COVID-19 PROTOCOL & CHANGES TO THE GAME
WE ARE KEEPING YOU SAFE, active & healthy!
Pre-Season COVID Informed Consent Waivers will be send out to all your team players once you have registered them in the system and to your team. These waivers must be signed in order for you players to play. Make sure that all your players emails are correct and that they all have their photo's up loaded.
We will also require all players to download the PowerUP Connect App so that we can complete the MANDATORY COVID-19 Check in which needs to be done before you can enter the field! This app will fast track you through the field check in process and you can do it on your phone.
Until further notice & changes to the Provincial COVID-19 safety measures, we will only be allowing 50 people for each outdoor field at one time as per the government regulations.
What this means right now (until the Provincial guidelines change) for the upcoming outdoor season:
- ONLY ONE Parent/Guardian will be allowed to attend with their child. (no siblings)
- All spectators & coaching staff must wear masks & maintain physical distancing.
- Players will also be required to wear masks when they are off the field and to also maintain distancing as much as possible.
- We will have extra staff and volunteers to help maintain protocol
Please continue to scroll down to reads how to upload the PowerUp Connect App for Changes to the Game and for Facility Guidelines
Changes to the Game
- Upon entering the arena you must be wearing a mask and sign in and show your MANDATORY COVID EVENT CHECK IN - This can be accessed through your phone and the PowerUp Connect APP.
- There will be a 5 warm up. Games will be to 40 minutes consisting of 6 shift changes. There will be no skill of the week training - this will remain online for players to practice at home. Skill of the Week will be posted every Sunday and should be practiced three times a week for a minimum of 30 minutes.
- To allow time for players to leave between games there will be 15 minutes between each game. We ask that you leave by the designated exit door immediately after your game has finished.
- To reduce body fluid transfer onto ball surface, heading of the ball has been removed for this phase. After the first verbal warning, heading of ball will result in an indirect free kick for the opposing team.
- Walls for Free Kicks – Defender and Attacker deliberate contact is not permitted when creating a wall. After the first verbal warning, failure to comply will result in an indirect free kick to opposing team.
- Throw-ins are not permitted. The ball must be kicked into play (kick-in). All other requirements of Throw-In Law will still be applied. After the first verbal warning, failure to comply will result in a kick-in to opposing team.
- Corner kicks: Defender and Attacker deliberate contact is not permitted. After the first verbal warning, failure to comply will result in a goal kick to the defending team.
- The drop ball requirement has been removed to reduce handling of the ball and has been converted to an indirect free kick. If the drop ball is inside the penalty area after hitting the Referee, the ball automatically goes to the Goalkeeper. The Referee leaves the ball on the ground, and the Goalkeeper picks it up..
- No goal celebrations are permitted which incorporates physical touching.
- With modified games compliance with social distancing rules and safety protocols must be followed.
- When a player is injured, Match Officials may only observe and refer assistance to the applicable team bench. There is to be no Match Official contact with the player. Only the parent and/or team coach, following proper health and safety protocols may assist the injured player.
- There will be no handshakes or high 5’s between players, match officials, coaches before, during or after the game.
- It is recommended that Match Officials take the necessary safety precautions to limit the risk of infection for themselves - wearing masks are optional while officiating.
- After games and at half time, limit your distance to two (2) meters (6 feet) from others.
- Avoid contact with others, such as hand shaking, fist bumps and high fives.
- Leave the field as soon as reasonably possible after training or games.
Brampton Fairgrounds Facility Protocol FOR INDOOR PLAY
IF WE ALL DO OUR PART - WE WILL ALL STAY SAFE!
WARNING !
ALL INDIVIDUALS ENTERING THE FACILITY MUST COMPLY WITH THIS DECLARATION
The Brampton Fairgrounds is taking extra precautions to ensure our client's safety. Our turf is going through a pre-season cleaning, sterilization and dust control servicing. All services and handles will be thoroughly cleaned on a regular basis. The facility will be manned and cleaned before & after each user. We expect you to do your part by picking up your garbage and placing it in the receptacles, refrain from spitting or chewing and spitting out gum on the turf, keeping washrooms clean, use the designated Entrance & Exit and leave promptly from the building when your time is done.
