Club Play Tennis

Social mixed tennis is now mainly provided by Club Mixer sessions, which provide organised rotational doubles where you can get to know other club members.  For additional daytime social play sessions during the week see Ladies Morning & Circus Doubles (senior men).  Also keep a look out for Summer Sunday Social Tournaments – these will be advertised in our members e-newsletter with online sign-up via link in Useful Links on our App/members website.

The emphasis for all sessions is on social mix-in play rather than having set playing standards – everyone is welcome as long as you have at least a reasonable ability to both serve and rally, so that it is fun for all.

Clubplay sessions currently run:

• Tuesdays 6.30pm – 8pm
• Thursdays 6.30pm – 8pm*
• Saturdays 2 – 5pm

Places in the Club Mixer sessions must be booked in advance** – the Google Booking Sheet link is available on our App/members website under Useful Links and/or by checking the Court Booking notes (login required).  The Mixer Google sheet includes Player Guidance – please read this before you sign-up.  In Useful Links you will also find an invite link to join our Tennis Clubplay WhatsApp group if desired – this is recommended but you may want to Mute notifications when chat is busy!

** over the summer Saturday afternoons will operate as ‘Rock up’ Clubplay (May-Sept) – turn up any time from 2pm to 5pm, to join in doubles play on our Astro courts on a mix-in basis.  Players will rotate in, out or around every 15 minutes (first rotation at 2.30pm to allow for a warm-up).  We encourage you to sign up in the Mixer Google sheet if you’re definitely coming as that will hopefully inspire confidence in others to attend too, but you can just turn up without having signed up.

* some April-Oct Thursday sessions will run as Coach-led Club Play nights 6.30-8.30pm.  Everyone welcome, particularly newer members – sign up in advance in the the usual Mixer sheet.  After starting off with a coaching tip and warm-up, you will be allocated into doubles matches by the coach as part of a fun team-based competition

Floodlights are provided free of charge for Club Mixers if required.   Clubplay balls are provided by the club, or bring your own.  The aim is for all non-coach-led sessions to have a volunteer Co-ordinator who will check the weather 2 hours in advance to confirm if the session is going ahead, and be a welcome point for any new players.

Please note, we play Sudden Death Deuce (SDD) in all Mixer games:

• At the first deuce, receiving pair decide whether to receive serve into the deuce or ad court (to whichever player is positioned there – do not switch sides!) then whichever pair wins that point wins the game
• We recommend where playing Mixed Doubles, the lady always serves to the opposite lady, and the man to the opposite man – this is what the professionals have to do!  Otherwise commonly players take turns, e.g. one takes 1st SDD and their partner the 2nd SDD