We hope that all members have been keeping well and safe over the past weeks.
It is planned to open Athy Tennis Club on a restricted basis on next Monday, 26th April, 2021.
The Committee is working to ensure that the opening of the club is in line with guidelines which have been issued by Tennis Ireland. These guidelines have been drawn up with Covid-19 Public Health Advice and Irish Government guidelines. A full version of the guidelines is available on:
https://www.tennisireland.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/ROI-Clubs_Level5_April-26-2021.pdf
This link to the guidelines has also been texted to all members. The key guidelines are as follows
- From 26th April outdoor tennis facilities can reopen.
- To access club courts, players must be a current fully paid-up member.
- Double’s play is allowed, if playing partners are from the same household.
- Clubhouses and other indoor facilities (changing rooms, showers, meeting rooms), must remain closed.
- Essential toilet facilities may open.
- From 12 April, travel is permitted within your own county or within 20km of your home if crossing county boundaries.
- A pod, up to a maximum of 6 Junior players (u18 years), can be coached per court.
- A maximum of 4 junior players (u18 years), can operate on the court at any one time while remaining in their own sections of the court with up to 2 other players rotating in and out as required.
- Adult (over 18 years) coaching activities must be limited to a maximum of two households per court. Players must remain in their own sections of the court.
- Tennis Ireland measures and procedures are under constant review and will be updated as advice from Government and health authorities evolves.
Please note that to visit and play tennis at Athy Tennis Club the attached set of clear procedures must also be adhered to.
We very much look forward to seeing you again soon at Athy Tennis Club.
Yours sincerely: Sec. Brian Kelly
On behalf of the Committee
To visit and play tennis at Athy Tennis Club the following procedures must be adhered to:
- Courts must be booked in advance using the online booking system.
- The names of all players must be provided, not just the player making the booking.
- Play will be limited to singles only during this phase of the reopening (the exception for doubles is if playing partners are from the same household).
- You should arrive at the court entrance no more than 5 minutes prior to your reserved playing time. It is important that you maintain social distancing at all times.
- The clubhouse will remain closed to members during this phase – except for toilet facilities.
- You should sanitise your hands using dispensers provided at the entrance to the club and courts.
- Players should enter the court one at a time.
- Entrance gates to courts must remain open.
- Nobody but the players are allowed on the court and there are no spectators allowed during this phase of reopening.
- Physical distancing should be observed throughout the period of play, particularly on change of ends and entering and exiting the court. Players should change ends at opposite sides of the net.
- You must refrain from handshakes and high fives.
- You should bring your own tennis balls, a small bottle of hand sanitizer with you and keep it in your pocket or bag for use.
- Once play has finished players must leave the premises promptly, sanitising their hands on the way out.