Irvington Club Wait-List Privileges
Approved: August 27, 2008, Board Meeting
Effective Date: October 1, 2008
Amended: March 10, 2010
IRVINGTON CLUB WAIT-LIST CLUB ACCESS
A non-refundable deposit is required to be placed on The Irvington Club waiting list. This fee is applied toward the eventual Club membership initiation. Initiation fees are fixed at the time an applicant is placed on the waiting list; however if an applicant declines membership the first time their name comes up, they will be required to pay the initiation in effect at the time they eventually join.
TENNIS ACCESS
You are able to take group and private tennis lessons at the non-member rate if a class is not filled by members. Openings for morning drills are determined 6:00 pm the day prior, and 9:30 am day of for evening drills. It is the responsibility of the individual to call the club to determine openings. You may play tennis at the club a combined total of three times per month as a guest of a member for reserved, open play, league play or a mixer, with the member being charged the current guest fee (or captain being charged all appropriate fees).
Tournament and League Play
Tournament and League Play is a privilege you will receive as a member. There could be occasions when you may be invited to participate in a club tournament or league play if there are not sufficient members to complete a draw or a team. The conditions for this play are described below. Persons on the wait list will be invited to play in priority order based on their USTA ranking and their position on the wait list. The Tennis Director approves wait list player participation in club tournaments or on league teams. Non-members who are not on the wait list may not participate in club tournaments (with the exception of the Open Draw) or on club league teams.
Tournaments: You and/or your junior children may play in Club tournaments if a sufficient minimum draw cannot be filled by members, and with the approval of the Tennis Director. Doubles players must play with a member. Tournament play does not count toward the “three-time-per-month” limit on tennis play. Tournament fees are $10 more per entry than the member fee.
League Play: Currently Irvington Club hosts only USTA and City League teams. The club will accept a team when a minimum number of members commit to field the team (defined as 100% of the number needed to field a match for that team). If the minimum number of
members is achieved to form a team, no more than two persons on the wait list may be invited to join up to a team maximum of 200% of the team minimum (see Example below). League teams may only be composed of full members, associate members and persons on the wait list.
Example: For a typical USTA Adult League team, 8 players are needed to field a match. Therefore, the minimum number of club members needed to form a team would be 8 (100% of minimum). If there are fewer than 8 members, no team will be formed. If there are 8 to 14 members on a team, this team can accept up to 2 players from the wait list. If there are 16 members (200% of minimum) or more on a team, this team cannot accept players from the wait list. If there are 15 members on a team, this team can accept one player from the wait list.
- When playing on a league team, all court fees and guest fees apply.
- League play does count toward the “three-time-per-month” limit on tennis play at the Irvington Club.
- The above conditions do not apply to teams the Tennis Director or Head Pro has assembled and on which they participate as players.
- The Tennis Director has the authority to make exceptions to fill a team roster when necessary.
The effective date of this policy is October 1, 2008.
