Dear members,
Please take a quick read over the following message regarding the impacts of the most recent provincial announcement.
On Thursday, April 1st, Premier Doug Ford announced that as of 12:01am Saturday, April 3rd the province will go into a month long “shutdown”. While the City of Ottawa interprets the provincial measures to their own venues, the Terry Fox Athletic Facility will be closed until further notice. This will unfortunately result in on official pause to our spring/summer outdoor programs.
Notes on Programs:
The final early spring practice scheduled on Saturday April 3rd will be cancelled due to the facility closure.
The start of our competitive spring/summer programs that were scheduled for April 7th will be postponed until further notice.
The start of our spring Aspire, Foundation and Youth programs that were scheduled on April 19th will be postponed until further notice.
We will continue to evaluate the scenario before adjusting our events scheduled in May (Twilight series and Ottawa High Performance Weekend).
I am requesting all registrants to be patient until we have complete details before any bombardment of questions. We will issue a notice to all spring/summer programs on how the changes affect the times, prices and the layout of practices.
This update is far from what we were expecting to share as we begin the spring months. We are all frustrated with the roller coaster of lockdowns, shutdowns and stay at home orders. In fact, that is probably a mellow emotion to what most of us feel has played out since March of 2020. I must commend our members for the diligence and commitment displayed over the past 13 months. The drive is still there and unlike last summer, we have the template in place to return all programs at the appropriate time. Let’s not sleep on this pause but carry that drive over so that when we are back it will be a minor blip in training.
Take care and Happy Easter,
Richard Johnston
Executive Director
Ottawa Lions Track and Field Club