The Government of Ontario announced on Feb. 14, 2022 that it is relaxing public health measures, in response to the recent status of the COVID-19 pandemic.
As part of those changes, effective Mar. 1, 2022 at 12:01 a.m. the Government of Ontario will remove the remaining capacity limits for sport and recreational fitness facilities.
As well, effective Mar. 1, 2022, the Government of Ontario has announced it is lifting proof of vaccination requirements for all sport and recreational fitness settings.
Masking requirements for indoor facilities remain in place at this time.
As a result of this announcement, for those that access the Dome at Redeemer, you will no longer require proof of vaccination for general entry or to actively participate.
To read the full bulletin please click here
If you have any questions please contact our staff at the MHYSC office.
Regards,
Carl Horton | Technical Director & General Manager.
Please click here to see the Ontario Soccer Bulletin regarding the Government’s announcement lifting of restrictions effective February 17th.
“As well, effective Mar. 1, 2022, the Government of Ontario intends to take additional steps to ease public health measures if public health and health system indicators continue to improve. This includes lifting capacity limits in all remaining indoor public settings. The Government of Ontario also intends to lift proof of vaccination requirements for all settings at that time. Facilities and other settings may choose to continue to require proof of vaccination but the Government of Ontario will no longer require it. Masking requirements for indoor facilities remain in place at this time.”
We continue to await any further updates from Hamilton Public Health and we will continue to provide you with any updates as we receive them.
Registration for all MHYSC summer programming is now open, for more information and to register please click here
Please feel free to contact our office if you have any questions.
Regards,
Carl Horton | Technical Director & General Manager.
Please click here to see the Ontario Soccer Bulletin regarding the Governments announcement yesterday on the lifting of restrictions effective Jan. 31, for indoor sports.
“As part of those changes, effective Jan. 31, 2022 at 12:01 a.m. the Government of Ontario will reintroduce a 50 per cent capacity (or 500 people, whichever is less) limit for indoor sports and recreational fitness venues. Two metre distancing requirements remain in place for non-competition areas such as change rooms or other gathering spaces. As the Government of Ontario’s regulations have not been published, pertaining to yesterdays announcement, we will clarify the specifics surrounding capacity limits affecting participants i.e., players, match officials and team officials. Further updates for membership will be available soon.”
At this present time, MHYSC is planning to resume all indoor soccer activities on January 31, with all scheduled programming taking place that week. Please check your Power Up schedules for all updates. We will continue to provide you with any further updates once they are received from Ontario Soccer.
Regards,
Carl Horton | Technical Director & General Manager.
The Government of Ontario announced on Jan. 3, 2022 that effective Jan. 5, 2022 at 12:01, it will return to a modified Step 2 of the Roadmap to Re-Open Plan, in response to the recent status of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ontario Soccer has reviewed the new directives with the Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries and has further confirmed interpretation for our sport.
Among the changes, which impact soccer in Ontario, are the following:
Due to the above restrictions, and all in person programming being paused, MHYSC aims to restart the following programs on the following dates, if permitted by the Government and Ontario Soccer.
MHYSC will continue to keep our membership updated with all information that we receive from the Government and Ontario Soccer. Please ensure that you continue to check your emails, look out for any social media announcements as well as check our Covid - 19 update page on our website by clicking here
Within the next 24 Hours, please look out for a communication that will provide links to our Youtube page that will enable players to stay engaged at home with some home ball mastery videos.
Please contact our office via email at info@mhysc.org at this time if you have any questions.
Thank you and stay safe!
Regards,
Carl Horton | Technical Director & General Manager.
The Government of Ontario announced on Jan. 3, 2022 that effective Jan. 5, 2022 at 12:01, it will return to a modified Step 2 of the Roadmap to Re-Open Plan, in response to the recent status of the COVID-19 pandemic. These measures will be in place for at least 21 days (until January 26, 2022), subject to trends in public health and health system indicators.
Among the changes, which impact sport, is the following:
MHYSC has made the decision, in the best interest of Players, Coaches and Families to PAUSE all in person soccer related activities as of Monday, January 3, 2022. This results in all practices on Monday and Tuesday (January 3rd and 4th) to be cancelled. All in person soccer related activities up until at least January 26 will also be cancelled.In the coming days, as we receive more information from Ontario Soccer we will continue to provide our membership with updates as well as access to online ball mastery training videos for players to utilize at home while programming is paused.
