Roll up your sleeves if you want to play baseball for the 颅Victoria HarbourCats or 颅Nanaimo NightOwls. The West Coast League teams, owned by the same company, announced the measure Tuesday for all its 颅players, coaches and staff. That will include the company鈥檚 new Victoria Golden Tide team, which begins play this fall in the sa国际传媒 collegiate and university league.
鈥淥ur people are out in the community. Our programs travel 鈥� we take ferries, and cross borders 鈥� we cannot operate in a bubble. The programs are too complex,鈥� said Jim Swanson, GM and managing partner of the HabourCats and NightOwls of the WCL, which features NCAA Div. 1 collegiate players in summer ball.
The HarbourCats did not play the 2020 and 2021 seasons due to the pandemic. The NightOwls inaugural 2021 season was cancelled. The teams are set to return in 2022.
Meanwhile, Pacific FC of the pro soccer Canadian Premier League said it was unable to 颅provide a team vaccination rate at this time.
The Victoria Royals of the Western Hockey League do not have a definitive policy yet on player vaccinations.
鈥淲e don鈥檛 have an answer to that. The league is assessing that now,鈥� said Royals GM and head coach Dan Price. 鈥淭hey are working with each health jurisdiction, including in the U.S.鈥�
The pro golfers coming to Victoria for the Reliance 颅Properties DCBank Open from Sept. 30 to Oct. 3 at Uplands are not required to be vaccinated but it is being recommended.
鈥淲e鈥檝e not mandated it for the Tour but we strongly encourage it,鈥� said Scott Pritchard, executive director of the Mackenzie Tour-PGA Tour sa国际传媒.
All Canadian athletes in the just-completed Tokyo Olympics, and upcoming Tokyo Paralympics, including more than 75 from the Island or Island-based, are fully vaccinated.
Meanwhile, PFC has not asked for proof of vaccination for fans entering Starlight Stadium for CPL games.
The WHL is formulating its policy, said Price.
