Hello, Welcome to South Hampstead Tennis Club
We offer five outdoor carpet all-weather courts with floodlighting, a clubhouse with kitchen & licenced bar, outdoor seating, a bbq, showers & bar, coaching and club play – everything you need in a local voluntree run tennis club.
Full Membership Benefits
- Access to all facilities and full use of floodlit courts seven days a week - 7.30am to 10.00pm
- Code to the front gate to allow access to the courts
- Access to all social club sessions, Wednesday evening 6pm onwards and Saturday and Sunday afternoons from 3.00pm to 6pm
- Invitations to all social events
- Allows you to invite guests up to three times per year per guest upon payment of a £6 fee (Paid at the bar when open)
- Team tennis
- Full voting rights at all club meetings
Coaching Membership Benefits
- Access to our coaching programme of both individual and group tuition without the need to pay a visitors premium on every visit.
- Invitations to some of our social events
- Ability to play three times socially as a guest of a full member if a £6 fee is paid.
Safeguarding at SHTC
The LTA have asked every Tennis Club to nominate a Welfare Officer who will oversee the protection of children and safeguard their interests. The Welfare Officer at SHTC is Floyd Whittick.
There is a poster in and outside the clubhouse with his contact details. If you have any concerns they must be reported to her immediately. We also have a Code of Conduct that every member is asked to sign up to: this is to ensure a safe and inclusive environment both on and off the courts. We also ask every member to read our Safeguarding and inclusion and Diversity policies that are posted on our website. There are also hard copies of these policies in the clubhouse.
Thank you for your cooperation and support for these policies.
General Rules
As a full member, you will receive a CODE to the front gate. No keys are needed to access the courts. Appropriate sporting attire must be worn at all times - no vests or bare chests please. To protect the court surface, tennis specific shoes must always be worn on court.
Playing Rules
Social club play: Wednesday evening, Saturday & Sunday afternoons.
All full club members are welcome to participate in social club play. On Wednesdays, from 6:30pm and from 3pm to 6pm on Saturday and Sunday.
Doubles play has priority over singles play on club days/nights. Singles shall not be played when all courts are in use and other members are waiting.
- When you arrive, put your racket down next to the main court gate indicating you are the next person available to play.
- If only two people are playing on a court, feel free to join them to make up a four.
- On completion of a set, players should vacate the court and await their turn for the next free court.
- If your set reaches 6-6 and other members are waiting to play, then you should not play a tie breaker. If no one is waiting, playing a tie breaker is fine.
- When a member arrives to play, they have a priority to go on to the next available court ahead of those who have already played a set.
- After a set has been completed, players must leave the court and wait their turn for the next available court by placing their racquets along the fence near the main court entrance.
- It is also advisable to sweep the courts before playing to reduce the risk of injury.
Booking a court
SHTC does operate an online booking system. In order to book a court please go to: Click here or download the Clubspark Booker smartphone app. Courts can be booked in 90 minuts slots. Courts cannot be booked for more than one slot. Some courts are allocated for coaching. These are clearly marked on the booking sheets.
All five courts are fully flood light and it is free to members.
Guest fees
Members are allowed to bring guests to play up to three times. Guest fees are £6 for each guest per session payable at the bar. A guest can play a maximum of three times at weekends, evenings or bank holidays without becoming a member.
Club teams
We have two ladies, three men’s teams, one mixed doubles team and 16 & under team competing in the Middlesex and National League. If you are interested to join our team’s practise sessions please contact our Fixtures and Teams Secretary: Amelia Camarero 07934815988 or write to: teams@southhampsteadtennisclub.com
Coaching
Our coaches are:
Albert Costas
Ibrahim (Ibby) Solak
Please contact coaching@southhampsteadtennisclub.com for all junior group coaching enquiries or any of the team for individual / adult session enquiries.
Social
Our fully licensed bar is open for Wednesday social tennis evenings and at weekends social tennis. We organise social gatherings after tournaments, for Wimbledon and at Christmas. If weather is good, will also enjoy barbeques through the summer.
Tournaments
We hold a range of competitive and enjoyable tournaments throughout the year. In addition, we run a continuous ladder competition. We also hold round robin events.
Litter
Please take all your litter off the courts when you are finished playing. If the clubhouse is not open, there are two large litter bins for old tennis balls (white bin) and general waste (black bin) outside the clubhouse. There are also three large waste bins near the street entrance for glass, general recycling and landfill waste. Please use them to keep our courts clean and neat. We appreciate you clearing up after yourselves for the benefit of the club and its members.
Smoking
Smoking is not allowed in the clubhouse or at the front entrance facing the courts. Smokers are asked to go to the side of the clubhouse or around back by the BBQ
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