Please note that court booking is now available through the website and the ClubSpark App, please only contact Anthony for lessons.

Revised LTA Coronavirus Guidance:

The LTA has issued guidance to venues and players today 31st May, effective Monday 1st June. Important player information in detail at the following link:  https://www.lta.org.uk/globalassets/news/2020/lta-guidance-for-tennis-players---covid-19.pdf

The following summarises the key points as they apply to Dellctott Family Tennis Club:

• At all times, players should adhere to the Government’s social distancing guidelines (staying at least 2m away from others), and practice public health advice for hygiene.
• Use your own equipment where possible. Equipment such as rackets can be shared, but where this happens ensure thorough cleaning before and after use. Players should not share items such as towels. Hand hygiene is imperative - use alcohol gel to clean your hands after touching a shared surface
• Players do not now need to use their own clearly marked tennis balls – however, if you choose to use shared balls then extra care must be taken to ensure you do not touch your face during play, and you should clean your hands before play and immediately after finishing (use alcohol gel if required). Players should still avoid using their hands to pick up tennis balls form other courts where possible.
• Use alcohol gel after touching any court gates, fences, benches, etc, and avoid doing so where possible.
• Both singles play and doubles play is now permitted with people from outside of your household, as long as you remain 2 metres apart as far as possible – meaning that four people from different households can now play doubles.
• Coaching activity is allowed for groups of no more than six people, but players should not congregate on or around the court before and after play.
• Where attendance of a parent/guardian (non-participant) is required, or a carer for a disabled player, it is permitted and is not counted as part of the maximum group size of six, but should be off court and limited to one per player where possible, with social distancing strictly observed while watching the sessions.
• We also note the LTA is allowing limited internal and local competitions to take place. As you know the Datchworth League has already cancelled its summer competition and there are no current plans to run any club competitions. We will let you know if this changes.