With the current pandemic doing the rounds, things could literally change on a day to day basis. As of today, Sunday 15th March, here is where we currently stand.
All games remain on as normal, and in some parts are being actively encouraged as partaking in excercise helps protect the body from viral disease. If and when the government make the step up to the next level, that’s when things will almost undoubtedly change.
The current understanding is that you have to be within 2 metres of someone who has the illness for a period of 15 minutes in order for you to be in danger of picking up the virus. We don’t believe that happens in a game of football, and therefore games can go ahead as normal.
What we do ask is that any players from any teams who are displaying the symptoms of a dry cough and a fever should not come down to the centre as a precaution. If this means in the short term that we end up losing a few more games than normal as teams struggle to find the numbers, so be it.
One other thing, in an ideal world we would want as many players as possible to either pay by card or contactless payment, or to bring the correct payment to avoid potential transfer via handling of money. At least at the end of the night we can wash our hands after we’ve done our banking!
We are determined to be as responsible as we can throughout this difficult time. In the short term future people may not have the freedom to do as many things as they normally would due to the risks involved, but for now we think that what we offer doesn’t offer up the same level of risk as some of these other things, so fill your boots!
