COVID-19 (no. 19)

On December 16, 2021 at 8 p.m. Vaudreuil-Dorion— today the government announced a tightening of health measures due to the increase in cases of COVID and the new variant omicron.

It looks like we will still be affected by these measures, but at this time we do not know how these measures will apply specifically to our organization. We know they will apply from Monday, December 20, but do not know until when they will be in place.

For sports and leisure[1] :

• Suspend any tournament or competition.
• Indoors: Limit the practice of any activity to a group of 25 participants maximum
• Gyms: Return to the 2m distance at all times AND limit the capacity of the premises to 50%
• Exterior: No change to the current rules
• Ski chalets, snowmobile relay: Limit the capacity of the premises to 50% indoors
• Orchestras and choirs: no change – specific rules apply
• Introduce the vaccine passport in spas (with the exception of personal care) AND limit the capacity of the premises to 50%

For teaching environments (Sport-Study and Concentration-Sport)[1] :

• Reintroduce masks (in class, in common areas and in public transport)
• Postpone the start of the school year to secondary face-to-face on January 10 (all of Quebec)
• Start of school dates maintained for elementary school (all of Quebec)

In summary, the challenges by sector:

• In the recreational sector
  • We do not yet know how these measures will affect our services. There are issues regarding the start date of the session. We also need to see how we will be able to reduce our carrying capacity (50%).
  • When we have more details we will let you know, but rest assured that if any lessons should be canceled, they will be credited / refunded.
• To the competitive cheerleading sector
  • We do not yet know how these measures will affect our services. There are issues concerning the date of resumption of training (especially in Concentration-Sport), the cancellation of competitions and the reduction of our reception capacity (50%).
  • When we have more details we will let you know, but rest assured that if any lessons or competitions should be canceled they will be credited / refunded.
• To the competitive gymnastics sector
  • The X-Mas-Cup on Saturday can be maintained.
  • The Christmas training camp can be continued.
  • We do not yet know how these measures will affect our services.
  • There are issues concerning the date of resumption of training (especially at Sport-Études), the cancellation of competitions and the reduction of our reception capacity (50%).
  • When we have more details we will let you know, but rest assured that if any lessons or competitions should be canceled they will be credited / refunded.

A BROKEN HEART FOR CHRISTMAS

Tightening of sanitary measures is hard to welcome and quite frankly we are all heartbroken as Christmas dawns. We were so hoping that we would be able to relive this year for a bit and be able to focus on our purpose. What we love most in the world is sharing our passion with our community. We can’t wait to see you all in the gym, walking on your hands, heads upside down!

We encourage you to stay active during the holiday season and look forward to seeing you again soon.

The Gymini team

[1] Legault annonce des « mesures importantes » pour freiner la propagation d’Omicron (Décembre 20210). Extrait du site : https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1848114/pm-francois-legault-mesures-sanitaires-variant-omicron