TENNIS
Centre Court
site, the adrenalin rush of working to hit a deadline was still the same.
What wasn’t the same however, was the sense of achievement. Having not been able to open the site for eight weeks, it has been a genuine high to welcome members back, even if only to use the outdoor tennis facilities initially. We understand that the people who use our facility aren’t just customers of a gym or hiring a tennis court. They are members of a tight-knit community, which is something we are privileged to be a part of too. Being able to deliver a facility where safely, they can begin to exercise, and more importantly socialise again, is an unbelievable feeling.
At a time when there is, quite understandably, a considerable sadness due to the loss of life we have seen because of Coronavirus, it is important to reflect on positives too. Don’t be mistaken; there is far more important work going on, being carried out by heroes across our National Health Service and the Social Care sector. However, across society, we all have a duty to adjust to the ‘new normal’ including in our industry, and if the ‘new normal’ for us
is to deliver a facility which allows our service users to exercise, socialise and safely social distance, then we have a responsibility to deliver those experiences. The happiness and job satisfaction we’ve felt, having been able to facilitate just that, for our members, and the community we are part of, is exhilarating. There is no greater feeling for us on a professional level right now, than to come to work everyday and see people, having had to be isolated for so long, now able to come together to safely enjoy sport again.
With all of that said, we do have one matter outstanding. Having marked in and opened seven of our eight courts, we just had our Centre Court outstanding. At the time of writing (19th May) we’ve today marked in and ‘match striped’ the court, and tomorrow, we’ll be bringing it in to our regular rotation for use through the playing season. In a normal season, Centre would be used for the first time in the second week of June for our tournament week, and then for a very select number of member events, before being closed for end of season renovations in late July.
This year however, capacity is king. If we have more court space, we can allow more members to use the site whilst still maintaining social distancing. Whilst we’ll still need to take the court out of action at the end of July to renovate in preparation for 2021, right now, every court space we have allows more people to make use of the site, and in that sense it would be criminal for us to not make the court available. Hopefully, as many of our members as possible will get the chance to enjoy the experience of playing on our most prestigious court this year, and that next year we’ll be back to some semblance of normal!
Having not been able to open the site for eight weeks, it has been a genuine high to
welcome members back, even if only to use the outdoor tennis facilities initially
100 PC June/July 2020
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