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Over the past week, the twelve-strong WHO Management Team has been discussing all this offline. Some additional tweaks have been suggested...

• Keep layouts simple with drivers and marshals spread out - avoid 'clusters' of people
  
• Limit what racers bring to the club - a small box of cars and tools to race that night
  
• Leave outdoor coats on the hooks in the porch and wash hands immediately on arrival
  
• Contactless card reader and/or PayPal
  
• Directional flow - with signs - around hall
  
• Look at more hand-washing and sanitising of equipment than an over-use of gloves
  

Although we're all really missing the Barn and club racing, we are in agreement that...

• It sounds a pretty oppressive racing atmosphere and is likely to be a miserable experience
  
• No-one should be putting themselves at risk to put on an evening of slot car racing
  
• If we were to jump the gun and something went wrong, it would be unimaginably awful
  
• Meeting with some club members missing won't feel right. We can wait until it is safe for everyone to return - even if that is next year
  
• Any further 2020 races should be non-championship events
  
• Hold a small-scale 'practice' event to trial 'the new normal' before officially re-opening
  
• Our digital racing may be easier to make Covid-safe. Perhaps plan more digital events in 2021 - at least in the early part of the year
  
• Alternatives to meeting physically - such as the proxy drag racing - should be explored and encouraged
  
• Regular social media posts and online places to chat are important to keep everyone connected - and informed about our plans
  

On that basis, the latest calendar update is...

   

In the meantime, we cross our fingers that the situation improves over the summer. There will be another calendar update in August.