CLUB REGISTRATION
Registering your club with the USGAA correctly is of the utmost importance especially if your club intends to play in the USGAA Finals. Registration impacts who is and who isn't eligible to play in any USGAA-sanctioned tournament (which as of this writing, only includes the USGAA Finals). The purpose of this registration section of the Heartland USGAA website is to provide a definitive how-to on the registration process and answer typically asked questions. If you cannot find an answer to a specific registration question in this section or its related sections involving transfers, feel free to e-mail the divisional registrar for assistance.
REGISTRATION FACTS
There is general registration information that must be obtained from each player to be registered. This information is then added to your roster in TopScore. It is of the utmost importance that the collected information from each player is accurate. This information is used to verify the identity of a player intending on playing in the USGAA Finals. It can also be used in the middle of a match if the opposing club requests an ID check (please don't assume this won't happen, it has). The general registration information requirements that each player must provide is as follows:
GENERAL REGISTRATION COSTS (USGAA and HEARTLAND)
The divisional treasurer will be providing a detailed packet regarding registration costs (and the different ways that can be calculated). However, it's important to have a basic understanding of what they are and that is what the following provides. As always, there is a discount for newly-formed clubs (less than three years old). The registration costs at a national and divisional level for 2017 are as follows:
The club registration website is found here
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS
If you cannot find an answer to a specific registration question in this section or its related sections involving transfers, feel free to e-mail the divisional registrar for assistance. For details on the above information, please review USGAA 2018 Bye-Laws 12-14, 18, and 24-25 as well as USGAA 2017 Regulations 1, 3, and 5. Additional information can also be found on the USGAA Registration page
Registering your club with the USGAA correctly is of the utmost importance especially if your club intends to play in the USGAA Finals. Registration impacts who is and who isn't eligible to play in any USGAA-sanctioned tournament (which as of this writing, only includes the USGAA Finals). The purpose of this registration section of the Heartland USGAA website is to provide a definitive how-to on the registration process and answer typically asked questions. If you cannot find an answer to a specific registration question in this section or its related sections involving transfers, feel free to e-mail the divisional registrar for assistance.
REGISTRATION FACTS
- As of this writing, all club registrations are submitted via TopScore (access to the current season's registration information should be available by April 1st)
- Request access to the registration system by having the club registrar fill out the following USGAA Registrar form
- Registration is due by April 30th of each year
- Any player that previously played for another club (in Ireland or in the US) will need to be appropriately transferred before registering them with your club (unless they meet the non-club player form criteria)
- A player MAY register with two different clubs as long as they are code-specific. If a player would like to play hurling for one club and football with another, each of those clubs MUST be only a hurling club or a football club
- A player must register with a local club, if a local club is available for the code that player wants to participate in
- Brand new, NON-IRISH BORN players (never having played for or been registered with another club) can be registered usually until mid-August (the date changes from year-to-year)
- A Non-Club Player Form (in addition to standard registration) may be filled out in lieu of interclub transfer if the following criteria (described on the form itself)
There is general registration information that must be obtained from each player to be registered. This information is then added to your roster in TopScore. It is of the utmost importance that the collected information from each player is accurate. This information is used to verify the identity of a player intending on playing in the USGAA Finals. It can also be used in the middle of a match if the opposing club requests an ID check (please don't assume this won't happen, it has). The general registration information requirements that each player must provide is as follows:
- Full Name
- Date of Birth
- Full Address
- Telephone Number
- E-mail Address
- Last Four Digits of Driver's License or Passport
- Place of DL or Passport Issuance
- Photograph
- Waiver Signature
GENERAL REGISTRATION COSTS (USGAA and HEARTLAND)
The divisional treasurer will be providing a detailed packet regarding registration costs (and the different ways that can be calculated). However, it's important to have a basic understanding of what they are and that is what the following provides. As always, there is a discount for newly-formed clubs (less than three years old). The registration costs at a national and divisional level for 2017 are as follows:
- Club Registration Fee - $600 (USGAA 2018 Bye-Laws 12(a)) | Divisional Club Registration Fee - $250
- New Club Registration Fee - $100 (USGAA 2018 Bye-Laws 12(a)) | Divisional New Club Registration Fee - $80
- Player Membership Fee (fee for each player registered - $3 (USGAA 2018 Bye-Laws 12(b) / (c))
- Liability Insurance - $250 (USGAA 2018 Regulations 1-i(g) / (h))
- Player Insurance - $40 per registered man and $20 per registered woman, $2000 cap for men's clubs and $1000 cap for ladies clubs (USGAA 2018 Regulations 1-i(g) / (h))
The club registration website is found here
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS
If you cannot find an answer to a specific registration question in this section or its related sections involving transfers, feel free to e-mail the divisional registrar for assistance. For details on the above information, please review USGAA 2018 Bye-Laws 12-14, 18, and 24-25 as well as USGAA 2017 Regulations 1, 3, and 5. Additional information can also be found on the USGAA Registration page
