ENGLISH POOL ASSOCIATION

EPA COVID 19 RESPONSE

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Update 24 November 2020

2021 Great Yarmouth Events - Press Release
Great Yarmouth spring events to be going ahead. EPA has issued a press release.

Update 29 September 2020 The EPA has produced some Covid Guidelines. Please note that this is guidance only and pubs/clubs must also continue to consult their Local Authority and Health and Safety Executive for approval of their pub/club Covid-19 secure protocols.

Update 27 September 2020 - Unfortunately, EPA Tour 5 due to take place in October has been cancelled. Under current guidelines, it is not possible to allow this event to go ahead as scheduled. The first Tour date in 2021 which was scheduled to take place in January has been postponed to September 2021 and the 2021 events have been renumbered accordingly.

Update 10 September 2020 - The EPA have received a statement from Sport and Recreation Alliance:
Sport and Recreation Alliance have had confirmation that Covid-secure venues such as leisure facilities and pubs can remain open and that sporting activity can continue as long as it takes place within Covid-secure guidelines. The key thing is that people do not attend these venues or socialise in groups of more than six. Therefore, as long as there aren’t groups of more than 6 playing together, you should be fine for pool leagues to continue. The SRA has details of the Latest Government Guidance. Also see Guidance - Return to recreational team sport framework on the Government website.

Update 25 August 2020 - All EPA County matches within Regions and Interleague within Counties, are cancelled for 2020. All EPA National events are cancelled for the rest of 2020 that were to be held at Park Dean, Vauxhall. (October Interleague, November Ladies KO Cup /Champion of Champions and December Interleague KO Cup 2020). The National Ladies Singles/ Ladies KO Cup and Champion of Champions will now be moved to the Intercounty weekend 2021. Vauxhall have changed these dates to 25th March -28th March 2021. The October Interleague moved from April 2020 is now to be in April 2021. The 140 players who entered the World Qualifiers in April 2020 (which was deferred to Men's National Amateurs in October 2020) will now be deferred back to a World Qualifier in April 2021. Vauxhall have also changed these dates to 22nd April - 25th April 2021. EPA Tour 5 is not affected and will be going ahead in October as scheduled.

EPA National Committee.

Notices
2021 Great Yarmouth Events - Press Release (Notice Updated - Tue, 24 Nov 2020 22:30:20 +0000) Great Yarmouth spring events to be going ahead. EPA has issued a press release... Click ...

EPA TOUR 2021 - SOLD OUT (Notice Updated - Fri, 13 Nov 2020 11:56:52 +0000) There has been a huge demand for spaces on the EPA Tour 2021 and as a result, ALL the available spaces have now been filled and we can take no more entries. Thank you for your support. 25 Oct 2020: After a disappointing 2020 due to Covid 19, we hope we can look forward to a better 2021. The dates and venues have all been booked and we have added a three man team event to the first Tour at Easter. We have 104 men already entered and who have paid their deposits. We are now looking for a further 24 entries to take us to 128 on a first come first served basis. Click on the EPA On-line Entry Forms on the left and complete the entry details. Please pay your deposit direct into the EPA account to book your place. If you click on the poster on the left you can see the Tour details for 2021. We have extended the ladies event to 32 entries and this will be run as the Champions and Europa League with prize money paid at each Tour.

Online Entry Forms Now Available (Notice Updated - Fri, 20 Nov 2020 13:39:08 +0000) Online entry forms are currently available for the following events ... 2021 Events Champion of Champions Finals (26-28 March) - Closing date: 30 November 2020 Ladies National Singles (25 March) - Closing date: 11 March 2021 ... Click ...