Updates:
Notice to OAWA Member Clubs
On Friday July 9, 2021, the Province of Ontario announced that it will move to STAGE THREE of COVID-19 Recovery effective Friday July 16, 2021 at 12:01 am.
Member Clubs can view the new Ontario Government here:
https://files.ontario.ca/solgen_oreg520-21_amend364-20_2021-07-09.pdf
During a briefing on the new order, Staff of the Ontario Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Culture, and Tourism Industries said: “Sport as you are accustomed to it can go ahead”
In other words, sport is back (almost) to normal! Here’s are the highlights of the new direction:
- Limits are in place on facilities: 50% of capacity, 1,000 max.
- Clubs must carry out active pre-screening prior to allowing entry to the facility. There is a screening checklist available on the OAWA web site that can be used for this. We suggest clubs maintain these records for a minimum of 4 weeks.
- Facility limit also required to ensure 2 Metre social distancing can be done by those in the facility - exemption for athletes actively training/competing, see below.
- Access to facility must still be controlled and traced. Clubs are required to keep a list and contact information for everyone in the facility.
- Contact sports are a go. Full Training, including contact, is allowed.
- For training/competition, no masks for those athletes while training. They must wear them when not actively training/competing.
- Masks to be worn in training areas by Coaches and Spectators. The order doesn’t specify, but we assume this applies for Officials too.
- Clubs operating must have a Safety Plan. We advise following the OAWA guidelines for Opening Plans as available on the OAWA web site in the ‘Pin COVID-19’ Section.
- Clubs must have their Safety Plan in place, but are not required to submit the plans to OAWA for approval.
- Keep good records – your safety plan, tracing information including names and contact information for everyone accessing your training sessions.
- Facilities should continue to carry out full sanitization – recommended between training sessions.
Pin COVID-19
When the pandemic began, the OAWA established a Working Group to develop Guidelines for Ontario Wrestling Clubs as they start back to training.
The OAWA wants to recognize the work of the Working Group during the pandemic. During this time, they reviewed COVID related information regularly to provide updates to our members. They also reviewed club applications for Return to Training. Note that as of July 16, 2021 at 12:01 am this process is no longer required.
The Working Group feels that many of the resources we set up for our clubs on this page are still valuable information for clubs, so we are keeping these here for the time being while we return to Wrestling.
GOOGLE DRIVE LINKS FOR COVID-19 RESOURCE DOCUMENTS:
OAWA Screening Questionnaire Checklist
Safety Plan - Suggested Template
Club COVID-19 Management Flowchart
Gov Can Facility Cleaning Guidelines
Ontario Public Health Units
Contact pin-covid@oawa.ca with any questions or for assistance with the process.
OAWA wishes all our clubs well as they return to Wrestling!
Note: Clubs are advised to check with their local public health as they begin to open up to make sure these guidelines are accurate in their area.
Thank you.
