Club Day is latest event hit
AN ANNUAL event that has been taking place in a Staffordshire Moorlands town for more two hundred years has been cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Leek Club Day - also known by many as Walking Round Day - takes place every summer and sees various clubs, churches, schools and other groups parade around the town centre.
In an email sent to clubs involved and since published online, Joe Sullivan, the organiser, said: “It is with great regret that I inform you that the 2020 Leek Club Day will be cancelled due to the Covid-19 epidemic.
“Since the emergence of the Covid-19 outbreak in January, we have continued to follow the guidance of the Government, Public Health England and NHS England, seeking to understand the implications for Leek Club Day.
“Whilst we continue to pray and hope for the improvement of the current situation, the significant preparations required to facilitate Leek Club Day and the likelihood that the Social Distancing Measures will continue for many months, we now feel it is the right time to cancel this year’s event.
“In light of this decision, Leek Club Day will next take place on Saturday July 10 2021, led by Gateway. We expect that the Committee will next meet in October 2020 for the Annual General Meeting (AGM), with confirmed arrangements to follow nearer to the time.
“I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your contribution, hard work and commitment to the 2020 Leek Club Day and I look forward to continuing to work with you in the planning of next year’s event.”
More than one thousand people attended the event in 2018.