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2021 Season Version 1.7 to Be Communicated to All Staff and to Be Sent to All ECB, Anti-Doping, Match Officials, Media and Away Teams ECB COVID-19 Venue Competition Policy for Kent Cricket, The Spitfire Ground 2021 Season Version 1.7 To be communicated to all staff and to be sent to all ECB, Anti-Doping, Match Officials, Media and Away Teams. Changes from Version 1.6 to Version 1.7 is the movement from Stage 3 (Behind Closed Doors) to Stage 5 (Return of Spectators) with key changes below for Teams and Match officials. See separate Stage 5 Risk Assessment and Operations Guide for Spectator protocols: • Updated Map to include Spectator Zones A & B. • Match Referee to be located in Box 1 of the Les Ames Stand, (far right as you look at the front of the stand) with access via the external staircase. Spectator seat kills and barriers in operation to maintain social distancing (see room plan in Appendix). • All Home & Away Team Players & Coaching Staff to park behind the Les Ames Stand. Match Officials to park at the back of the Pavilion/Woolley Stand. All entrance for PMOA via the Main Gate on The Drive. • Extra care by Players and Coaches required in arriving to and leaving the Indoor School as these will be near spectator areas. No selfies or autograph signing. • PMOA to avoid spectator areas and visits to see people in the crowd, including friends and family. PMOA restricted areas in place. • PMOA isolation area is an Isolation Gazebo behind the Les Ames stand. Requirement Detail Document Control Version Number: 1.7 Date of Issue: 13/05/21 Prepared by: Anna Spencer (Venue Operations Director / COVID-19 Officer) Authorised by: Simon Storey (CEO) (This should be authorised by the Club’s Accountable Officer) Simon Philip (Chairman) Venue Details Competition Venue Operator Kent County Cricket Club Venue Address The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence, Old Dover Road, Canterbury, Kent CT1 3NZ The Venue COVID-19 Officer is: Anna Spencer Position: Venue Operations Director 1 KC/VEN/AS/V1.7/APP/210513 Phone: 07787 295 350 Email: [email protected] Venue Layout and Zoning Arrival instructions, including screening, parking All Home and Away Team Players and Coaching staff to arrive and leave via the Main Gate on The Drive. and arrival muster location. This will be Stewarded. Players and Coaching Staff parking is behind the Les Ames Stand. Match Officials, Venue Staff, Catering, Media, Cleaners and other accredited visitors to arrive and leave via the Main Gate and park in designated areas (close to the relevant Functional Areas) either behind the Pavilion, Frank Woolley Stand or on the ‘Sky Pad’. Stewards will be on site to direct people. Temperature checks and Health Questionnaire to be completed prior to entry for all visitors (esc Away Team players and coaches who will self-check before arrival at the ground). Kent Cricket Office Staff will park outside the Admin Building (on non-spectator days) or on the Sky Pad. Self-screening will be prior to arrival or be screened by a Steward before entering the building. All Players, Coaching Staff, PMOA Staff, Medical team, Catering Staff, Media, Kent Staff and Cleaners will have completed a Lateral Flow Test 24-48 hours before the start of the match. No re-entry to ground to all those with PMOA access (this prevents players, coaches and match officials going to the local Sainsburys outside the ground). Details of zoning and functional areas (refer to See Zones & Functional Areas section plan which must be appended to this policy). Visiting team room allocation (refer to plan Away Team plan of The Ames Stand (FA1) appended to this policy which must be appended to this policy). Visiting team external space allocation (refer to Away Team External Space: plan which must be appended to this policy). - First floor balcony - Ground floor decking area 2 KC/VEN/AS/V1.7/APP/210513 Indoor training facilities and their use. FA1 (next to FA5) • Access via Academy front or rear fire escapes • All fire escape doors to remain open. • Lane configuration: o 2 double nets o 1 lane shut o 1 lane as gym area o Max 3 per lane • “Block bookings” for visiting teams and Kent. i.e. exclusive use by one team or the other rather than trying to have 2 teams in at same time. Available from 10am to 2pm on match days – teams to communicate times on the day. • All coaches/support staff responsible for wiping down equipment. • Extra care to be taken in arriving to and leaving the Indoor School as these will be near spectator areas. No ‘selfies’ or autograph signing. • PMOA players/coaches/ground staff/officials to avoid spectator areas and visits to see people in the crowd, including friends and family. PMOA restricted areas in place. COVID-19 Specific venue safety arrangements Safety Officer, Deputy Safety Officer and Stewards on site covering Gate Access, Health Screening and Stewarding of Zones / Functional