ST. GEORGE’S TENNIS CLUB
Playing Rules
BOOKING RULES:
1. All members have equal priority to all courts at all times.
2. Bookings must include the full names of ALL playing partners, including guests. If any information is missing, duty hosts are required to delay and/or interrupt play
to obtain the missing information.
3. Bookings may be made online up to seven (7) days in advance, to the minute.
4. Players can book up to a maximum of 1.5 hours (90 minutes) of play time for both singles and doubles play.
5. Back-to-back bookings are not permitted; there must be at least 60 minutes between players’ court bookings.
6. Players are limited to two (2) hours of court bookings per day.
7. If a player has reached their maximum playing time for the day and courts are not busy, players are free to continue playing, but cannot officially reserve courts and must leave if another player books the court.
8. Booking rules and time limits apply to all players equally, regardless if the player has reserved the booking or is listed as a playing partner.
9. If a player is unable to attend their booking time, they must remove the booking or call the club so that staff may remove the booking.
GUEST POLICY:
10. All members have up to three (3) guest passes per season. Any particular guest can play up to three (3) times regardless of which member(s) they attend with.
11. Additional guest passes cannot be obtained, but guest passes will be returned if any guest registers as a member of the club.
12. All guests MUST be included on a player’s court reservation, and in addition all guests MUST check in with staff at the club. If any guest information is missing, duty hosts will delay and/or interrupt playing time to obtain guest information.
13. If a member brings a guest, they are responsible for the behaviour of the guest.
14. Daily guest passes are available. The price will be $12/day which will allow 2 hours play. Guest must be playing with a member. Guest has to live > 30 Kms outside St.George’s. Maximum # of passes for any one guest under these circumstances = 7
REFUND POLICY:
15. Refund is offered in the event of injury or illness preventing a member from using their membership.
16. Refunds are subjected to an administrative fee.
a. Before May 31st: 10% of membership fee.
b. Before June 30th: 25% of membership fee.
c. Before July 31st: 50% of membership fee.
d. No refunds will be granted after July 31st.
17. There will be no refunds granted on lessons fees after the session has begun.
ADDITIONAL RULES:
18. Players are required to wear proper footwear (HarTru-friendly) at all times while on court surface. If players have any questions about whether their footwear is HarTru friendly, they may ask duty hosts for help/verification.
19. Players should not groom their own courts while hosts are on duty. Players are encouraged to groom their own courts if hosts are not on duty.
20. Players must be respectful to all players, staff, and neighbours. This includes avoiding unnecessarily loud/excessive noise, unnecessarily interrupting others’ play time, excessive/loud swearing, etc.
21. Players must not park in any non-parking area for any length of time. No parking areas are clearly designated by signage. If a player is parked in a no parking area, staff will disrupt all courts to identify the car and the member will be required to move their vehicle immediately.
22. Garbage should be put in the proper garbage bins outside of the court or the on-court garbage bins. No garbage should be left on the court surface.
23. The ball machine is available to rent for any member at a rate of $10/hour. Any ball machine rental counts towards the player’s maximum booking time.
Personal ball machine use is allowed, however, there is a $10 court usage fee.
24. Participation in lessons from an official St. George’s Tennis Club coach does not count towards the player’s maximum booking time.