Club News – 11th September 2020

Hi everyone,

Thanks

• Many thanks to our club members who have continued to pay club fees despite not knowing when we would return.
• We are very grateful for this support and would understand if you change your mind at this time.

JWSC

• At the moment we have had no further updates from JWSC on when we are likely to return to the facility.
• While other clubs admittedly some with their own premises and others in schools are up and running in some capacity.
• We still await confirmation from South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture on dates we can plan ahead for in the first instance.
• On our return we think given the guidelines our set up will be similar to those in links below.
  • https://youtu.be/06X7b_1MEQI
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zR7l7kFwVw&feature=youtu.be

Club Coaches

• On a positive note the club coaches have been meeting on a weekly basis to discuss the guidelines and plan for our return.
• We do face challenges in implementing the guidelines as does every other club and facility but we will get there.
• Delighted we have put in place as requested by Table Tennis Scotland two Covid Officers Fergus and Keith to ensure that we have everything in place.
• At the moment we have recovery plans, risk assessment templates and have purchased the necessary equipment to ensure we have a safe return when the time comes.

School links

• We are hoping in the coming weeks to provide club videos for our local schools to help promote the sport and our club.
• Robbie and Luke have agreed to help in putting together the videos which we hope will help encourage school pupils to take up the sport.

Club Social Media

• In the coming weeks we will feature on our club social media pages information on what we do as a club and why we do it.
• League ladder, Senior league squad, Butterfly Skills Club App etc.
  • https://twitter.com/ekttc
  • https://ektabletennis.com

First Aid

• Brendan and I completed our refresher first aid courses online last Saturday.
• While Chris and Robbie will update their certificates on 19th September.

Finally

• Missing TT? Here’s a podcast Sunday Table Tennis Live worth a listen involving top coaches and players
  • https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ttfit/id1516275819
• Trick shot for those with a table at home -enjoy.
  • https://www.instagram.com/p/CEUe0AsniTp/?igshid=1oiq9eukekui7

Thanks for your support

Peter