Kids and Kubs Walk Back Covid19 Guidelines

In a week that the Florida State Department of Health reported 151,415 COVID19 infections, Kids and Kubs President Ed Broomes announced that the Club’s Board of Directors meeting on August 12 decided to go back to taking temperatures and social distancing at North Shore Park field.

According to Broomes, the resumption of temperature and distance requirements will not include masking or asking about vaccination proof, will start on Tuesday, August 17, 2021

With an average of more than 21,600 COVID19 cases a day the third week in a row, the Sunshine State set a record for weekly totals. Only Louisiana leads Florida with more infections. Florida also reported 1071 deaths, a 74% increase from the previous week, and the Board’s at the decision recognized their duty to protect player personnel in a vulnerable age group.

The move back to the previous requirements is a continuation of the “roller coaster” efforts to keep the Three-Quarter Century Club’s (aka Kids and Kubs) mission of providing safe, age-appropriate activity available for female and male senior citizens.

Always cautious about the health of senior player personnel, the Board called for an eight-game recess during the 2020 Thanksgiving and the holiday seasons of Christmas and New Year; due to COVID-19 concerns about holiday traveling, team members, and the infusion of current members who arrive after the holidays.

The Club’s “SummerBall Activities” were canceled on May 5, when The City shut down all St. Petersburg Parks and Recreation fields.

Twenty days later, a new set of guidelines was released, and it was back on the ball field, but with specific dos and don’ts.

The May 19 City guideline established a ten-player limit on the field of play at any one time. Participants brought chairs to enable social distancing at six ft apart. Bring Masks. Follow the rules of social distancing. No more than three players in the dugout at any time.

Club President Jon Wilkinson was on hand to direct the first ten players to arrive at

10:00 am.

At 11:30 am, Wilkinson admitted the second group of ten players to the field.

The long up and down the trail through the Covid 19 maize started with this Saturday, April 4, 2020, memo from Kids and Kubs, Board of Directors.

“All recreation fields including the North Shore Softball Field recognized as the home field of the Kids and Kubs and the Half Century club have been designated CLOSED by the City of St Petersburg Recreation Department.

This week, ballplayers were observed and recognized as Kids and Kubs members playing on our field and duly reported to members of our Board of Directors.

The Kids and Kubs softball club of St Petersburg shut down its winter season effective March 13, 2020. The club has announced NO commencement of play or sanctions any other activity by the Kids and Kubs players until the city opens the field.

Signed: Kids and Kubs Board of Directors