Tennis Court
Booking & Floodlights
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Our tennis courts are open 365 days a year, and we operate a turn up and
play policy – we do not take court bookings except in certain
circumstances:
To book
a court for a match please contact the office on 01883 714079.
Certain court priorities do apply at the Club:
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All
courts are available for free play on a first come, first served
basis, please see
tennis section
club byelaws.pdf for specific details
(e.g. doubles have priority over singles) subject to booked team and
tournament matches, club sessions and coaching requirements all of
which have priority.
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Any
booked matches that are displayed on the whiteboard adjacent to the
clubhouse entrance.
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Courts 1, 2, 3 (and occasionally 4 and 5) are used for
junior
tennis coaching. During the winter months
junior coaching takes place under floodlights on courts 6, 7 & 8
where they have priority until 6.30pm Mon – Fri as required.
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Floodlight court bookings on courts 6, 7 & 8 (from 3.30pm–9.30pm
Mon–Sun)
Floodlight
Court Booking
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Any
Platinum member can book and use a floodlit court (subject to court
priorities/tennis byelaws).
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Bookings can be made from 9.30am on Monday mornings by the computerised booking system either online or in the clubhouse. Bookings can be made up to 14 days in advance.
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At
peak times (Mon, Tue & Wed 6.30-9.30pm) the maximum time bookable is
1.5 hours per court per person. At other times the maximum time
bookable is 2 hours per court per person. Ideally we try for an
‘early’ and ‘late’ 1.5 hour booking each evening to enable as many
members to play as possible.
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Bookings are in half hour segments at a cost of £1 per 10 minutes
per court, lights are switched on by inserting £1 coins in the meter at the
far end of the patio.
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Priority will be given to members requiring courts to play
tournament matches, and for junior coaching Mon-Fri up to 6.30pm.
Usage
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A
booking will be void if at least one person is not present within 10
minutes of the start of the booking. The court may then be used by
anyone else.
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Members must vacate the court immediately their booked period has
run out if the next user is present.
Cancellations
& No-Shows
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If a
court is booked and then not used, a fee of twice the session cost
will be charged. This is intended to dissuade people from making a
booking which they are not sure they can keep thereby denying the
court for others.
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Cancellations are not acceptable unless made 24 hours before the
booking.
Timing
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A
blue warning light will flash when there is only five minutes of
time left on each courts’ timer.
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If
the lights are allowed to go out, there is a ten-minute automatic
delay before they can be switched on again. If this is allowed to
happen there is no allowance for time lost
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If
still in use, the lights will be turned off automatically at 9.30pm
(this is a planning requirement).
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