A RETURN TO CONTACT TRAINING

21 JULY 2020

On the 18th July the FA published new Covid-19 guidelines for re-starting outdoor competitive grassroots football.

Once the UK Government gave approval for outdoor competitive grassroots football and training sessions to re-start, our Club Welfare & Safeguarding Officer started putting plans in place to ensure we could get our players back on the pitch safely and within these guidelines.

Managers were informed of the new guidelines, and with a thorough track and trace procedure in place full contact training re-commenced on Monday 21st July – much to the delight of everyone involved in the club.

Our managers and assistants have done a fantastic job of working with their teams in bubbles, and tailoring their training sessions to meet the original guidelines – but being able to see full teams training and playing together (and lots of smiles on faces!) has been great to see. 

You can read the full FA guidelines, and our Club’s Covid-19 Risk Assessment document here.