Covid 19 protocols

This year, in response to Alberta Health Services guidelines around safe recreational play, the Strathmore Pickleball Club has implemented a cohort system of play.  Details are provided in the club information.  

 In  order  to  remain  safe  and  healthy  we  ask  all  members  to:  

• Stay home if you are sick or have symptoms of COVID-19
• Use equipment at your own risk. 
  • COVID-19 may live on metal and plastic surfaces for several days.
• Wash your hands before and after use or apply hand sanitizer.
• Follow present gathering restrictions.
• Use physical distancing (6’ or 2meters).
• Sanitize  your  ball  at  the  end  of  play

DO  NOT  PLAY  IF:

• You are exhibiting any symptoms of Covid 19 ; mild to severe respiratory illness, fever, coughing, sore throat or any other symptoms identified by Alberta Health Service.· 
• Have been in contact with someone with Covid 19, within the last 14 days· 
• Are a vulnerable individual with serious underlying health conditions, including, but limited to high blood pressure, chronic lung disease, diabetes, obesity, asthma or whose immune system if compromised by chemotherapy.

Strathmore Pickleball Club –  Covid-19 Guidance and Protocols

1. Players must be paid up members of Strathmore Pickleball Club for the 2020-2021 season.
2. Courts will be set up 2-metres apart.
3. Each player should have his/her own paddle  and, water bottle.    Personal lawn chairs can be used  (outdoor  play)   but must be spaced 2 meters apart. Communal benches are not to be used.Bags can be hung 2 meters apart along the outside of the courts.   
4. Sanitize (provided) your hands before and after each game & wipe down your paddle.
5. While playing, keep a 2-metre distance from other players as much as possible.  The 2- metre physical distancing rule does not apply to participants from the same household.
6. In doubles play, the 2-metre distance is an arm length plus paddle length between players, except for brief exchanges (referred to as incidental contact).
7. Avoid all physical contact with other players; for example no shaking hands or tapping paddles.  Return opponent’s ball using your foot or paddle.
8. Avoid touching your face after touching a ball or paddles, or when you hit a stray ball to another player.
9. Stay on your side of the court.
10. Use only a sanitized ball  and change to a fresh sanitized ball after each game – used balls please place in pail for sanitizing or plastic bags provided (balls then will be sanitized in a bleach solution, at  the  end  of  the  session.)