Coolhurst Lawn Tennis and Squash Rackets Club

Courts

Coolhurst tennis section have eleven courts with three different types of surfaces.

1 practice wall
1 kids zone — kids’ sized court for junior practice
3 grass courts — for summer use
3 artificial grass courts — bookable except during matches, tournaments or club periods
5 hard courts — whereof 4 have floodlights bookable from dawn until 10.00pm. Two of the courts are covered from October until April, bookable day and evening.

Club periods

Club periods are open to all Tennis Annual members. The sessions run on Saturday and Sunday afternoons from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in summer and from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the winter months. The weekend club period sessions are organised and balls are provided. Regular attendees are expected to take part in a rota system of club period organisers.

On Wednesday evenings from May until September another session is run from 6.30 to 8:00 p.m.

Types of membership

Full members — adequate club standard
Mid-week members — play up to 5.30pm on week days
Improvers — cannot play during club periods, until coaches indicate up to club standard
26 & Under — adequate club standard
23 & Under — adequate club standard
18 & Under — all standards
12 & Under — all standards

You can find more information here about subscriptions and fees. If you have any further questions please don't hesitate to email our tennis secretary Gary White at tennis@coolhurst.co.uk.

Booking Courts

Some of the courts at the club can be pre-booked. Courts can be booked on-line at the club’s web site (www.coolhurst.co.uk) or by using the touch screen in the Clubhouse. Details on using the system and crediting your account have been posted on the club's web site under Court Booking, and by the touch screen. If you have any problems or queries, you can e-mail onlineadmin@coolhurst.co.uk for help or leave a message for the system administrator at 020 8340 6611.

Membership Cards

You will be issued with a membership card that you can either keep with you or you can leave at the club in the box on the corner of the bar. At anytime you are playing on court (other than during club period, coaching or team matches) your membership card should be displayed in the rack. If it is not the court can be claimed by other members.

Walk-on Play

If there are courts free they are available for play at any time from 7:30 a.m. on the hard courts and 8:00 a.m. on the artificial grass courts. The grass courts are usually available from 11:00 a.m. depending on the weather conditions.

When courts are busy, there is a restriction to: Singles - 30 minutes; Doubles - 45minutes.

Tournaments

The tennis section arranges:

an annual tournament during June
several one day tournaments during the year
two junior tournaments, one during the summer and the other in winter
two American Tournaments on Bank Holiday Mondays
a very successful internal singles league for all standards which runs throughout the year

Junior Club Night

Friday 6:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m., supervised by a Coach and tennis balls are provided.

Tennis leagues

Click here to view the latest tennis leagues, notices nearer to the events provide further information.

Social Events

These include barbecues, a New Years Eve party and an end of tournament party.

Racket Stringing

A racket stringing and repair service is available for members from Tony Cunnew. Click here for Tony's details and web site.