Welcome back Everyone
UPDATE | RETURN TO PLAY GUIDANCE (STEP TWO)
9th April, 2021 by Matt Wordingham
We are pleased to share with you the latest ‘Return to Play’ guidance ahead of the move to ‘Step 2’ on Monday 12 April.
The key changes for our sport at Step 2 are:
- Outdoor hospitality can open in accordance with the government guidance on hospitality settings
- Changing rooms can be opened, but participants should be encouraged to avoid or minimise use where possible. Participants should socially distance whilst in changing rooms. Subject to available space, more than one household can use changing facilities at one time but they must not mix and must adhere to capacity limits set by the club. Face coverings should be worn at all times when indoors
- Travel should be minimised but can take place for the purpose of sport and physical activity. Car sharing, however, is not permitted
- Spectators are only allowed on public land, where they must adhere to social gathering limits either in groups of six or two households
- Further flexibility has been provided with regard to playing formats and arrangements
We are keen to ensure that affiliated clubs can reopen safely and responsibly as we look forward to the 2021 season. We have been working with our development arm, the Bowls Development Alliance, to create a number of resources to support clubs. You can find out more about our ‘Back to Bowls’ resources here.
GET YOURSELVES READY – BOWLS IS BACK!
26th March, 2021 by Matt Wordingham
Lawn bowls as an outdoor sport may resume from Monday 29th March (Step 1), as part of the government’s roadmap to ease lockdown restrictions in England.
The return of sport and physical activity is vital to the physical and mental health of the nation, and we know our sport has a big role to play in providing an opportunity for outdoor activity as the lockdown restrictions ease.
The guidance we have developed below for our affiliated clubs supplements the Government guidance by covering situations specific to the sport of lawn bowls:
- Click here to view our ‘Return to Play’ guidance
- Click here to view our ‘Covid-19 Risk Assessment’ for clubs (PDF)
- Click here to view our ‘Covid-19 Risk Assessment’ for clubs (Microsoft Word)
Earlier this week we shared share with you in full our revised domestic competitions programme for 2021, offering our competitive bowlers the opportunity to compete in a Covid-friendly manner.
To provide additional support to enable affiliated clubs open safely, we are working in collaboration with the Bowls Development Alliance (BDA), British Crown Green Bowling Association and Disability Bowls England to develop resources for affiliated clubs under the banner ‘Back to Bowls’.
Bowls’ Big Weekend, taking place over the Spring Bank Holiday of the 2021 season (Friday 28th to Monday 31st May), is our national initiative offering clubs the opportunity to promote our welcoming and socially-distanced sport and attract new members. To ensure that you are the first to receive notification when new material is available, sign-up here.
If your club is not affiliated to Bowls England, please email us at clubs@bowlsengland.com and we can take you through the affiliation process, including connecting you with your County Association. The Club Services section on our website explores all of the benefits and explains how our clubs can make the most of affiliation.
We can’t wait to see you all back on the green!
I’m am going to organise a work party for the 12th April at 10am so please let me know who will be available thank you.
Tony.
The Club has a new sound system Alexa, just say ALEXA play music by Abba and it will play, or ask for the news and weather. But always say ALEXA to get its attention first.
A bottle of hand sanitiser will be in the clubhouse for your use.
Betty Gillam will temporarily take over the role of welfare officer.
New bowls shirts will cost £25 each, ask Rita.
Free coaching and taster sessions are available at the club, please come along and have a go.
County Championships and Competitions can be found on the Sussex County Bowls Website, http://www.sussexcb.co.uk
The Brighton and Hove District League can be found on the Website, http://www.brightonandhoveleague.co.uk
The Brighton,Hove abd District Women’s Bowling League Website, http://bhdwomensbowlsleague.uk/