COURT BOOKING RULES

Members can book courts up to 14 days in advance.

We ask you to be mindful of our booking rules which are designed to help everyone have a fair chance of playing, and to be able to play safely. Please remember to check-in for your court bookings. Two failed check-ins within a 30 day period will mean a temporary halt on your ability to book courts.

Please do not contact individual committee members if you forget to check in. Of course, please contact graftoncomms@gmail.com if you genuinely checked in, but the IT behind the system failed. We will then get the tech team behind the website to look into it asap. However if it's just a case of you not adhering to the guidelines, it seems a little unfair to contact individuals to rectify your oversight. We hope this seems reasonable to all.

CANCELLING YOUR MATCH = CANCELLING YOUR COURT

As soon as you decide to cancel your match or realise you will not be able to play - please cancel your court. It is crucial for non-daylight hours tennis bookings, when floodlights activate automatically.

If you have to cancel a court, please try to do so as early as possible. If it has to be a last-minute cancellation, then please put a message on The Grafton Chronicle or Squash WhatsApp chat, so someone else can make the most of that court.

OPPONENTS AND GUESTS

All bookings, including last minute bookings, need to comply with the below rules:

Please state ALL your opponents on your bookings. If practising on your own please select “Serving Practice" or “Solo Practice" as your "opponent". Note these bookings are only permitted during off-peak hours.

Guests are only permitted during off-peak hours and must play with a member.
A guest fee of £5 will be charged at the time of booking.
The system will automatically charge the guest fees to your booking system account.
You do not need to have sufficient system credit in order to select a guest fee, however, you will need to top-up your account in order to continue booking courts.
If you're no longer playing a Guest, you can change your playing partner/opponent to a member, and the Guest Fee will be automatically refunded. This can be done when you book the court or any time before playing, but cannot be done after start time.
In other words, guest fees are non-refundable after start time.

Bookings with no opponents selected within 72hrs in advance of play will be cancelled.

HOURS OF PLAY
Please bear in mind the below hours:

WEEKDAYS
08:00-16:00 Off Peak Tennis
16:00-22:00 Peak Tennis
08:00-17:30 Off Peak Squash
17:30-22:45 Peak Squash

WEEKENDS
08:00-16:00 Peak Tennis
16:00-22:00 Off Peak Tennis
08:30-14:30 Peak Squash
14:30-22:45 Off Peak Squash

TENNIS GUEST HOURS
Monday - Thursday: 8am - 4pm / 8:30pm - 10pm
Friday: 8am - 12pm / 8:30pm - 10pm
Saturday / Sunday: 8 am - 9am / 6pm- 10pm

SQUASH GUEST HOURS
Monday - Friday: 08:00-17:30
Saturday / Sunday: 14:30-22:45

SOCIAL
Wednesday: Only Peak members may attend Sunday: 
Peak and Off-Peak members may attend

LEAGUES
Only Peak members may participate

TEAM TRAINING
Tuesday tennis Team Training - Only Peak Tennis members may attend. This is geared towards those who are of a similar standard to men's 1s, 2s, and 3s or women's 1s.
Additional / adhoc team training - Only Peak members may attend

If you believe your booking warrants an exception, or is an unusual booking, then please contact graftoncomms@gmail.com in plenty of time to further discuss. Questions? Please email graftoncomms@gmail.com well in advance of your court booking to avoid disappointment.