Rickmansworth School Enterprises Limited, a private limited company under company number
11554965 of Scots Hill, Croxley Green, Herts, WD3 3AQ, known as “us”.
Email address: membership@rickmansworth.herts.sch.uk
Telephone: 01923 773296
PRINCIPLE TERMS
1. This agreement is an agreement between you (the member) and us (Rickmansworth School
Enterprises Limited).
2. This agreement commences once you have indicated your acceptance in the on-line sign up
process. If you did not sign up on the club’s premises you have 14 full days after signup to cancel
this agreement for any reason. To exercise this right you must inform us of this by post, email or
telephone using the details above. If you exercise this right to cancel we will reimburse you all
joining and membership fee payments received from you using the same means of payment you
used for the initial transaction. If you have used the service before requesting to cancel then we
will reduce your membership fee refund by a pro rata amount equal to the number of days from
signup to the date cancellation was requested.
3. Your membership starts immediately unless you choose at the time of sign-up, a start date in the
future (not available on all membership options).
4. You will be entitled to all the rights and privileges exercisable for the type of membership
chosen, subject to your timely payment of the fees and charges set out below and the successful
processing of your direct debit instruction.
5. ClubRight provides direct debit payment services to you and administers our agreement with
you, in consideration for which you agree to pay all the fees and charges associated with your
Membership and set out below to ClubRight. Stripe acquires the initial pro-rata charge.
6. You understand that members are required to carry their membership card at all times in order
to access the facilities, you use the facilities at your own risk and Rickmansworth School
Enterprises Limited shall not be liable for loss or damage to personal possessions or vehicles
brought on site.
FEES AND CHARGES
7. The Joining Fee / Initial Payment is due and payable immediately on execution of the agreement and is
not refundable other than in the event of breach or negligence by us or on the valid exercise of your
statutory cancellation rights, as set out in the Principle Terms above.
8. Your obligations to us include payment of the monthly Direct Debit payment amount. You are
obligated to make the minimum number of Direct Debit Payments as indicated by the contract length
you are presented and accepted with during the sign-up process. For example, a “12-month contract”
will require 12 monthly Direct Debit payments. You are obligated to make every Direct Debit Payment
regardless of non-attendance, except where the Agreement is cancelled in accordance with the
cancellation terms below or under your statutory cancellation rights, as set out in the Principle Terms
above.
9. If you fail to pay any monies due under this agreement or if any Direct Debit is returned unpaid, we
reserve the right to use any of your payment card details held on our secure system, to attempt to collect
the monthly membership fee that should have been collected by Direct Debit, unless we have agreed
with you in-writing a prior cancellation of this agreement. You understand that failure to pay the
monthly membership fee will result in cancellation of membership and refusal of admission to the
facility.
10. You agree to advise us promptly of any change to the Members Details you provided.
11. If you fail to pay any amount due under this agreement for a period of more than thirty days, then we
may pass the debt to a third-party company for collection and recovery services. In addition to any costs
and charges accruing under the terms of this agreement, the reasonable and direct costs incurred in
employing the third party company will be borne by you, including costs in tracing you if you have
changed your address without telling us.
AUTOMATIC RENEWAL AND STANDARD CANCELLATION OF THIS AGREEMENT
12. Once you have completed the Minimum Number. of Direct Debit Payments we will automatically
continue collecting the Direct Debit Payment Amount every month. Your membership will be extended
by one month for each payment (“Renewal Period”). This renewal Direct Debit payment amount may
only be amended if we advise you in writing giving no less than 30 days notice. Please note if your
membership included the benefit of a free period then we will stop making collections during that fr
period and recommence making collections on the renewal date.
13. You may prevent the Automatic Renewal at any time by giving notice to us by emailing
membership@rickmansworth.herts.sch.uk. Once you have completed the Minimum Number of Direct
Debit payments you can cancel your Automatic Renewal payments by contacting us by emailing
membership@rickmansworth.herts.sch.uk. We require 30 days notice of cancellation from you. If you
advise us with less than 30 days notice, one more further monthly payment will be taken by us before
your cancellation becomes effective.
