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Court booking guidelines

As at most tennis clubs, we have a set of basic rules and guidelines to try and be as fair as possible to all our players when it comes to booking courts. This means we depend on your co-operation and consideration for others when managing your own bookings.

  • Only one booking per player per day allowed
  • Don't be late - the 15-minute rule applies
  • Cancel it if you can't use it
  • Tell us if you see a booked court go unused

One booking per day limit: Please remember that individual players are permitted to book only ONE court per day (up to 90 mins maximum). It is NOT permitted to book a second session following it (either in your name or in someone else's) with the same players continuing to play. 

Don't be late - the 15-minute rule: Once you’ve booked a court, please make every effort to turn up on time to play. Be aware that if you are more than 15 minutes late arriving, you risk losing your booking because other players can use a court that is a 'no-show' after 15 minutes.
 
Cancel it if you can't use it: To be considerate to everyone, if having made a booking you find you’re not able to use it (for whatever reason), then please remember to CANCEL IT so that others can book in your place. Please make this decision as early as you can (preferably 24 hours before) to give others time to see on the system that the court is available. Leaving a cancellation to the very last minute can be seen as inconsiderate and bear in mind that once the start-time of a court booking has passed the system doesn’t allow you to cancel that session – so the court may remain booked out while standing empty.

Tell us if you see a booked court going unused: If you see a booked court going unused then please tell us. It’s very frustrating for everyone to see empty courts when the booking system shows them as unavailable. We need everyone’s co-operation to be as fair as possible to all members - please help emailing us with the date, time and court number of your observation. 

Thank you.