LETHBRIDGE SKATING CLUB COVID-19 PROTOCOL
​Updated February 10, 2021

The Lethbridge Skating Club will follow all COVID-19 related protocol and 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 protocol/policies, the stricter protocol will take precedent.

The following is the protocol in place for current LSC programming. Please note this is subject to change.

• As per City and Provincial mandates, face coverings in City facilities for all visitors and staff is mandatory. This means everyone above the age of two must wear a face covering while not participating directly in high intensity on ice activities. Coaches must wear a mask at all times including on the ice surface. On ice athletic participants must wear face coverings until such time as a helmet is donned for access to the ice area. For participants that do not wear helmets, they must wear their mask until they access the ice surface. Those not wearing a mask will be asked to leave the facility immediately.
• If you or your skater feel ill or have symptoms of illness, please do not attend your session.

When you arrive:

• As a participant for on ice activity, do not enter the building earlier than 15 minutes before your scheduled ice time. If you arrive early please wait in your vehicle until the appropriate time.
• Sanitizing hands upon arrival is strongly encouraged. Sanitizer stations will be available at entry.
• At this time spectators are not allowed in the facility under any circumstances. Parents / Guardians may not accompany their skater into the building at drop off or pickup. Assisting a skater in the change room is not permitted except by the individuals 1 on 1 coach.
• Read and follow all posted signage.

• Dressing rooms will be available for a maximum of 15 minutes before and 15 minutes after each booking.

• Participants are encouraged to arrive ice ready and reduce the time in the change room as much as possible.
• Lobby washrooms will NOT be available.
• Bags or personal belongings may be left in the dressing room area.
• Skaters must be registered for all sessions for tracking purposes. Drop-in will not be available.
• Prior to every session, skaters and coaches must complete the online health screening and contact tracing log by scanning the QR Code posted in the arena lobby. Overall results of this screening will be recorded and kept 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.

On the ice:

• The maximum number of individuals (coaches and skaters) allowed on the ice is 10. 
• Coaches must remain masked during the entire session including on the ice surface.
• All coaches and skaters must always stay 3 metres (9 feet) apart from each other. 
• Skaters under the age of 18 are permitted to warm up or practice on their own outside their private or semi-private lesson time as per the individual practice schedule.
• Skaters aged 19 and older must be in an active 1:1 lesson with a registered Skate Canada coach the entire time they are on the ice. Skaters aged 19 and older are NOT permitted to warm up or practice individually on their own.
• A coach may train family household members together. Coaches are required to still maintain proper distancing of 3 metres (9 feet) from the skaters. Each member of the household counts as one individual when determining the maximum number of people on the ice. 
• There can be no overlap between skaters (ie skaters can not warm up on the ice while other skaters are finishing a session) but a coach may have multiple sessions scheduled in the same day. 
• Each coach can only interact with their assigned skater, and each skater can only interact with their assigned coach.
• ​No interaction between skaters or between coaches is allowed.
• Water bottles must be for individual use only. Participants may bring their own. Sharing of water bottles is not allowed. Spraying of water bottles in any manner that causes airborne particles is to be strictly discouraged. This includes spraying into mouths, faces or other body areas as well as onto the ice, bench or other facility spaces.​

As you leave:

• Exit the ice surface and take any belongings that may be in the bench area as you go.
• Skaters / coaches will head directly to the change room area.
• Skaters will don their face mask immediately upon re-entering the change room.
• Skaters / coaches must clear the change room area a maximum of 15 minutes after their on ice time.
• When ready to leave walk directly to the exit using posted facility signage.
• Gatherings in the lobby will not be permitted.
• Lockers will not be available.

For further information please see the following City of Lethbridge documents:
City of Lethbridge Arena Guidelines
ATB Public Flow Plan