Sidmouth Croquet Club
Book A Lawn
Booking Rules
Main Season - Members may book:
For friendly games: 2 sessions [i.e. 2 x 1 hour 30 minutes] ahead
For Club Competitions 3 sessions [i.e. 3 x 1 hour 30 minutes] ahead
For Club Competitions book using the 'red' Tournament Code colour.
After your name add GC or AC Dbls / Singles
This ensures members will not make a double-bank booking
NB: Lawn 1 Primary - Lawn 1 Secondary facilitates double-banked play AC with AC or GC with GC only
No double-banking with a Competition/Tournament booked session
Do Not Book both A & B just because you are playing doubles
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Winter Season
Usually two lawns will be open for winter play. One will be a full lawn and the second two half lawns. Start time for the first game is now 10.30am.
Check the website after 9.30am if playing in the morning, or before you leave home if playing later, to see whether the lawns are open.
The groundsmen may have to close the lawns at short notice for maintenance work or weather conditions.
Bookings: One session only.
Winter play conditions apply:
Swishing:
If the lawns have not been dragged or swished then the first player in the morning must swish the lawn before play.
It is suggested that the first players of the day arrive at 10.15am to allow time to swish the lawn if required.
No jump shots.
Immediately repair any damage to the lawn a divot repair tool is hanging to the right of hut 3 door.
Maximum of 4 players on each lawn.
On the full lawn you can double bank 2 singles or play one doubles game.
On each half lawn only singles play allowed.
NB: Winter rules are particularly subject to change but any change will be advised by email and notices in Hut 3
Click
to go to
Booking
System
The Club's Booking System
[Use 'hot links']
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How to Book a Lawn
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How to Set-up Initially
Initial Set-up
If you who did not begin to use the new Booking System, wef 29 Nov 20, the instructions for use are here.
If you kept the email Philip Harris sent you then follow the instructions therein, example below. If you did not then email Philip Harris who will email a new instruction, e.g.
You MUST change the initial password after first logging-in before doing anything else
After initial registration, i.e. having followed the email instructions above, you can click straight onto the booking sheets.
Subsequently, when returning to the booking site
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Click on the lawn icon, above right; or the icon you have saved on you favourites bar:
click on a session which takes you immediately to the log-in screen
Enter required details, probably this detail including password if ‘saved’, click on ‘Login’
You are now at the actual booking page [below]
Enter ‘Brief Description’ of Forename Initial & Surname in full plus
If playing singles enter Singles
If playing Doubles enter Doubles
In ‘Full Description’ box:
Type in names of other player[s] involved in the booking
Check lawn selected is the one you clicked on
Select AC /GC or Tournament for Club Competitions and add AC /GC
Click on ‘Confirm’.
That’s it.
