Drummond Questions and Answers

1. Has Drummond the best location of any tennis club in Edinburgh?

2. How much does it cost to join the best club in Edinburgh?

3. When I join do I have to pay a joining fee as well as a membership fee?

4. Can I join if I am really really useless at tennis?

5. If I turn up at the club by myself can I join in.

6. Can I play whenever I like and are the courts busy?

7. Can I sit and watch people play tennis

8. Can I play tennis and leave my children to run around and amuse themselves?

9. Is there a  shower.

10. Do I need to water the courts before I play or is there a system installed that waters automatically at night?

11. Can I bring food down to cook, reheat or BBQ?

12. Is there a kitchen?

13. Do I need to wash all my dirty dishes or is there a Dishwasher?

14. Is the water okay to drink and has there been a new water pipe installed directly from the new mains supply in the road to the clubhouse?

15. Is there a practice court for kids where I can play short tennis with my kids?

16. Is there a practice court for kids where I can play table tennis?

17. What do I do if Jimmy Thomson turns up?

18. What do I do if Jimmy Thomson speaks to me?

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    Has Drummond the best location of any Tennis Club in Edinburgh ... ?

    1. Yes

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    How much does it cost ?

    2. We try to keep the membership fees as low as possible. Adult membership is £75 for 2009 season with no joining fee for new members. Full prices for kids and juniors here 

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    When I join do I have to pay a joining fee as well as membership fee?

    3. At Drummond we try to make all our fees as low and affordable as possible. We do have a lot of new members every year and to encourage even more we decided to abolish the unpopular joining fee in 2005  There is no joining fee at Drummond.

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    Can I play in the East of Scotland Leagues for Drummond?

    4. Yes, info here

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    Can I join if I am really really useless at tennis?

    5. Yes, we encourage all standards including complete beginners. The courts are underused despite having approximately 150 members so it is always possible to find a free court.  

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    If I turn up at the club by myself can I join in?

    6. Yes.

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    Can I play whenever I like and are the courts busy?

    7. Yes, you will have keys to the club grounds, clubhouse and courts. 

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    Can I sit and watch people play whilst enjoying a beer or glass of wine 

    8.Yes, we have lots of benches and sitting around areas with elevated views of both courts.

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    Can I play tennis and leave my children to run around and amuse themselves?

    9. Yes, no problem.

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    Is there a shower to use?

    10. Yes. 

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    Do I need to water the courts before I play.

    11. No need to water the courts as we have an automatic system that comes on at night.

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    Can I bring food down to cook, reheat or BBQ?

    12. Yes, we have an oven, Hob and gas BBQ.

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    Is there a kitchen?

    13. Yes there was a new kitchen fitted in 2006.

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    Do I need to wash my dirty dishes or is there a built in Dishwasher?

    14. There is a dishwasher. Please feel free to stack it or empty it whenever you like.

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    Is it okay to drink the tap water?

    15. Yes, there was a new mains water supply pipe fitted in 2007. The water tastes bootiful.

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    Is there a practice court where I can play short tennis with my kids?

    16. Yes.

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    Is there a practice court where I can play table tennis?

    17. Yes, we have an outdoor full size table tennis table.

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    What do I do if Jimmy Thomson turns up?

    18. Please submit your answer to this question.

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    What do I do if Jimmy Thomson speaks to me?

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