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Hours: 8am to 11pm, seven days a week. Subject to closing depending on weather, maintenance, or safety.
General Rules:
Tennis courts shall be kept locked when not being used. The key shall be kept at the Guard Shack. Key shall be issued only to authorized tennis players. Key must be returned immediately after opening the gates.
Players must wear proper sports attire, including tennis shoes or non-skid sneakers.
If no waiting players are present, the vacating players shall lock the gates upon completion of play.
Players under the age of twelve (12) must be accompanied and supervised by an authorized adult, aged eighteen (18) or older.
No child under the age of seven (7) shall be allowed inside the court fence at any time.
Children from seven (7) to eleven (11) shall not be allowed inside the court fence unless actively playing tennis.
Ball machine users must be eighteen (18) or older. Prior to using the ball machine, the user or users must, first (a) read the rules and instructions for using the ball machine, and (b) read and sign a “Safety and General Liability Release Form”, both of which are available from the Guard Shack. Only after these requirements are satisfied will Security give the user the key to the ball machine.
No chairs, skateboards, roller skates, bicycles, baby carriages, or strollers or any other vehicle or toy shall be permitted inside the court fence at any time.
No food, drink, or chewing gum shall be permitted inside the court fence at any time except for non-breakable plastic or thermos-type containers of water.
Reservations & Play: Tennis Court reservation and play rules are applied in order to maximize the opportunity for everyone to play, particularly in the winter as it gets busy. Rules enforced by the Venture Out Tennis Club are as follows:
A player will be permitted to sign up only for tennis time for the group in which he/she will be playing.
Reservations may be made in the following way: each day at 6:50 A.M. the reservation sheet for the following day will be posted for signatures at the Tennis Court. Members of groups signing up for Monday court time will be able to sign up on Friday morning for Monday play.
All reservations must include the unit number (#) of the person signing up and telephone number (#), if available. The initial and family name of each member of the group must be entered on the sign-up sheet. Failure to observe the rules will result in denial of the privilege to reserve playing time.
Any player who cannot meet a reserved time should please cancel at least one (1) hour before playing time in order that others may utilize the court.
If players fail to commence play within ten (10) minutes of the time specified on the reservation sheet, such failure shall be a "no show" and the remaining time shall be made available to any other players who may desire to use the court at that time.
The reservation sheet is divided into increments of one-half (½) hour. A period of play is one-half (½) hour for singles and threesomes and one (1) hour for doubles. You may not have more than two (2) periods of play reserves in one (1) day of the week or three (3) periods in any twenty-four (24) consecutive hours.
Any and all periods when you occupy the court by reservation are included: i.e., Ball Machine, Lessons, Round Robins, Individually Reserved Singles or Doubles, or any other reserved time. The only exceptions are Tennis Club Sponsored Venture Out Tournaments, and Sunday morning Round Robins, from 9:00 A.M. until 12:00 Noon.
The same set of four (4) players may not reserve a court for two (2) consecutive periods of play, i.e. four (4) players signing up for 8:00 A.M. to 9:00 A.M. and 9:00 A.M. to 10:00 A.M. on the same day. The exception would be for two (2) singles players who could reserve for two (2) periods or one (1) hour which would use up their allocated reservation time for that day.
Any play period not reserved is free for play by any players who wish to use that time. A period of one (1) hour may be claimed by signing up not more than twenty (20) minutes prior to play. Reservations for doubles must be in brackets like this: /J. & D. Smith \B. & K. Jones Not filling it out correctly may disqualify all four players to free the court for another doubles game.
In cases of violations of these approved reservation procedures the officers of the Tennis Club are authorized to cross off the names of improper sign-ups and notify the persons whenever possible.