrives as a surprise. A month-by-month template, the recurring dates clubs forget, and how to publish it so members plan around you.
Read more →Running the club · 20 min read · 4 July 2026
Cheer clubs are judged by families on two things — how squads are selected, and how honestly the season is costed. This guide covers tryouts and appeals, a transparent family cost sheet, uniform orders, stunt safety and coach qualifications.
Read more →Running the club · 21 min read · 3 July 2026
A copy-paste 60-minute committee agenda with timings, the standing items most clubs forget, and the papers-before-not-during discipline that turns a two-hour talk into a short list of recorded decisions with owners.
Read more →Running the club · 10 min read · 3 July 2026
How to stop your club being one resignation away from crisis — a twelve-month succession plan, the understudy system, handover packs that actually work, and what to do when nobody wants to be president.
Read more →Running the club · 23 min read · 3 July 2026
Roller derby leagues are member-owned and skater-run, which makes governance the hardest job on the roster. Here is how to structure decisions, run minimum skills and officials, and put on a bout that pays for itself.
Read more →Running the club · 22 min read · 2 July 2026
The club that cannot afford new gear usually can — it just has not been paying for it since the day the old gear arrived. Here is the asset list, the sinking-fund arithmetic in plain numbers, and how the same document turns into a far stronger capital grant application.
Read more →Running the club · 23 min read · 2 July 2026
Leagues, sheet allocation, a spares list that actually answers, and a bar that quietly pays for the ice. A practical guide to running a curling club, from building the draw to converting learn-to-curl nights into full teams.
Read more →Running the club · 23 min read · 1 July 2026
Ask your committee how many keys open the clubrooms and you will get a number. It will be wrong. Here is the key register, the annual muster, and how to move to codes or fobs without paying to change every lock twice.
Read more →Running the club · 22 min read · 1 July 2026
Learn-to-skate is the funnel, test sessions are the ladder, and the ice bill arrives whether or not anyone showed up. A practical guide to intakes and conversion, running test days, coordinating coaches and allocating ice cost across squads and private lessons.
Read more →Running the club · 28 min read · 30 June 2026
Ice time is the budget and everything else is arranging people around the hours you could buy. A practical guide to ice contracts, splitting the bill across teams, gear pools for juniors, and the game-day crew that gets a scoresheet filed on time.
Read more →Running the club · 25 min read · 29 June 2026
Certification currency, buddy pairing, dive-leader roles and the money mechanics of boat charters — a practical guide for the volunteers running a recreational dive club, where the paperwork is the safety system.
Read more →Running the club · 22 min read · 28 June 2026
Club rounds run on tide, swell and a decision made in the dark. Heat draws, judging, priority and points, the 5am weather call and how to tell 120 members at once, plus juniors, coaching and beach safety — the working guide for boardriders committees.
Read more →Running the club · 23 min read · 27 June 2026
Rack space is the scarcest asset a paddling club owns and the steadiest income it earns. Storage policy, skills sign-off, waterway permissions and the learn-to-paddle pipeline — a practical guide for canoe and kayak club committees.
Read more →Running the club · 23 min read · 26 June 2026
A copy-paste social media policy for official accounts, members and players — plus the account inventory, the password and handover problem nobody solves until it is too late, and a response playbook for the post that goes wrong.
Read more →Running the club · 22 min read · 26 June 2026
An orienteering club is a small events company with a membership attached. Maps, course setting, the controller role, event-day mechanics and a season-long series that pays for itself — how volunteer committees actually deliver twenty-plus events a year.
Read more →Running the club · 12 min read · 26 June 2026
A practical guide to starting a junior sports program — age-appropriate formats, recruiting and checking coaches, parent communication, and setting up enrolment so families can actually join.
Read more →Running the club · 23 min read · 25 June 2026
A staged complaints procedure with real timeframes, rules for records, confidentiality and conflicts of interest, and a clear line for when a matter has to leave the club — so the complainant, the person complained about and the committee all get a fair process.
Read more →Running the club · 30 min read · 25 June 2026
A walking club is a risk-management operation with excellent views. Trip grading, leader development, participant screening, communications plans and multi-day logistics — the systems that keep a hiking club safe, welcoming and easy to volunteer for.
