June 21st, 2019

Dear NGMSA families,

We hope that this email finds you safe and well. Further to our ongoing updates on COVID-19 we are pleased to provide a framework for our 2020 season.

We appreciate your patience and would like to acknowledge that our decisions have been and will be guided by the rules and regulations of the city of Niagara Falls and the provincial government of Ontario.

Our plan for 2020 is as follows:

Our projected start date will be the week of July 6. We will have 1 on field session a week per player, for which the focus will be on softball instruction and player development. 

We are permitted to have 10 people on the field including coaches. These measures support the requirements of social distancing and guidelines in place within the province of Ontario.

Further to that, players will need to maintain a distance of 6 feet at all times.

Our Instructional teams will consist of 7-8 players plus coaches (within the 10-person limit).

We will not be playing formal games at this time and there will be no uniforms provided at all this year. Other guidelines we will be required to follow are:

-no gum chewing or sunflower seeds

-players will not be permitted to sit on the benches together

-any player that has symptoms of covid will be refused the right to play until they are asymptomatic as per Public Health guidelines 

-players will need to sign a waiver in order to participate

 IF at some point during this time frame, the gatherings are bumped up to 25 or more, NGMSA will draft teams and games will begin. 

Games will of course need to be modified based on the guidelines and regulations of the city of Niagara Falls and provincial government of Ontario.

Please note all on field participation is Weather permitting.

Further to this season’s framework, for all NGMSA players who are registered for the 2020 season, their registration fees will be rolled over to 2021.

In short, players who have committed to play for the 2020 season house league season are also registered through to the 2021 season at no additional cost.

 Players who do not wish to participate in the 2020 season, will receive a full refund, however we need you to inform the NGMSA at:

niagarafallsthundercats@live.com on or before SUNDAY, June 28th.

This information will help us to begin to determine the instructional teams and move forward with our plan.

We hope to keep our sessions in line with designated game nights of past years from NGMSA, but this could change depending on the number of players who wish to participate.

The Executive at NGMSA would like to again thank you for your continued enthusiasm for our 2020 season. We have appreciated your patience as we have navigated these challenging circumstances. 

NGMSA Executive

Should you still like to register for the  2020 season with the above guidelines in place  please follow the registration instructions below