For the full Ontario Soccer announcement please click here
Stay safe and thank you for your understanding.
Regards,
Carl Horton | Technical Director & General Manager.
Hello MHYSC Member,
As you know the Province of Ontario has moved the City of Hamilton into the Red, or Control stage, within the provincial COVID-19 Opening Framework effective Monday, November 16. Mount Hamilton Youth Soccer Club is waiting to receive direction from our partners at Redeemer Dome on what COVID-19 restrictions will look like at their facility in the Red (Control) stage and how it will impact our programs. There may also be additional information from the City of Hamilton and Ontario Soccer regarding soccer activities which would affect what we can do.Once we have more information we will communicate it with our players and coaches.
Thank you for your patience,
MHYSC
Hello MHYSC Member,
The President of the Hamilton & District Soccer Association has made the following announcement:
Hi Everyone,
Hamilton Soccer, in consultation with Ontario Soccer, has made the difficult decision to cancel all league play for 2020 outdoor. The leagues that are impacted by this decision are:
PSL
WWISL
H&D Multijurisdictional SL
With the recent decision from the Government of Ontario to move various regions into phase 3, unfortunately Hamilton and Haldimand were not moved to Ontario Stage 3. With the anticipated length of time it will take for the remainder of our District to move to Ontario Government phase 3, this does not allow us to support meaningful competition.
I thank you for your support during this time. I am very proud of how we as a soccer community worked together through this process.
Regards,
Tom WalshPresidentHamilton Soccer
Due to this announcement Mount Hamilton Youth Soccer Club has made the difficult decision to cancel Academy and Competitive programming for the time being. We will continue to look at opportunities to get our players back on the field to train later this summer or fall when it become safe to do so. Like many of you, we are disappointed the season has to be cancelled, however, the health and safety of our players, parents, officials and volunteers is our top priority.
We want to thank everyone for their patience during this process, it has been a difficult decision to navigate but we are convinced that we have made the right decision after considering that Hamilton is still in Phase 1 of Return to Play and after reviewing the many restrictions and return to play parameters.
Refunds will be available. We will follow up in the next couple of weeks with another e-mail regarding refunds and credits.
We will keep you posted and provide updates as they become available.
We are in this together. Stay safe!!
Yours in Soccer,
MHYSC Board of Directors and Staff
Information Bulletin from Ontario soccer: https://www.ontariosoccer.net/news_article/show/1105372
Bulletin #: I2020-050
Date: May 14, 2020
To: Club Membership
CC: Ontario Soccer Board of Directors, Staff
From: Johnny Misley, Chief Executive Officer
Subject: Provincial Government Announcement of Opening of Outdoor Recreational Fields
Ontario Soccer, in consultation with Canada Soccer and governmental advisors, continues to monitor the most recent developments surrounding the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and are assessing operations and deciding cancellations and postponements on a month-to-month basis as the pandemic continues to unfold.
The Ontario Provincial Government today announced additional workplaces that are scheduled to re-open.
As part of the announcement, the government stated that recreational, outdoor fields would open, beginning on May 19, 2020.
The Provincial Government further clarified this statement with the following, addressing what would specifically be opening in this regard: “recreational activities for individual or single competitors, including training and sport competitions conducted by a recognized national or provincial sport organization. This includes indoor and outdoor non-team sport competitions that can be played while maintaining physical distancing and without spectators, such as tennis, track and field and horse racing.”
At the present time, Ontario Soccer has not been provided through the Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries, direction on Return to Play safety protocol or guidelines.
Ontario Soccer will continue to update membership with all relevant and current information surrounding Return to Play when known.
If your membership has further questions, please refer them to the latest bulletin, the COVID-19 Updates page, which has all the latest information from Ontario Soccer, as well as resources for your members to better inform themselves. As well, please consider placing a dedicated link to the COVID-19 Updates on the homepage on your website.
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If you have any questions, please contact Patty Forbes, Director of Administration.
