Return to the Ice !

Welcome Back to the Ice!

Ringette Ontario announced on Jan. 29, 2022 that teams can resume regular practices and game play on January 31, 2022, per our local Public Health unit and facility requirements.

Please check the Waterloo Ringette Website for team schedules and programming restarting on January 31, 2022. GLRL and WRRA are also looking to schedule games up to and beyond the provincial & regional “year end” tournaments to make up for all missed games through the month of January 2022.

The City of Waterloo has provided the following guidelines for facilities:

-Spectator areas are limited to 50% or 500 person capacity whichever is less. Therefore, we ask participants engaged in sport to limit the number of spectators per player at practices and games to 1-2 family members per player where possible.

-Limit time in dressing rooms by having players come to practice and/or games as dressed as much as possible and ready to play

-Keep safe dressing room protocols - wear masks, and keep distanced

- Remind all participants of the requirement to wear masks at all times including coaching staff, volunteers, parents, and athletes while not on the playing surface or bench

-Keep distanced wherever possible, and do not congregate in lobbies or hallways

-Food service provision remain closed until further notice.

-Limit bringing food or beverages into the recreation facilities (water for sport is exempted). Only consume these items if absolutely necessary, and re-mask as soon as possible after consuming within the recreation facilities. These measures are in place to encourage mask wearing while in the recreation facilities.

-Eliminate indoor team social activity

- Remind participants, volunteers, parents/spectators to perform health screening and contact tracing either in advance or upon arrival and showing proof of vaccination (QR-enhanced) and government issued ID

With respect to vaccination mandates, 5-11 year olds are NOT required to be fully vaccinated until the start of the 2022-23 season in the Fall.

Please continue to complete the Covid Screening in RAMP prior to all ice times.

We appreciate your patience and know how anxious everyone is to get back to the ice! Time to sharpen those skates !

Thank you,

Leah Chapman
President, Waterloo Ringette

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