EARLY CANCELLATION OF THIS AGREEMENT
14. Relocation: This agreement can be cancelled in the event that your new permanent address is more
than 15 miles away from the facility upon receipt of a copy utility bill or bank statement showing the new
address.
15. Long term (over 3 month) illness or injury: This agreement may be cancelled in the event of an illness,
injury or medical condition which in the written opinion of a doctor or other suitably qualified medic
practitioner prohibits exercise for 3 months or longer upon appropriate proof being provided.
16. Redundancy: This agreement can be cancelled upon appropriate proof of redundancy from your
employer or other loss of livelihood.
17. Pregnancy: This agreement can be cancelled if you become pregnant upon the appropriate written
proof being given. Please note – ANY Cancellation for the above reasons will not be affected until the
appropriate proof is provided and received by us.
18. Breach: This agreement can be cancelled if we are in breach of contract including if we do not
provide facilities or services you may reasonably expect and we have fallen well below that standard.
FREEZING
19. This agreement may be frozen in the event of a temporary illness, injury or medical condition which
in the written opinion of a doctor or other suitably qualified medical practitioner prohibits exercise for
period of time. Please note – ANY Freeze will not be in effect until the appropriate proof is provided and
received by us. Please note – A freeze period does not affect the Minimum No. of Direct Debit Payments
you are due to make and any payments remaining at the time of the freeze will remain due and
recommence on a monthly basis once the freeze period has completed.
GENERAL TERMS
20. By agreeing to these terms and conditions, you have read and understood and declared all details
provided to us are to the best of your knowledge true, and that you know of no reason why you should
not use any of the fitness facilities provided by u
21. By agreeing to these terms and conditions, you have watched and understood the induction videos
linked: https://sites.google.com/rickmansworth.herts.sch.uk/gym-iduction/home. You understand you
use the facilities at your own risk and agree to adhere to rules and etiquette set out by us, and use the
equipment in a manner shown during the induction to prevent injury and damage to yourself, others and
to equipment.
22. You understand that exercise can be physically demanding and if performed incorrectly can cause
serious harm. You assume all liability for any possible injury caused to yourself or to a third party by
using the equipment or performing any exercise (unless it can be shown that such injury was caused by
negligence on the part of the gym.)
23. You understand Rickmansworth School Enterprises Limited Gym is not manned during opening
hours and that lone use of the gym will occur, to which it is your responsibility to maintain a
communication device in case of emergency.
24. You understand that the gym will be available for use by members during advertised opening hours,
but will not be available on Bank Holidays, during the Christmas holidays (between Christmas Eve and
New Years’ Day) and on a few days during the year, where we will endeavour to provide as much notice
as possible.
25. You agree to comply with the Rules of Membership which are displayed prominently in the Club and
relate to opening hours, use of facilities and your conduct. We may make reasonable changes to these
Rules at any time provided we give you reasonable advance notice of the change.
26. If we take no action or let you off any breach of this agreement or give you extra time to pay or
comply, it will not stop us enforcing the terms of this agreement strictly at a future date.
27. We may assign the benefit of this agreement and our rights thereunder to a third party on notice
you. Your rights under this agreement will not be prejudiced. You may transfer your membership to
another person provided that such person pays a Joining Fee, signs an agreement with us and accepts
the balance of any remaining Minimum No. of Direct Debit Payments.
28. We will do our best to resolve any disputes over this agreement. If you wish to take court
proceedings against us you must do so within the United Kingdom. Relevant UK law will apply.
29. If any part of this agreement is disallowed or found to be ineffective by any court or regulator, the
other provisions shall continue to apply.
30. We may terminate this agreement with immediate effect on notice to you if you are in breach of the
Clubs Rules (i.e. stealing or other criminal activities within the facility). In this event you will not be liable
to pay any further Direct Debit Payments, provided such breach is not deemed by us to have occurred
primarily in order to qualify you for a refund.