Following last Friday's announcement of approval of England Hockey's plans to move to Step 4 in their 'Return to Play' process, clubs are now able to resume contact training and localised competitive games.

As part of this process, as a club we have been working tirelessly to ensure that this can be delivered in a safe and effective manner for all of our members.

We have put together our COVID-19 Policy, which you can access via this piece, or find on the documents section of this website (this has also been emailed to all members and shared via your captain). Please can we stress that all members must read this document to ensure a safe return to hockey for everyone.

The club's COVID-19 Officer is Ollie Adams. Ollie can be contacted on covidofficer@northstaffordhc.co.uk

Before anyone can play any form of contact training or competitive hockey, all members must sign a Player Agreement Form with England Hockey. Until you complete this form you are ineligible to take part in any form of hockey activity organised by the club.

The form is very simple to complete, you only have to complete it once, and can be completed by following this link: https://forms.office.com/FormsPro/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=NvkYmuiQxU--asEa8eSc6g-NqKCAUipGoe_luyiEaiZUMlE4NUVKRDZENzJGNUtNVEE5NVlXME9ETC4u

It is imperative that as a club we work together to ensure that hockey can be safely and enjoyably resumed for everyone. Thank you in advance for all of your support. If you have any queries regarding any of this, then please email covidofficer@northstaffordhc.co.uk