MEDSTEAD LAWN TENNIS CLUB RULES

BOOKING OF COURTS

 The courts can be booked up to one week in advance using the book in the Clubhouse.  The maximum length for one session is one and a half hours.  Please write in the book when you use the court, even if you have not booked in advance.  This helps us to monitor the usage of the courts.

The keys to the courts, attached to a measure for the nets, hang on hooks in the Clubhouse.  Please make sure you return them after playing and that you lock the courts and Clubhouse up if you are the last to leave, even if you did not open them. 

 Please ensure that all lights are switched off if you are the last to leave.

VISITORS

The visitors’ book is on the table in the Clubhouse.  Please complete this with the name of your visitor(s) and the appropriate fee.  The rules regarding visitors are on the front of the visitors’ book. 

A visitor may play three times after which they must become a member to continue playing at the Club.

Fees:    Senior Visitor £4.00 per session. 

            Student/Intermediate/Junior £2.50 per session.

COURT ATTIRE

Shoes.  Only shoes suitable for tennis should be worn on the courts.  Trainers with black soles or deeply ridged soles must not be worn as they will mark and/or damage the court surfaces.

Clothes.  Members should wear recognised sports clothing suitable for tennis.

COURT ETIQUETTE

            Courtesy on Court

Please consider other players when walking on and off the courts.  Members find it distracting whilst playing on Courts 1 and 2 when members walk past the courts on the footpath at the Bowls Club side without waiting for a convenient break in play.  Members using the footpath should stand still until there is a break in play or the serving player indicates they may pass.

Appropriate conduct on court is expected.  Loud or inappropriate language should not be used.

Court Equipment

Please do not bounce/lean against the surrounding court netting.

Please do not lean heavily against the nets.

COURT LIGHTS.

Courts 1 and 2 are operated from the Clubhouse.  Court 3 lights are operated from a box beside the court using the extra key on the court 3 stick.

Please use the lights when required.  Please turn off as soon as not required as they are expensive to run.  All the lights automatically go off at 2200hrs.