Read more →Running the club · 10 min read · 24 June 2026
A complete club welcome pack template — what to include, how to deliver it, and copy-and-paste new member welcome email examples that turn sign-ups into members who stay.
Read more →Running the club · 22 min read · 24 June 2026
The lowest-barrier club there is — which makes grading, leaders, emergency contacts and welfare the whole job. How to run a community walking group that people trust, and fund it through health-focused grants.
Read more →Running the club · 21 min read · 24 June 2026
Spectators never signed anything, which is exactly why the policy has to be written differently. A full copy-paste code, a visiting-club clause, duty-officer scripts, the enforcement ladder from warning to tribunal referral, and where to publish it so nobody can claim surprise.
Read more →Running the club · 18 min read · 23 June 2026
Most club strategic plans are forty pages long and get opened twice. This one fits on a page, names an owner for every goal, and takes ten minutes of each committee meeting — with a copy-paste template and a full worked example.
Read more →Running the club · 19 min read · 23 June 2026
Turning a Tuesday-night group into a club with a future — pace groups and tail runners, route safety, membership models when the running itself is free, and getting a race team entered in club singlets.
Read more →Running the club · 20 min read · 22 June 2026
Three lifts, nine attempts and a scoring table that cannot fail. How to run a powerlifting club and put on a meet — weigh-in and flights, referees and spotters, kit checks, and the volunteer roster that holds the day together.
Read more →Running the club · 18 min read · 22 June 2026
A parent body operates on someone else's premises, under someone else's insurance, with a membership that turns over completely every six years. Here is how to work with the school, build a fundraising calendar that does not exhaust anyone, and hand over cleanly.
Read more →Running the club · 23 min read · 21 June 2026
A scout group is two organisations sharing one name — a leader team running the program and a group committee running the money and the building. Here is how both halves work, from screening records that expire to camp permissions, the trailer and the hall roof.
Read more →Running the club · 24 min read · 21 June 2026
Platforms, coaching eyes and a competition calendar — how to run an Olympic weightlifting or barbell club that keeps lifters progressing, from session caps and technique screening to hosting your first sanctioned meet.
Read more →Running the club · 21 min read · 20 June 2026
Choosing projects you can finish, keeping public money separate from club money, building a fundraising calendar, and bringing in younger members without pushing out the founders.
Read more →Running the club · 23 min read · 20 June 2026
A wrestling club is mostly a logistics problem wearing a singlet — the mat costs more than everything else combined and lives somewhere you do not control. This guide covers securing and sharing mat space, weigh-ins and junior weight safety, and building a school partnership that actually feeds the club.
Read more →Running the club · 19 min read · 19 June 2026
Help desks, indexing projects, paid research and the privacy questions that come with holding other people's family records — a practical guide for family history society committees.
Read more →Running the club · 20 min read · 19 June 2026
Most kickboxing and Muay Thai clubs are two businesses sharing a floor — the fitness timetable pays the rent, and the fight team spends it. This guide covers reading your timetable as a profit and loss, waivers and pre-fight clearances, and an equipment budget that survives real use.
Read more →Running the club · 20 min read · 18 June 2026
Most BJJ clubs do not have a marketing problem, they have a month-four problem. A practical guide to membership models, mat rules and hygiene that actually get enforced, open mat, and holding onto white belts through the window where most of them quit.
Read more →Running the club · 20 min read · 18 June 2026
Accessioning, conservation, digitisation, talks and tours — how a volunteer-run historical society looks after a collection, publishes it online and funds the work.
Read more →Running the club · 27 min read · 17 June 2026
Taekwondo clubs are junior-heavy operations with a martial art attached. This guide covers class structure and parent communication, grading day run sheets and records, and getting a squad entered into a tournament without losing a weekend to a spreadsheet.
Read more →Running the club · 23 min read · 17 June 2026
Tasting nights, judging formats, bulk buys and the responsible-service questions every committee should answer before it pours. A practical guide for wine appreciation and home brewing clubs run by volunteers.
Read more →Running the club · 20 min read · 16 June 2026
Term fees and direct debits, family discounts that pay for themselves, grading and belt-order logistics, association affiliation and instructor licences — the business side of running a dojo, written for the person who ended up doing it.
