Online Booking rules

(adjusted for the 2021 Covid-19 season)

Book a court

Social Distancing - before and after play

Members at Davisville will be completely responsible to ensure a safe playing environment is established for themselves, their playing partners, other players and staff at all times. This includes following the social distancing protocols established by the federal, provincial and municipal governments. 

General Rules for online booking

Court booking will be done online. No court time will be available for people that have not reserved in advance through the online system (open 24h during the season) 

Weekday Daytime Junior and Adult Members are allowed to book courts for play during the daytime (9am to 5pm), Monday to Friday only.
Full Junior and Adult Members can book courts for play at ANY time during the week

  • Members will be able to reserve court time through the Davisville website on our membership platform called Court Reserve. Members can also download the Court Reserve app (available in the app store) to book using their phones.
  • Phone reservations for court time will be accepted while the club is open and staff are working. Cancellations: Players must cancel reservations online or with a court steward. Failure to do so will result in penalties.
  • Ladder bookings are part of the 2 live bookings rule. No extra booking allowed for ladder players.
  • Lessons booked with our pros do not count towards your 2 session limit. Private and semi-private (2 people) lessons can be booked with Brian Ahlberg. Brian can be reached at headpro@davisvilletennisclub.com

1

All court time at Davisville must be booked online. No show-ups allowed.

2

Court time can only be booked in 55 minute time slots.

3

Members are allowed 2 "live" court bookings at any one time over a 7-day period. (please see rule 12)

4

Bookings open 6 days in advance of the court time on a sliding basis (meaning Tuesday for the following Monday)

5

Courts must be booked with min 2 players, max 4 players. (court cannot be reserved with only one name on it)

6

No back to back bookings are allowed (one time slot needed between 2 live bookings)

7

Players cannot PLAY for 3 contiguous court time slots.

8

Bookings may be modified up until your playing time but this must be done through Court Reserve.

9

Using an incorrect name when booking is subject to penalties.

10

The people appearing on court to play MUST be the same as the names in the booking system.

11

Players can only book court time for themselves and players playing with them. They cannot book court time for someone that is not on the court with them.

12

If a player is included in someone else’s court booking, this will count towards their current booking times.
GUEST Rules: 1. Each member is allowed to bring 4 guests / month
2. Each individual guest can only play 4 bookings / month.
3. Guests have to follow all the rules above. Each member is responsible to inform their guests of these rules.
4. Each guest has to pay a fee of $5/day
5. These rules apply to all members: junior, adults, full or daytime.

AT THE COURTS:

Important things to know

Players show up 10 minutes before their scheduled time. They must check in with the court steward on duty. They have to complete online the Covid form prior to enter the court. At 5 minutes before your court time, inform the players on your court that you are there for the next session

Players will be expected to leave the court when 55 minutes has expired.

Players who are not removed may play through if desired, but not for 3 hours in a row.
Players arriving more than 10 minutes after their scheduled court time lose their court time.

Court Timing
Davisville Hours will run from 9:00 a.m. until 10:30 p.m. In May we will open at 8am. Individual courts will open for play at staggered times so that we can ensure that they are ready to receive our members and to avoid members gathering in large numbers.
Davisville Courts will change over at staggered times: court 1, 2 and 6 at the hour, court 3, 4 and 5  10 min after the hour. There will be a 5 minute “dead time” between bookings

Penalties:

Members abusing the booking system will have their booking privileges suspended.
First Infraction: Warning
Second Infraction: 2nd Warning
Third Infraction: 1 week
Fourth Infraction: 1 month
Fifth Infraction: Remainder of the Season