Update Regarding Junior Training

Dear Parents/Guardians

The Board of Riverside Olympic Football Club, in response to COVID-19, has taken the precautionary decision to cancel junior training this week. The rationale underpinning the move is to allow time for the Board, Football Department, and Junior Committee to meet on Tuesday evening to plan and prepare for additional hygiene measures and social distancing.

Please discuss the following advice, borrowed from our friends Devonport City Strikers Soccer Club, with your children as a proactive measure for when training resumes:

Personal Response
Advice suggests that practicing good hygiene – more specifically, thoroughly and regularly washing our hands with soap and warm water, drying our hands and trying to avoid touching your face is the number one most effective thing that individuals can do to protect themselves and others. 


Club Response:
There will be no use of club or communal drink bottles until further notice. Please bring your own, (most already do anyway).  Sadly, we are going have to ‘shelve’ the handshakes until further notice. This is a tough one for us, as those of you that have been around the club for a while will know how big we are on handshakes and what they stand for. There are a range of ‘handshake alternatives’ going around from fist pumping and foot tapping.

Yours in Football
ROFC Board

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