Workington Town’s match against Coventry Bears on Sunday has been postponed after a number of positive coronavirus tests in the Cumbrian squad.
A statement from Workington Town, posted on Facebook, said: “With five confirmed positive tests and an additional three players required to isolate as close contacts, Workington meet the threshold of seven senior players unavailable as a result of COVID-19 for a match to be postponed.
“The sport’s Multiple Cases Group have advised that the club should suspend training until at least Sunday, with further testing required before a resumption.
“The RFL will work with us and Coventry on a possible rearrangement of the fixture – although as things stand, there are no available weekend dates between now and the end of the regular season in September, and it was agreed before the start of the season that the Betfred League 1 table will be determined by win points percentage to allow for the possibility of not all fixtures being fulfilled.”
A Town spokesman added: “The health and well-being of all our people at the club is paramount so we’d like to thank our COVID staff for the swift way that they dealt with the situation and for their excellent work covering the previous 63 training sessions without incident and ten games since we returned.”
