August Update

It has been scorching but it is great to see so many of you around the clubhouse and playing tennis. Here’s a few reminders to help ease demand for courts and some changes to the club committee

COURT USAGE

The tennis camps have been very busy over the last few weeks. The Club and Tennis Committees and our coaches are very conscious of the ongoing demand for bookable courts and do monitor it. We are exploring ways in which court booking slots could be managed more efficiently. In the meantime, to help as many as possible to enjoy Old College tennis please follow this guidance:

If you have booked a court and realise you can’t play, aim to cancel within 24 hours. This is to give someone else a reasonable chance to use the court by finding people to play with. This also applies to team captains and coaches. If you cancel within 4 hours of the start time you are registered as having a ‘late cancellation’.
Record who you are playing with on My Courts. All registered players receive automatic reminders. Guests should pay a fee of £5 - this is paid for through My Courts when you book the court.
If you are short of a player, then invite a member you don’t know by using the various Old College WhatsApp groups. If you are not on these WhatsApp groups then please contact Virunee Viravong on viravongv@gmail.co.
Don’t be considered a ‘no show’ . Irrespective of whether you have showed up or not the system will register your booking as ‘no show’ if you do not log in to My Courts. You can do this on your phone or at the clubhouse using your PIN (recorded in My Courts under ‘Your Settings/Change Password or PIN’).
Don’t forget club play. If you don’t have a court and just feel like a hit pop into an appropriate club play session. Further details can be found at https://oldcollege.co.uk/club-play.
Be considerate to our neighbours. Our courts are open from 8.00am to 9pm.If you arrive early for an 8:00 hit or are finishing after 9pm please remember that our neighbours may be sleeping. Therefore, outside these hours keep conversations low and away from our boundaries with Old College Gardens.

If you have any observations on how we could improve, please contact Aruna Iyengar Director of Tennis at arunaiyengar@hotmail.com or Tim Lewis Members’ Representative at timlewiswriter@gmail.com.

CHANGES IN YOUR CLUB COMMITTEE

In addition, we have appointed James Ireson as our Head of Communications . As you know James ran communications for our Club Tournament. We are very pleased that James is continuing to lead our communications for our clubhouse regeneration project and the OC Clubhouse ’26 campaign.

We are currently looking for members to get more involved in the financial oversight of the Club and organising our social activities . If you would like to find out more please don’t hesitate to contact Caroline Beck [carolinebeck@btinternet.com) or Virunee Viravong (viravongv@gmail.co).

COACHING NEWS

Lastly but very definitely not least, congratulations to Jake Waters on attaining his LTA level 4 qualification!

We hope you enjoy the rest of the summer and the holidays. Thank you for your continued support of the Club and the Clubhouse Regeneration Project.

Best wishes, from the Club Committee

07/08/2026