Established
1881
Where to find Kings Tennis Club Club Championships Membership
Forms Rules for
Social Play
Club Contact Details
Martin Fraser
President
King College Tennis Club
Email: martin.fraser@abdn.ac.uk
Bob Pringle
Secretary & Vice-President
Email: bobpringle@btinternet.com
The Club play at the Tennis
Courts on University road in Aberdeen.
The Club has tennis hut at the
back of the single Tennis Court near Kings Pavilion. You can see a picture of the location by
clicking here on Google
Maps
When We Play
The Club play throughout the
year though in the winter months some of the play moves indoor to Westburn
Tennis Centre. The main Club Play on
University Road takes place between the start of April and mid-October each
year. The following are the 2009
practice times:
Monday - Coaching from
6pm-9pm (start date TBC)
Wednesday - 7-9pm
until 15th April
6-9pm after 15th
April
Thursday -
6-7pm
Saturday -
1-5pm
Please check the notice board
for any week to week changes.
Please find below the draws
for the Club Championships. Please
ensure you play your matches by the deadlines on the sheets.
Adult Membership -
£110 (reduced to £90 if paid by 31st
May)
Student / Non-Waged - £55
(reduced to £45 if paid by 31st May)
Junior
Members - £25
Senior Membership Form Word Acrobat PDF
Junior Membership Form Word Acrobat PDF
Rules for Social Play
The
following rules should be adopted by all players at Club Social Play sessions.
The rules were created in order to enable a flow of players throughout the
courts so that no person has to wait too long to get a game of tennis.
·
Matches are played best of 7 games. The first to 4
games is the winner. This means the only potential scores during social play
are 4-0, 4-1, 4-2 & 4-3.
·
All games are Sudden Death. During Club social
sessions when a game reaches deuce the next point is “sudden death”. The team
or individual that wins the point at deuce also wins the game.
·
Once you have reached a result in your Social Play
Match you should come off the court and gather at the Single Tennis Court in
order to mix up the players that are playing that day and to allow a flow of
players throughout the courts.
·
When more than one Social Match is in progression
the players on completion of their match should shout to inform all the other
Social Matches in progression that a result has been achieved my calling out “Match
Complete.” When calling to the other courts please aim to do so
between points rather than during a rally.
·
The other matches should finish the current game
that they are playing, irrespective of the overall match score, and then gather
at the Single Court. This ensures that the changeover of players happens at
about the same time and the amount of waiting is limited for all.
·
All players are expected to mix together during
Social tennis sessions. If there are approximately even numbers of male and
female players then most Social matches will be mixed doubles.
·
All players are expected to be courteous and polite
at all times to their partners and opponents during Social Tennis. If incidents
arise then please contact the Club Secretary or President or, whom failing, any
other Club Committee member.
·
Club members of long standing, preferably Committee
members or those that know most players, should take charge at Social Tennis
sessions in order to quickly mix the players at the match changeover. They
should ensure that games are mixed and that “cliques” are not allowed to be
created.
·
Do not coach other players or your partner during
Social Play unless they ask for advice. While some players may welcome the
advice others may take offence. Only volunteer the advice once requested not as
a matter of course