Communication from Joint CEO’s YCCGBA Date 23.10.20
Audience : Districts: Please forward to all Leagues and Clubs In your area:
Covid 19 Update following new Government announcement
In addition to the phase three guidance we now have the ‘Tier’ system to deal with, Districts/clubs running winter leagues etc should pay particular attention to the guidance issued which is on the Sport England Link below
The YCCGBA Executive are being requested to make decisions on specific situations that clubs and districts are encountering, it is sometimes very difficult to give definitive answers, we therefore would suggest you refer to the current guidelines for your area on the various government and local authority websites.
Good practice going forward would be for any club running events to use the NHS track and Trace system and display the QR code that is available, the link for a QR poster is below
https://www.gov.uk/create-coronavirus-qr-poster
Whilst it would be difficult to enforce 100% we actively encourage you to use this system, for bowlers and visitor who do not have the facility to check in on this system you need to ensure you have their correct details, (I.E are their phone details correct? There have been some instances where incorrect phone numbers have been given either deliberately or mistakenly, it is better to have too much information rather than wrong information).
Sport England Funding
Whilst not available to everyone there is another fund from Sport England for Grants in getting people back to sport.
We will leave it up to you to decide if you qualify we are just providing the link.
Meetings
YCCGBA will be holding a top table meeting in the next few weeks to discuss next season and a few other topics we will communicate this to districts in due course. Mark Waite has done a lot of preparation for next years calendar and we hope to publish a provisional (We think everything will be provisional ) list by Mid Novmeber.
The response from Districts regarding ZOOM/Team virtual meetings was disappointing, thank you to those who did reply we will discuss this at our next top table meeting.
Please stay safe and keep well
S N Cochrane D Alan Stephenson Joint interim CEO YCCGBA
The Halifax Association, Halifax League & Sowerby Bridge League have postponed all AGM's until 2021. This is due to the current Covid 19 restrictions. Stay Safe & Stay well.......Secretary Peter Martin
Sowerby Bridge League 4 Person Final
At West End 20th September 1pm
Hipperholme “A” Defy the Odds
Author John Beard
On a lovely sunny afternoon Hipperholme “A” defeated Pellon “A” by 99 – 80 to collect the Malcolm Edmondson Memorial Trophy and a share of the sizeable prize money, thanks to our kind competition sponsor Mrs Linda Stewart.
In their semi final they faced a strong looking Mytholmroyd team. In the first game Simon Clayton and Shaun Frewin fought out a close game, with Simon just shading it after 13 ends 11-6. A run of 9 chalks saw Shaun hit the lead and after a few exchanges looked to be heading for the win at 19-15 but Simon had other ideas coming back strong to run out.
Halifax League 4 Person Final at Hove Edge 13th September 1pm
A Breeze for Elland WMC
Elland won the final at Hove Edge with all 4 players scoring maximum points, winning by 87-70 (including handicap) against Brighouse in the Semi Final and 87-52 in the final against Akroydon Victoria.
The first Semi-final game for Elland was Bob Hitchen v Mark Regan and as expected it was an epic battle Hitchen got the better start and was soon up 7-3, Regan then struck back to lead 14-9 Bob levelled at 14 across only for Regan to up his game and lead 18-14, again Bob hit back as Mark was reduced to score only 1 more point, first game to Elland and Bob 21-19. The 2nd game looked a bit one sided with Mark Connolly leading Paul Ingleby by 7-4, 11-7, 15-10 and 18-14 before Paul found a good length to score 3 consecutive 2’s to go to all but, Mark then got in with 2 singles and the scores were level at all but across, but it was Paul’s game as he won 21-20. The 3rd instalment was Jack Dyson who raced into an 11-1 lead against Danny Fountain. It was nip and tuck for the rest of the game with Danny scoring 11 points to Jack’s 10, and this give Jack the victory of 21-12. The 4th game was also a bit one sided with James Senior never really losing control against John Horsley, James only allowed John to keep the Jack once running out a comfortable 21-8 winner. Match to Elland.
Communication from Joint CEO’s YCCGBA Date 12.09.20
Audience : Districts: Please forward to all Leagues and Clubs In your area:
Covid 19 Update following new Government announcement
Following the recent announcement and changes to Covid Legislation, on the advice of the BCGBA, we can confirm clubs can continue to offer organised bowling activities in a Covid safe manner as contained in our earlier Phase 3 announcement which falls within the sporting exemption allowed. However, please note the YCCGBA does not accept any responsibility for any Covid infections that may arise from bowling activities.
Clubs should continue to follow the Phase 3 guidance and be aware that this is now backed up by the legislation changes. You can continue to take part in organised outdoor sports when restrictions on social gatherings are introduced from Monday 14th September.