Read more →Running the club · 25 min read · 16 June 2026
A speaking club is the rare organisation whose entire growth model is guests who came once and stayed. Here is the meeting agenda that runs without you, the roster that fills itself, and the guest follow-up that turns a visitor into a member.
Read more →Running the club · 25 min read · 15 June 2026
An amateur company lives or dies on three decisions — the show it picks, the rights it secures before announcing, and the number of seats it has to sell to break even. A practical guide to running a community theatre group without betting the company on one season.
Read more →Running the club · 18 min read · 15 June 2026
Grading cycles, mat space and an accreditation register are the three things that decide whether a judo club runs smoothly — here is how to handle all three, plus session structure, contest admin and fees.
Read more →Running the club · 25 min read · 14 June 2026
A community band owns more than it realises — instruments, uniforms and a library built over decades. This guide covers the inventory register, cataloguing the music, and pricing paid engagements so the gig diary funds the band rather than draining it.
Read more →Running the club · 20 min read · 14 June 2026
Beginner courses that fill and convert, club kit that survives the season, and a competition calendar that gives every fencer a bout — the practical guide to running a volunteer fencing club.
Read more →Running the club · 27 min read · 13 June 2026
Forty on the roll, twenty-eight in the room, and nineteen of them sopranos. How a volunteer committee runs the register, the part balance, the music licences and a concert that has to pay for its own hall.
Read more →Running the club · 19 min read · 13 June 2026
In lacrosse the kit bag is the barrier to entry, which makes gear pools and school clinics the whole growth strategy — plus ground sharing, growing your own umpires, and the admin that holds a small club together.
Read more →Running the club · 22 min read · 12 June 2026
The venue invoice arrives whether your courts were full or half empty. This guide covers the unit economics of a futsal timeslot, the break-even team count, running a social league that does not leak teams, and turning casual players into a club.
Read more →Running the club · 24 min read · 12 June 2026
Repeaters, licence training and field days — an amateur radio club is a small infrastructure operator run by volunteers. How to look after site assets, run courses that produce operators, and organise contests, field days and emergency-communications support.
Read more →Running the club · 22 min read · 11 June 2026
Handball clubs grow one explanation at a time. This guide covers winning court time from venue managers who have never heard of the sport, building a junior pipeline through schools, and recruiting the referees that decide how big your season can be.
Read more →Running the club · 29 min read · 11 June 2026
A workshop full of dangerous machines, run by volunteers. How to tier your machines, keep induction and competency records that stand up, roster supervisors, manage dust and maintenance, and handle timber stock, member projects and paid commissions.
Read more →Running the club · 9 min read · 10 June 2026
General information on merging two sports clubs — when a merger makes sense, the governance steps and regulator processes for amalgamating incorporated associations, and the identity, brand and member-communication playbook that decides whether the merged club actually thrives.
Read more →Running the club · 26 min read · 10 June 2026
Weekly sessions, charity makes and a market stall that pays the hall hire. A practical guide to running a craft, quilting or knitting group — session format, shared equipment, charity projects, and pricing handmade goods so the stall actually makes money.
Read more →Running the club · 22 min read · 10 June 2026
Your course is free and open to everyone, which makes membership the hardest question a disc golf club faces. Here is how to look after baskets on public land, run a weekly doubles league with a fair handicap, and turn casual players into paying members.
Read more →Running the club · 27 min read · 9 June 2026
Plots, working bees and a waiting list — a community garden is a membership business with soil. How to allocate plots fairly, write a plot agreement, run working bees, split the water bill, and turn plant sales and open gardens into real income.
Read more →Running the club · 22 min read · 9 June 2026
Hat leagues, drafts, spirit scores and field permits — a practical guide to running a self-refereed ultimate club, from balancing teams nobody argues about to funding tournament travel.
Read more →Running the club · 23 min read · 8 June 2026
A birding club is two clubs sharing a car park — the surveyors chasing data and the beginners who want to know what the brown bird was. How to run outings that serve both, sort access and carpooling, keep records that outlive every committee, and make the first walk welcoming.
Read more →Running the club · 19 min read · 8 June 2026
Race day is a spectrum-management problem wearing a sports jersey. How to run an FPV drone racing club — video channel plans and the race director, building a track with gates and timing, and getting twenty pilots flying instead of queuing.
