Club Info
Season Duration
Club Location
Mailing Address
Phone Number
Membership Fee
Registration
Club Rules of Play
Hours of Play
Public Hours
Monitors Job Description
Season Duration
Pomona Valley Tennis Club operates for 5 months. The club officially opens in early May and the season lasts till the end of September (weather permitting).
Club Location
Pomona Valley Tennis Club is located at 200 John Street (Thornhill), West of Bayview Ave. and East of Yonge St. (see map below). John St. is North of Steeles Ave.
Mailing Address
Pomona Valley Tennis Club
Box 87625, Thornhill Square
Thornhill, Ontario L3T 7R4
Phone Number
(905) 881-5541
Registration
To apply for membership you can either register online or visit the clubhouse and pick up a membership form. Once you have filled it out, return it to one of the court monitors.
Membership Fee
The following table summarizes the membership fees:
| Member | Rate |
| Single Adult | $ 85.00 |
| Adult Couple | $150.00 |
| Each Junior | $ 50.00 |
| Family maximum | $195.00 |
| Visitor Fee | $ 5.00** |
** There is a visitor fee of $5.00 per visitor for each visit to the club. This amount is to be paid directly to the monitor on duty. Visitors must abide by all club rules and regulations.
Payment must be made in check payable to Pomona Valley Tennis Club.
Club Rules of Play
Playing at Pomona Valley
Wear you shoe tag.
In order to exercise your rights to court time as a member, you must display your membership tags.
The objective of the club is to give players a reasonable amount of time to play, while to keeping the waiting time as short as possible. In general, you are allowed one hour of playing time, after which you must give up your court if someone is waiting. The following rules state how the one-hour guideline is applied, and we hope that all members will share the courts fairly.
Remember that THERE IS A LIMIT OF FOUR TENNIS BALLS PER COURT, which means that members are ABSOLUTELY NOT ALLOWED to bring BASKETS OR TENNIS BALL HOPPERS down to the courts, even if it is not busy.
Members can reserve courts on a first come, first served basis, with courts being reserved for one-hour time slots. Three courts rotate on the hour (i.e. 7:00 a.m., 8:00a.m., 9:00 a.m. etc.) and the other three rotating on the half hour (i.e. 7:30 a.m., 8:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m. etc.). Please use the clock over the Clubhouse door to determine change times.
Booking Procedures
When monitors are on duty, they will assign members court times. When monitors are not on duty, in order to reserve a court, you must sign up on the chalk board, in advance of the time slot, in person with your shoe tag number. You must then remain at the Club to keep your reservation. You may sign up for ONE TIME SLOT ONLY, and you cannot reserve another court while you are already playing.
You must list the membership tag numbers of everyone who will be using the court in the reserved time. You may not reserve courts for singles play if doing so means other players will have to wait more than half an hour for the next available court. If the courts are busy, you must begin and end playing on the scheduled time slots. Once a time period has begun, you cannot jump players who are already on the courts.
If the court you have reserved is vacant before the time slot begins, you may begin to play early. Please: this allowance is not intended to let you book excessive playing time: do not try to gain more than 15 minutes. You can be asked to leave the court in favour of someone else if you are playing before your reserved time slot begins, or else you will lose your reserved time slot.
When you are asked to vacate your court at a switch time, you must leave at once, even if you have not had a full hour of play. You may then sign up for a different court in the time that immediately follows. For example, if you are asked to leave a court at 8:30, you cannot book another court before 9:00.
When booking a court, try to select the court that is being used for singles instead of doubles, non-members instead of members. Try to also avoid bumping the players that have been on for the s
hortest time.
Courtesy and Safety Guidelines
Dress appropriately. You must wear tennis shoes (non-marking) and recognized tennis attire. Please do not remove your shirts. Cut off shorts, tube tops and unsafe footwear are not permitted.
Respect other players. Keep your voice low and your vocabulary genteel. Do not call across courts. Do not venture onto other courts to retrieve balls; wait for an opportunity to ask your neighbour. By the same token, return other players' errant balls as soon as their play permits. Use the external paths and gates to get to your court in order to avoid game disruptions. Refrain from eating, smoking, and spitting on the courts. Please turn off your cell phone and pager while playing.
Keep the courts available for members. Members are allowed to bring three guests to the club this year, and each guest can come four times, for a charge of $5 per visit and $2 for under 18. We would be happy to welcome your regular partners as members!
Play safe ! If the courts are wet, use a roller to dry them off before playing. Don't chase balls into the next court. When returning other players' balls, steer them to the back fence or net. Members are not allowed to play with more than 4 tennis balls on the courts.
Help Maintain our courts. Be sure to put your pop cans, ball tubes, wrappers and other waste in the garbage cans. (We recycle pop cans!) Don't play recklessly, to prevent the fences, courts and nets from damage. Please, don't throw your racquets on the ground. Repeated disregard for the Club or its members will result in the cancellation of your membership Our court monitors and club Executive, which includes the Club Pro, can and will enforce all of the club's rules and guidelines.
Please help us keep Pomona Valley Tennis Club a cheerful and friendly place to play. Thank you !
Hours of Play
Pomona Valley Tennis Club is open from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.meveryday. Club monitors are on duty Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and from 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Weekends and holidays from 8:00.m. to 12:00 p.m. and from 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. (weather permitting).
Round Robin
Club reserves the right to periodically assign courts for Round Robins.
Lessons
Only the club pro may provide tennis lessons, unless otherwise authorized by the club.
Ivan Rubenchik is the club pro for 2007 season.
Public Hours
Public hours are as follows:
Saturdays from 7:30 pm to 11:00 pm on court #6
Sundays from 8:30 am to 11:30 am on court #6
POMONA VALLEY TENNIS CLUB
JOB DESCRIPTION FOR MONITORS
Objective:
The monitors are to ensure that the Club Rules are strictly adhered to. The strict adherence to all rules will actually make the monitors duties easier and will contribute to a successful tennis season.
Duties:
- Strict adherence to all club rules, primarily:
a) No member is allowed to play, unless the shoe tag is worn.
b) The guest fee must be charged to everyone without a shoe tag.
c) Use of the sign-in board is essential. No one can use a tennis court without presenting their shoe tag number on the sign-in board.
d) Maintenance of a cleanly, orderly, and safe environment.
- If for some reason a monitor can not make the shift, he/she must arrange for a replacemen
- Monitors will be given receipt books to record guest and round robin fees. Receipts must be issued, even if a player/s does not wish to have one. In case of a round robin, one receipt for all participants will suffice. Patsy Freeland will collect money on a weekly basis.Monitors will organize round robins and will be accountable for tennis balls.
- Monitors will keep the tennis grounds and the clubhouse in a clean condition at all times. At the end of each shift (morning and evening) all court garbage containers will be emptied and the clubhouse will be swept. ç Add comment toilet paper, supplies, etc. Detail all cleaning tasks. toilets, sinks, sweep floors etc…
- Monitors will report to…. when supplies are running low (chalk, balls, toilet paper, etc, etc.)
- Monitors are encouraged not to get to lengthy discussions with disgruntled members; only to refer to club rules.
- Monitors will report directly to Reza Jovaini.
