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General news specific to the club
A Merry Christmas to you all. So, the last training dates this year at the Buntingford Karate Club were Tuesday 19th and Thursday 21st and, as you can see from the photos below of both the Tuesday and Thursday classes, we were in high spirits! Our training starts back after New Year’s Day on Thursday 4th January. Sue and I […]
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Hi All. With covid-19 restrictions lifted as of 19th July the Buntingford Karate Club re-opened for our normal 2 hours training last night (Tuesday 20th). Unfortunately, those who have been jabbed but who have not had both jabs yet were only allowed to train for the first hour where no one-to-one contact was involved. The second hour was taken up […]
Read moreHi All. With the lockdown easing from yesterday (17th May) the Buntingford Karate Club will be opening the doors for training in the dojo as of tonight. Not only that, we have SIX new beginners starting on their beginners course. I would like to take this opportunity of thanking all of the karate club members for their attendance at our […]
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Hi All. With the lockdown restrictions easing on Monday 17th May the Buntingford Karate Club will be running its 5 week Beginners Course on and from Tuesday 18th May. If you are interested in joining our friendly club then call me on 01763 273123. If I am not there then leave a message. Unlike some people I review the phone […]
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Hi Folks. Yes, I regret that following the decision for a National Lockdown the Buntingford Karate Club is hereby temporarily closed until the lockdown ends and we are allowed back into the school for training. Although schools will be allowed to remain open this does not include clubs who are renting their halls and gyms from them. I had hoped […]
Read moreHi Folks. Good News. The Buntingford Karate Club has received permission from the school to allow us to resume training indoors. Quite rightly I had to send the school a Risk Assessment and a Training Policy which was accepted and passed by the school. Accordingly we started training in our dojo again yesterday (Tuesday 1st September). The information for the […]
Read moreHi All. The English Karate Federation is reporting that all Karate Clubs can now open up – but with restrictions. However, they have not yet told us what those restrictions are! Edwinstree School have now come back to me and have said that the Buntingford Karate Club might be able to open up the hall/gym/dojo again in September but I […]
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Dear Student and Member. I have been in contact with Edwinstree School to find out how the Buntingford Karate Club is to go about training when the school gym opens and allows us inside for training. The school have asked us for a risk assessment and here is what I have told them: All members attending must arrive already wearing […]
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Dear Student and Member Last evening (Thursday 18th) the weather was kind to us again and allowed us to train again. As Tuesday we trained outside and this will be the norm until the Government advises us further. It was good to see Charlie, Brogan and Kyler back to training and once again Phillipe and Keith arrived. Thank you all, […]
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Dear Student and Member. Last night (Tuesday 16th) Sue and I re-opened the Buntingford Karate Club. We were able to do so due to the kind permission of Edwinstree School. We did not enter the school, but instead we were able to use a large tarmac area at the back of the school in front of the school field. It […]
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