All the information right here to aid you in knowing the costs of your child playing American Football for the Poole Dolphins
First of all, we must state something you may already know, American Football is a contact sport.
As a club we make every effort to ensure safe techniques are used during your child’s participation in the sport. However, you cannot always plan for every situation and outcome. We do risk assessments and we plan training sessions in advance to mitigate and prevent any injury or harm; however, accidents can and do happen.
The following information is to help you understand the costs involved.
Every player who decides to commit to play for us in the upcoming season must bring both registration forms completed. These forms must be complete and signed by a parent/guardian and returned to the club – unless you are 18 or over.
These forms must be completed for all returning players too.
Without the forms the player may not take part in kitted contact sessions.
The link to the forms can be found here.
The cost for a season
American Football is a very affordable sport for a child. Its costs less than other sports like football, rugby or cricket for a season.
Every new and current player that registers with us that wishes to play in the upcoming season will be charged a fee of £190. This fee will include:
1) A pair of white game pants (leggings), 7pc pad set to go inside the game pants and a belt.
2) A game jersey allocated for the season.
3) Kit rental of their helmet and shoulder pads that are allocated to the player for the season.
Note: If all fees are paid before the 19th December 2025 the fee is reduced to £180 with £10 off as a thank you.
The fee can be paid off in installments via standing order, direct debit, bank transfer or cash.
We will start registrations from our first regular training session.
The fee must be paid by 20th March 2026.
CHANGES FOR 2026 AND BEYOND
There will no more £3 subs fee for attending training as in previous years. We have decided to have one fee for the season. This also goes along with out move to Chapel Gate’s state of the art facility where we will train from Sunday 19th October.
Training Sessions
Both rookie sessions take place at Redhill Park. The session runs from 09:30 – 11:30.
Red Hill Park, Bournemouth BH9 2SP.
We will then transition to the state of the art facility at Chapel Gate, near Hurn Airport where we will train bi-weekly until Christmas. Stopping after Sunday 14th December’s training.
After we resume in January 2026 we will announce during the month the point where wewill move to weekly training sessions.
All new players have two free sessions as tasters.
Training session fee of £3 no longer applies for 2026 and is absorbed into the season fees as stated above.
If you have any questions please contact us at admin@pooledolphins.co.uk
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