The club social tennis sessions take place on Thursday evenings from 6pm until dusk during the spring and summer. At each session, there will be a committee member or volunteer organising the games so that everyone gets plenty of court time and in enjoyable fours.

For those that have not been before, the format is doubles, playing 7 games with a single point deuce. The idea is that matches last up to 30 minutes, so there's never too much waiting time.

Suggested order of play

Each match is to play 7 games with single point deuce

At the end of each round...

The winners

• The winners of Court 1 match stay on Court 1
• The winners of Court 2 match move to Court 1
• The winners of Court 3 match move to Court 2

The losers

• The losers of Court 1 match move to Court 2 
• The losers of Court 2 match move to Court 3
• The losers of Court 3 match stay on Court 3

For each round, the pairs split to ensure that no pair dominates play.

If there are more than 12 people, new players take the place of the losing pair on Court 3, unless anyone else wants a rest!