As many of you may have seen on the LTA website, new guidance has been issued for venues, players and coaches which came into effect today (Monday 1st June 2020).

Key aspects to be aware of are as follows:

- Both singles play and doubles play is now permitted with people from outside of your household, as long as you remain 2 metres apart as far as possible - meaning that four people from different households can now play doubles!

- Players do not now need to use their own marked tennis balls - however, if you choose to use shared balls then extra care must be taken to ensure you do not touch your face during play, and you should clean your hands before and immediately after finishing

- Use alcohol gel after touching any court gates, fences, benches etc, and avoid doing so where possible

- Coaching in groups of up to 6 (including the coach) will be permitted. National Tennis are looking closely at the coaching programme to assess which elements can return safely soon. National Tennis are offering one-month free coaching for players that want to register now, for the upcoming return to group coaching. For more information visit: https://newbury.nationaltennis.org.uk/News/0b82d08b-40ee-453e-b31d-13fa41d6bc94

Read the LTA Play Safe guidelines in full here: https://www.lta.org.uk/globalassets/news/2020/lta-guidance-for-tennis-players---covid-19.pdf

For now the clubhouse will remain closed and all members must book a court. Although we have seen an increase in court bookings, there is still plenty of slots available.

If you are not a current member, you can access our temporary Community membership for free here: https://clubspark.lta.org.uk/Newbury/Membership/Join

At present we are unable to answer the phone or get back to any voicemails, but we are responding to emails, which will be responded to within 24 hours. So any questions please feel free to reply to this email or email us at [email protected]