Jan Vojáček Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Steven W said: Wracking my brains just now - allowing non-contact, outdoor sport for all u18s, will allow exactly what sports to go ahead? Tennis, golf, fishing, horse riding all OK as things stand. I'm sure there must be others, but can't think. Athletics was the main one I could think of. It means that football and rugby teams can at least train. Just in a non-contact way...which is better than nothing I suppose. Edited March 9, 2021 by Jan Vojáček 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted March 9, 2021 Author Share Posted March 9, 2021 I take my wee boy out to Saughton Park quite a lot and there have been quite a few football teams training there in the last few weeks - is that not allowed? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Parr Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 3 minutes ago, Jan Vojáček said: Athletics was the main one I could think of. It means that football and rugby teams can at least train. Just in a non-contact way...which is better than nothing I suppose. Sounds appalling. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 Susan Michie (the communist lunatic) on the radio this morning saying that the large number of variants we’ve had “have shown to be better at evading the vaccines”. Looks like some of these people upon realising they are up against it, have resorted to just going for blatant lies. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven W Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Jan Vojáček said: Athletics was the main one I could think of. It means that football and rugby teams can at least train. Just in a non-contact way...which is better than nothing I suppose. Is it? Not so sure myself. 16 minutes ago, ICTChris said: I take my wee boy out to Saughton Park quite a lot and there have been quite a few football teams training there in the last few weeks - is that not allowed? U12s can train in a non-contact manner. (whether they actually do it in practice is open to debate I suppose) Edited March 9, 2021 by Steven W 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 15 minutes ago, George Parr said: Sounds appalling. It is. I gave up going to football training when they introduced the ludicrous no contact rule. Literally passing to each other with no defence to put pressure on, could take 5 mins to get the ball under control if you want. Utterly farcical and would be better off just going for a run to keep fit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 So 2020 then? Thanks, you could've just said that.No, like 2017. At least with the schools going back, your reading skills should improve. -4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Have some faith in Magic Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 The wee kiddies are back in football training on the pitch near me. Trouble is one of the coaches has the loudest voice in the world and at 9am on a Saturday it's a bit grating. Really good to see some sense of normality slowly coming back. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdinburghPar1975 Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 45 minutes ago, ICTChris said: I take my wee boy out to Saughton Park quite a lot and there have been quite a few football teams training there in the last few weeks - is that not allowed? There were older kids/ young adults 'training' on the 7 a side pitches at Porty Power League on Saturday morning and most afternoons up at the High School as well - i'd assumed something had changed 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super_carson Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 (edited) Loads of kids go up to the 4G in Balerno and jump the fence on to the on at Firhill High as well, although it's clearly nothing like an organised club. You get quite a few curtain twitchers up in Balerno, unfortunately. , but I think it's good they are (for the most part) being left alone. Edited March 9, 2021 by super_carson 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paco Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 On the ‘Edinburgh football’ theme I’ve seen adult teams training in the middle of the Meadows on several occasions. A few kids clubs have taken to using the old bowling greens at Powderhall. All of the furore about only two people being allowed to meet up, no sports training etc can be easily contradicted within a five minute walk in Edinburgh. I’ve no issue with it when it’s outdoors either, it’s just interesting to see that disconnect between political rhetoric, frenzied media reporting and actual reality. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Vojáček Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Steven W said: Is it? Not so sure myself. U12s can train in a non-contact manner. (whether they actually do it in practice is open to debate I suppose) 1 hour ago, George Parr said: Sounds appalling. Personally I've been going to the park a wee bit with my brother and just blasting a ball around, and it does make a big difference to my mood. If we take the social side of sport as being something that we're missing out on at the moment, then I think it will make a difference - aye. Me and him are/were both goalkeepers though, so we're quite used to training being mainly non-contact and quite content just firing shots at each other from the edge of the box on a muddy park pitch for an hour or so. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inanimate Carbon Rod Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 1 hour ago, ICTChris said: Study showing that two doses of the Pfizer and BioTech vaccines are highly effective (c 95%) against the Uk, South African and Brazilian strains. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2102017 Amazing news. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s_dog Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 1 hour ago, ICTChris said: Study showing that two doses of the Pfizer and BioTech vaccines are highly effective (c 95%) against the Uk, South African and Brazilian strains. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2102017 Excellent news. Between cutting transmission, and now working against one of these "variants of concern", things are most definitely looking up. Supplies of the vaccine are due to increase from next week, so hopefully we can get back to vaccinating 1% or more of the population every day from then. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted March 9, 2021 Author Share Posted March 9, 2021 Just now, s_dog said: Excellent news. Between cutting transmission, and now working against one of these "variants of concern", things are most definitely looking up. Supplies of the vaccine are due to increase from next week, so hopefully we can get back to vaccinating 1% or more of the population every day from then. Yep - there's also a big push now on proactively contacting people for the vaccine, as well as allowing people aged 56 and up to book their own slots. Hopefully we'll see uptake trend upwards. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 2 hours ago, ICTChris said: Study showing that two doses of the Pfizer and BioTech vaccines are highly effective (c 95%) against the Uk, South African and Brazilian strains. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2102017 Devi and the gang will be on the verge of tears, as the vaccines continue their fine work in huckling them out of the public limelight and flushing their heads down the lavvy. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inanimate Carbon Rod Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 Chris Whitty predicting a ‘later surge’ late summer, autumn or winter (no mention of spring 2022). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Aldo Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 That's all well and good about the vaccine but have they factored in the new Govan variant following the weekend's antics?Depending on what side of the fence you sit on, it's said to be between 1 and 55 times more deadly than the current variants. It's also resistant to the vaccines - scientists say that rather than providing immunity, the vaccines will instead guide the virus straight towards the respiratory system. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 8 minutes ago, Inanimate Carbon Rod said: Chris Whitty predicting a ‘later surge’ late summer, autumn or winter (no mention of spring 2022). They were saying yesterday how the reopening of schools was most likely going to lead to a huge surge in the infection rate and probable changes to the route out of lockdown. Cue BJ (or some lackey) standing at a podium in May telling folk that the 21st June plan was out the window but it was worth it to get some normality for the kiddies. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnieman Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 Chris Whitty predicting a ‘later surge’ late summer, autumn or winter (no mention of spring 2022).Yip, more people will die from it in winter. Tell us something we don't know Whitty. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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