Areas. Pedestrian Barriers/Heras Fencing in place around the venue to restrict access from the Outer Zone to the Inner Zone and between Zones and Functional Areas. Gate Lists in Operation for PMOA and Staff. Ground Wide CCTV in Operation. Circulation pinch points and special procedures Not applicable in place (refer to plan which must be appended to this policy). Requirement Detail Key Medical Information COVID-19 Isolation Isolation area shown on Zoning Map (Gazebo on behind the Les Ames Stand for PMOA and Isolation tents for procedure (refer to Spectators and Media on the Sky Pad parking area by the Hospital Gate.) Isolation Location on plan Protocol if contacted by track and trace mid game: 3 KC/VEN/AS/V1.7/APP/210513 which must be appended During the course of a game (following the toss and selection of the team), players may learn that they have been in close contact with a COVID + case, to this policy). which may occur through the NHS test and trace. In this situation, the player is required to isolate and should be removed from the game and the ground and have a COVID test, even if they do not have symptoms. A COVID substitute can then be utilised. In this situation, provided the contacted player does not have symptoms, the other players (as a contact of a contact) are not required to isolate and the game should continue as normal with monitoring of players and staff. Further information: - Management of a Potential COVID case is page 51 of the Stage 3 Guidelines (Version 7 – March 2021). - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/testing-and- tracing/nhs-test-and-trace-if-youve-been-in-contact-with-a-person- who-has-coronavirus/ - This procedure would also apply for all staff or visitors on site. Medical arrangements Southeastern Medical: including detail of County Championship/T20 / One Day Cup – 2 First Responders & Paramedic paramedic cover, visiting Ambulance will be on site for treatment room only. team physio facilities and PPE provision. Visiting Team Physio will have their own box/room on the first floor of the Les Ames Stand with access to outside balcony space. Hand Sanitiser, Sanitising Spray, Wipes, Masks and Gloves available at the venue. Dining Dining arrangements See maps in Zoning and Capacity Section. (locations, capacities, One chef in PPE will serve all food to players / match officials from behind a sittings etc). counter. One way system in place. Tables seated individually or in twos (with 1m gap). Cleaning Confirmation of deep Two cleaners on site daily for the duration of the matches. Regular sanitisation of high contact touchpoints included in the cleaning schedule. clean and daily cleaning Designated cleaner for the Home and Away Functional Areas. arrangements in place. Deep clean before and after the start of each match. Confirmation of contact To be done as mentioned above by contract cleaners. point cleaning arrangements in place. 4 KC/VEN/AS/V1.7/APP/210513 Cleaning arrangements – Catering Staff also responsible for sanitising dining areas. including any cleaning responsibilities for individuals. Location of hand sanitiser See appendix in separate Stage 5 Risk Assessment stations (refer to plan which must be appended to this policy). Playing the Game Procedures and locations Field of Play only – social distancing and ECB procedures to be adhered to for pre-match practice. Procedures and locations Field of Play only – social distancing and ECB procedures to be adhered to for post-match warm- down. Procedures for ball To follow ECB Guidance retrieval during the game. 5 KC/VEN/AS/V1.7/APP/210513 Kent Cricket Zones and Functional Areas 6 KC/VEN/AS/V1.7/APP/210513 B Room Capacities (Inner Zone) FA1 – Les Ames Stand - Away Team and Match Referee Match Away Away Changing 2 Referee Physio Away Changing 1 FA2 – Les Ames Stand - Away Team 7 KC/VEN/AS/V1.7/APP/210513 FA1 – Chiesman Pavilion Second Floor 2nd floor changing area 6 Coaches Room 1 8 KC/VEN/AS/V1.7/APP/210513 Max Capacities for other Functional Areas: FA2 – Umpires 2 FA3 – Media & Scorers Room 9 (3 scorers, 2 Kent Staff, 3 Press, PA Announcer) (Broadcast, Commentators and Photographers allowed in Inner Zone Outside space (grass bank in front of Floodlight 4 and grassed area in front of Freeman House residential flats and in the top of FA3 (Underwood Knott Stand but not in the Media/Scorers Room) FA3 – Match Referee 2 FA4 – Ground Staff 4 FA6 – Match Day Operations & Anti-Doping 1 (Control Room) 6 (Anti-Doping) FA7 – Kent Cricket Office 6 (Boardroom) 12 (Main Office) 6 (CEO Office) 9 KC/VEN/AS/V1.7/APP/210513 Kent Cricket Ground Entry Protocol Players & Coaching Staff Kent Cricket Staff PMOA Staff, Match Officials & Media Home and Away Team Playing & All Kent Cricket Staff to All PMOA to have completed and Coaching Staff to complete complete Lateral Flow test prior logged Lateral Flow test prior to online ECB Health Check, to arrival.
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