Last weekend Field Hockey satisfied the requirements for England Hockey’s “Level 4” in returning from Coronavirus

Late on Friday afternoon, England Hockey successfully demonstrated to the UK Government’s Department of Culture Media and Sport that field hockey can safely be played at Level 4 of EH’s Return to Play plan. This covers playing competitive hockey as well as “local” fixtures taking place.

https://twitter.com/EnglandHockey/status/1291808050601504768

How This Affects Us

Lindum Hockey Club is continuing with our previously announced plans to trial hockey training at the Lindum Sports Association in the coming weeks, for 1st and 2nd team players. Now that we are in a position that the UK Government have allowed larger numbers on the pitch we are currently aiming to meet Level 4, providing the resources being planned are put in place in time and we have full sign-off from the Lindum Sports Association.

In the meantime we, as hockey players and participants, all have new guidance and further tasks to complete before we can return to the hockey pitch.

Alongside the advice provided in the above video, there is also the following guidance from England Hockey;

• Step 4 guidance in full
• Poster: The key facts
• Advice for participants
• Advice for coaches
• Covid Officer guidelines
• Advice for facility operators
• Advice for umpires
• Step 4 Risk Assessment
• Updated FAQs

All club members wishing to participate in hockey this year must be;

• Registered with the club (this will open shortly)
• A paid member, through this year’s Covid Membership
• Signed up England Hockey’s Participation agreement, to assist with Track & Trace

Club Training

Should the upcoming trials with training be successful then the club will be announcing how the rest of the club – where club members feel safe enough themselves – can also begin training again.

We’re also hoping for further clarification, as time goes on, as to what will happen with the anticipated beginning of the league hockey season this year.