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Terms of Use: English Disc Golf Association (EDGA)

Effective Date: 10 June 2026

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing this website, applying for membership, renewing membership, entering EDGA events, or using EDGA membership services, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use, the EDGA Privacy Policy, the EDGA Member Conduct and Complaint Handling Process, and any EDGA rules, policies or codes of conduct that apply to membership, events or participation.

If you are registering on behalf of a household, you confirm that you have the authority to provide the information submitted and, where applicable, to accept these terms on behalf of all named individuals, including juniors.

2. Membership Tiers, Fees and Voting Rights

EDGA operates an annual membership model.

  • Membership Year: The EDGA membership year runs from 1 January to 31 December annually.
  • Membership Classes: EDGA membership classes are Individual Member Standard, Individual Member Premium, Individual Member Junior, Associate Member, Affiliated Club, and any other class created by the Board in accordance with the Articles of Association.
  • Voting Rights: Voting rights are governed by the Articles of Association. Associate Members do not have voting rights. Affiliated Club voting rights, where applicable, are governed by the Articles of Association and any club affiliation terms.
  • Subscriptions: Annual membership subscriptions are set by the Board and published by EDGA. Refunds are handled in accordance with these terms, statutory rights and any applicable consumer law.
  • Contract Formation: Your membership contract is formed when your application is accepted, payment is completed where applicable, and your EDGA number or membership access is issued.

3. Household Model and Junior Members

  • Primary Responsibility: The Primary Member is responsible for the accuracy of the information provided for their household and for keeping household membership details up to date.
  • Guardian Consent: By adding a junior to your household, you confirm that you are their legal guardian or have the guardian’s express permission to share their data for membership administration, sporting administration, event participation and safeguarding purposes.
  • Junior Conduct: Junior members are expected to follow EDGA rules, policies and conduct standards. The Primary Member or relevant parent or guardian is responsible for helping junior members understand and follow those standards.
  • Independence: Upon reaching the age of 18, junior members may claim their own profile and transition to an independent adult account.

4. Codes of Conduct, Complaints and Dispute Resolution

Members must act respectfully and must not behave in a way that brings EDGA or the sport of disc golf into disrepute.

  • Conduct Standards: Members agree to follow EDGA’s Member Conduct and Complaint Handling Process, safeguarding requirements, event rules, competition rules, and any applicable code of conduct.
  • Identifiers and Accounts: Your EDGA number is a unique sporting identifier. You must not sell, share, transfer, or allow others to use your account credentials.
  • Complaint Handling: EDGA may review complaints about member conduct, event conduct, online behaviour, safeguarding or welfare concerns, and conduct that affects EDGA events, members, reputation or governance.
  • Proportionate Action: EDGA may take proportionate action where a member breaches these terms, an EDGA policy, event rules, or expected standards of conduct. Possible outcomes may include advice, guidance, a conduct reminder, warning, conditions on participation, suspension from EDGA events or activities, or other proportionate action.
  • Membership Termination: Any termination of membership must be handled in accordance with the Articles of Association, including any notice, response and appeal rights that apply.
  • External Authorities: EDGA will not determine criminal liability. If a member believes a crime has occurred or someone is at immediate risk, they should contact the police or relevant authority directly.

5. Liability and Participation

Participation in disc golf, tournaments, leagues, events and related activities involves inherent risks, including risk of injury, loss or damage.

  • Participation Risk: Members are responsible for assessing their own fitness to participate, following event rules, respecting course safety requirements, and acting responsibly towards other players, volunteers, spectators and the public.
  • Liability: To the fullest extent permitted by law, EDGA, its directors, officers, volunteers and agents will not be liable for loss, damage or injury arising from participation in unsanctioned play, use of this website, or activities outside EDGA’s reasonable control.
  • Legal Limits: Nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud, fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that cannot legally be excluded or limited.

6. Intellectual Property

The EDGA name, logo, website content and digital assets are the property of the English Disc Golf Association or are used by EDGA under licence. Members are granted a limited, revocable licence to use EDGA digital badges for personal, non-commercial use, such as social media profile sharing, provided such use does not misrepresent their status or imply endorsement by EDGA.

7. Statutory Rights, Cancellation and Refunds

Nothing in these terms affects your statutory rights.

Where you purchase membership online, you may have cancellation rights under consumer law. By applying for membership and requesting immediate access to EDGA membership services, including the issue of an EDGA number and access to member benefits, you ask EDGA to begin providing the service immediately.

If you cancel after EDGA has started providing membership services, EDGA may be entitled to retain a proportionate amount for services already provided, subject to applicable law.

EDGA may decline or reduce refunds where membership benefits have already been used, where an EDGA number has been issued, or where participation rights have already been accessed, except where a refund is required by law.

8. Governing Law

These terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales. Any disputes shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales, subject to any dispute resolution process required by the Articles of Association or applicable law.

9. Changes to Terms

EDGA may update these terms from time to time to reflect changes in the law, membership services, policies, or Association governance. Where changes are material, EDGA will take reasonable steps to notify members. Continued use of the website, membership services, or EDGA participation rights after the updated terms take effect constitutes acceptance of the updated terms.

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