The England & Wales Cricket Board has announced a further update on their guidance to Clubs regarding the use of their facilities. We are now able to use all of our practice net facilities.

Availability of Nets

This means, with immediate effect, the availability of the Corfton Road nets for use by Members is as follows:

• Fridays – 5 lanes available from 9.00 a.m. to 4.50 p.m.
• Saturdays and Sundays – 4 lanes available from 12 noon to 7.50 p.m.

Due to Club training and the holiday camps, the practice nets are not available for use by members on Mondays to Thursdays inclusive.

The nets at Popesfield will also continue not to be available for members’ bookings

What you must bring with you and what should you do when you are at the Club

Users of the practice net facilities should bring anything they are going to use with them, including:

Cricket equipment

• Bat
• Ball
• Pads
• Helmet
• Gloves
• Other protective equipment

PPE
Water or other drinks
Hand Sanitiser

Members should avoid sharing any of these items with anyone else, other than a member of their household.

Members coming to Corfton Road should use the Main Gate in Corfton Road when they arrive. Due to ongoing work at the Club, the Main Gate may be closed for a period of several days, in which case entry to the ground should be via the Axbey Gate further up Corfton Road.

Please try to avoid touching any gate when entering the ground. If members are using the nets, they are requested to go over to the net area directly. Members should ideally arrive not more than 5 minutes before their designated time.

Sessions will last 50 minutes and there will be a 10 minute gap between the end of one session and the start of the next session. Please leave immediately following the end of your session.

During sessions, batters should knock the ball back to the bowlers using their bat and should not pick up the ball.

Please note that bowling machines will be under the control of the Club’s coaches. If a member using the Corfton Road nets wishes to use a bowling machine and the coach is not using the bowling machine in their one on one lesson, then, and only with the agreement of the coach, the member may be allowed to use the bowling machine.

The bowling machine will remain the responsibility of the coach, who will responsible for setting up the machine and putting it away at the end of the day or in the event of bad weather. The coach should not allow the use of a bowling machine unless they are satisfied that the person who is to be using the machine is capable of operating the machine safely and without damage to the machine.

Please note that bowling machine balls are not provided by the Club. If a coach allows the use of their own bowling machine balls, these should be sanitised between use by different individuals.

It is important that while people are at the Club:

• Contact should be avoided, wherever possible, with any of the physical infrastructure at the Club, including the gates when you enter and leave, the net infrastructure and any stumps
• Sweat and spit should not make contact with any cricket ball

When you leave Corfton Road, please use the Kitchen Gate and exit onto Woodville Gardens. Please avoid touching the gate when leaving the ground.

Booking use of the Nets

All sessions must be continue to be booked in advance.

There are two ways in which the practice net facilities can be used:

• One on one session with one of the Club’s coaches
• Net session at Corfton Road

One on One sessions

One on one sessions can only be booked directly with coaches, who have already booked their sessions with the Club. The coach will confirm the location of the session at the time of booking. There is likely to be a charge, payable to the coach (and not to the Club), for one on one sessions.

Details of the Club’s coaches are set out below:

Chad Barrett 07388 245139
Ayzaz Hussain 07956 669292
Damon Wilson 07813 036066
Juan Henri 07549 862406
Leigh Parry 07792 065624
Naomi Dattani 07830 135108
Varun Agnish 07557 027369

Booking use of the Corfton Road Nets

For use of the nets at Corfton Road, bookings can only be made via Louise Chippendale by email to cricket@ealingcc.co.uk. There is no cost.

For an interim period up to 3 August 2020, you must also copy James Grigg – james.grigg@ealingcc.co.uk - on any booking request.

Availability of the nets will be published online at Availability Spreadsheet. Time slots highlighted in Green are available and those in Red are already booked. This will not be 100% live at all times.

Bookings may only be made by members of the Club.

Other safety information

• Please do not come to any of the Club’s grounds for any reason if you are ill or have COVID-19 symptoms, however mild.
• Your attendance at any of the Club’s grounds confirms that no one in your household, nor anyone who you have been in contact with, has experienced any COVID-19 symptoms in the last 14 days.
• Please advise us if you develop COVID-19 symptoms following your visit to any of the Club’s grounds
• Please avoid using public transport when coming to the Club and follow the latest Government travel advice
• Please wear face coverings where social distancing of less than 2 metres is not possible
• The Club is not responsible for your children at any of our grounds when they are not involved in cricket activities and we would be grateful if you ensure that they follow the guidelines we have published