Date - December 3, 2020 (Updates in RED)

Building Safety

The Haliburton Curling Club will be taking the following measures to ensure the safety of all members, renters, casual users and staff.

*Undertake a full building clean prior to start-up.

*Make sure the necessary cleaning staff and volunteers are scheduled to complete cleaning protocols. Four volunteers from each draw will be recruited and trained to complete the high touch surface cleaning between each draw.

*Provide cleaning staff and volunteers with necessary equipment (gloves and masks) and cleaning products to maintain a clean and safe environment. (DIN approved cleaning products)

*Clean and disinfect high touch surfaces between draws.

*Thorough cleaning will be done every Saturday or Sunday during the curling season.

*Train staff on proper use of cleaning equipment and products.

*A log of cleaning activity must be kept.

*Curlers must follow social distancing measures while entering and leaving the club.

*The Haliburton Curling Club requires anyone entering the premises to wear a non-medical mask or face covering. If a member cannot use a mask for medical reasons a face shield may be used. Face shields must be long enough to cover the chin.

*The non-medical mask or face covering must be worn while inside the premises. Masks may only be removed while seated at a table in the lounge area with proper social distancing and as covered elsewhere in this document.

*There will be a maximum of 3 people seated at the round tables in the lounge area.

*Provide hand sanitizing dispensers in prominent locations and lounges (entrance, exit, ice arena, washrooms, bar).

*Map out distancing with signage both for the ice arena and lounge areas.

*Spectators will be limited to members of the same league or a spouse of someone who is curling. No more than 6 spectators at any one time.

*A volunteer from each draw will be responsible for making sure there is a sign in sheet available at the entry that must be signed or initialed by everyone who enters the curling rink. There will be a series of screening questions that must be answered. Completed forms are filed by day and kept for 30 days. CurlOn will be introducing a contact tracing app that will be made available to the Club when ready.

*All curlers should arrive at the club dressed for curling.

*Lockers can be used for storing curling equipment. Members can only access their own locker. Lockers may not be shared. Any outdoor clothing must be kept in the locker while curlers are in the building. Social distancing must be practiced while accessing locker rooms. Only six people may access the lockers at one time and a distance of 6 feet must be maintained while in the locker room.

*Chairs will be spaced at appropriate distances to allow curlers to remove outdoor shoes.

*Curling shoes can be put on in designated areas or in the upstairs lounge where an area will be set up for members to sit and put on their curling shoes.

*Washrooms, locker rooms, change rooms, showers or other amenities open to the public will be cleaned and disinfected frequently.

Curler/Staff Safety

Curlers (members/renters/casual users) and staff/management must follow the following safety practices

*All members, renters, casual users and staff/management must sign a Declaration of Compliance and Waiver or Assumption of Risk.

*Use of masks by all members, renters, and casual users is mandatory except as expressly provided elsewhere in this document. Our club practices both the wearing of masks and maintaining the six foot social distancing rules. We realize this may be overkill in some situations but our priority is to provide a safe curling experience for everyone.

*Keep your hands clean. Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds

*Use a alcohol-based hand sanitizer if soap and water are not available. 

*If you have symptoms, stay home. 

*Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth.

*Cough or sneeze into your inner elbow.

*Avoid touching high-contact surfaces that people touch often (toilets, sinks, door handles, light switches).

*Pay close attention to league schedules and game times, sheet assignments may be altered to adhere to social distancing.

*Any curler who has travelled outside of Canada must self isolate for two weeks before returning to the Club.

*Staff or volunteers playing a staff role (i.e. league convenors, bar and kitchen and ice) must respect this plan and help ensure that all safety practices set in place by The Haliburton Curling Club.

*Practice times will be made available to members. Members must book their practice time in advance.

*We ask that all members limit their curling activity to our community.

ON ICE SAFETY - PLAYING THE GAME

*Draw times will be staggered to limit the number of curlers in the building at any one time.

*Doors will open 20 minutes prior to draw time and close 10 minutes after the games have started.

*All curlers must access the ice surface from the stairwell adjacent to Sheet A.   Social distancing must be practiced when entering and leaving the ice surface. If the ice surface is not ready curlers may wait in the lounge in the area designated by the sheet your game will be played on (i.e. if you are playing on Sheet A please wait in the area designated for Sheet A). When entering the ice from the lounge those playing on Sheet D should advance to the ice first, followed by Sheet C, Sheet B and Sheet A.

*Curlers must use hand sanitizer supplied to clean hands prior to entering the ice surface

*There will be no hand shaking prior to or after the game. A friendly wave or broom tap are recommended.

*Hammer will be decided by a quick game of Rock, Paper, Scissors.

