For those who have decided to sign up – welcome to Team Gold Coast! The steps required to join our club are outlined below.

Firstly, some membership details:

Membership costs and benefits

Its an annual membership. The currently offered memberships and their fees are:

  • Full Membership – $275
  • FIFO Membership – $165
  • Sunday Socialite – $180
  • Summer Sensation – $180
  • Small Craft Splash – $165
  • Winter Warrior – $180
  • Junior Membership
    • 12 and under $0
    • 14 and under – $25
    • 16 and under – $50
    • 19 and under – $75
    • Family Junior Membership Cap* -$150

*A Family Junior Membership Cap applies when an immediate family registers multiple junior paddlers. If the total junior membership fees exceed $150, the family will only be charged the capped amount of $150.

You can view more details of our membership categories here.

Memberships are renewable on the anniversary of joining.

Your membership will help to cover:

  • Canoe Insurance for club canoes
  • Trailer registration, insurance and maintenance
  • The Coomera Lake club shed – Club HQ
  • Maintenance of club canoes and equipment
  • Club membership of AOCRA and Paddle Australia (note that individual membership of AOCRA and Paddle Australia is a separate cost and is required to join the club – see step 2 below for more information)

Your annual membership does not cover some possible costs for you including:

  • Race / Regatta Fees and Accommodation
  • Towing Fees (for regattas)
  • Club uniforms
  • Your share of canoe hire where applicable e.g. at regattas when borrowing other clubs canoes
  • Club refreshments made available at the shed
  • AOCRA and Paddle Australia individual membership – see step 2 below for more information

If you are transferring from another club, please contact the club secretary prior to completing the membership form – Contact Us

Signing Up

To join, please complete the below steps.

STEP 1

Please click on the link below to read and understand our club Code of Conduct. Printed copies are also available from the club secretary.

You will be asked to verify you have read and understood this code.

GCOCC Code of Conduct

STEP 2

Join AOCRA and Paddle Australia

AOCRA and Paddle Australia membership is not required for non-paddling members.

Due to our affiliation and making sure your are properly insured when on the water, all paddling members are required to join AOCRA and Paddle Queensland – the two current national outrigger canoe associations – prior to joining the club.

Please be aware that AOCRA and Paddle Australia charge their own fees for you to join (approx. $70 annually each) and must be paid directly to them when you join.

 Join AOCRA here.

Join Paddle Australia here.

Note: take care on the password you create on the AOCRA website as it is not encrypted – do not use one that you use anywhere else.

STEP 3

Fill out the Club Membership Form

Fill in and submit a New Membership application for each person joining.

Applications will be automatically emailed to the club secretary on submission.

New Membership Applications

STEP 4

Once we have received your membership form and confirmation of your AOCRA and Paddle Australia membership the treasurer will email you your membership invoice.

Once you have paid your membership invoice, we will be able to finalise your membership and the Registrar will confirm your full financial membership via email.

STEP 5

Join us on Facebook

Once you are a member join our Members Only Facebook pages for current training times and locations and other club news. This is an important step to enable your participation in club activities.

For senior paddlers join us here – GCOCC Senior Members Only Page (private group).

STEP 6

Please read the club constitution and become familiar with its contents.