With the restart of Stour Striders Running Club on the 1st September, I need to draw your attention to a number of documents which I have uploaded today. These documents are necessary for Striders to restart safely and are mandated by English Athletics.
Firstly, the COVID-19 Training plan. This document contains important information regarding the restart of Striders which you need to be familiar with prior to attending a training session. Please take time to read the document in full. This document, along with all other documents, can be found under the files section of the Facebook page.
Secondly, the COVID-19 Health Screen Disclaimer. I need you to read, sign and return a copy of this document to me on or before your first training session. This can either be by email StourStridersRC@gmail.com or by hardcopy. This document can be found under the files section of the Facebook page.
Thirdly, the Stour Striders Running Club disclaimer. I need you to read, complete, sign and return a copy of this document to me on or before your first training session. This can either be by email StourStridersRC@gmail.com or by hardcopy.
One further point I need to draw your attention to is your acknowledgement of attendance of a training session. In order to comply with the guidance from English Athletics and the UK Government, the number of runners attending a training session needs to be recorded and controlled to fulfil two primary goals.
Firstly, we must adhere to a maximum ratio of runners to leaders. In order to plan the training session and to ensure leader availability, the number of runners attending each training session must be known prior to session.
Secondly, in order to fulfil our requirement of Track and Trace, we must have an accurate record of who has attended each training session.
In order to achieve the above two points, I must draw your attention to the event invitation that is posted on the events page of the club’s Facebook page for each training session. I must ask you to confirm your attendance prior to each session by selecting either YES or NO from the event invitation. The MAYBE option will be considered a NO and is therefore requested not to be used. Can I please request that you confirm your attendance by no later than the Sunday evening before the training session. By following this guidance, we will know the maximum number of runners attending a session, be able to plan accordingly and have a record for track and trace purposes.
Unfortunately, if you do not respond to the session invitation, we will be unable to let you join the training session.
I appreciate your patience and understanding whilst all of the above has been worked on. We have tried to keep things as simple as possible but unfortunately there are certain procedures that we must adhere to in order to restart Striders successfully.
All of the leaders are very much looking forward to Striders restarting! I would like to thank each of them for their continued support in enabling us to restart this coming Tuesday.
So, all that is left for me to say is a huge thank you to everyone that has helped get Striders back up and running (sigh); I am really looking forward to seeing you all again soon.
All the very best, Lee