COURT 3 MULTI-USE POLICY FOR SUMMER 2025

Based on a repeat look at all the court usage and compaction data, this new policy takes into account the high demand by SLYC members for pickleball and tennis court times. It best uses Court 3’s availability and ensures that one other court remains open as a free-play tennis court on weekdays and weekends, with the exclusion of men’s, women’s, and co-ed drills nights. This multi-use Court 3 booking policy will be reviewed, assessed, and amended as necessary mid-summer by the Racquets Co-Directors.

WHAT IS A MULTI-USE COURT?

Members can choose to use Court 3 for tennis, in which case the full court is booked, or book a 1/2 court as a pickleball A or B.

DAYS/TIMES FOR MULTI-SPORT

Court #3 will be available to book as a free multi-use court for either pickleball or tennis:

  • Monday-Thursday 5pm onwards (when there are no programs or tournaments)

  • Fridays 4pm onwards (when there are no programs or tournaments)

  • Weekends 5 pm onwards (when there is are programs or tournaments)

  • August 18-24 from 2 pm onwards (when there are no programs or tournaments)

HOW MEMBERS BOOK COURT 3 AS A MULTI-USE COURT

Logging in to CourtReserve, members should:

1. Choose Tennis/Pickleball

2. Click Book A Multi-Use Court

3.Select either Hard Court 3 to book a Tennis Court, or Pickleball A or Pickleball B to

book one side of Court 3 as a pickleball court.

4. Add all names of players

When a member books Court 3 as a Pickleball court, CourtReserve automatically designates CRT3 as two PB courts: Pickleball Court A and Pickleball Court B. A second Pickleball court will automatically be open for booking by another member. A member cannot book both halves of the pickleball court as it counts as a double booking. Another member of their group must do so, thus ensuring maximum usage and fairness to all. As with all courts, members must include the names of all their players — singles or doubles — to complete a booking.

COURT 3 SHOULD ONLY BE BOOKED FOR PICKLEBALL IF THE ORIGINAL PICKLEBALL COURT #1 IS NOT IN USE. PICKLEBALL COURT #1 IS THE DEFAULT FOR ALL BOOKINGS.

If a member books Court 3 as a multi-use court, and is only using one side of it for PB, and the original PB court is open, the member will be asked by SLYC Racquets Staff to move to the original PB court as a courtesy so that other members may use Court 3 for tennis, if desired.

SLYC racquets check-in staff will monitor when Court 3 is booked as a PB court and remind users to strike 5 minutes before their hour is up so that the wheeled net can be moved off-court as a courtesy to the next players with the assumption that they are tennis players.

After the season ends on August 24, the wheeled pickleball nets will be locked away and can only be accessed by the Property or Racquets Directors on request.