Our amenities
Our clubhouse provides somewhere to shelter if it rains and provides a display of club notices. The kitchen is equipped with a cooker, kettle and fridge, which allows members of the club to organise meals and refreshments. There are toilets and changing rooms. We have onsite car parking.
Use of courts
The Club can use the 7 hard courts at all times when they are not required for use by Stamford School (generally in school hours on school days). Even on school days courts may be available, but Stamford School has priority. The Club also has grace-and-favour use of the six Astroturf courts during the summer when the School does not require them. Experience indicates that there is always a court or two available for privately-arranged games.
Practice Wall
The wall is extremely useful for practising strokes, particularly after coaching.
Access to Lower Courts
For security reasons access is only usually possible via the padlocked gate by court 4. Senior members of the Club have access to the code. Otherwise entry can be gained via the path beside the squash courts, accessible half-way down Conduit Road.
Guests
Guests are permitted, but must be signed in the Club Diary in the clubhouse before play. Charges are £5 per adult and £1 per child.
Floodlights
The lights are operated via a meter system within the clubhouse. Tokens cost £4 per court per hour, and are obtainable from Coaches Ralph Clarke & Richard Wilson and Club Officers Marc Sumner, Penny Cooper & Mike Chew. As the clubhouse is invariably locked at night-time, those using the floodlights may well need a swipe card to gain access to the clubhouse. The lights automatically switch off at 10 pm and the clubhouse automatically locks itself at 10.20.
We are not allowed to play beyond 10 pm. In the winter the clubhouse is almost always closed. To gain access to the clubhouse in order to put tokens in the floodlight meters, members need a swipe card, which is obtainable from Carol Cotton. The cost (non-returnable) is £5.
Members may book courts in advance by signing up on sheets on the notice board at the back of the clubhouse. Members wishing to make a block booking for themselves and member friends at a certain time on a certain day each week over the season may pre-book and pre-pay their slot. Please contact Mike Chew for details. Allowance is made in the arrangements to cater for slots not used because of bad weather.
Club Rules & Regulations
Club rules and regulations are posted in the clubhouse.
