Fixtures Levy 2023

See also the Fixtures Calendar page on Levy.

• A Fixture:
  • is a tournament or a coaching course
  • comprises one or more Events
  • is owned and defined by an organiser, which can be any organisation (including Croquet England, a club, a federation or the WCF)
    • the organiser must have an entry in the Fixtures Calendar Contacts list, which defines who is responsible for the details of the fixture (Entries Secretary or Fixtures Calendar Contact)
  • optionally has a host venue defined by the organiser (otherwise TBA)
    • usually the same as the organiser for club-organised fixtures
• Each Event:
  • has a Face Price defined by the organiser that
    • can be zero (free)
    • is the amount that the organiser will retain from an adult entry
  • has a Host Club Member Price defined by the organiser that
    • must be the same or less than the Face Price (and if not, is set automatically to the Face Price)
    • can be zero (free)
    • is the amount that the organiser will retain from a host club adult member entry
    • is used as the Face Price for a player recorded in the database as a member of the host club
  • has a number of Levy Days set by the organiser that controls the Tournament Levy and Playing Levy charged (see below) if applicable. It is ignored if the levy does not apply.
    • can be zero only for an event that has no fee and that overlaps levied events in the same tournament, for example, a consolation event
    • otherwise, a warning is raised for a fixture whose duration exceeds the sum of its events' Levy Days
  • Note: warnings should be checked and acknowledged by Croquet England's Fixtures Calendar Administrator before approving the fixture to go live
• Tournament Levy (£6 per tournament)
  • does not apply to coaching courses or one-day fixtures
  • does not apply to a fixture whose organiser (club or federation) is not affiliated to Croquet England Associate - for example, an outside-domain fixture or a WCF fixture at a UK club
  • does not apply to fixtures organised by Croquet England (the Face Price includes it)
  • otherwise, is added to the Face Price of the first event a player enters in each tournament (even if the event's Face Price or its Levy Days are zero)
    • Note: in TES, all applicable prices are initially displayed with the levy added and it appears as a discount for second and subsequent events entered in a fixture
• Playing Levy (£6 per Levy Day)
  • does not apply to coaching courses or one-day fixtures
  • does not apply to a fixture whose organiser is neither Croquet England nor an Affiliate club or federation
  • does not apply if the player has a premium Croquet England subscription type or is treated as such (e.g. WCF reciprocal rights)
  • otherwise, applies whether or not Tournament Levy applies and is added according to each event's number of Levy Days (i.e. not levied on one-day fixtures or those organised by out-of-domain bodies but is added to fixtures organised by Croquet England)
• Under-25 players
  • are identified by the player being a Croquet England Associate in an Under-25 category
  • pay half the normal price
  • Croquet England Policy: the Tournament Levy (but not the Playing Levy) collected is surrendered to the organiser (£3)
    • note: the fee is free of Tournament Levy but half what an adult pays where Tournament Levy is included
• Summary of levy applicability:
  • No levies apply to
    • one-day fixtures
    • coaching fixtures
    • fixtures organised by an external body (such as the WCF or foreign club), whether or not hosted at a Croquet England Affiliate Club
  • Otherwise:
    • Fixtures organised by Croquet England:
      • Tournament Levy does not apply
      • Playing Levy applies if more than one day
    • otherwise: all levies apply