Dear all, Please find the attached message from CUCBC. It went round the captains list a few minutes ago, but is being copied here to get a wider circulation.
Very best wishes to all in this difficult time, Isabel ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Dr David Munday <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 at 13:08 Subject: CUCBC statement: SBR CANCELLED and other matters. To: Committee <[email protected]>, Senior Committee < [email protected]>, [email protected] < [email protected]> Dear friends, I regret to have to let you know the following, taken in the light of advice from the University and BR and the government: - The Small Boat Regatta is cancelled - refunds will be arranged for those who have entered, in due course. - The Easter term captains' meetings will not be held. - We have not yet been instructed directly to cancel large events, but we will monitor evolving government, BR and University advice over the coming weeks and update you when we have a clearer picture as to the Mays. You will probably have received information via your Colleges about the overall emergency planning in the University, which it is not my business to repeat here, but the CUCBC aims to follow this advice closely, and to be consistent with it: one statement is at https://www.cam.ac.uk/ coronavirus We would like to stress that we're all volunteers and none of us are experts in public health. Clubs must continue to exercise their own judgement and common sense. However, with that said, we have the following thoughts: 1) Our interpretation of the statement by the Prime Minister yesterday evening (specifically that 'now is the time for everyone to stop non-essential contact with others') is that we would discourage crew outings at the moment. https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/pm-statement-on-coronavirus-16-march-2020 <https://webmail.kings.cam.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=OICTMijGOAbTLZN7sN28NrRAzdVP0LpeLyJykaM4T5PMx2fLU8rXCA..&URL=https%3a%2f%2fwww.gov.uk%2fgovernment%2fspeeches%2fpm-statement-on-coronavirus-16-march-2020> . We have also noted the British Rowing guidance issued prior to the government statement, which can be found at https://www.britishrowing.org/2020/03/ceo-update-on-coronavirus-covid-19/ <https://webmail.kings.cam.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=CMIPbzpjQTPxGW0pJsvMZjR5joB3JSFl5Pvvyj-an4zMx2fLU8rXCA..&URL=https%3a%2f%2fwww.britishrowing.org%2f2020%2f03%2fceo-update-on-coronavirus-covid-19%2f> - all BR events are suspended until at least the end of April. 2) There are a few races scheduled in the coming weeks organised by CRA clubs. They will each make their own assessment of whether it is appropriate to postpone or cancel - at the present time the decision as to whether or not to enter is left to individual crews. We understand from informal contacts that many of these races will not run. We will be in touch as and when we have more to say, in the meantime please do what you can to look after yourselves. With all best wishes, David Munday. Dr David Munday, Chairman, Cambridge University Combined Boat Clubs -- Dr David Munday, Chairman, Cambridge University Combined Boat Clubs
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