26th March - SSLTC Subs
Dear Club Members
As you will be well aware, Covid-19 temporarily got the better of the UK earlier this week and the current nationwide lock-down obviously shut SSLTC down from Tuesday 24th March until further notice. As luck would have it, this is the busiest time of the year for the club's membership renewals. However I suspect that your renewal is the last thing on your mind as you try to stay healthy and solvent. With the club closed and no immediate prospect of play, we are therefore taking the following action immediately.
1. If your membership renewal is currently due (prior to 1st April), please do not pay it until the club reopens. Only pay your membership once we re-open and your membership will then run for a full twelve months. For subsequent years, your renewal date will be the anniversary of reopening of the club. Effectively you will not have paid for your club membership during the closure.
2. If your membership is current or you have recently renewed, you will be offered a pro-rata credit off your next renewal for the length of time the club was closed. So for example if we are closed for two months, you will be offered a pro-rata discount of 1/6th off your subs when they renew.
3, If your membership expires during the closure, then the offered pro-rata credit will be from the 24th March to the expiry. Please do not pay your next subscriptions until the club re-opens and you have been informed of the discounted sub.
4. If you are part of a government notified vulnerable group and your isolation extends beyond the reopening of the club, then your pro-rata will be calculated through to when you are able to come out of self-isolation. Please keep a copy of your government letter for us to know to include you.
Whilst this is clearly a big hit to our club coffers, I hope you agree this is the right thing to do. Please also understand that this is a pro-rata against your renewal and cannot be a refund against previously paid subs. Once we are back up and running, I would ask that you pay any outstanding subs as soon as you are able, for the sake of keeping us afloat.
Once we get through this, we'll christen the new club BBQ and have a tennis party!
As before, the latest news relevant to the club is on our website with a link from the front page www.ssltc.co.uk.
Stay well and distanced.
The SSLTC Committee
As you will be well aware, Covid-19 temporarily got the better of the UK earlier this week and the current nationwide lock-down obviously shut SSLTC down from Tuesday 24th March until further notice. As luck would have it, this is the busiest time of the year for the club's membership renewals. However I suspect that your renewal is the last thing on your mind as you try to stay healthy and solvent. With the club closed and no immediate prospect of play, we are therefore taking the following action immediately.
1. If your membership renewal is currently due (prior to 1st April), please do not pay it until the club reopens. Only pay your membership once we re-open and your membership will then run for a full twelve months. For subsequent years, your renewal date will be the anniversary of reopening of the club. Effectively you will not have paid for your club membership during the closure.
2. If your membership is current or you have recently renewed, you will be offered a pro-rata credit off your next renewal for the length of time the club was closed. So for example if we are closed for two months, you will be offered a pro-rata discount of 1/6th off your subs when they renew.
3, If your membership expires during the closure, then the offered pro-rata credit will be from the 24th March to the expiry. Please do not pay your next subscriptions until the club re-opens and you have been informed of the discounted sub.
4. If you are part of a government notified vulnerable group and your isolation extends beyond the reopening of the club, then your pro-rata will be calculated through to when you are able to come out of self-isolation. Please keep a copy of your government letter for us to know to include you.
Whilst this is clearly a big hit to our club coffers, I hope you agree this is the right thing to do. Please also understand that this is a pro-rata against your renewal and cannot be a refund against previously paid subs. Once we are back up and running, I would ask that you pay any outstanding subs as soon as you are able, for the sake of keeping us afloat.
Once we get through this, we'll christen the new club BBQ and have a tennis party!
As before, the latest news relevant to the club is on our website with a link from the front page www.ssltc.co.uk.
Stay well and distanced.
The SSLTC Committee
23rd March: SSLTC Closed
Following the announcement made by Boris Johnson this evening at 20.30, the club is doing the social responsible thing and will be closed until further notice. Clubhouse and all courts included in this closure.
21st March : Permitted Use of SSLTC during COVID-19
Dear Club Members
Things have been unfolding rapidly with advice on how to conduct ourselves during this Coronavirus pandemic. I'm sure you have through necessity being keeping as up to date as possible. This email is to draw your attention to some immediate changes with respect to SSLTC. Further updates, and I'm sure there will be many as the advice changes daily, will be posted to the club website.
