SPRING 2026 JOBS LIST

Volunteers help hugely to keep the cost of running the club to a minimum allowing the club to offer really great, affordable membership fees. Many thanks to Sammy, Claire, Debbie H, Graham, Laura, Neil, Sue, Martin,James, Ruth and Lynda for the SPRINGTIME work so far. COMPLETED items are shown in itallics. Please continue to work on other items.

1. Rubbish Disposal/take away - we have no bin service

• Pile of stuff in the corner URGENT - for those unable to find time to attend a work day, THANKYOU in advance for taking away one or two items from the mountain of broken or unwanted items. Please reuse, recycle or dispose in own bins or tips visit. The items are stacked behind 3 chairs in the main room.
• Collect all tennis balls and rubbish from the courts when you see them.
• Take a full kitchen bin bag to dispose of.
• Remove broken/bent items: badly distorted tennis rackets. COMPLETE
• Remove lost property: clothing (COMPLETED), water bottles and other unclaimed stuff.
• Remove and re-donate: sorted tennis balls from the labelled 'schools' and 'dogs' boxes to pass on to others. (Please do not take balls that have been set aside for coaching and social). COMPLETE.

2. Clubhouse

• Please, if you take items away to be washed, it is important that they are returned promptly (within the week) and not forgotten about.
• Top coat of paint needed on several doors in the clubhouse (donate paint and brushes/rollers).
• Foyer ceiling - New plaster needs painting with kitchen (mouldproof white paint - none in stock).
• Aquire permanent shelving/rack system for the PICKLEBALL NETS etc and put up in the main room.
• Mould appeared in the corner of the main room. Clean off. Also needs investigating for tennis ball or similar, downpipe blockage.
• Tidy up (Thanks Sammy, Claire, Debbie and James; Deana will sort out the rest of the unwanted crockery). COMPLETE.
• Sort tennis balls from the broken coaching basket using a drop test: 1Dud = dog balls box; 2low bounce = schools; 3decent bounce but worn=coaching basket; 4 good bounce plus fur=social tennis cupboard. (COMPLETE)
• Wash & dry seating cushions (even one at a time will do). Thanks Vanessa for taking the chair coveres for washing. (IN HAND)

3. Groundworks

• Check gutterings for tennis balls or other blockages.
• SIDE of COURT 3: Cut brambles, weed, Thanks Laura, Neil, Martin, Sue (COMPLETE) lay down new  weed sheeting.
• COURT 1: Overlay more weed cover sheeting. 
• Bring spare large stones or broken flags to weigh down the sheeting please; tent pegs + lids in big white cupboard). (Thanks Ruth for bringing some roofing tiles; anyone else with bricks or rockery stones, one or a few at atime?)
• Strim grass banking near court 4 and split level near court 3  - (bring own strimmer).
• Remove stone chippings from outside corner of court 1 and place at the back of court 1 wall to prevent kids/intruders  throwing these onto the bowling green.
• Moss treat break out spots and sections on the courts. Algeacide, containers, watering can, measures and (hosepipe Claire to bring) all available. Ideally needs a small team and a dry weather forecast for the following few days... next attempt will be Monday 4th May. We have enough product in stock to cover up to 250 sqaure meters in total. (mix 1 part algeacide to 10 parts of water).
• Moss treat paths as above.
• Main PATH: Remove moss - scrub, scrape, stiff brush or very carefully jet wash??? avoiding spreading moss (spores) on to court one or sludge on to the path or slurry run off into the neighboring property.
• Court 4 hedge: trim and leave cuttings at the base as a weed screen and platform.
• Paint yellow warning trip hazard lines on the steps to the clubhouse. (paint in stock).
• Main path hedge: Ok except a bit of a tidy of brambles is needed at the base. COMPLETE (Ruth and James).
• Court 4: Sweep pine needles, pick pine cones - use a soft clean brush eg. withes broom, dustpan & brush). Sweep rust from the fence posts (to prevent rust blowing on to the bowls green sparking in the mower blades). COMPLETE (Claire, Debbie, Vanessa, James).
• Spot weed spray courts court walls, path edges and just outside court fencing. Weed killer plus spayers are available at the club. COMPLETE (Vanessa, Lynda, Claire)

4. Fences

• New galvanised through wire and  and plastic coated tie wire is avaialable.
• ONGOING - Fence wire court 1 (approx 9ft high) broken - replace/repair wire then tie in (bring ladder, pliers, wire cutters, spanners/socket sets, tensioners.
• ONGOING - Replace Court 3 bottom wire broken. 
• ONGOING - Rusty wire court 2 (approx 3ft high) very slack, assess to tighten or replace wire, then use tiewire to tie the sagging netting back into a supported position. 
• UNDER REVIEW - Court 4 cornerposthas broken off and a support structure system is required at the base to restore.
• MOST URGENT - Court 4 multiple wires need replacing, particularly at ground level. (COMPLETE Graham)

5. Handrails

• White handrail tennis clubhouse steps, wire brush and repaint (bring wire brushing equipment electric or mannual, white paint? check stock and brush).
• Green handrails - spot rust removal then repaint (bring wire brushing equipment electric or mannual, green paint? check stock and brush).

6. Mending and Making

• Hitting Wall COMPLETE - thanks Graham for lifting and rebolting the metal frame to the LH main post.
• Hitting Wall - wood treatment or similar; paint a pickleball and tennis net line on.
• Multiple mini-racket handles need taping up. (stanley knife, electric tape, resuse lengths of old overgrips by turning inside out).
• Sinage - permanent Court 1 banking safety signs  (see Graham).
• Mend Ball Machine - suction control  flap perished

7. Communication

• Venue Sinage - in progress with Martin R.
• Any flyers to put on the club website - send in a PDF or JPG via the club email please so it can be uploaded.

8. Vaccancies - ALWAYS Looking For People

• Club Secretary
• Committee - other vaccancies could include Pickleball Activator, Tennis Match Secretary; Events Organiser; Funding and Grants Secretary
• Welfare team - a second person is required for if the Welfare Officer is not available, DBS required. Mike D is due to train up.

9. Tennis

• Additional coaching staff previously qualified.
• Volunteers to help deliver Sunday Family Tennis. Claire,  AN Others please. Many thanks to all the adults for supporting the littles ones in the Young Family session and regular club members who regularly welcome players attending open day visits at the various club social tennis sessions.

10. External Meetings

• SDLTA meeting  February 2026 (February). COMPLETE by Graham & Martin.
• Yorkshire LTA meeting (November/December)

If lots of players take 10-15 minutes out of their playing time once-in-a-while, a great deal can be achieved collectivly at times to suit you. Alternatively, if weekend working parties don't suit, you may want to consider grouping together with some friends to form a working team during the week to tackle something from any of the sections 1-10 of the ONGOING JOBS list above.

There are a great many opportunities to volunteer either regularly or on an adhoc basis at times that fit in with you. If you haven't managed to find a way of helping out sometime over the past years for a couple of hours or more, here is a list of some items that need attending to. You may have spotted other very worthwhile things, too in which case, if they need a bit of spending, check briefly for the  go ahead with a committee member then keep receipts so you can be reimbursed for any materials you needed. Thanks.