Registration & Club Fees

See below the registration process, including registering online, Hockey Australia & Hockey NT fees, transferring from another club, Waratah Hockey Club fees, player registration obligations, and free social member registration.

Step 1: Registering

You MUST be registered to play hockey with our club prior to playing any games.

If you do not register before playing, the team which played an unregistered player will lose competition points and a fine will be issued by Hockey NT. 

Hockey Australia (HA) and Hockey NT (HNT) charge all players a levy, these are mandatory amounts required by the regulatory bodies.

These fees are separate from WHC fees and are required at time of registration.

The HNT/HA fees are:

  • $121.91 for a senior player full time
  • $35.74 for a senior player casual (5 games)
  • $22.81 for a junior player un8 - u10
  • $70.09 for a junior player un13 - un16
  • FREE for social membership (non-player)

If you are transferring from another club within Australia, you are required to have a transfer request approved by your existing club.

Transfer requests are included in the registration process, please ensure all details are entered correctly.

Players without an approved transfer are not permitted to play and further financial and competition point penalties may apply.

Click here to register.

Step 2: Pay your club fees

Waratah’s offer the most competitive fees in the Darwin Hockey League to promote social inclusion and accessibility across the community.

We’re able to do this through the hard work of volunteers, fundraising efforts, and the generous support of our sponsors.

Click here to pay your club fees.

Waratah Hockey Club Membership Types

Senior Player Full Time

Fee $490

  • Full season playing membership.
    • Example: Sarah signs up as a full-time player because she plans to play majority of the season.

Senior Player – 'Inspire a Friend' Discount

Discount $90 / Fee $400

  • For players who get a friend to join the club for the first time, they will receive a $90 discount from $490 to $400 for the season. The friend must sign up for one of the senior full time membership types and pay full fees before the referrer can receive the $90 discount. This discount can only be used once per player each season.
    • Example: Tom is a ‘Senior Player Full Time’ and encourages Melissa who just moved here to join the club. Melissa joins as a ‘Senior Player – Fulltime Tertiary Student’ and pays her full fees, Tom then gets a $90 discount on his fees and only plays $400 for the full season.
    • Example: Charlie recruits a newlywed couple, Roger and Alex, who have just moved to town. They register as full-time seniors and pay their fees in full, Roger registers as ‘Senior Goalie Full time with Own Kit’ and Alex registers as ‘Senior Player Full Time’. Charlie then receives a $90 discount for the season and only plays $400 for the full season.

Senior Goalie Full Time with Own Kit

Fee $300

  • For senior goalkeepers who already own their own equipment and does not require the club’s equipment.
    • Example: Emma is a goalie and has all her own gear, so picks this membership type.

Senior Player – Fulltime Tertiary Student

Fee $350

    • Example: Kyle is a full-time university student, so he gets a discount after emailing his student ID to the treasurer.

Senior Player – Casual (5 Games Only)

Fee $175

  • For players who want to play up to 5 games in the season. After the initial 5 games, they can choose to upgrade to full time or pay for 5 more games (not rounds) before having to pay full time fees.
    • Example: Lisa just wants to play 5 games this season. She plays B and C grade two weekends in a row (4 games), she now can only play 1 more game before being required to pay more fees.

Senior Visiting Player – Per Game

Fee $35

  • This is offered on a case-by-case basis. For players who expect to play no more than 4 games in the season. Hockey Australia, HNT fees, and approved transfers apply and need to be finalised prior to playing.
    • Example: Ryan from Adelaide is visiting his family in Darwin, he wants to play 2 C Grade games with his brother Dale while he’s here, he chooses this membership type.
    • Example: Casey is a visiting law student from interstate on a 3-week placement in Darwin and wants to play 3 senior games, she chooses this membership type.

High School Student – Playing Seniors Only

Fee $250

  • For players still in high school, who are no longer in the age group to play in the junior competition and can only play in the senior competition.
    • Example: Ben is 17 years old attending Palmerston High and only plays B grade, so he pays this membership type.

Player's under this fee type that represent the NT at the Australian Hockey Championships for any age group, will receive a $100 sponsorship from the club.

Playing WHC Team Official, Committee, or Life Member

Fee $100

  • For any player who also coaches, managers, or is a committee member, or life member of the club.
    • Example: Megan is the coach for the club’s C Grade Men’s team and pays this membership type.

Current Territory Stingers Player

Fee $100

  • A current territory stingers player must submit an application to the club through secretary@waratahhockeyclub.com and be granted approval by the club committee to receive this fee type.
    • Example: Robert is a territory stinger in the current season and has contacted the club about being granted approval for this fee type.

Junior Grade Player

Fee $100 (NT Sports Voucher Accepted)

  • For players playing in junior grades (Under 8s, 10s, 13s, or 16s), they may also play senior games. NT Sports Voucher accepted. If NT Sports Vouchers are used, they are to be emailed to treasurer@waratahhockeyclub.com.
    • Example: Jake plays in the Under 16s team and C grade, he uses his NT Sports Voucher to pay his fees by emailing the voucher to the treasurer.
    • Example: Amy plays in the Under 8s team and her parents opt to pay her $100 fees out of pocket and use her NT Sports Voucher elsewhere.

Player's under this fee type that represent the NT at the Australian Hockey Championships for any age group, will receive a $100 sponsorship from the club.

Social Member

FREE

  • We encourage anyone, not playing, to register as a social member, as this membership class helps us record our supporter reach and increases grant and other funding opportunities. Registration for a social member is completed the same as a playing member. Social members do not have umpiring commitments.

Due dates for fees

Club fees are due before your first game.

If you would like to discuss a payment plan, please contact our Treasurer on treasurer@waratahhockeyclub.com

Ways to pay fees

Fees can be paid via the following methods:

BSB: 035302

Account number: 261003

Please ensure your full name, or child’s full name are included in the transaction reference.

Player registration obligations

HNT will arrange the umpiring for the Territory Premier League and Junior games in the Darwin Hockey League.

Each club are required to supply umpires for their club's B and C Grade games for all minor rounds.

WHC have created a roster to fulfil our umpiring obligations, which is available here.

All players in senior teams, over 15 years of age, including casual players, have been included in the roster.

Only WHC life members, committee members, coaches, and managers are excluded from allocated umpiring commitments.

If you are unavailable or unwilling to do your own umpiring, you can arrange for someone else to do it for you.

For more information on umpiring, please click here.

Free social member registration

Registration for a free social member is completed the same as a playing member.

Free social members do not pay any levies to HA/HNT or any fees to WHC, social membership is completely free.

Free social members do not have umpiring commitments.

This membership class is solely to helps us record our supporter reach and increases grant and other funding opportunities for the club.