1. Clubhouse and Old Pavilion: will be closed from Sunday 22nd March until further notice following the latest government instructions. This means there are no toilet facilities and you will have to fill your own water bottles at home. https://www.lta.org.uk/about-us/tennis-news/news-and-opinion/general-news/2020/march/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-venues/#.
2. The Air Dome, being deemed an indoor venue, is closed from Sunday 22nd March until further notice.
3. All remaining 7 outdoor courts are open to club members as normal. Please follow the advice on the link above on how to maintain social distancing during play. Be aware that this advice is constantly changing so revisit the website before each visit to the club. Use of the courts is at your own risk and without access to the clubhouse your will need to provide your own first aid. With the clubhouse closed, access to the floodlight token machine and the light boxes is not possible. Unfortunately therefore you will only be able to play tennis in the daylight.
4. Coaching: at time of writing individual coaching is still permitted but all group sessions are cancelled. For the latest visit: http://www.ssltc.co.uk/coaching-programmes.html
5. Competition play: All LTA leagues and tournaments are suspended until at least the end of April. Effectively the winter leagues have now finished (albeit incomplete) and the start of the summer competitions are delayed. Specifically, this includes the cancellation of SSLTC's Grade 4 tournament in April and the delay of the Club's 2020 Club Closed Championships. Hopefully the latter can be resurrected in time for a Finals Day in September.
6. Club Events: all club social events are cancelled including but not limited to the Club AGM (22nd April), Quiz Night (24th April) and the French Exchange Weekend. The committee will endeavour to get a Club Spring Newsletter completed within the next month and this will be posted online to the club website (not printed and posted).
7. Wimbledon Ballot: at the time of writing Wimbledon is still on and therefore we assume the ballot should take place week commencing 20th April. The sign up sheet will be removed from the closed clubhouse and any remaining date preferences for the ballot should be emailed to our Ballot Administrator by 17th April.
Please refer to the LTA link above for broader announcements, and our own club website for SSLTC specifics.
Sorry to be the bringer of bad tidings but we will get through this.. Stay well and distanced.
The SSLTC Committee
21st March 2020
Things have been unfolding rapidly with advice on how to conduct ourselves during this Coronavirus pandemic. I'm sure you have through necessity being keeping as up to date as possible. This email is to draw your attention to some immediate changes with respect to SSLTC. Further updates, and I'm sure there will be many as the advice changes daily, will be posted to the club website.
1. Clubhouse and Old Pavilion: will be closed from Sunday 22nd March until further notice following the latest government instructions. This means there are no toilet facilities and you will have to fill your own water bottles at home. https://www.lta.org.uk/about-us/tennis-news/news-and-opinion/general-news/2020/march/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-venues/#.
2. The Air Dome, being deemed an indoor venue, is closed from Sunday 22nd March until further notice.
3. All remaining 7 outdoor courts are open to club members as normal. Please follow the advice on the link above on how to maintain social distancing during play. Be aware that this advice is constantly changing so revisit the website before each visit to the club. Use of the courts is at your own risk and without access to the clubhouse your will need to provide your own first aid. With the clubhouse closed, access to the floodlight token machine and the light boxes is not possible. Unfortunately therefore you will only be able to play tennis in the daylight.
4. Coaching: at time of writing individual coaching is still permitted but all group sessions are cancelled. For the latest visit: http://www.ssltc.co.uk/coaching-programmes.html
5. Competition play: All LTA leagues and tournaments are suspended until at least the end of April. Effectively the winter leagues have now finished (albeit incomplete) and the start of the summer competitions are delayed. Specifically, this includes the cancellation of SSLTC's Grade 4 tournament in April and the delay of the Club's 2020 Club Closed Championships. Hopefully the latter can be resurrected in time for a Finals Day in September.
6. Club Events: all club social events are cancelled including but not limited to the Club AGM (22nd April), Quiz Night (24th April) and the French Exchange Weekend. The committee will endeavour to get a Club Spring Newsletter completed within the next month and this will be posted online to the club website (not printed and posted).
7. Wimbledon Ballot: at the time of writing Wimbledon is still on and therefore we assume the ballot should take place week commencing 20th April. The sign up sheet will be removed from the closed clubhouse and any remaining date preferences for the ballot should be emailed to our Ballot Administrator by 17th April.
Please refer to the LTA link above for broader announcements, and our own club website for SSLTC specifics.
Sorry to be the bringer of bad tidings but we will get through this.. Stay well and distanced.
The SSLTC Committee
21st March 2020
