Guidelines
Nunawading Tennis Club is dedicated to fostering a friendly, inclusive, and well-managed environment for everyone. The club is seeking to grow our member base and to prepare for this we have introduced new guidelines to help enhance the experience of all members and also to cater for court bookings by non-members.
Members can book courts without charge. No light fees apply when members book courts for evening and night-time play.
Visitor & Guest Fee Policy
- Members are welcome to bring up to 3 guests at a time.
- The hosting member must be present on court and is kindly reminded to take responsibility for their guest's behaviour and understanding of club etiquette including bagging and watering courts.
- A $3.00 guest fee per person per hour ($1.50 per half hour) is to be paid online at the time of booking.
- Member guests may attend up to 3 times per year. If they wish to play more than that they are required to become members.
- For competition teams, non-members can be invited to play as emergency players. A non-member can play up to three times in a season and cannot play in finals. To be eligible to play finals or play more than three times, they need to be come a member.
Court Booking Fairness
- If a member is unable to attend their booking, we kindly ask that the court booking is cancelled at least 4 hours in advance.
- A "No Show" will be recorded if no cancellation occurs and the court is left unused.
- After 3 no-shows in any 6-month period, booking privileges for that member maybe reviewed.
- Members may book one court for a maximum of 1.5 hours per day
- Members may book courts a maximum of 2 times in any 7 day period
Court Use Allocation Guide
The following table sets out court allocation for different tennis interests (coaching, social, member and public bookings, competition) during term time. The club will consider court allocation for holiday periods 4 weeks prior to end of school terms and advise members.
The club prioritises court allocations as shown in the table below, however seeks to strike a balance across those priority areas to provide equitable access for all types of court use.
Priority | Court Use |
1 | Competition |
2 | Coaching |
3 | Social Tennis |
4 | Practicing |
5 | Public Hire |
Court Allocation Guide NTC
The table below is a guide, setting out how the court allocation priorities will be applied in practice, including to cater for future growth in memberships.
Day | Time | Primary Usage |
Monday and Friday | Morning | Social tennis and public bookings |
Monday – Friday | 4.00 – 7.00pm (court 1 until dark) | 6 courts coaching, one court members / public bookings |
Monday – Wednesday | After 7.00pm | Night Tennis competition, 6 courts. (once court 1 is lit, this will be reserved for public/member access) |
Tuesday - Wednesday | Daytime until 4.00pm | Mid week ladies competition, up to 2 courts coaching, other courts member / public booking |
Thursday | After 7.00pm | Two courts for Night Tennis competition, two for coaching, two for social tennis priority or member / public access if no social play |
Friday | After 7.00pm | 4 courts Coaching / Squads, 2 courts member / public booking |
Saturday | 8.30am to 12.30pm | Junior Competition |
1.00 to 6.00pm | Senior Competition | |
After 6.00 | Member / public access | |
Sunday | 9.00am to 1.00pm | Junior Competition |
1.00pm to 5,00pm | 2 courts social tennis, 2 courts coaching, 3 courts member / public booking | |
After 6.00 | Member / public access |