Dear Otters

I am pleased to announce that our Master Swimming training venues will start to reopen again on Wednesday 2nd December. Initially, this will be QMSC only, however, for the foreseeable future, this will NOT include the Sunday afternoon nor the early morning Monday sessions. Hopefully, other venues will follow very soon; we will keep you informed as they do.

Session Booking System

The Session Booking System will be re-opened from 8:00 am tomorrow (Tuesday 1st December).

When you make a booking please make sure that you have read the Pre-training Covid-19 Health Survey and then tick the box to confirm that you are symptom-free, will only attend training if you remain symptom-free, you are not self-isolating and are returning to training fully aware of the risks associated with the Covid‑19 virus. You will not be able to make a booking unless you do so.

Please also note, as before:

If you turn up to an Otter training session without having made a Booking you will NOT be allowed in the water.
There is a cut off time for all Bookings, as follows:

Morning sessions – 9:00 pm the evening before
Evening sessions – 12 noon on that day.

The Booking and Attendance Register that we set up for every training session will be prepared shortly after the above cut off times – any Bookings made after the cut off times will be considered void and omitted.

Otter Subscriptions

If you are intending to restart Masters Swimming training with Otter for the first time after the Covid lockdowns, please reinstate your subscription standing order before attending any Otter training sessions. You will also need to get some personal login credentials to access the Session Booking System – please email otterbookingsystem@gmail.com.

If you paused your Otter subscription standing order for the duration of the 2nd lockdown please reinstate it before you attend any further Otter training sessions. We are aware that timing issues may mean that some of you will have paid for November and then subsequently found that the Otter training sessions were being cancelled because of the new Lockdown. If you would like to carry your November payment over to cover December then please discuss with our Hon. Treasurer (Chris Eden); he can be contacted by email at otter.hon.treasurer@gmail.com.

The Otter Committee will continue to monitor the situation and keep you updated on new developments. In the meantime please all stay safe and look after yourselves and your families.

Thank you for all your help, understanding and co-operation during these difficult times.

On behalf of the Otter Committee

Paul Hindle

President