Oakridge Community Centre

On February 1, 2010, a new policy came into effect at the Oakridge Community Centre which requires that all courts be booked through our online booking system ahead of their use.

In other words, drop-ins are no longer permitted at Oakridge. Members who wish to use our tennis, squash, pickleball or speed badminton courts must book their court ahead of time via this website.

Rationale

Why we require players to book courts online:

1. Our court booking system can only be accessed by members. Therefore requiring players to book online helps to ensure that only members are using our courts.

2. By booking courts online, it is clear who has which court booked when. This prevents conflicts and disagreements. It also ensures members that the court they want to use will be available when they arrive to play on it.

3. Court time is rationed equally amongst members. By requiring online booking, administrators can monitor the system and spot the few who might abuse it.

4. Online booking creates data that we may choose to study when the time comes to improve our systems and/or rules.

5. The data created by online booking helps us answer questions on grant applications about who is using our courts and when they are using them.

6. Requiring online booking saves us money because we do not have to hire a receptionist to keep an appointment book.

7. Online booking help us with scheduling staff and coordinating maintenance.

CALGARY, AB – The Oakridge Community Center is proud to be the first facility in Calgary to offer the exciting new sport of Speed Badminton. Played outdoors on a tennis court, this fast paced game is easy to learn and fun to play.

Programming for Speed Badminton will be handled by Racquet Network on Saturday afternoons beginning in April 2009. Two temporary courts will also be set up on the grass adjacent to the tennis courts so that people who want to can play while they are waiting to access the OCC’s busy tennis courts.

Racquet Network will provide racquets and birds (called speeders). Drop-in use on the grass courts adjacent to the tennis courts is free for all members with shoe tags. Speed Badminton programs are fee-based. Please see the SPEED BADMINTON page on this website for more information.