LETHBRIDGE SKATING CLUB COVID-19 PROTOCOLS
As of November 1, 2020
The Lethbridge Skating Club will follow all COVID-19 related protocols/guidance documents outlined by: Skate Canada, Skate Canada: Alberta-NWT/Nunavut, Government of Canada, Province of Alberta, and the City of Lethbridge. Where there is a discrepancy in the protocols/policies, the stricter protocol will take precedent.
The following are the current protocols in place for all LSC programming. Please note these are subject to change.
For further information please see the following City of Lethbridge documents:
City of Lethbridge Arena Guidelines
Parent and Spectator Guidelines
ATB Public Flow Plan
Nicholas Sheran Public Flow Plan
See our Schedules and Fees page for further information regarding registration.
The following are the current protocols in place for all LSC programming. Please note these are subject to change.
- Face coverings in City facilities for all visitors and staff is mandatory. All visitors above the age of two must wear a face covering while not participating directly in on-ice activities. On ice participants must wear face coverings until such time as a helmet is donned for access to the ice area.
- If you or your skater feel ill or have symptoms of illness, please do not attend your session.
- As a participant for on ice activity, do not enter the building earlier than 30 minutes before your scheduled ice time. If you arrive early please wait in your vehicle until the appropriate time.
- As a spectator, not assisting a participant in the change room, do not enter the building earlier than 15 minutes before the scheduled ice time. If you arrive early, please wait in your vehicle until the appropriate time.
- Read and follow all posted signage. The building will have various posters and markers for wayfinding, information and facility guidelines.
- Dressing rooms will be available for a maximum of 30 minutes before and after each session. Mask use and social distancing will be required while using the change rooms.
- Lockers will not be available.
- Participants are encouraged to arrive ice ready and reduce the time in the change room as much as possilbe.
- As participants are ready to access the ice, they should remove face masks, don helmets and follow facility signage for ice access.
- Bags or personal belongings may be left in the dressing room area.
- One parent or caregiver will be allowed to assist an athlete in the change room area.
- Please assist the athlete and then immediately exit the change room area. Do not stay in the room to visit or socialize with athletes, coaches or other parents.
- Prior to every session, a coach or volunteer will conduct a verbal health screening with all participants. Overall results of this screening will be recorded onto a Contract Tracing Log, which the LSC will keep on file for 4 weeks. If a skater, coach or volunteer answers YES to any of the questions, they will not be permitted on the ice, will be sent home and asked to visit the AHS Online Health Assessment Tool. A copy of the screening questions will be provided to skaters prior to their first session.
- Skaters must be registered for all sessions for tracking purposes. Drop-in will not be available.
- Participant maximum is set at 50 individuals per session; this includes athletes, coaches, trainers or any person interacting with on ice participants.
- Do not share any items such as water bottles, phones, etc.
- Physical distancing must be observed at all times (2-metre spacing) by all individuals interacting with on ice participants.
- Skaters should exit the ice surface and take any belongings that may be in the bench area.
- Participants will head directly back to the change room area.
- Participants must clear the change room area a maximum of 15 minutes after the completion of their session.
- Participants will don their face coverings immediately upon re-entering the change room.
- When ready to leave, walk directly to the lobby and follow wayfinding directions to exit the facility immediately. Gatherings in the lobby will not be permitted.
- Spectators must wear masks at all times inside the arena.
- A maximum of 50 spectators for each session will be accommodated.
- Arenas will allow spectators to sit in any available seating around the ice surface, without restrictions to zones, to increase the ability of spectators to socially distance. This will reduce the capacity of arena staff to clean all areas after each ice use. With this in mind, spectators should increase their personal sanitization measures including hand washing or use of hand sanitizers.
- Spectators are encouraged to maintain social distancing (2-metres) whenever possible.
- When exiting the facility please follow facility signage. If alternate exits are indicated by facility signage, it is essential those exits are utilized to avoid exceeding provincial guidelines for gathering numbers in lobbies or areas where people congregate.
For further information please see the following City of Lethbridge documents:
City of Lethbridge Arena Guidelines
Parent and Spectator Guidelines
ATB Public Flow Plan
Nicholas Sheran Public Flow Plan
See our Schedules and Fees page for further information regarding registration.