This guidance allows for the maximum around the green to increase to 30 as long as club risk assess and allow for social distancing.  It applies from 10th July and will be the holding guidance until we receive approval for the next phase from the Department of Sport.

There is a large amount of work needed and to go through the 30 odd pages of linked documents before the next update will be available.   Competitions remain internal Club competitions until this is ready.

Following discussions with each County Association and a County level survey on BCGBA National competitions, we have decided to roll over all competitions to 2021.  This covers the Men’s, Juniors, Veterans and Ladies competitions.

This means that the fixtures for all our 2020 County Championships (Seniors, Juniors, Ladies) will be moved to 2021, with a subsequent delay in the 5-year rota for the Men’s County Championship.

The Presidential Rota’s will also carry over to 2021 with the Men’s Senior Merit remaining in Cumbria, Junior Merit in Greater Manchester and Ladies Merit in Greater Manchester.

The Men’s World Club Championships Qualifiers for 2020 will also roll over to 2021 and we will issue further information when we are able to do so.

It is hoped to find a suitable date to complete the 2019 Ladies Champions of Champions  later in the year, subject to restrictions allowing.

The Handbook 2020 will therefore cover 2020/2021 and an addendum will be produced in 2021 to reflect date changes etc. This will be updated on the website as soon as we are able to confirm dates and agreement with relevant venues.

This decision has been taken to ensure that we are able to protect the safety of our membership as at this time it is not possible to ensure we would be able to complete matches and qualifiers in a safe and secure way.