Some form of social distancing is also likely, while officials said on April 27 (it’s too early to be sure if masks will need to be worn). Even if the UK sticks to its plan to lift almost all restrictions by June 21, inside the All England Club grounds, the bubble will remain in place. To minimise the risk of catching and spreading the Coronavirus, players, their support teams and officials will have to stay in official tournament hotels, travelling to and from the event each day. What other protocols are in place for Wimbledon in 2021? But thanks to the foresight of having pandemic insurance, Wimbledon recouped £180 million. The organisers decided not to run the tournament due to the coronavirus pandemic, the first time Wimbledon has not taken place since the Second World War. Why did the Championships not happen in 2020? The traditional Wimbledon queue – where people line up, sometimes from the night before, to buy tickets on the gate – will not happen, due to social distancing protocols. For 2021, “tickets for the public will be sold exclusively online and all tickets will be distributed via the official Wimbledon mobile app”.Īn initial sale of tickets to the public – registered users only – will go live on the Wimbledon website at 1pm on Thursday 17 June. Everyone who got tickets in 2020 and thus couldn’t attend will be able to transfer their tickets over to 2022 instead. The famous ballot is the most common way to get tickets for Wimbledon, but it will not be happening in 2021. “We very much hope 25 percent is a minimum position from which we can build – it is our absolute desire to enable as many people as possible to safely attend The Championships this year,” Wimbledon CEO Sally Bolton said.Ĭurrent government guidance indicates that Centre Court will be full on finals weekend as Wimbledon is a test event for major public gatherings. On April 27, officials said they plan to have a minimum of 25 percent capacity (around 10,500) per day, though on May 19, they said they are confident they will be able to increase that figure, though they remain flexible, depending on the success of the easing of Coronavirus restrictions in the UK. It is pretty cool".The All England Club, which stages the event, is planning to allow crowds, but expects to have a significantly reduced number of fans, to comply with UK government guidance. "All the official clocks and everything related to timing will have our branding on it. "It's the license to tell a very good story. "It has given me so many connections around the world. "I'm a tennis player and hugely into tennis," he said. Speaking to The Irish News, Mr Enoksen, who will travel to Stockholm this weekend, said it would be a "great week". The tournament, which runs from November 6 to November 14, will see high profile players including Andy Murray and world number four and Olympic winner Alexander Zverev take to the courts at the Royal Tennis Hall in Stockholm. Having spent the past eight years trying to build the brand, this weekend Enoksen Watch Company will become the official timekeeper at the Stockholm Open - just as Rolex is the official timekeeper at Wimbledon. In 2013 he moved to Belfast and later married and welcomed a daughter, now aged five. It was while he was in the north that he decided to quit IT and follow his dream of making watches. Living in England for a decade and working in IT, Mr Enoksen found himself in Northern Ireland for a project. A WATCH company based in south Belfast is to be the official timekeeper at Scandinavia’s biggest tennis tournament this weekend.Įnoksen Watch Company, which is located in Stranmillis and has customers in 60 countries, was founded by Danish man Hans Enoksen in 2018.
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