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Non-Member 2013 Guest Policy 

Dear Guest,

We are pleased that you selected The West Side Tennis Club as your indoor tennis facility.   To make your tennis experience at The West Side enjoyable and your access to services easier, we would like to inform you of the following:
 

Use of Indoor Tennis Facilities

Check-In/Check-Out: Everyone using the facility, both members and non-members, are required to check-in at the Front Desk.   As we are a membership club, we request that all non-members limit their use of the clubhouse facilities to ½ hour before your court time and up to ½ hour after the completion of your booked time. Please sign in when you arrive at the Club and please sign out when you leave.  This allows us to know who is on the premises in case of an emergency and to insure that all players are off premises when the Club is closing. 

Tennis Equipment:  In the event you arrive early, or wish to stay after your tennis games, please store your tennis equipment in the second floor lounge.  Since there may be many people walking in and out of the lounge area, we are concerned that tennis bags placed on the floor would present a safety hazard.  Our locker rooms are available for your convenience. 

Lounge:  In the event you wish to have a drink, you can either charge your drink to your Visa or Mastercard only at the bar.  Please take your drink upstairs to the second floor to the member lounge for consumption.

Dress Code:  The “all white dress code” does not apply to the indoor courts. Although tennis attire is requested. For safety reasons, smooth soled tennis shoes must be worn.  No running shoes or ripple soles please. 

Courtesy and Safety:  If you are scheduled to play in the four-court bubble, please do not cross courts during play.  Wait until play has stopped and the players acknowledge your presence for the crossing. 

Court Availability:   The West Side has the best rates for indoor clay courts.  You are welcome to reserve by calling for reservations at 718-268-2300 ext 127. 

Clinics and Individual Lessons:  There are many opportunities to access both group lessons and individual lessons given by a diverse and excellent, certified professional staff. Additional information about these services is available by calling 718-268-2300 ext 127. 

Parents picking up balls for their children’s lessons should be wearing sneakers.
 

Summer and Winter Guest Policy

1. A card granting the privileges of the house and grounds for a period of two weeks may be issued to any person who does not live or have a regular place of business within seventy-five (75) miles of the City of New York.  Such cards may be obtained only upon written application of a member on a form provided for that purpose.  The member making such application shall pay $300 for each card and shall be responsible for any debts incurred by such a guest.  (A member may only obtain two such cards during one year, except that in exceptional cases extra cards may be issued on the authority of the President of the Club.)  Any Officer of the Club or the Club Manager may sign a two weeks’ guest card.  Not more than one such card may be issued to the same person in any year.                         

2. (a)  Guests, both playing and non-playing, who do not hold guest cards shall be admitted to the Club House or Grounds only if accompanied by a member and registered in the Club    book. Guests may not exclusively occupy a court.                                                            
   (b)  No playing guest, who does not hold a guest card, shall be permitted to play until his playing fee has been paid or signed for by a member.  No such guest may play on more than two days in any two weeks’ period, or on more than four (4) days in the outdoor season. Additionally, no such guest of a member with Platform Playing privileges may play platform tennis on more than two days in any two weeks’ period, or on more than four (4) days in the Platform season.   No member or member with Platform Playing privileges shall introduce more than six tennis or six platform playing guests in any one calendar month. Playing guests shall be permitted to play in the indoor bubble season, subject to the conditions of the Bubble contract.   

3. (a)  No non-playing guest who does not hold a guest card shall be admitted to the Clubhouse or Grounds on more than one day in any week, nor on more than 4 days in any calendar year to participate in social events such as card games, book club, knitting club or any others. Such guests must be signed in by a member and a fee paid.                                               
   (b)  A guest(s) of a member for cocktails, lunch, dinner, a club special event or function in the Bar, Lounges, Dining Room, Terrace or grounds may use the facilities without a guest fee.     
   (c)  For the first offense of abuse of a guest use, a warning will be given to the member and if a second offense  occurs, the member is suspended for a period of thirty (30) days.  

4. Use of Club facilities by Non-Members when not a guest of a member:  In general, all use of facilities for which a fee is charged by the Club such as Bubble contracts, Winter Evening Tennis Parities, Winter Tennis Leagues, and any other, permit access only to an area designated by the Club while waiting to participate and use of the locker room facility to change and shower during an approximate two hour period.
   

1. Private and group lessons can arrive at the club ½ hour before and may stay up to ½ hour after lesson time.

2. Non-member players are required to wait in the member lounge on the 2^nd floor.

3. Non-member players may use the locker rooms to shower.

4. Players may purchase drinks at the bar with a MasterCard or Visa card only.

5. Players who wish to stretch before or after playing, may do so only in the 3^rd floor fitness room provided they are at least 14 years of age.

6. Racquet bags are to be stored in the 2^nd floor member lounge.
   

7. Dining facilities are not available to non-members unless a guest of a member.
   

1. Non-member juniors and their parents can arrive ½ hour before and stay up to ½ hour later than the lesson time.  Parents may not go on the courts (unless in all white attire, including predominately white sneakers, while picking up balls) and to be with their non-member children while on club premises.
   

2. Parents may not play with, feed balls to or coach their children.  They may only pick up tennis balls.
   

3. There is no walk-on court time included with any junior program.  A very limited number of work study students use of the club is limited to their work schedule hours only. The parents of thes e students must abide by the above rules.

4. Tournament Training Program juniors can pre-arrange warm-ups for the same day tournament with the Pro staff.  Warm-ups can be with other players in the program, ball machine or Club members.  Courts must be booked in the Pro Shop.

5. Seven days advanced booking privileges.

6. Per hour prime-time and non-prime time fees established by the Tennis Director.

7. Payment by Master Card, Visa or check only.

8. One can arrive at club ½ hour before and may stay up to ½ hour after court time or lesson.

9. For late night play, players are required to leave the premises by 11:15P.M.

10. Non-member players are required to wait in the Member Lounge on the 2^nd floor.

11. Stretching is permitted before and after play only in the 3^rd floor Fitness room.

12. Non-member players may use locker rooms to shower.

13. Players may purchase drinks from the bar and consume them in the 2^nd floor Member Lounge or Library, if not available, unless accompanied by a member.
    
    

Play is scheduled October – December.  A food and beverage component served upstairs in the Member Lounge can be arranged, in advance, for a fee.