To ensure your safety and to support both our club and our opponents please read and follow the current ECB guidelines, which can be found in the links below, when preparing to play this weekend:
https://resources.ecb.co.uk/ecb/document/2021/07/19/7ffa4576-6c88-41ff-b2db-f56d4b1fc925/Cricket-Matches-in-Step-4-In-England-1-.pdf
https://resources.ecb.co.uk/ecb/document/2021/06/30/f7487914-eb1d-4218-b36d-967aa2b99bed/Decision-Making-Framework-for-Clubs-and-Leagues-24.06.21.pdf
https://resources.ecb.co.uk/ecb/document/2021/07/21/0bd2525e-e590-4fae-b9c4-d3b875fb4891/COVID-19-FAQs-July-2021.pdf
Further information can be found on the ECB website but some of the main points that we and our opponents are following are:
1) Participants are to adhere to current government Covid-19 guidance and not turn up or play if they are suffering from any symptoms.
2) Participants are to adhere to current public health and social distancing restrictions and avoid high risk behaviour.
3) Participants should bring their own hand sanitizer where possible and maintain strict and frequent hand hygiene measures at all times.
4) Changing rooms will only be open subject to government guidelines so participants should arrival fully changed and ready to play.
5) There will be 6 over breaks to sanitize the ball which the home team captain is responsible for.
6) All participants should sanitize their hands prior to the start of the activity and during any game breaks.
7) Equipment should not be shared unless between household members.
8) No items to be handed to the umpire and players must place them behind the boundary themselves.
9) Only the umpire can replace the bails.
10) No spitting and no sweat or saliva is to be applied to the ball at any time. Run penalties can be award to the opposition for not adhering to this rule.
11) No teas or group drinks breaks. Players should bring their own food and drink and not share drinking vessels.
12) In the event of rain participants should return to their cars.
13) Please ensure that the match day captain has your contact telephone number in case of the need to track and trace anyone in the future and when arriving at the facility check-in by scanning the NHS QR Code where displayed.
Sunday's venue is:
High Beach CC, Pepper Alley, Mott Street, High Beach, Near Loughton, Essex, IG10 4AP
Additional Directions (as the ground can be tricky to find):
From the Waltham Abbey M25 jct25-26 take the turn off the roundabout for Epping and Loughton A121,proceed along the road Woodridden Hill, and take the right hand turn at the cross roads just after the Volunteer Pub on the right, marked High Beach, continue up the hill which passes though Epping Forest and eventually comes to a clearing with the Kings Oak Pub(on the left),this is a forked junction, please keep straight on along the road, past the tea hut and were the cars park, don't take the road past the pub, carry straight on for approximately another 350 meters though the forest until you reach the cross roads, again straight over into Mott Street, which this is sign posted, Lippets Hill, at the next fork in the road keep straight on again (you will see Wallsgrove House) remain in Mott Street, for approximately 125 meters or so, ahead is Pepper Alley which is on the left hand side of the road, at the brow of the hill, The club is at the end of the alley/bridle-path.
Meet time is 12:30 pm sharp for a game starting at 1:00 pm.
As there are no tea costs this weeks match fees will be £5.00 waged / £2.50 unwaged.
Please pay your match fee to this weeks captain.
In play and break time Twitter updates will be available as normal (@RosaneriCricket).