Oakridge Community Centre

The times for Drop-in Tennis in the Oakridge Echo are incorrect.  Please note that these are the correct times for Drop-in Tennis:

Tuesday                     4:00 – 4:30pm

Thursday                   4:00 – 4:30pm

Friday                         2:30 – 3:00pm

To take advantage of Drop-in Tennis your family requires  a 2011/2012 $35.00 community membership.

Thank You to Phil Menard and Roy Carlson for volunteering to run the members only drop in program on Saturday mornings from 10:00am to 12:00pm.  Activities will include drop-in pickleball, drop-in tennis ball machine access, drop in beginner tennis, drop-in intermediate tennis. This program is  free to Oakridge Racquet Club members and will run from May 28th through August 27th, 2011.  Shoe tags are required.

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.