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Lakewood Open for new members
We are delighted to be open for all normal Club and inter-club activities. As Covid and Flu is still present in the community, we advise that members follow this common sense advice.
- Social distancing is recommended on court. Continue to refrain from hand shaking and high-fives.
- Use hand sanatizers before and after playing
- Do not attend the club if you are feeling unwell or have a positive Covid result.
- All players on court MUST be registered on the eBooking online court booking
- The full name of Guests must appear on the booking
- Players must give their Full Names when registering for Club nights
Adult Coaching starting in February
Lakewood Tennis Club will be starting back up with their ever popular Adult Group Coaching sessions shortly. Classes will run for 1 hour usually over 6 weeks (weather permitting) at a very reasonable cost of €90 per session. Classes will be run on Thursday and Friday evenings and possibly Sat afternoon.
Classes will cater for various tennis levels from new beginners, to follow on beginner sessions, intermediate technical and games based sessions and are limited to a max of 8 participants per session. See below for a brief description of each session.
If you are interested in signing up for these sessions please email Valerie on LTCAdultCoaching@gmail.com with your name, mobile number, which session you are interested in and your availability.
New beginner session:
This session will focus on the fundamental skill development required for tennis
- Develop rally skills through efficient movement and early preparation
- Serve and return how to start a game
- Develop an understanding of solid mechanics
Beginner follow on sessions:
This session will further develop the fundamental skills and focus on
- Early preparation for improved control
- Sending the ball in different directions and distance by adding spin
- Serving in different directions
- Returning in different directions and with different speeds
Intermediate technique development / games based training:
Emphasis on changing direction and speed through spin control
- Developing spin on serve
- Controlling direction on your volley
- Playing out points under different conditions that happen within a match
Automatic Lights
We are delighted to announce that our court lights are now automatically controlled from our eBooking system. When you book a court, the system will determine if lights are required based on our local sunset time. If lights are needed, you will be prompted to select lights at the time you book your court. Lights will turn on 6 minutes before your booked playing time to ensure that they are at optimum brightness before you play. Lights will turn off automatically immediately at the end of your booked hour. Be Ready - top up your eBooking wallet to have funds ready to pay for lights when booking.
New - Cashless Lights Payment - Your digital wallet
Every member now has a digital Wallet on our eBooking system. You will need to top it up by credit card on our eBooking site. Simply open eBooking on your phone and click on the 3 line (burger) on the top left of the screen. This will bring you to the Main Site where you go to Manage Account. Enter the amount to top up in the "Account Top up" section. Enter your credit card details and your email address. Click on the "confirm top up" at the bottom of the top up window. You will get an email confirming your top up and after a few minutes your balance will reflect you top up.
Here's how payments will work..
When you book a court, ebooking will deduct an equal portion of the lights cost from each person on the booking e.g. if 4 people are on the booking, it will deduct 1 euro from each player's wallet. Therefore, all players on the booking must have at least 1 euro in their wallet. If a player has no credit, the person booking the court will need to accept the fees of the players with no credit, otherwise the lights cannot be booked.
If a player is substituted on a booking prior to the booked time, the player joining the booking will be charged an equal share of the lights fee and the player leaving will be refunded.
If a court booking is cancelled at least 15 minutes before the booked time, all players will be fully refunded. If a court is not cancelled at least 15 minutes before the booked time, there will be no refund. So please check with the weather and your fellow players early. With our smart lighting, lights cannot be cancelled after the booked time and will remain on for the booked hour.
Introducing electronic payments is an extra cost to the club but it's one that will make all of our lives easier and safer.
