Competition Guidelines for Athletes (Arena Events)

• All competitors and coaches accessing any building hosting the competition will sign a declaration, and waiver if they have reached the age of majority, or, the parent/guardian of an athlete under the age of majority will sign an assumption of risk form.

• All competitors may be tested before the competition (including pre-competition practice).

• A team may bring an eligible 5th player, and/or a certifed coach, and/or a registered high performance consultant to the feld of play at national events, but only one of the three may be in the feld of play. Teams may play with three (3) including the 4-person mixed championship.

• Locker rooms will be closed. Teams will arrive at the venue(s) dressed to play. Shoes will be changed at the scoreboard area of the designated sheet.

• Teams assigned to the top of the scoreboard will arrive at the venue 45-60 minutes before game time and will proceed to the away end of their designated sheet for warm-up prior to frst practice. First practice will begin at away end using the clockwise rotation. The Last Stone Draw will be played towards the away end with the clockwise rotation. Once the results have been recorded, the teams assigned to the top of the scoreboard will move behind the away scoreboards to wait until the start of the game.

• Teams assigned to the bottom of the scoreboard will arrive at the venue 30-45 minutes before game time and will proceed to the home end of their designated sheet for warm-up prior to second practice. Second practice will begin at home end using the counter-clockwise rotation. The Last Stone Draw will be played towards the home end. Once the results have been recorded, the teams assigned to the top of the scoreboard will move to the front of the home scoreboards.

• Teams will be at each end of the sheet to be introduced. The game will be announced it can start. The non-delivering team (except for the skip) will be stationed between the hog lines. Once the stone is delivered, the non-delivering will move into place.

• During the game, if you need to switch stones, an official timeout will be called, the stones in question will be re-sanitized, and play will resume.

• Time clock operation will take into account the time to get ready to deliver.

• Skip / vice skip of non-delivering team must stand at the hack until the other team is fnished and relinquishes control of the house.

• One sweeper only on all delivered stones. No relaying (second sweeper taking over halfway down the sheet). The person in charge of the house is not allowed to sweep under any circumstance. The skip of the non-delivering must remain in the hack area until all stones come to rest. They are not allowed to sweep the opposition stone behind the tee-line. Lessening of physical distancing restrictions would/could allow this guideline to be removed.

• Players stay on the same side of the sheet. For example, if you are playing on sheet B. Always walk or position yourself on the sideline to sheet A. This will keep players 10-12 feet apart.