Covid-19 Club Support

Grassroots and club hockey is currently suspended, as a result of the latest National Lockdown in England.
Interim Update: Grassroots and Club Hockey Suspended for Foreseeable Future
Flyerz activity: Details of exemption and FAQs
See below for previously issued guidance and a timeline of events throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.
FAQs
- FAQs: Tier 4 (most recent and relevant FAQs)
- FAQs: Local Restriction Tiers (most recent and relevant FAQs)
- FAQs in full (all FAQs collated)
Step 4 & 5 Guidance for different groups
- Covid Officer guidelines
- Advice for participants
- Advice for coaches
- Advice for facility operators
- Advice for umpires
- Advice for Player Pathway administrators
- Advice for schools
- EH advice for match officials
- England Hockey Participation Agreement
- Affiliated club Covid Officer sign up. Non-affiliated bodies (including Player Pathway activity deliverers) looking to deliver hockey activity must also have a Covid Officer. For more info about how to sign up a non-affiliated body Covid Officer, please contact clubs@englandhockey.co.uk.
- List of affiliated clubs with registered Covid Officers
- Risk Assessment checklist
- Attendance Register Template
- Incident Reporting Form
Step 4 & 5 Recommended League Regulation Variations
- Standard Hockey League regs re: Covid-19
- Appendix CV19-1 (Slip dates)
- Appendix CV19-2 (Hockey League Pyramid CV-19 Levels)
- Appendix CV19-3 (Revised Season)
Step 2 Guidance
- Step 2 small group coaching & posters for clubs
- Step 2 Risk Assessment checklist
- Step 2 Risk Assessment template
Step 1 Guidance
Returning to Play
Roadmap to returning to play - This article sets out England Hockey’s view on what returning to play looks like.
Roadmap to returning to play - This article sets out England Hockey’s view on what returning to play looks like.
Calendars
Option C - 2020-21 calendar if season revised - our revised calendar that we are now working towards, published 15 Dec 2020
Option B - 2020-21 calendar if season delayed - for illustrative purposes only reflective of Return to Play Roadmap.
Option A - 2020-21 calendar if season runs as normal - original calendar published at the beginning of the 2020-21 season.
Option A - 2020-21 calendar if season runs as normal - original calendar published at the beginning of the 2020-21 season.
Timeline
England Hockey's return to play guidance to date:
England Hockey's return to play guidance to date:
2021
January
08 Jan:
- Details of Flyerz exemption and FAQs
- Details of Flyerz exemption and FAQs
04 Jan:
2020
December
21 Dec:
November
23 Nov:
5 Nov:
21 Oct:
16 Oct:
1 Oct:
September
30 Sep:
- Impact of changes to Hockey Wales regulations
25 Sep:
- Impact of changes to Hockey Wales regulations
25 Sep:
- Updated Guidance in full (ref. 30 on a pitch and indoor activity)
2 Sep:
24 Aug:
21 Aug:
14 Aug:
- Advice for Player Pathway adminstrators (updated)
- Standard Hockey League regs re: Covid-19- Appendix CV19-2 (Hockey League Pyramid CV-19 Levels)
- Appendix CV19-3 (Revised Season)
- Advice for Player Pathway adminstrators (updated)
- Standard Hockey League regs re: Covid-19- Appendix CV19-2 (Hockey League Pyramid CV-19 Levels)
- Appendix CV19-3 (Revised Season)
7 Aug:
- Announcement of progression to Step 4
- Publication of Step 4 guidance and supporting documents
- Announcement of progression to Step 4
- Publication of Step 4 guidance and supporting documents
- FAQs
July
17 July:
- Step 2 Risk Assessment checklist
17 July:
- Step 2 Risk Assessment checklist
June
26 Jun:
- Advice: Return to Hockey remains at Step 2
19 Jun:
- Option B calendar if 2020-21 season delayed
- Return to Play FAQs
- Local variations to national advice
- Advice: Return to Hockey remains at Step 2
19 Jun:
- Option B calendar if 2020-21 season delayed
- Return to Play FAQs
- Local variations to national advice
1 Jun:
May
29 May:
- Latest news on returning to play
- Latest news on returning to play
21 May:
- One-to-one coaching; posters for clubs
April
March
If your questions are not answered in the information and FAQs above, please email clubs@englandhockey.co.uk