Posts from — May 2020

All members are to be reminded that the Clubhouse is currently not to be used for any activity until further notice. This is following advice from both England Athletics and the Government. 

As soon as further updates are received the Committee will communicate this to all members.

Please also be advised that the landline at the Clubhouse is no longer operational. Should anyone wish to contact the Clubhouse please use the following number: 07401 153748.

Dear All

I hope you are all well and getting by in these difficult times.

Whilst we are all keen to get back to training as soon as it is safe to do so the wellbeing of all coaches, athletes and the wider community is the clubs top priority.

I have had a look at the current advice from England Athletics and have tried to pick out the main points. However I would recommend that all members read the EA documents, which can be found here https://www.englandathletics.org/

The current guidance relates only to outdoor activity only therefore the clubhouse and gym will remain closed until further guidance is issued.

At this stage EA advise that no group activity takes place due to the requirements of social distancing. At this point in time athletics and running coaching activity can only take place on a one to one basis i.e. one coach and one athlete or two athletes with no coach present. If the individual is under 18 then a parent needs to be present due to the nature of 1-2-1 coaching restrictions currently. Two athletes, who do not need to be from the same household, can go for a run together as long as they observe social distancing and all current Government COVID-19 guidance.  

Any return to activity will require a risk assessment by the coach, athlete and where relevant parents. Any risk assessment would include mitigations and plans in the event of the activity not going as expected. This will include planning for scenarios such as an athlete sustaining an injury and the need to support that athlete whilst maintain social distance.

There is much more detailed information on the individual athletes responsibilities in the EA documents which I encourage you to read.

Best Wishes

Dave

Please find attached the result of the Hillingdon AC May Virtual 5K Training Race.

There was an impressive 66 finishers (compared to 68 last month), including 16 who didn’t compete last month.

These virtual races will continue in this format (next one Thursday 11 June) until we are able to hold them for “real”. Bring it on. Gavin Collett

Results

Following the success of last month’s race when there were 68 finishers, next Thursday 14 May is the next Hillingdon AC Virtual 5K Training Race.

On Thursday (anytime of day), use can use your permitted period of exercise to blast out a fairly accurate 5K; it can be from home, round the actual 5K route, the woods, anywhere permitted under government guidelines. It must be on Thursday though, so you can’t have repeated attempts throughout the week.

Then send your time (minutes & seconds) and date of birth by email to gavin.collett@jti.com by 8pm that day and I’ll produce a “race” result on Friday. There is no need to send me any proof, description of course or links to any others site such as Garmin, Strava, I won’t open them. I trust you all! Please also indicate if you have walked the whole way with no running at all.

Any ages, any speed for members, friends and family of Hillingdon AC. Please spread the word.

Also a reminder there is an 8pm clap that night for all key workers (especially our brave members in the NHS, our thoughts are with you), then a quiz on the club’s facebook page at approx. 8.10pm.

Stay safe everyone, miss you all.

Gavin