COVID 19 – Club Update

Kilmarnock Harriers AC

Covid 19 Update

Return to Activity

 

Kilmarnock Harriers AC have been working closely with East Ayrshire Leisure to explore options around restarting athletics activities at the Ayrshire Athletics Arena during Phase 3 of the Scottish Government .

On Thursday 9^th July the government announced that we are moving into Phase 3 of their exit strategy, which relaxes some of the restrictions. This stage allows for up to five households to meet up. This linked to the relaxations for U11 and U17 young people, gives us hope that we can restart some club coaching sessions.

The club are hopeful that activity can be organised and started in early August, given no further restrictions being imposed. The club realise that this may be disappointing for some athletes, but there are several processes we must embed in what we do, before training starts.

The current scottishathletics guidance states that clubs can have no more than ten athletes between 12 & 17 years old in any one group (social distance measures), 11 years and below is a max of eight. At present all adult running and fitness groups cannot exceed the maximum of people from five households.

There are restrictions on numbers, venue and equipment, which have to be considered before the restart:

• Reduced numbers allowed in the AAA, as per SAL ratios
• Reduced sessions for athletes
• Additional cleaning and hygiene processes to be followed
• Restricted access for vehicles at the AAA – no vehicle access to the turning area
  • One-way system for drop off and pick up only, no waiting
• No waiting within the arena
• Toilet restrictions
• Different training times for groups
• Reduced access times to AAA
• No access to indoor area

As you can see, there are a number of areas that the club have to work on to ensure the safety of all members and families. As the government update the public as to relaxation of the restrictions, we will endeavour to adapt our practices to ensure we offer activity to as many members as possible.

Further updates will be posted on the main website and Facebook page.

Thank for your patience at this difficult time.