On the morning of everyday a player is to partake in:
- Individuals should undergo a personal symptom check prior to all activity and not take part if they demonstrate any COVID-19 symptoms.
- Check emails / Herts Cricket Website / Twitter to ensure that the scheduled event is still taking place
- Please drop off your child promptly at the allocated time where upon they should go directly to their specified pitch. If at all possible, nobody else should get out of your car to avoid too many people congregating in the same area.
- Players to turn up ready to play. No changing room facilities are available.
What you will need for the day:
- No sharing of equipment so players to bring all their own equipment
- All activity should include regular hygiene breaks for participants' hands and the ball, e.g. every six overs or 20 minutes. Hertfordshire Cricket will provide hand sanitiser but request that all players have a miniature bottle on their person where possible at all time.
- Batters to clean their bat when leaving the field of play. Hertfordshire Cricket will have some antibacterial wipes for this purpose but recommend that parents supply their child with some in their bag that they are happy to be used on their bat. Hertfordshire Cricket accepts no liability for any damage wipes may cause to bats.
- All players to bring a picnic blanket or beach towel to sit on to ensure social distancing of 2m when not of the field of play.
- Players will need enough food and drink for the day as the kitchen and bar will not be open. Please bring plenty of water (frozen filled bottles or insulated drinks bottles will help to keep it cool in hot weather).
- If it rains there will be no indoor facilities so please pack a rain coat and an umbrella / cover for your belongings.
During the day:
- All groups limited to a maximum of 30 people, including coaches and officials (per pitch).
- Where two pitches are being used the groups must stay separate at all times and not mix in anyway.
- All activity should include regular hygiene breaks for participants' hands and the ball, e.g. every six overs or 20 minutes.
- Players should remain socially distanced at all times (In England only: Wicket keepers & Slip fielders at 1m+).
- Players should minimise handling of the ball in all activity, by limiting contact as it makes its way back to the bowler and using small groups in training; no sweat or saliva should be added to the ball at any time.
- Limit the sharing of equipment where possible. Where not possible, practice strict hand hygiene.
- Batters to run in distinct running lanes to ensure they’re not within 2m of the bowler or their batting partner.
- Spectators are discouraged from attending at this time. If they do attend, we request that they watch from the other side of the pitch to where the players / coaches are and do not enter any area specified for participants only. THERE WILL BE NO TOILET OR CATERING FACILITIES OPEN FOR PARENTS / SPECTATORS
At the end of the day:
Please collect your child promptly at the allocated time. If at all possible, please wait in your car for your child to avoid too many people congregating in the same area.
NHS Test and Trace:
Hertfordshire Cricket will keep a record of attendees at a match/session, including contact details, to support NHS Test and Trace.
The full ECB COVID-19 PLAN FOR JUNIOR & OPEN-AGE CRICKET can be found here
The HCL Guidelines can also be downloaded below.
