Welcome to Bridge Tennis Club! This is an introduction to our club to give you a flavour of what is on offer. We love to welcome new players, though so please don't hesitate to reach out with ANY questions you have :-)

Membership

• Memberships are renewed on 1st April. Fees are reviewed at the AGM each year and advertised on the website. Pro-rata rates are introduced half way through the year on October 1st.
• Membership is via our website. We use a system called ‘ClubSpark’ which is part of the LTA (lawn Tennis Association). All payments taken by direct debit (via GoCardless)

The Club

• Entry to the club is via the main gate which is locked by the last person leaving the site. We use a padlock with numeric code for entry to the gate and the clubhouse, the code will be issued on joining.
• Floodlights are available when required - free to use.
• The doors to the club house are locked with a combination padlock.  The combination will be given to you when you join.  If you are the last to leave the site please ensure the lights have been turned off in the club house and the padlock on the door has been set.

Booking a court

• If you play at times outside of club sessions you need to book. This is done via our website. You will have login details from your membership process. There is a maximum of three bookings per member per week.

Playing at the club

Club sessions - organised by a 'regular' players, you get to play doubles and move around the courts with new partners each match. When there are a lot of people there we play 'best of 7' games if not we play sets. Plays can also play singles if they wish and court space allows. 

• Monday evenings 6pm - 8pm , Men’s team practice.  £1 pp to cover new balls
• Tuesday mornings, 9am - 10:30am , Ladies session. Includes coaching, tactical and match play scenarios with a mix in point play, £5 pp
• Tuesday evenings, 7pm - 8:30pm , a mix of technical and tactical, cardio drill, skill specific and point play, £7 pp
• Wednesday evenings, 6pm - 8.30pm, social mix-in £1 pp to cover new balls
• Sunday mornings, 9:30am - 1pm, social mix-in,  £1 pp to cover balls

Guests are allowed but only three times a year and each time you have to pay a visitor’s fee of £5 by putting the money in an envelope and putting that in the grey box on the wall above the sink

If you would like to join the club and don’t want to come to club sessions we have a number of ‘Ambassadors’ who are happy to befriend new members and ‘show them the ropes’.

Coaching

The club has two coaches, Stewart Bristow and David Whitehouse.  You can contact them on Stewart 07530269737 and David 0785 22 79040

Who do I contact if I have a problem?

E-mail the club at info@bridgetennisclub.co.uk

Please note the club is run by the committee, who are all volunteers and there are no permanent staff at the club. We are always looking for volunteers to join the committee. We hope that all members can find some way of giving back to the club. If you can then please speak to any one on the committee or use the email addresses above.