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MAIL TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC
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Mr. President of the Republic,

The unprecedented well being disaster that we have now been experiencing since the begin of the 12 months requires every of us to make efforts and change our life-style. As the finish of the 12 months attracts close to, the French are questioning when they are going to be ready to return to out of doors actions and nature so as to train a bodily exercise acknowledged as important to their well being.

We share the public well being causes that led to this hardening and the first modifications present that your selections had been completely professional, with the curfew and then normal confinement.

This second interval of confinement introduced a brand new halt to our particular person out of doors leisure actions, with heavy financial and social penalties each for our firms and for the associative world.

However, pragmatism prevailed for sure out of doors actions with exemptions that had been granted, both for causes of animal welfare, or for the efficiency of missions of normal curiosity with very strict well being protocols.
Obviously, this second confinement has penalties for our particular person members of all ages that suffer from a pressured sedentary life-style whereas they practiced common bodily exercise which is usually very helpful for his or her well being and well-being.

The public well being points, supported by our actions, are subsequently main, particularly for adults.
This is the cause why the federations which had to handle the deconfinement of May eleventh have developed strict well being protocols tailored to every state of affairs, permitting a protected restoration, demonstrating their acceptability and their effectiveness over time. They protected the well being of practitioners and workers. This may very well be finished with out the slightest distinction between minors and adults, as a result of everybody was ready to apply the measures imposed.
Likewise, the federations which benefited from exemptions throughout the second confinement, comparable to the world of searching and using, have arrange very strict protocols that are completely utilized for all age teams.

Our out of doors actions don’t create mixing and will not be vectors of transmission, as was acknowledged by the High Council of Public Health final April. Our well being protocols are subsequently prepared to be reactivated and even strengthened, ought to this show vital.

Our disciplines have in widespread that they permit the observe of a wholesome exercise, in compliance with strict well being directions. Taking place in the open air, the place practitioners typically transfer over dozens of hectares, bodily distancing is simple for everybody to orchestrate.
For all these causes, we wish to deliver to your consideration the proposals that we’re formulating so as to enable a protected resumption of our actions from December 1st.

In institutions open to the public, the reopening of out of doors sports activities may be finished on the foundation of a framework for the most quantity of contributors, in accordance to the so-called “Park and Play” process – that’s to say strictly to go to the place of exercise, train it and return dwelling instantly. The “Park & ​​Play” for our actions, in pressure in lots of EU nations, is analogous to “Click & Collect”, as it’s promoted by the Government as an answer throughout a interval of confinement.
The competitions are suspended, in addition to the ancillary providers (altering rooms, collective catering, and so forth.) stay prohibited so long as the well being context requires.

The identical goes for out of doors actions the place collective catering or gathering locations will stay closed and the place the transport situations shall be clearly outlined.

Our Federations are accountable for the supervision of practitioners throughout their actions. They have confirmed their dedication by giving their full assist to authorities selections, together with by guaranteeing their respect in the constructions.

At a time when the dialogue with the public authorities is continuous with the prospect of a gradual reopening of sure companies, it appears necessary to us to stress that the French wouldn’t perceive that out of doors sports activities actions and golf equipment stay closed or reserved. to sure age classes, comparable to indoor sports activities, although our actions don’t generate any particular danger of contamination.

In such a case, the Federations accountable for the group of these actions would have the best difficulties in finishing up academic work and forcing their members to respect the guidelines of confinement.

We thanks for the consideration you’ll give to our request, and we ask you to settle for, Mr. President of the Republic, the expression of our highest consideration.

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The signatories of this letter:

Jean-Lou Charon, President of the French Golf Federation

Willy Schraen, President of the National Federation of Hunters

Serge Lecomte, President of the French Equestrian Federation

Nicolas Henard, President of the French Sailing Federation

Claude Roustan, President of the National Fishing Federation in France