Club
Closures: The
Government of Manitoba declared a State of Emergency on March 20, and the
immediate closure of all wellness centres offering physical activities, gyms,
fitness centres and athlete clubs and training facilities is mandated.
Therefore, all rhythmic gymnastics clubs are required to close.
Training Facilities: The University
of Manitoba will be keeping facilities closed through spring, with all rentals
from now until Tuesday, June 30th to be cancelled. While they continue to
monitor the situation, they hope to be able to resume operations by Thursday,
July 2nd. They will not be rescheduling any bookings at this time.
Canadian Championships: Gymnastics Canada has decided to post-pone the Canadian National Championships that were scheduled for May. GymCan memo. Gymnastics Canada is sharing event updates on a dedicated part of their website. Please visit it here: http://gymcan.org/news/details/2020_Gymcan_Covid_EN
Local
Events: In addition
to the club training, the Manitoba Provincial Championships and Provincial Gymnaestrada
will be postponed or cancelled. RGM will try to reschedule events to a date
that fits with the changes to the national calendar.
Modified
events:
Competition
1 Theory Course will take place as scheduled, but will be offered online
The Annual
General Meeting will take place as scheduled but we are exploring options to offer
the AGM online.
The Awards ceremony
for the Order of Sports Excellence will be delayed since the Provincial
Championships will not have taken place.