Read more →Running the club · 18 min read · 7 June 2026
The field, the training pathway and the paperwork. How to run a model flying club — field access and mowing rosters, neighbour relations, wings ratings and the instructor roster, and keeping compliance records you can actually produce.
Read more →Running the club · 24 min read · 7 June 2026
An astronomy society runs on three things it does not control — the Moon, the weather and a dark horizon. How to secure and keep a dark-sky site, run a star party that starts on time, lend telescopes without losing them, and turn public nights into members.
Read more →Running the club · 18 min read · 6 June 2026
A lease, a layout and one exhibition that funds the year. How to run a model railway club — clubroom tenure and keys, module standards that let a layout finish, shared tools, and an exhibition that pays for everything.
Read more →Running the club · 22 min read · 6 June 2026
A camera club sells three things — a deadline, honest feedback and somewhere to show the work. How to write competition rules that hold up, handle entries without losing a weekend, brief a judge, run outings and workshops, and put members' images online properly.
Read more →Running the club · 10 min read · 5 June 2026
Every club has a story worth keeping — premierships, life members, the year the clubrooms burned down. Here's how to run a club history project: digitising photos and records, interviewing life members, and putting honour boards and milestones online where they can't be lost.
Read more →Running the club · 27 min read · 5 June 2026
Rallies are the product. A practical guide to running a touring club — booking sites a year ahead, handling deposits, getting catering numbers right, building the rally roster, and keeping members connected between trips.
Read more →Running the club · 26 min read · 5 June 2026
Programming is the enjoyable half of a film society. The screening licence is the half that keeps it legal. How to sort rights, build a season worth subscribing to, and get the projection, captioning and access right on the night.
Read more →Running the club · 21 min read · 4 June 2026
Comics reward accumulated knowledge, which is exactly what makes a comic book club hard to walk into. Here is how to choose reads newcomers can join, build a real partnership with a local shop, and run creator visits, zine nights and small-press showcases.
Read more →Running the club · 20 min read · 4 June 2026
A four-wheel drive club's real asset is not the recovery gear — it is permission to keep using the tracks. Here is how to grade trips, train trip leaders, run a disciplined convoy, set recovery rules people follow, and build the land-access reputation that keeps gates open.
Read more →Running the club · 19 min read · 3 June 2026
Ride grading, corner-marking and a briefing that takes four minutes are what separate a riding club from a fast bunch of mates. Here is how to grade rides, run the corner-marking system properly, handle incidents, and build a club a nervous rider actually wants to join.
Read more →Running the club · 18 min read · 3 June 2026
Anime clubs run two clubs at once — a screening night and an online space that never closes. Here is how to handle screening rights, program a season people turn up for, and moderate a chat server without burning out your volunteers.
Read more →Running the club · 19 min read · 2 June 2026
Runs, show and shines, a marque register and a classifieds board — plus the concessional registration paperwork that keeps members legally on the road. A practical guide to running a car club calendar, judging a show, and keeping records a scheme auditor would accept.
Read more →Running the club · 22 min read · 2 June 2026
A cosplay club is a craft workshop, a travel group and a social club at once. Here is how to run the workshop safely, plan convention appearances and group builds, set photography and consent rules, and keep the money and the members straight.
Read more →Running the club · 20 min read · 1 June 2026
A club round is a production line — entries, scrutineering, the weighbridge, heats and finals, all before the light goes. Here is the timetable that makes it fit, the officials it needs, the class and weight rules, and how to get results published before anyone leaves the paddock.
Read more →Running the club · 22 min read · 1 June 2026
A junior coding and gaming club runs on parent trust, not curriculum. Supervision, volunteer screening, what is allowed on the screens, consent packs, term enrolments and a showcase day that makes families glad they signed up.
Read more →Running the club · 8 min read · 27 May 2026
Why written volunteer position descriptions make recruiting easier, plus ready-to-copy templates for team manager, canteen coordinator and social media volunteer roles.
Read more →Running the club · 7 min read · 20 May 2026
A free club equipment register template plus the habits that make it work — insurance evidence, committee handover, end-of-season stocktakes and knowing when gear is due for replacement.
