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Club Rules


Advance bookings

  • Bookings can be repeat bookings during the week, but not for the weekend.  
  • Bookings may be made up to two weeks in advance for weekends and each family may reserve one session per day in this way.
  • If any member  does not take possession of their reserved court within ten minutes of the start of their session, then any other member can use the remainder of the time.
  • Please be considerate in your booking, particularly repeat bookings, and remember to cancel promptly those you cannot use.

On the day 

  • Where a booking has been made in advance, further bookings for day may be made on the day they are required.
  • There is no limit to the number of such on-the-day bookings though they may not be made for consecutive periods.

Session length

  • Members may book slots of 1 to 1.5 hours, but occasionally 2 hours when coaching for a whole family.

Tennis Party

  • Any member is entitled to book the court for a continuous seven-hour session in order to hold a tennis party.
  • These bookings may be per year on a Saturday or Sunday or two such bookings per year on weekdays.

Guests

  • ​Guests are welcome as long as they are playing with a member.

Coaching

  • Members may engage a coach to teach them on the court but no member may use the court to charge others for coaching. 

Shoes

  • Only tennis shoes, please.

Damage

  • ​Any damage should be reported to the Chair.

Full Club Rules

  • rules_of_river_lane_tennis_club_18.1.25.pdf