No surprises
What does a
season cost?
Three separate things, and most clubs only tell you about the first. The membership fee, the training and tournament costs families share between them, and the equipment you buy yourself. Here is all of it.
One: the fee
$150 a year,
per player
One annual payment. It buys your child a full CYCC jersey set, and the rest goes to the infrastructure that keeps a club running — administration, recording equipment and the things nobody sees until they are missing.
It is not a fee for sessions. Training is not bought by membership, which is the part most families do not expect, so it has a section of its own below.
There is a second, cheaper way in. Our tennis ball program for beginners is $75, and deliberately includes no jersey set and no equipment — it exists so a child can try cricket before anyone commits to it.
What membership includes- What it buys
- One CYCC jersey set — playing jersey, club cap and playing trousers — plus club infrastructure and administration.
- What it does not
- Training costs, tournament entry and personal equipment. The first two are shared between families; the third you buy yourself.
Nobody at CYCC draws a salary. The coaches are volunteers and so is everyone running the club, which is why the fee is what it is.
Three: equipment
Bought by you,
spread out
The club provides no personal equipment. Bought all at once that looks like a lot; bought in the order below it is a series of small decisions, and the first session costs nothing.
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0
First session
Sports shoes, clothes they can run in, a water bottle. Nothing to buy.
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1
Before batting
Helmet with faceguard, abdominal guard, pads and gloves. The helmet is the one never to buy used.
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2
When settled
A bat, sized by height not age, and training trousers. Second-hand is sensible for everything but the helmet.
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3
Only if needed
Kit bag and cricket shoes. Plenty of players never buy either.
Our equipment guide covers sizing, what to skip and why the helmet is the one thing to buy new. Ask a coach before ordering anything — it costs nothing and saves a good deal.
And the one nobody lists
Petrol
and Saturdays
Training is local — both grounds are in Mason. Competitive fixtures are regional, because youth cricket in the Midwest is still thinly spread.
It is not a charge, so it never appears on a registration page. It is still the part families notice most across a season.
Where we travel-
Training
The same drive to Mason each week, on the evenings set for your child's group.
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Away fixtures
A full morning or afternoon once you have driven, played and come home. Most families car-share, and fixtures go out well in advance.
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The small things
A folding chair, sunscreen, something to eat at the ground. Minor individually, worth knowing before your first long Saturday.
If money is tight
Say so, and
say it early
Cost should not be the reason a child does not play. If the fee, a tournament share or the equipment is the thing standing in the way, tell us before you decide against it — we would far rather have a quiet conversation than lose a player we never knew was interested.
Get in touch through the contact page and it stays between you and the club.
Common questions
About the money
Are there costs beyond the annual fee? +
Yes, and we would rather be plain about it. Training and tournament costs are shared between the families taking part, at actual cost. You also buy your child's personal equipment. The club adds no margin to any of it and charges no fee beyond the annual membership.
Why not just bundle it into one fee? +
Because a single fee has to be an estimate, and an estimate has to be padded to be safe. Splitting the real cost means families pay for what actually happened rather than for a guess, and nobody subsidises a tournament their child did not enter.
Will I know the cost before committing? +
Yes. Costs are set out before a tournament or a block of training rather than invoiced afterwards, so you decide knowing the number. If you are ever told a cost after the fact, that is a mistake on our part and worth telling us about.
Do siblings pay full membership? +
Ask us. We would rather talk to a family with two or three children playing than publish a rule that does not fit every situation.
What if my child tries it and stops? +
Come and watch a session before registering, and do not buy equipment until a coach says your child needs it. Follow those two and the cost of finding out cricket is not for them stays small.
Watch first, spend later
Come to a session before you commit to anything. It costs nothing, and you will know a great deal more about whether this is your child's sport.