Welcome back to Tennis!

The Government has now confirmed that the Club will be in Tier 2 once lockdown ends. Please see the guidelines below to understand how tennis will operate from Wednesday 2nd December:

1, The Club will open for tennis activity on Wednesday 2nd December.

2, Outdoor Tennis

Singles and doubles for social play permitted (rule of 6 applies).
1:1 coaching permitted.
Group coaching for adults and children permitted (max 15).
Club nights and Competitions permitted (for both juniors & adults).
No socialising before or after the activity.
Spectating to be minimised (rule of 6).
Parent/Guardian supervision permitted (one per player).

3, Indoor Tennis

Indoor Singles for adults from different households permitted,
Doubles only permitted if from same household/bubble.
Singles & Doubles permitted for disabled people & supervised activity for U18’s.
1:1 coaching permitted.
Group coaching for adults not permitted (awaiting update on this)
Group coaching for U18’s permitted (max group size 15).
No socialising before or after activity.
Spectating to be avoided where possible.
Parent/Guardian supervision permitted (one per player).
Only those watching a player may be in the spectating area.

Social distancing to be maintained before, during and after all tennis activity.

4, The Court sheets will open for booking at 8am on Friday 27th November .

5, Courts will be bookable 7 days in advance.

6, Please limit your individual court bookings to 3 sessions over a 7-day period. We do need to ensure as many Members can book courts as possible post Lockdown.

7, When booking courts, you must provide names of all Members playing in your group.

8, No guests will be permitted to play.

9, Resumption of Autumn Term Junior Tennis Programme

The groups will resume on Thursday 3rd December and run to Sunday 20th December .

The remainder of the term will be in credit and will continue from 4th January – 24th January. (all juniors will stay in the same classes until the 24th January).

The spring term will run from 25th January. Information regarding the spring term and timetable will be communicated in December.

10, Social tennis activities

Club Night will resume on Wednesday 2nd December at 6pm – 7:30pm on courts 4, 5 & 6.
Ladies morning will resume on Thursday 10th December at 9:30am -11am on court 4, 5 & 6.
Vets Matchplay will resume in Thursday 10th December at 1:30pm – 3pm on courts 7, 8 & 9.
Club afternoon will resume on Saturday 5th December at 3pm- 4:30pm on courts 7, 8 & 9.
18 – 35’s Social will resume on Monday 6th December at 7:30pm – 9pm on courts 15 & 16

11, Pay & Plays

Monday Pay & Play sessions will restart on 7th December at 10am - 11:30am on courts 7 & 8.
Friday Pay & Play sessions will restart on 11th December at 10am - 11:30am on courts 7 & 8.

Please sign up for all social sessions & Pay & Pays by calling Reception, spaces will be limited.

Inevitably we will have many Tennis Members that will want to play over the next few weeks. Therefore, we ask everyone to limit their court bookings to 3 sessions over a 7-day period. If there are free courts on the day you can book additional sessions. This will ensure more Members get the opportunity to play tennis again.

We also request that all courts booked are used. Please make sure you if you book a court that you turn up for your booking or give due cancellation notice. Failure to do so will result in the Member having their booking rights suspended.

A big thank you to all Members for their support and patience through these difficult times. We will aim to keep up to date with the latest guidelines to ensure that everyone can get back out on court in the safest possible way.

Dan Lott

Racquets Director

November 27th, 2020

26/11/2020