Heswall Rackets Club, court booking rules

Court Booking Rules

Padel Court Booking rules

Booking of courts is by use of the ‘Mycourts’ online portal https://heswallrackets.mycourts.co.uk
Members can book courts 14 days in advance from 7 am.
Members should select their 3 playing names to show on the booking form. We wish to ensure the benefits of reduced pricing are kept to members, as well as preventing a few players monopolising courts.
As such, for each guest or unidentified player, a £2 guest fee will be charged, up to £6. This ensures non-member rates are enforced.
Members can add/modify playing names after booking but before the court playing time. Changes cannot be made after playing time starts
Members are permitted 6 guest opponent slots per month, this is to assure that groups of non-members cannot benefit from the members’ advanced booking with only one membership.
Booking must be made by the individual online.
Players will receive a reminder via email on the day of play from
Frequency of play – It has been decided not to set a limit on the number of times a player can play in a given period. However, if it appears the courts are being monopolised by a few players, limitations will be introduced.
It is prohibited to book a court by one member on behalf of another. Group or single courts cannot be reserved for long periods, except by prior arrangement with a rackets captain or padel coach.
Peak hours are Monday – Friday from 16.00 – 22.00 and all weekend.
Off peak hours 08.00 – 1600 Monday – Friday.
All Padel member court fees are paid at the time of booking.
- £20 per hour Peak, £5pp (doubles)
- £16 per hour Off Peak. £4pp (doubles).
Cancellations - Refunds only available 24 hours before a court booking.
If a court is cancelled late and is rebooked by another player, a refund will be applied.
Padel Courts – bad weather. The decision to cancel Padel bookings, reimburse fees, shall be at the discretion of the committee. Please contact .
Players under 16 years of age are only permitted to play with at least 1 adult on court.

Padel Court Regulations

Only clean, sports shoes (that have NOT been worn outside) are permitted on Padel courts. Shoes must not be worn on the court.
Any Padel rackets or Padel balls provided for use by the club for general use by the club are to be returned to the secure locker provided and any damage to be reported please to:
Only Padel balls are to be used on the courts.
The club accepts no responsibility for injuries on court.
Players should aim to avoid damage to the court structure, net and the floor of the court as far as possible.
The HRC Padel regulations will be revisited and amended as required by the committee.

Squash / Racketball court booking rules

The court lights will automatically switch on at the reserved court time and will remain on for the duration of the booking.
If there's no booking before, the lights will go on 5 minutes before the actual start time and, if there's no booking after, the lights will remain on 5 minutes after the actual end time.
If the court is booked consecutively, the lights will remain on continuously.
Extra minutes (at £1 per 10 minutes) can be added at the touch screen "kiosk", provided you have sufficient credit in your booking system account.
- Please be sure that the time your purchase does not overlap the next reservation, which will take precedence, as charges for extra light-time are non-refundable (the touch screen will warn you if there is already a booking which overlaps the amount of time you want to purchase, but it will not stop you from purchasing overlapping light-time).
- Members must have credit in their booking system accounts in order to purchase extra light time.
- Please note you will need to know your PIN in order to use the kiosk to purchase light time.
When playing a Guest, members must select the "£3 GUEST FEE" as the playing partner/opponent to show on the Booking Sheets.
The system will automatically charge the £3 Guest Fee to your booking system account.
If you're no longer playing a Guest, you can change your playing partner/opponent to a member, and the Guest Fee will be removed.
This can be done when you book the court or any time before playing.
No Guest may play squash/racketball more than 6 times per year.
Please be sure to enter guest and member names in Visitor Book at club next to light meters.
Members with outstanding Guest Fees must top-up their booking system accounts with an online credit/debit card transaction prior to booking more courts.

Block Bookings

Padel Captain(s) and or Padel coach have the authority to reserve courts for specific events/extended periods. They will aim to ensure that such reservations are included on the booking forms (My courts). The following are examples which could be made:

A. Club matches.
B. Club competitions.
C. Club mix ins.
D. Team practices.
E. Occasional Invitation competitions.
F. Social events.
G. Lettings to outside bodies at non-peak periods

Member Accounts

Each Member has an account within the booking system and must have credit in order to book a court.
You can purchase credit (£20 minimum) with any credit/debit card when logged into this website.
Your transaction will be securely processed by Stripe.
Members can share booking fees by transferring credit to each other within the system.
On the day playing, each member will receive a Booking Reminder email message which, for the "playing partner(s) / opponent(s)", contains a link to share the cost of the booking fee paid by the member who booked the court.
Members can also use the facility to Transfer Credit any time when logged into the system.

Etiquette

On court, players should be familiar with and abide by the rules of the Racket Sport, which is being played, especially with regards to court safety. Players must understand and follow the rules of the racket sport they are playing on court, with particular attention to court safety
Good manners and sportsmanship on court are to be encouraged. Bad language and racket abuse will not be tolerated.
All players have the responsibility to ensure that players are not distracted by unnecessary noise and poor behaviour. Mobile phones should be turned to silent or off.
Do not allow non-paying persons into the playing area and the secure Padel fenced area
Do not prop open the secure court door for the Padel courts
Do not leave the door to the club, or the secure inner doors open
The above will be monitored by an alarm and CCTV.