Senior cricket training starts – Thursday, November 5

Greetings Moonee Valley players,

The Council has given us access to Ormond Park to commence training, and our first session is Thursday, November 5.

Coach Glen Courts and Vice President Mark Gauci will be at the ground from 4.30pm, and will be overseeing training as well as initial COVID-19 compliance.

There are strict requirements from the Victorian Government and from Cricket Victoria to enable us to return to play, and they have been endorsed by our Associations.

Training will be held each Tuesday and Thursday, and we will consider further sessions if required.

While we have access to the ground, we still do not have access to the rooms, and won’t until the Council completes the cleaning and handover from the winter season.

*There will be no changing room access, so players should come dressed ready to train.

*Sanitizer will be provided at the ground, and players are expected to sanitize hands on a regular basis.

*Any shared equipment has to be sanitized before it can be passed to anyone else.

*Balls will need to be regularly sanitized.

*Social distancing is required, and players are required to wear masks at all times unless batting, bowling and participating in drills which require exertion.

*We all have masks from the lockdown, so players should bring their own mask.

*Players MUST sign in and sign out with the QR code – and this can be done on mobile phones.

*Under the return to play provisions, players MUST train in groups of up to 11 on each night, and are not allowed to mingle or interchange with the other groups at the session.

*Anyone who feels ill or has any symptoms of COVID-19 must stay away from Ormond Park and other players, and as per Government directives should get tested.

 See you at training.

Charlie Walker.
President,
Moonee Valley Cricket Club