Membership Information - Craigengower Cricket Club

Application For Club Memberships

Application for Ordinary Voting Membership

Any person above the age of 18 may apply to become a Member of the Club. Applications for Membership must be introduced by a Member of the Club. His/her application must also be proposed and seconded by Special Voting Members of the Club.

Application for Membership are subject to the approval of the General Committee. Upon approval of an application by the General Committee, the applicant will be informed by the General Office and, subject to the payment of the prescribed fees, becomes a Member of the Club. The member will be issued with a membership card.

An informal cocktail will be arranged for new member and his/her introducer to meet with members of the General Committee after he/she has completed the admission process.

Application forms can be obtained from the Club’s General Office.
Application for Corporate Nominee/Associate Corporate Nominee Membership

A company, firm or business may apply, in writing to the Committee for a Corporate Nominee Membership or an Associate Corporate Nominee Membership, if accepted, the holder shall have the right in perpetuity to nominate 2 members or 1 member of its staff respectively at a time to use the facilities of the Club.

The Corporate Nominee Membership and Associate Corporate Nominee Membership are transferable. However, holder of the Membership must seek prior written approval of the General Committee and pay a transfer fee before transferring the membership.
Elite Sports Associates

The Club provides an “Elite Sports Associates” scheme that allows sportsmen and women below 29 years old to join the Club at significantly reduced rate of entry and monthly subscription. The terms and conditions for becoming an Elite Sports Associate are in Schedule I.

Fees and Monthly Subscriptions

The current rates of entrance fees and the monthly subscriptions for Corporate Nominee, Associate Corporate Nominee and Ordinary Voting Membership and, Elite Sports Associates are as follows:

a) Corporate Nominee Membership and Associate Corporate Nominee Membership Entrance Fee* are HK$1,400,000 and HK$700,000 respectively.
Monthly Subscription is HK$980 per Nominee.

b) Ordinary Voting Membership Entrance Fee* is HK$450,000.
Monthly Subscription is HK$980.

c) Elite Sports Associate Entrance Fee* is HK$500.
Monthly Subscription is HK$490 per Associate.

*Entrance Fees are one-off payments and are non-refundable.

Signing Rights For Immediate Family

Members may apply for membership cards for their spouses, and children between the age of 12 to 20 to enable them to use, subject to the applicable By-law, the Club’s facilities and services. An annual fee of HK$180 for each Member’s Child card will be charged to members’ accounts. The charges are non-refundable.

Members are responsible for all charges incurred by their families.

Absent Members

A member (not a Nominee) leaving Hong Kong for more than 6 months but less than 12 successive months at a time may apply to become an Absent Member. Absent Member will not be liable to pay subscription during the period of his/her absence. On return to Hong Kong, an Absent Member must notify the General Office and pay the monthly subscription fee before resuming his/her membership rights.

Emigrant Members

A Member (not a Nominee) who intends to emigrate and are not ordinarily resident in Hong Kong may apply to become an Emigrant Member. On production of the necessary documentary proof and upon payment of the prescribed fee, the Member will be placed on the Emigrant Members List. The current rate of such fee is HK$96,000.

An Emigrant Member who returns to Hong Kong permanently may apply for reinstatement of his/her membership. An Emigrant Member who returns to Hong Kong temporarily may, by paying the appropriate monthly subscription during the period of his/her stay, be entitled to use the Club’s facilities and services.

Other Applications For Club Membership

Members’ Children

A member’s child may apply for full membership anytime after attaining the age of 21 years, on the condition that, after 90 days of attaining such an age and for every calendar month thereafter, on top of the 50% entrance fee, he/she needs to pay an additional fee of 1% of the normal entrance fee. Such approval of applications are subject to membership availability.

The current special rate is HK$225,000.

Members’ Spouses

Upon the death of a Member (not a Nominee), the spouse of deceased Member (not a Nominee) may apply for membership anytime after the pass away of his/her member spouse, on the condition that, if the application is submitted more than one year after the pass away of the member, in addition to the normal monthly subscription covering the pertinent period of time, he/she needs to pay an additional amount equivalent to 200% of the aforesaid subscription sum.