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AITA outdoor clay courts to open with restrictions ( indoor courts Open October 1st, 2020 )

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has posted information specific to tennis at their COVID-19 webpage.

Note on Guests
The Board of Directors has agreed to allow members to host guests.  If you bring a guest to the courts, be sure to list your guest on your on-line reservation or on the sign-up sheet in the clubhouse.  An $8 guest fee will be added to your regular monthly bill each time you have a guest.

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 The following Covid-19 measures have been updated from previous versions based on information from the Acton Health Director.  They are based on Massachusetts Covid-19 “Safety Standards for Youth and Adult Amateur Sports Activities – Phase III, Step 1 (Amended 8.13.20).”  The guidelines are posted at https://www.mass.gov/info-details/executive-office-of-energy-and-environmental-affairs-eea-covid-19-guidance-documents#youth-and-adult-amateur-sports-activities-

  1. If you feel at all ill, do not come to the club!
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Masks must be worn at all times in the clubhouse.  Please put on your mask before entering the clubhouse—that is, outside before you enter the club or on the court before you exit the courts. 
  6. 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. 
  7. In order to reduce traffic through the clubhouse, the changeover time for Court 1 will be on the hour or half-hour; the changeover time for Court 2 will be 5 past the hour or half-hour.  Please keep track of time and observe the correct changeover time for your court.  We are going to monitor how this works and will make changes if there is too much traffic in the clubhouse.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. In compliance with Massachusetts state guidelines, the showers in the clubhouse are closed.
  11. Some members have asked whether masks should be worn by all players at all times, including while playing.  The state guidelines applicable to our facility do not require masks since six-foot distancing is normal with tennis.  Wearing a mask can be problematic for some players, including those who wear eyeglasses.  Some claim that a strip of adhesive tape along the top of your mask will help prevent your glasses from fogging.
  12. Some members have expressed concerns about doubles play.  The Health Director assured us that doubles is OK under state guidelines.  The director explained that standing closer than six feet while not wearing a mask is considered problematic only when it last 15 minutes or more.  She said it is not a problem if doubles partners occasionally pass within six feet of each other.
  13. 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.
Tracking Court Time Last year, we transitioned from billing based on the court sign-up sheets in the clubhouse to billing based on the on-line reservations.  That change was quite successful and this year we are going to eliminate the daily sign-in sheets.  Please make your on-line reservations as accurate as possible, being sure to list all members to be billed for court time as well as any guests.  Reservations can be altered up until playing time, but not after.  We will provide a new sign-in sheet in the clubhouse for making corrections or additions to the information in your on-line reservation.  So if you have a last-minute substitution or guest, or play longer than the time you booked, please use that sheet to record your correction.  We will use that information to update the on-line reservation and ensure that billing is correct.

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: 

  •   Two indoor courts and four outdoor clay    courts (two with lights)
  •   Full-time tennis pro Ali Madani
  •   Showers and lounge area
  •   Tennis leagues for men and women
  •   24-hour court reservation service
  •   Annual club tournament

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 Corner

New Indoor Courts
Our resurfacing project was recently completed in September, 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.

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What new at the club?
We have installed a AED (Automated External Defibrillator)

It is located in the club house above the telephone.
Congratulations to our all our Spring league teams for a successful season but especial to our B2 Team for moving up to B1. Beating Bedford by 1 game 22 to 21.

2019 Club Mixed Doubles tournament

June 1st 2019
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  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!