Tennis Court Priorities

General

1. There are no priorities for daytime play apart from those defined below. Singles and juniors have equal rights on all courts until 5pm. Adult and fours may not claim precedence except as defined below.
2. Representative matches, e.g. inter-club matches, have priority over all other forms of play. Courts hired out for a fee, e.g. for LTA matches are included in this category.
3. All coaching is on the hard courts except when sanctioned by the Tennis Committee.
4. All members have access to any court not pre-allocated as described below. The Tennis Committee publishes Court Allocation Tables as necessary.
5. Grass courts may not be used before 10.30am and after dusk, or as instructed by groundsman.

Day-time (up to 5pm)

2. Adult Club-Day play has precedence on all Astroturf and Hard courts (and on grass courts when available) from 1.30pm to 6pm on Saturday afternoons. Match standard players have precedence on courts 1 and 2 from 4pm onwards. Coaching has precedence on up to 2 hard courts from 4pm onwards.
3. On Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, between 1.30 and 4pm, Club-Day play has precedence on up to five Astroturf courts. One Astroturf court available for general play

Evenings (5pm onwards)

4. Priorities for evening tennis are as follows:

· Adults have priority over Juniors on Astroturf courts.

· Doubles have priority over Singles if all available courts are occupied.

· Club Tournament matches as allocated by the Tennis Committee

· Play on booked or allocated courts (e.g. Match Practice).

· Adult Club-Day play on Monday and Wednesday evenings.

5. On Friday evenings, Junior Club-Day play has precedence over other club members’ usage.

Tennis Committee

04.10.2007