I am fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the well-being of all players and believe it is important that everyone should, at all times, show respect and understanding for the safety and welfare of others.

Appropriate Conduct:

• Respond to the captain on your availability as early as possible
• Respect and accept the captains team selection
• Maximum effort is a minimum requirement
• Act in a sportsman manner by acknowledging good play or shots by your partner or opponent/s
• Play by the rules and be fair in all line calls
• Wear suitable tennis attire and importantly wear tennis shoes with non marking soles
• Treat all players as they would like to be treated themselves. You must not ridicule, interfere with, bully or take unfair advantage of another player
• Accept whoever you are paired with, be tolerant and understanding and never show aversion to playing with someone considered inferior
• Set an example when playing with or against junior or younger players and respond with restraint to petulance or ill-tempered behaviour
• Control your temper. Verbal abuse or deliberately distracting or provoking an opponent is not acceptable behaviour
• Co-operate with your partner and opponent/s. Without them there would be no competition
• Be a fair winner and good loser
• Respect all decisions of the team captains and comply at all times with the club constitution and rules
• Be cautious when referring to the club, coach, team or any of its players

Inappropriate Conduct:

• Cause a nuisance in communications with other members
• Throw your racquet or hit balls in anger or display bad sportsmanship or act in a petulant manner when losing
• Swear or use bad language. Never argue with a partner or opponent
• Be aggressive of display intimidating behavior
• Question another person’s integrity over line calls or actions
• Cause danger to other players through your play
• Bring the club, coach, captain or team into disrepute