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Types of Membership

As BGRC is a subsidiary of the BGS Old Boys Association (OBA) You must be a BGS Old Boy to apply for Full Membership of BGRC.

If you are a parent of a past or present BGS student, then you can join as an Associate Member. This provides the same rights as a Full Member except there are some voting restrictions. Associate Member numbers are capped at ten.

If you are ‘Returning-or-Learning-to Row’ and need to get on the water, you simply need to follow the steps below with a ‘Trial Membership’ with RQ.This allows you three rows before talking further about your membership options.

If you wish to join as a cox, coach, or have special circumstances and wish to discuss one of the other restricted membership categories, before registering please contact the Club Secretary by email at secretary.bgrc@gmail.com.

If none of these circumstances apply you can register as a Full Masters Member, Associate Masters Member, Youth Member (turning age 26 or younger this year), or Volunteer (non-rowing member) on this page.

2026 Fees

Your total cost to row is in two parts.

First part: everyone must register directly with Rowing Queensland (RQ) and Rowing Australia (RA).This ‘Capitation’ fee is separate to the Club membership fee and goes directly to RQ/RA. There are different categories of Capitation fee (set out in the registration pages). You cannot row without at least completing the registration process and paying the RQ/RA Capitation fee.

Second part:your BGRC Membership fee will be invoiced post completing the above.

Your total is the RQ/RA Capitation fee plus the BGRC Membership fee.

The 2026 annual fees are:

RQ/RA Capitation Full Competitive - $165.04
RQ/RA Capitation Cox - $76.19
RQ/RA Volunteer – Free
RQ/RA Trial Membership - $19.30
BGRC Full Masters Membership - $980.00
BGRC Associate Masters Membership - $980.00
BGRC Youth Membership - $650.00
BGRC Volunteer – Free

BGRC apportions its membership fees between annual operating costs, and a fund for investing in new and upgraded boats and equipment. The Club encourages Full & Associate Members to pay a proportion of their BGRC membership fee as a donation to the Australian Sports Foundation (ASF). The Club receives these funds back from ASF to be used for fleet & equipment renewal. Donations made to ASF are tax deductible.

This can be done in step 5 of the registration process. The balance of the total Membership fee will be invoiced to you once registration is complete.

The recommended donation amount in 2026 is $300.00

How to Register and Pay Fees

At the bottom of this page, choose ‘Returning Member’ of ‘New Member’ to start the process.Click the ‘Returning Member’ button if you have ever been a member of BGRC or another Australian rowing club. Use the "New Member" button if you are joining an Australian rowing club for the first time.

Step 1 of 7 – Enter your personal details. Returning members do not need to know their National ID – name and DOB will suffice to access your saved details.

Step 2 of 7 – Select an RQ Membership Type. Full and Associate members select ‘Competitive Cap Fee’, Returning-and-Learning-to Row participants select ‘Trial Membership Fee’.

Step 3 of 7 – Confirm selection

Step 4 of 7 – Complete ‘Additional Information’, disclaimers etc. To operate the BGRC tinnie, you must respond ‘yes’ to having a Qld Marine Boat License, and upload images of the front & back of your license. After registration, you can request that these images be removed by emailing the BGRC Club Secretary at secretary.bgrc@gmail.com

Step 5 of 7 – Here you can donate to the Australian Sports Foundation as part of the registration process. Members are encouraged to do so as part of this process (or can do so later directly via the ASF website). There is a one-off ASF processing fee added to your donation. The recommended donation amount in 2026 is $300.00

Step 6 of 6 – Confirm Terms & Conditions

Step 7 of 7 – Payment: You can only pay the RQ/RA Capitation fee and ASF Donation added in this process via PIN payment (credit / debit card - processing fees included). The balance of BGRC membership fee will be invoiced to you once this registration process is complete.

Please contact the Club Treasurer at treasurer.bgrc@gmail.com or Club Secretary at secretary.bgrc@gmail.com with any queries.