WPA ANNOUNCEMENT
Novel Coronavirus
(COVID-19)
UPDATE – 21/08/2020
I hope you and you families are continuing to stay safe and well.
In an effort to return to some competitive play, a “trial” event was held last Sunday, 16th August, with 8 doubles playing in accordance with the WPA’s published guidance.
We received some invaluable feedback both on the day and subsequently, for which we are very grateful.
The EC met yesterday and reviewed the outcome of this trial event. We have waited until today to publish our findings and update our Guidelines in order to see if the Welsh Government’s latest review contained anything that may affect our decisions (for example, we are aware that the WSA had submitted a recommendation to the WG to increase the size of organised outdoor gatherings, and reduce the 2m social-distancing regulation to 1m+).
As a result of our findings and the subsequent discussions, we have decided that we are happy to allow Clubs to make use of all their pistes PROVIDED they have sufficient space at the edges and ends of their playing area to establish “safe havens”, where players can stand while their opponents are playing. Please note, however, that if there is insufficient space to create these “safe havens”, the current guidance which only permits play on every-other piste MUST be retained.
Our Guidelines for Clubs have been updated to reflect this, and contain an explanatory diagram, and can be found on our COVID-19 Webpage.
The Executive has contacted all Clubs to ask for their availability to host a number of National events and will be publishing a Calendar in the very near future.
In the meantime, we appreciate your ongoing patience, and hope you and your families stay healthy.
REMEMBER:
#KEEP WALES SAFE