Well I'm at a fairly good up and coming club here in New Zealand. Things differ from club to club but yes....
At our club we our coaches are still struggling to get the committee convinced to pay us for competitions.
We get paid hourly for normal sessions and nothing at competitions. If the competition is out of town then then our gymnasts we have who are competing are responsible for our food, travel, and accommodation. Generally this means traveling with a parent, though there are times where they just cover our fuel costs.
I'm very frustrated that we aren't being paid for competitions yet seeing how the gymnasts pay for a 10 week term which covers those weekends anyway! I'm on the club's committee which makes it even worse that I haven't managed to help change things yet. Judges are however not normally paid either. Competitions at our club, our club donates $5 per session for the judges. of course this is about $5 for an hour and a half. Some clubs pay their own coaches and judges.
I told the committee if they pay their coaches they can't leave out the judges, as some judges may be there longer than the coach then and be payed less which is also wrong. I think this is what is taking so long for things to be sorted.
If there is a competition on the Saturday I loose about 5 1/2 hours of pay.
At our club we our coaches are still struggling to get the committee convinced to pay us for competitions.
We get paid hourly for normal sessions and nothing at competitions. If the competition is out of town then then our gymnasts we have who are competing are responsible for our food, travel, and accommodation. Generally this means traveling with a parent, though there are times where they just cover our fuel costs.
I'm very frustrated that we aren't being paid for competitions yet seeing how the gymnasts pay for a 10 week term which covers those weekends anyway! I'm on the club's committee which makes it even worse that I haven't managed to help change things yet. Judges are however not normally paid either. Competitions at our club, our club donates $5 per session for the judges. of course this is about $5 for an hour and a half. Some clubs pay their own coaches and judges.
I told the committee if they pay their coaches they can't leave out the judges, as some judges may be there longer than the coach then and be payed less which is also wrong. I think this is what is taking so long for things to be sorted.
If there is a competition on the Saturday I loose about 5 1/2 hours of pay.