- No more then 50 people will be allowed in the arena at one time and social distancing must be maintain when not playing on the field.
- There will be no spectators allowed. Masks must be worn by those not playing on the field.
- Hand sanitization stations will be made available at the entrance as well as at the player benches.
- Upon completion of your game or rental time you must immediately leave the premises through the designated exit. No loitering will be tolerated.
The Brampton Fairground Sport Facility and its affiliated districts, leagues, clubs and teams require the disclosure of exposure or illness is in order to safeguard the health and safety of all participants and limit the further outbreak of COVID-19. This Declaration of Compliance will be kept safely, and personal information will not be disclosed unless as required by law or with your consent.
An individual (or the individual’s parent/guardian, if the individual is younger than 18 years old) who is unable to agree to the terms outlined in this document is not permitted to enter the facility or participate in the Organization’s activities, programs, or services.
1) The novel coronavirus, COVID-19, has been declared a worldwide pandemic by the World Health Organization and COVID-19 is extremely contagious. Brampton Fairgrounds has put in place preventative measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and requires all individuals (or their parent/guardian, when applicable) to adhere to the compliance standards described in this document.
2) The individual has not been diagnosed with COVID-19. ORIf the individual was diagnosed with COVID-19, the individual was cleared as noncontagious by provincial or local public health authorities.
3) The individual has not been exposed to a person with a confirmed or suspected case of COVID-19. OR If the individual was exposed to a person with a confirmed or suspected case of COVID-19, the date of exposure was more than 14 days prior to the date this Declaration of Compliance was signed.
4) The individual is attending or participating voluntarily and understands the risks associated with COVID-19. The individual (or the individual’s parent/guardian, on behalf of the individual (when applicable) agrees to assume those risks, including but not limited to exposure and being infected.
5) The individual has not, nor has anyone in the individual’s household, experienced any signs or symptoms of COVID-19 in the last 14 days (including fever, new or worsening cough, fatigue, chills and body aches, respiratory illness, difficulty breathing, nausea, vomiting or diarrhea, pink eye, or loss of taste or smell).
6) If the individual experiences, or if anyone in the individual’s household experiences, any signs or symptoms of COVID-19 after submitting this Declaration of Compliance, the individual will immediately isolate, notify Brampton Fairgrounds, and not attend any of the Organization’s facilities, activities, programs or services until at least 14 days have passed since those symptoms were last experienced.
7) The individual has not, nor has any member of the individual’s household, travelled to or had a lay-over in any country outside Canada in the past 14 days. If the individual travels, or if anyone in the individual’s household travels, after submitting this Declaration of Compliance, the individual will not attend any of the Brampton Fairgrounds, facilities, activities, programs or services until at least 14 days have passed since the date of return.
8) The individual is following recommended guidelines, including but not limited to practicing physical distancing, trying to maintain separation of six feet from others, adhering to recognized hygiene best practices, and otherwise limiting exposure to COVID-19.
9) The individual will follow the safety, physical distancing and hygiene protocols of Brampton Fairgrounds.
10) This document will remain in effect until Brampton Fairgrounds, per the direction of the provincial government and provincial and local public health authorities, determines that the acknowledgements in this Declaration of Compliance are no longer required.
11) Brampton Fairgrounds will remove and cancel all future contracts with NO REFUND if the individuals and or Clubs from the facility or from participation in the activities, programs or services of the Organization at any time and for any reason if the Organization believes, in its sole discretion, that the individual is no longer in compliance with any of the standards described in this document.
12) Everyone entering the building must sign the “Contact Tracing Log” form. (For Brampton North Soccer Members, this will be the Mandatory Event Check in your PowerUp Connect App that is accessible on your phone -- see below for details)