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We have sadly, and reluctantly, been informed that another of our rallies has now been cancelled. The marshals of "Up high and down low" at Fowlmere Village Hall, weekend 18 to 20 September are really sorry and will be getting in touch with all those booked on. Hopefully we may see this in the book next year as it would have been a new venue for us in 2020....

The Centre committee has now been advised by the Club that rallies can re-commence from Friday 7th August 2020.  The date has been given with a very large HOWEVER at the end of the sentence, with very strict guidelines associated with the operation of any rally, which need to be carefully considered before deciding if we have the confidence to proceed with a rally. They have summarised the Government guidelines in allowing a gathering of more than 30 people, on the basis that: 1.       The gathering must have been organised by a business 2.       The person responsible for organising the gathering has carried out a very detailed risk assessment (**The risk assessment must satisfy the requirements of regulation 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999(1), whether or not the gathering organiser is subject to those Regulations - this is therefore an equivalent risk assessment to that which is conducted within a workplace with employees) 3.       The gathering organiser has taken all reasonable measures to...

Norfolk Centre rallies. We now understand from the Norfolk Centre that they have cancelled July rallies as instructed by the Club but have also cancelled all their rallies for August....

As the committee look ahead to the AGM in October, and the possibility of not much time for everyone to meet up, we have looked at another way members could get nominations in order to stand for committee for 2021. An electronic form has been put together and can be found on the AGM page. Nominations will be accepted by this or the form in the handbook. We are waiting for Club guidance on the actual running of the AGM meeting and will update members as soon as we hear further. All posts are open for nominations and if any questions please just ask. Janet Dobson, Secretary...

The third newsletter of 2020 has arrived! Keep up with the latest news and rally reports via the Suffolk Centre Newsletter. The July 2020 edition includes the following: Committee Reports Important membership updates from the secretary A little light humour to brighten even the dullest day Our Vice-chairman would like to hear from you Find the latest edition here...

UPDATE FOR MEMBERS 29TH JUNE 2020 Following on from the Government announcement recently that the Club would be able to look at opening its sites and CLs from the 4th July, there had been no firm announcement with regard to the Centres of the Club and rallying.  A protocol document had been received by us earlier which led to the decision that we could not meet the requirements and the Centre Committee cancelling all rallies in our programme for July and August. Following the Government latest update, we subsequently received a message from the Club that due to issues raised in the announcement they were putting all Centres into a “holding” position and would update us further, and this is what was received today. It would appear that there was an unexpected provision factored into the guidance about “meeting up” which stated it would be illegal for gatherings of more than 30 people to take place.  This was stressed because this provision will...

The committee has received further information from CAMC HQ today (29th June) which they will need time to work through, so please bear with us. What we can tell members is, is that there is NO date as yet for rallies to re-start and in fact the Club has withdrawn the exemption certificate for all Centres (under which rallies can run) for the month of July. We have instructions that all rallies for this month are to be cancelled. Rallies due August onwards will be discussed by them on 20th July. We understand this is due to legal implications....

We have been advised that the Tangham campsite at Rendlesham is not opening at all this year. Therefore, we are very sad to announce that the Autumn Mists rally 24th-27th September has been cancelled. The marshals will be in touch will be in touch with everyone who has booked on....

We  have been advised that North Essex Centre are cancelling all of their August rallies, therefore the invitation to the Chairladys Charity Rally over the August Bank Holiday, which is in our program, has also been cancelled....

The Suffolk Committee has had to make some very hard decisions having received updated information from the Club on Covid-Secure Guidance. The whole nature of a rally will be altered and there will be many aspects that can not go ahead such as social gatherings – even flagpole. The wellbeing and safety of all our members is our first consideration. A rally is a sociable event, we are sociable people, and so we have taken the hard decision to cancel all Suffolk rallies for July and August 2020. A full statement from the committee, with a summary of the guidance can be read here...