COVID-19 and Seniors Golf at Warley Park
17th March 2020
Discussions have taken place with the Club and within the Seniors Committee about how we should respond to visiting and playing golf at Warley Park. The club is currently preparing its response and guidance, but at this stage the club/course remains open for play. You can expect some formal information from the club in the near future.
Obviously it is for everyone to make their own decision about continuing to participate in golf or not, until or if, more specific guidance or direction is given, but for the present, the agreed actions in relation to Seniors’ golf activities are:
Worrying times for all, but hopefully community golf, with its proven benefits for both physical and mental health, will be seen as one of the few sports that can continue be played with sensible safeguards, by those that choose to do so.
Obviously it is for everyone to make their own decision about continuing to participate in golf or not, until or if, more specific guidance or direction is given, but for the present, the agreed actions in relation to Seniors’ golf activities are:
- That Inter- Club matches, until at least end of April, will be cancelled.
- That all Seniors competitions, including Mondays Four Season Cup 1, will continue. Keith Regan will be issuing more guidance shortly, but in the meantime do not use the Club terminal for entering etc. Please use the HowDidiDo (Website or App) or email Mike Trett direct.
- The Swindle will continue to operate with the range of precautions that were set out in the recent email from Gordon (quoted below). That guidance will be updated as required and of course applies equally to competition play insofar as social distancing and contact is covered.
Worrying times for all, but hopefully community golf, with its proven benefits for both physical and mental health, will be seen as one of the few sports that can continue be played with sensible safeguards, by those that choose to do so.
Suggested sensible precautions for Swindle games:
- No one with any symptoms to turn up.
- No need to go into the club house
- Meet in the car park at 7.55 ready for golf.
- Maintain the personal distance advice and no contact approach to both sorting groups and playing.
- All to manage their own game ie no picking up others ball, tees etc.
- Leave the flag in.
- No cash exchanges and one card marker in each group.
- All to leave without an expectation of socialising inside (UNLESS YOU CHOOSE TO).
- The card marker to send the Swindle Organiser the scores for their players by email or text.