captaincolly wrote:Story in The Times saying that no spectators allowed into games until October! Although it's a little confusing because it also mentions trial games of cricket and WC snooker over the next two weeks.
I wonder though if that loophole supposedly allowing cricket grounds to reclassify as pubs, so any spectators are regarded as pub patrons, will come into play.
October seems a very late date. There was speculation a few days ago that the start of the next Premier League, in September, would be played in front of crowds.
A statement from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DfDCMS) said: “The government has announced that a small number of sporting events will be used to pilot the safe return of spectators through late July and early August — with a view to reopen competition venues for sports fans, with social distancing measures in place, from October 2020.
“The events have been carefully selected to represent a range of sports and indoor and outdoor spectator environments. There are also likely to be further pilot events for other sports, in order to build up to and prepare for the full, socially distanced return of sporting events from October 1, 2020.”
It's very encouraging. Surrey v Middlesex pre-season friendly in late July will be pilot then membership only limited entry to Bob Willis trophy games.
And wor chairman is to become Lord ITB, of Richmond presumably.