Every sports club has payments that slip through the cracks, an unpaid match fee here, a bounced subscription there, a member who simply forgets to pay. Over a full season, those small gaps can add up to a significant amount of lost income.
That’s why getting payments right matters.
Pitchero Payments gives clubs one place to collect, track and manage the money they’re owed, while making it easier for members to pay. The result is less admin for volunteers, better visibility for club officials and, for many clubs, a noticeable increase in revenue.
And the results speak for themselves.
Fareham Hockey Club saw around a 20% increase in revenue without increasing its membership after bringing membership and payments together through Pitchero.
Berkhamsted and Hemel Hempstead Hockey Club now collects approximately 99.5% of its match fees.
Heathfield & Waldron RFC says it has “taken more money thanks to Pitchero” because the club has improved subscription compliance and gained a much clearer picture of what every member has paid.
This is where Pitchero Payments goes beyond simply giving clubs a way to take money online. It helps create a more reliable payment process around the way grassroots sports clubs actually operate.
Know exactly what’s been paid and what hasn’t
When payments are spread across bank transfers, cash, spreadsheets and separate apps, it becomes much harder to know where your club really stands.
Pitchero brings payments and member information together.
Clubs can create membership subscriptions, match fees and other payment requests, then assign them to individual members or groups. Administrators can see who has paid, who still owes money and where a transaction has failed or bounced.
Heathfield & Waldron RFC describes the benefit as having:
“A single platform of where we're going to be taking payments and so we can see each individual member, each individual payment and track failed and bounced transactions.”
Clubs can also manually record payments, helping account for members who have paid in cash or have alternative arrangements in place.
That gives treasurers and club officials a much more complete picture of club income, rather than having to piece it together from several different sources.
Make it easier for members to pay
A good payment system shouldn’t only make life easier for the club. It should remove friction for members too.
Pitchero supports convenient digital payment options including card payments, Direct Debit, Apple Pay and Google Pay, so members can complete payments without needing to find bank details, remember reference numbers or bring cash to the clubhouse.
Lewes Hockey Club explains:
“They're easy to track, and the good thing is that the card payments means that it's really simple for the person to pay at the other end too.”
The easier the payment journey, the less opportunity there is for fees to be forgotten or delayed.
Spend less time chasing
Nobody volunteers at a sports club because they want to spend their evenings chasing overdue subscriptions.
Pitchero helps reduce that workload with features designed to keep payments moving, including automatic payment reminders and chasers, failed-payment tracking, instalment progress and payment receipts.
Instead of constantly checking who has and hasn’t paid, volunteers can quickly see where action is needed.
For Market Harborough Youth Netball Club, that reduction in admin is a major part of Pitchero’s value.
“Pitchero is really good value for money because it takes out all of the headache for us as volunteers. Most of us work full-time as well.”
Less time managing spreadsheets and separate payment systems means more time can go back into running the club.
More money in the club
Ultimately, payment technology has to deliver financially.
Upton Cricket Club says it has “definitely seen an increase in revenue” since moving to digital payments.
Eastwood CFC goes further, describing Pitchero as “miles clear” compared with the cost of alternative subscription collection services.
And Wellington Cricket Club perhaps sums up the value best:
“It pays for itself on a yearly basis.”
For clubs, better payment collection isn’t just about convenience. It can mean fewer missed fees, stronger cash flow, less pressure on volunteers and more money available to spend where it really matters.
Collect more. Chase less. Keep your club’s payments in one place.