Avondale Lawn Tennis Club

Use of Floodlights

  1. Only Adult Members of the Club may operate these lights.
  2. It is a condition of our Planning Permission that the floodlights MUST NOT be used in the morning or after 10 pm.  It is imperative that all Members comply with this condition.
  3. Because of Paragraph 2 above, the lights are timed to go off automatically at 10 pm.  If this happens, the lights must still be “switched off” by the last player leaving the court.
  4. OPERATION OF THE LIGHTS.  The floodlights now have LED lamps.  To operate simply switch them on.  At the end of play simply switch them off again.  There is no longer any need for them to cool down before the next set of players wishes to use the court.
  5. The lights for Courts 1 and 2, and Courts 3 and 4, are on the separate fuse boards but within the same cabinet.  The lights for Courts 5 and 6 are on a separate fuse board within a separate cabinet.  This is for info only, but might explain why the 3 groups of lights may perform differently in the event of a fault.  There are 2 separate automatic timers, one for Courts 1 to 4 and one for Courts 5 and 6.
  6. Floodlighting is a major cost to the Club.  Please play on free courts that are already floodlit before switching more lights on; and switch off lights where a group of courts has been vacated, even if an adjacent group of courts is still in use.
  7. PROBLEMS WITH THE FLOODLIGHTS.  If you have any problems with the floodlights, or if any lamps fail, please report the matter either: to Linda Ganter by phone (01252-614721), or by email (linda.ganter@sky.com) together with a contact phone number; or to Zana Fletcher (01252 615117).  Do not leave anonymous notes lying around the Club in the hope that someone will discover them.  We may need to discuss the detail of the problem and the circumstances in which it arose.  Maintenance also costs money and clarity of reporting may help to reduce the cost of calling out the electricians.