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Notice:
"We are not accepting any new indoor memberships at this time since the indoor courts are fully booked. If you are interested in indoor membership, please fill out a wait list form found in the documents tab. Summer membership is open as usual Thank you.”
"We are not accepting any new indoor memberships at this time since the indoor courts are fully booked. If you are interested in indoor membership, please fill out a wait list form found in the documents tab. Summer membership is open as usual Thank you.”
COVID RULES AND GUILDLINES
6/2/2021
End of AITA Covid restrictionsAs of May 29, the state has lifted Covid restrictions for those who are fully vaccinated: face masks and social distancing are no longer required. The state recommends masks and social distancing for those who are not fully vaccinated. (The state’s guidance on face masks is posted at https://www.mass.gov/info-details/covid-19-mask-requirements.)
The Acton Bubble has followed the state’s guidance throughout the pandemic and with this change we are no longer requiring masks or social distancing inside the clubhouse, on the courts, or in the outside areas of the club. The staggered schedule for entering and leaving the indoor courts will also end. If you are not fully vaccinated, we ask you to protect the health of other club members by wearing a mask and observing social distance.
Board of Directors
Acton Indoor Tennis Association
Note on Guests
You are welcome to invite guests to join you on the clay courts or indoor courts. The club policy is that members can invite as many guests as they like but that very regular or frequent guests should be encouraged to join the club. Regardless, guests should be properly recorded and the guest fee of $8 should be paid for each guest. You can record guests in any of three ways: 1) include your guest in your on-line reservation; 2) record guests in the handwritten sign-up sheet in the clubhouse; or 3) send an email to actonindoortennis@gmail.com. The first method is only available prior to play, but the second and third methods are always available. Failure to record guests is considered a serious violation of club rules and could jeopardize your continued membership
Compliance with Covid-19 rules is important! We are still in the pandemic and the club can be shut down by the Board of Health if we fail to comply with mask and social distancing rules!
Covid-19 Measures
Board of Directors
Acton Indoor Tennis Association
6/2/2021
End of AITA Covid restrictionsAs of May 29, the state has lifted Covid restrictions for those who are fully vaccinated: face masks and social distancing are no longer required. The state recommends masks and social distancing for those who are not fully vaccinated. (The state’s guidance on face masks is posted at https://www.mass.gov/info-details/covid-19-mask-requirements.)
The Acton Bubble has followed the state’s guidance throughout the pandemic and with this change we are no longer requiring masks or social distancing inside the clubhouse, on the courts, or in the outside areas of the club. The staggered schedule for entering and leaving the indoor courts will also end. If you are not fully vaccinated, we ask you to protect the health of other club members by wearing a mask and observing social distance.
Board of Directors
Acton Indoor Tennis Association
Note on Guests
You are welcome to invite guests to join you on the clay courts or indoor courts. The club policy is that members can invite as many guests as they like but that very regular or frequent guests should be encouraged to join the club. Regardless, guests should be properly recorded and the guest fee of $8 should be paid for each guest. You can record guests in any of three ways: 1) include your guest in your on-line reservation; 2) record guests in the handwritten sign-up sheet in the clubhouse; or 3) send an email to actonindoortennis@gmail.com. The first method is only available prior to play, but the second and third methods are always available. Failure to record guests is considered a serious violation of club rules and could jeopardize your continued membership
Compliance with Covid-19 rules is important! We are still in the pandemic and the club can be shut down by the Board of Health if we fail to comply with mask and social distancing rules!
Covid-19 Measures
- If you feel at all ill, do not come to the club!
- The Acton Health Director recommended that any members who test positive for coronavirus let their town’s health department know and inform the club. You can let the club know at actonindoortennis@gmail.com. The Health Director told us that our on-line reservation system is potentially a valuable tool in contact tracing if a member contracts Covid-19.
- The club has purchased and installed touch-free hand sanitizer stands inside the entrance door to the clubhouse and on each of the indoor courts. Per the Health Director, everyone is required to use hand sanitizer upon entering the clubhouse and on leaving the court.
- The club will provide disinfecting wipes in the clubhouse and on the courts. Members are required to wipe down door knobs and similar high-touch surfaces as they leave the club.
- Masks must be worn at all times in the clubhouse.
- The clubhouse is small, making social distancing difficult. Under Massachusetts Covid-19 guidance, only four people are allowed in an area the size of the clubhouse. This creates problems during court changeovers. We ask members to minimize their time in the clubhouse by waiting outside until their reserved court time and going directly through the clubhouse and to the courts after the prior group clears the clubhouse.
- Between court changeovers, members can use the clubhouse in accordance with Massachusetts guidelines. Masks must be worn and no more than four people can stay in the clubhouse at one time. An example of use consistent with Massachusetts guidelines would be a parent waiting in the clubhouse while their child takes a tennis lesson from Ali. Tables and chairs must be disinfected with wipes or spray if you use the clubhouse.
- State guidelines require that the bathrooms be cleaned daily, which is not practical for our member-run club. Working with the Health Director, we have developed an alternative plan. We will provide spray bottles with hydrogen peroxide in the bathroom stalls and at the sinks. Members are required to spray surfaces with hydrogen peroxide after they have used them.
- In compliance with Massachusetts state guidelines, the showers in the clubhouse are closed.
- The club’s insurance coverage specifically excludes harm from viruses. In order to protect the club and the club’s directors, we will ask all members, guests, and visitors to sign a Covid-19 release form that holds the club and directors harmless if the member contracts Covid-19.
Board of Directors
Acton Indoor Tennis Association
Mission Statement
The Acton Indoor Tennis Club is one of a small number of non‐profit tennis clubs in Massachusetts and the United States. As a primarily volunteer‐based organization, it is dedicated to the promotion of affordable life‐long tennis. All revenues received are invested back into the club. The club relies on its membership to contribute to the club and requires a basic commitment of time and talents by ALL members to maintain and improve the club. As a non‐profit, the club also depends on its membership to recommend new members and grow the club as needed.
Welcome
The AITA (Acton Bubble) is a non-profit club, run by the members for the members. We are celebrating over 50th year. We have:
The Acton Bubble offers both indoor memberships (October - April) and summer memberships (May - September). Summer membership includes access to our four clay courts as well as our two indoor courts when weather does not permit outdoor play. 
Did you know?
The club now has WiFi connection for its members? Check out the bulletin board at the club for details! |
Members CornerWatch for new Clay court lightsClub manager Peter Burhoe has arranged to have the outdoor lights upgraded to LED lighting. We do not yet have a specific repair date, but the new lights are on order.
New Indoor Courts
Our resurfacing project was recently completed in September 2019, just in time for indoor season. You will find a more comfortable surface with truer bounces on the indoor courts. Thanks to the support and patience of our membership during this process. 
What new at the club?
We have installed a AED (Automated External Defibrillator) It is located in the club house above the telephone.
2019 Club Mixed Doubles tournamentJune 1st 2019
Level 1 winners
Peter Burhoe Nammon Gross with runners up Jun tian & Jingson Li
Club Photos - click here for photos
Are things looking brighter?
This week all the light in the bubble have replaced with new LED lights. This is all part of the energy saver program with our electric provider. Enjoy! |