Read more →Running the club · 9 min read · 15 May 2026
The club registrar owns memberships — registration windows, clearances and transfers, accurate member data and the paperwork that keeps players eligible. Here's the full role guide.
Read more →Running the club · 8 min read · 13 May 2026
A good working bee gets a season's worth of maintenance done in a morning and leaves the club tighter than before. Here's how to plan the jobs, recruit the crew, run the day safely and make people glad they came.
Read more →Running the club · 12 min read · 13 May 2026
The complete picture of the club secretary role — every duty explained, a month-by-month annual calendar, the tools that shrink the workload, and the handover checklist that keeps the club running when the role changes hands.
Read more →Running the club · 10 min read · 9 May 2026
Volunteer hours are the scarcest resource your club has. Here's how to run a whole club on less of them — an audit of where the hours actually go, what to automate, what to delegate, and what to stop doing entirely.
Read more →Running the club · 14 min read · 8 May 2026
A complete club handover document template — bank accounts, logins, keys, documents, contacts and calendar — with a timeline that starts before the AGM and a structure that makes next year's handover automatic.
Read more →Running the club · 9 min read · 8 May 2026
The team manager keeps a team running so the coach can coach — availability, comms, match sheets and logistics. Here's the full role guide, weekly rhythm and a season checklist.
Read more →Running the club · 12 min read · 6 May 2026
The club canteen can be your best fundraiser and your best social hub — or a weekly scramble. Here's how to set one up properly, keep it stocked and staffed, handle the money and actually turn a profit.
Read more →Running the club · 12 min read · 22 Apr 2026
A ready-to-adapt club uniform policy template, plus the practical decisions behind it — choosing and managing a supplier, running sizing days, handling juniors who grow mid-season, subsidies and hardship, and selling kit through the club shop without drowning a volunteer in garbage bags of stock.
Read more →Running the club · 10 min read · 9 Apr 2026
A practical guide to pony club management — rally days, gear checks, grounds and yards, volunteer instructors, horse and rider safety, and an equestrian club website that lightens the admin.
Read more →Running the club · 14 min read · 8 Apr 2026
How to run an American football club — league affiliation, helmets and pads on a club budget, recruiting new players, field conversion, chain crews, waivers, fees and a gridiron club website that does the admin.
Read more →Running the club · 10 min read · 7 Apr 2026
Shed life, crew seat allocation, regatta entry and 5am starts — a practical guide to running a rowing club, from boat maintenance and membership to race day logistics.
Read more →Running the club · 9 min read · 5 Apr 2026
Practical, tested ways to recruit club volunteers — why nobody answers the "we need help!" email, how to design roles people say yes to, and the retention habits that stop the same five people doing everything.
Read more →Running the club · 9 min read · 5 Apr 2026
How to set life membership criteria that keep the honour meaningful — three proven frameworks, a fair nomination and voting process, and a life member nomination template you can copy into your club's constitution kit.
Read more →Running the club · 11 min read · 3 Apr 2026
Practical, budget-friendly ways to thank the people who run your club — 25+ appreciation ideas from free thank-yous to a full club volunteer awards program, with an outline you can adopt at your next committee meeting.
Read more →Running the club · 13 min read · 2 Apr 2026
How to run a field hockey club — committee and volunteers, turf hire and budgets, season fixtures and grading, juniors and umpires, and the club website and software that hold it together.
Read more →Running the club · 10 min read · 31 Mar 2026
Regattas, race duty rosters, rescue boats and the hardstand — a practical guide to running a sailing club, from flag officers and membership to race management and fundraising.
Read more →Running the club · 10 min read · 30 Mar 2026
How to run a petanque club well — building and maintaining pistes, balancing social play with licenced tournaments, membership and money, and a petanque club website that grows the club.
Read more →Running the club · 13 min read · 29 Mar 2026
Who does what on a club committee — president, secretary, treasurer and the supporting roles — with a duties table you can adopt, time estimates, and advice for splitting the load fairly.
Read more →Running the club · 9 min read · 27 Mar 2026
A practical guide to darts club management — finding a home venue, running singles and teams nights, organising a darts league with fixtures and ladders, board maintenance, fees, and a club website.
