Dear Dean squash member,
A few days ago Scottish Squash announced that squash clubs could reopen from Mon 31st Aug, but currently to a very restricted extent, and only if relevant additional restrictions and safety procedures are in place to minimise risk of transfer of infection. This means that for now, play will be restricted to a single player on court at any one time, for exercise and practice. Two players from the same household may play the standard game. 1:1 coaching is allowed if the coach is not on court. Full squash is also allowed between under 12s.
The current guidance to clubs and players is attached below:
https://www.scottishsquash.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/COVID-19-Guidance-for-Squash-Clubs-Players-Coaches-and-Competitions-in-Scotland.-Phase-3-–-Published-26th-August-2020-version-1.pdf
It is our intention to reopen on Thursday 3rd September. This is to give us few days to work through the guidance and put procedures in place to make sure we can comply. The club’s protocol for use of the facilities will be provided to members by then.
Initially reopening will be restricted to evenings and weekends as there are contractors in the building redecorating the clubhouse (this had originally been timed to finish before squash reopened, but the Scottish government brought forward the date by 2 weeks). Refreshing of the courts themselves has already been completed. It is likely we will have to restrict some of the booking slots to minimise cross-traffic from members arriving and leaving.
Squash members will now be asked to pay their subscription for the 2020/21 year. When tennis restarted at the start of June, we decided to move the year end date to 31st May 2021. We will make this the end date for squash membership too, so it will be a 9 month year for squash. The subscription will be reduced in proportion to the number of months lost, and because of the restrictions being placed on squash activities, the proportion for September will be discounted. So essentially the cost will be 2/3 of the full year cost. Members will have received renewal messages from membermojo recently, and the ability to renew will be enabled before Thursday.
Any questions, please forward to me, Jerry and Michael. Thanks for your patience and we hope you are looking forward to getting back on court
best wishes,David, on behalf of the club committee.