January 25, 2022
The Covid-19 pandemic continues to affect life in many ways. As a result of the latest Wave of the virus, fuelled by the Omicron variant, the bowling communities in Ontario and Quebec have been shut down throughout the month of January. Ontario is scheduled to reopen on January 31st and Quebec has yet to take a position with regards to reopening.
With these forced closures coming at a key time in terms of qualifying for the YBC Nationals, and with continued uncertainty in many regards, YBC representatives from across Canada have approved a rescheduling of the National Final dates so as to better ensure that all league qualifying, as well as zone and provincial finals, will be able to happen.
YBC NATIONALS (both Fivepin and Tenpin) are now rescheduled for July 10, 11 & 12, 2022.
Provincial YBC associations may reschedule zone and provincial finals as required, so long as provincial champions are decided by May 1st. Check with your provincial association to see if any changes have been made to your zones/provincials.
IMPORTANT NOTE: As we all know, businesses must abide by any restrictions to operations as set by their provincial government and/or local health authority, such as (but not limited to) vaccine requirements, capacity restrictions, etc. Bowling centres are no exception. Therefore, Youth Bowl Canada wishes to state clearly that any requirements imposed upon the host bowling centres of our National Championships, by their governments and/or local health authorities, will be enforced as a matter of law. For updates on requirements in the province of Ontario (Host province for both 5pin and 10pin nationals) visit… https://covid-19.ontario.ca/public-health-measures#recreational_amenities