Read more →Running the club · 9 min read · 26 Mar 2026
How to run a touch football club — twilight summer comps, mixed social divisions, team nominations, referee coverage, field marking, fees, wet-weather calls and a club website that fills the draw.
Read more →Running the club · 11 min read · 25 Mar 2026
The complete guide to running an Australian Rules football club — league affiliation, sharing the ground with other codes, match-day volunteer roles, guernseys and gear, best-and-fairest votes, fees, fundraising and your footy club's online presence.
Read more →Running the club · 11 min read · 25 Mar 2026
A plain-language guide to the club treasurer role — the real duties, a monthly and annual rhythm, the controls that protect volunteers, and a treasurer checklist you can hand to a successor.
Read more →Running the club · 9 min read · 24 Mar 2026
Lawns, hoops, golf croquet and association play — how to run a croquet club that keeps its lawns true, welcomes beginners with loan mallets, and grows membership with come-and-try days and a website that works.
Read more →Running the club · 8 min read · 23 Mar 2026
How to run a dragon boat club — sweeps, drummers and crew management, regatta season planning, boat loading rosters, membership and fees, and the club website that keeps twenty paddlers in sync off the water too.
Read more →Running the club · 11 min read · 20 Mar 2026
How to run a squash club — pennant teams and order of merit, club nights and box leagues, court booking and maintenance, membership models, fees and fundraising, and the club website that keeps your courts full.
Read more →Running the club · 9 min read · 19 Mar 2026
How to run a table tennis club well — finding and paying for a hall, table storage and setup crews, social nights and pennant teams, fees, coaching and a club website that fills your tables.
Read more →Running the club · 9 min read · 18 Mar 2026
A practical guide to running a community rugby league club — affiliation, trainers and ground managers, registration and fees, mini and mod juniors, tag formats, match day, money and a league club website that carries the admin.
Read more →Running the club · 11 min read · 17 Mar 2026
Patrols, nippers, proficiency and carnivals — a practical guide to running a surf life saving club, from patrol rostering and gear to membership categories and fundraising.
Read more →Running the club · 7 min read · 16 Mar 2026
Calisthenics club management for committees — age-based teams, coaches and cadets, costumes, the competition season and concert, fees, and a club website that keeps every calisthenics family informed.
Read more →Running the club · 9 min read · 15 Mar 2026
A complete committee meeting minutes template your secretary can use tonight — plus what legally belongs in minutes, what to leave out, and how to make action items actually happen.
Read more →Running the club · 10 min read · 14 Mar 2026
Ready-to-use volunteer roster templates for the canteen, the BBQ and match-day jobs — shift lengths that actually get filled, an AU-club season roster, and how to stop chasing people every Friday night.
Read more →Running the club · 11 min read · 13 Mar 2026
A practical guide to running a badminton club — structuring social club nights, court hire, shuttle costs, inter-club teams, membership and visitor fees, and the club website that turns curious locals into regulars.
Read more →Running the club · 11 min read · 12 Mar 2026
A practical guide for baseball club committees — affiliation, diamond and mound maintenance, summer season logistics, tee-ball juniors, pitch counts, fees, fundraising and your club website.
Read more →Running the club · 13 min read · 11 Mar 2026
Running a clay target club means safety and compliance first — range procedures, licensing awareness, accreditation tracking — plus shoot programs, membership and a club website that does the admin.
Read more →Running the club · 10 min read · 11 Mar 2026
Everything a volunteer committee needs to run a community rugby union club — affiliation and grades, colts and junior pathways, membership and fees, match day and the after-match function, grounds, money and your club's online presence.
Read more →Running the club · 12 min read · 10 Mar 2026
Greens, rinks, interclub competition and barefoot bowls — how to run a lawn bowls club that keeps its greens true, its competition sides full and its bar busy, with practical advice on membership, volunteers and the club website.
Read more →Running the club · 9 min read · 9 Mar 2026
How to run a triathlon club across three disciplines — the multi-discipline training calendar, open-water safety, coaching, race calendars and club championships, and the club website that keeps it organised.
Read more →Running the club · 11 min read · 6 Mar 2026
How to run a community volleyball club across indoor and beach seasons — affiliation, committee roles, court hire, duty teams, social and competitive streams, fees, and the club website that keeps both seasons full.