*Curlers who use a curling aid such as stick or stabilizer will be responsible for retrieving their own equipment during the game. There can be no sharing of equipment.

*When between the hog lines all players from both teams should be lined up on the marked (dotted) side of the ice. That means that unless you are skipping or delivering your rock you should remain on the marked side of the ice while maintaining a distance of six feet from the next person.

*The delivering team designated sweeper should line up inside the hog line. The alternate sweeper will line up at the hog line on the marked (dotted) side of the ice until the rock is delivered. They will follow the rock and the sweeper down the ice but must not be within six feet of the sweeper. Once the rock stops moving the sweeper and the alternate sweeper should move to the marked side of the ice and queue up beside the other team players. They will then move onto the dots once the opposing team members have moved into their sweeping positions.

*As we will be using all four sheets of ice, games will be start at alternate ends to allow for social distancing. Sheets A and C will start at the far end of the ice, Sheets B and D will start at the lounge end of the ice.

*Teams must proceed to their assigned starting end as soon as they enter the ice area.

*The scoreboard will not be used for keeping score. There will be a whiteboard set up on each sheet to record scores. One designated vice will be assigned to keep score. At the end of the game take a picture of the completed board and email to Glenn Scott. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

*Only the designated sweeper may sweep the rock. The person in charge of the house is not allowed to sweep under any circumstance. There will be no defensive sweeping.

*The skip of the non-delivering team must stand at the back of the hack until the other team is finished playing.

*We ask that spouses and cohorts abide by the six foot distancing while on the ice.

*Please no more skip/vice chats unless six feet apart. The skip and the vice cannot be in the house at the same time.

*Curlers may only touch their own two rocks during the game.

*To prevent congestion when moving the rocks to the rock boxes at the end of each end only the vices will clear the rocks. Other players must wait outside the hog line until the end is cleared. Rocks should be moved by using the end of your broom or your foot.

*All multi-touch surfaces such as club owned sticks or stabilizers and measuring devices will be removed from the ice area.

*Masks are required to be worn while on the ice surface. If a member cannot use a mask for medical reasons a face shield can be used. Face shields must be long enough to cover the chin.

*If you wear glasses masks may be removed during sweeping to prevent glasses from fogging. Please avoid touching the outside surface of your mask, use ear loops to remove and put on masks. Masks must be put back on immediately after sweeping is completed.

*Cleaning the bottom of the rocks should only be done by the ice team with proper cleaner that should leave no residue.

*During play the player can use their gloved hand to remove any debris on the rock.

*Rock handles and all high touch surfaces will be cleaned by the ice technician after each game.

*Measuring devices may be used for scoring rocks. Remove gloves, sanitize hands, conduct measure, sanitize the device and return it to holder, sanitize hands and return to play.

*The ice technician will be the only person allowed to handle ice making equipment: power scraper, hand scraper, pebbling cans and head, brooms, mops, garbage cans.

*Spares can only be from your own league. Most leagues will have one or two teams that have a Bye each week so spares can be arranged from these teams.

*As there may be congestion when leaving the ice after games please take the following precautions. The first team to finish their game will leave the ice first. Men will exit the ice from Sheet D and women will exit from Sheet A. Social distancing must be practiced when leaving the ice. As only six people are allowed in the change rooms at one time please change quickly and leave the change room. The next team to leave the ice should appoint one player to check that the change room and stair wells are clear. Teams will then leave the ice in order as they finish their games and the stair wells and change rooms are clear.

BAR - PROTOCOLS FOR REOPENING THE BAR

As bars are permitted to open for food and beverage service under the current regulation for Stage 3 reopening, we will opening the bar for service to members.

* It is required to maintain physical distancing between all members while entering or leaving the lounge and while in the lounge and bar area.

*Tables will be set up so patrons can be seated two meters apart from the next table and from others who are seated at the same table. Only three people may be seated at each round table.

*The long standing tradition of the winning team buying drinks for the losing team will be put on hold until further notice.

*Patrons must wear a mask at all times in the lounge unless seated at a table.

*A plexiglas shield will be installed at the bar to separate patrons from the bartender.

*A hand sanitizer unit will be placed inside the bar.

*Only one designated bartender may be behind the bar for each draw.

*The bartender must wear a mask at all times and practice frequent hand washing and sanitation.

*Floor markings will be installed to indicate physical distancing requirements while lined up at the bar.

*All drinks will be served in disposable plastic glasses. The bartender will pour all drinks from the original container into the plastic glass before serving the customer.

*Debit or credit will be the preferred payment method. The debit machine will be updated to allow for tap service.

*All customers must dispose of their own plastic glass in a designated waste container.

*The bartender will be responsible for the increased sanitization of high touch surfaces in the bar area.