Read more →Running the club · 11 min read · 5 Mar 2026
Gymnastics club management for committees and coaches — the class and term model, coach ratios and accreditation, equipment planning, enrolment and waitlists, and a club website that fills your classes.
Read more →Running the club · 10 min read · 5 Mar 2026
Everything a softball club committee needs — affiliation, diamonds and equipment, scorers and umpires, tee-ball juniors, fees, fundraising and a club website that does the admin for you.
Read more →Running the club · 15 min read · 4 Mar 2026
A practical guide to running a community soccer club — affiliation, committee roles, registration and fees, junior formats, the season calendar, grounds and gear, money and your club's online presence.
Read more →Running the club · 10 min read · 3 Mar 2026
Pool time, flippa ball, table duty and finals — a practical guide to running a water polo club, from affiliation and committee roles to fees, fixtures and club culture.
Read more →Running the club · 10 min read · 2 Mar 2026
A practical guide to fishing club management — competitions and weigh-ins, safety briefings, licences and bag limits, membership, and a fishing club website that keeps everyone informed.
Read more →Running the club · 9 min read · 27 Feb 2026
A practical guide to martial arts club management for instructors and committees — gradings and belts, term enrolment, dojo hire, insurance, junior classes, and a club website that handles the admin.
Read more →Running the club · 10 min read · 27 Feb 2026
An honest guide to club president responsibilities — leading the committee, chairing well, representing the club, building culture and succession — plus what the role is not, and the habits that stop it consuming your life.
Read more →Running the club · 9 min read · 26 Feb 2026
Committee or paid staff, membership categories, weekly comps and representative golf — how to run a golf club well, from course care and the match committee to a website that fills tee sheets and membership categories alike.
Read more →Running the club · 11 min read · 25 Feb 2026
Everything a volunteer committee needs to run a community basketball club — stadium court hire, domestic and representative teams, registration and fees, scoretable duty, referees, uniforms and a club website that fills your teams.
Read more →Running the club · 9 min read · 24 Feb 2026
How to run a cycling club that riders trust — ride grades, ride leaders and safety briefings, the club ride calendar, membership and kit, racing, and a club website that keeps the bunch together.
Read more →Running the club · 13 min read · 20 Feb 2026
Everything a volunteer committee needs to run a community boxing club — coach accreditation, class-based membership, insurance and waivers, fight nights, and building your club's online presence.
Read more →Running the club · 10 min read · 19 Feb 2026
Pickleball is growing faster than any club sport in the country. Here's how to run a pickleball club well — shared courts and line marking, session formats, paddle demos, memberships, and a website that keeps up with the waitlist.
Read more →Running the club · 13 min read · 18 Feb 2026
A practical guide to running a community netball club — affiliation, committee roles, registration and fees, grading, weekend competitions, junior pathways, umpires, and building an online presence that does the admin for you.
Read more →Running the club · 12 min read · 17 Feb 2026
A practical guide to running an athletics club or Little Athletics centre — committee roles, duty rosters, meet-day programs, age groups, fees and the online tools that keep it all on track.
Read more →Running the club · 13 min read · 16 Feb 2026
Everything a volunteer committee needs to run a snooker or billiards club — table maintenance, ladder competitions, membership, venue and licensing basics, and building an online presence.
Read more →Running the club · 10 min read · 13 Feb 2026
Squads, swim meets, timekeeping rosters and lane hire — a practical guide to running a swimming club, from committee roles and fees through to meet entries and race day.
Read more →Running the club · 12 min read · 12 Feb 2026
A practical guide to running a cricket club — affiliation, committee roles, turf and synthetic pitches, tea rosters, junior pathways, fees and fixtures, plus getting your club online.
Read more →Running the club · 12 min read · 11 Feb 2026
A step-by-step guide to running a club AGM that finishes on time and fills the committee — including a ready-to-use AGM notice template, a full agenda template, and the traps that invalidate meetings.
Read more →Running the club · 17 min read · 11 Feb 2026
Courts, coaching, pennant and committee — everything a volunteer committee needs to run a thriving tennis club, from membership categories and court booking to junior programs and night competition.
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