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COVID-19 Safety

On 28/03/2022, the AFL issued the Return to Training & Playing Protocols (protocols). The purpose of the protocols is to ensure the safety of players, spectators and officials - while returning to community footy in accordance with government restrictions.

The junior footy program’s return to full contact training and full contact competition is subject to the following limitations specified in the protocols and conditional on all participants (spectators, players and officials) strictly adhering to the protocols.

The club has appointed our secretary to act as our COVID Safety Officer. The COVID Safety Officer’s role is to sure all participants are aware of the protocols, that the club is adhering to the protocols and take immediate steps to correct any breaches. The COVID Safety Officer is also the contact point for any questions relating to the protocols. If you have any queries, questions, concerns or compliments, please contact our secretary.

The club cannot emphasise enough the importance for all participants to respect the protocols, as they reflect the government’s restrictions - and harsh sanctions may be imposed on clubs and individuals in breach.

Outdoors

  • Spectators must maintain 1.5 meters from others. If you can’t maintain 1.5 metres from others, wear a mask

  • Officials must clean shared equipment between uses

  • If you can’t maintain social distancing, wear a mask

Indoors (upstairs club rooms)

  • All attendees over 18 years of age must be vaccinated

  • Density limit of 1 person per 2 square metres

  • All attendees must maintain 1.5 meters from others

  • If you can’t maintain social distancing, wear a mask. Hospitality workers must wear a mask when working in an area accessible to the public

  • All attendees must scan in using the club QR code

 
General hygiene practicesRegularly wash your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds - If soap and water aren’t available, use alcohol-based sanitizerAvoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth. Avoid close contact with people who are sickCover your mouth with your elbow to cough or sneeze.Don’t spit or clear nasal passages. Don’t share food, such as fruit and lollies

General hygiene practices

Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds - If soap and water aren’t available, use an alcohol-based sanitizer

Cover your mouth with your elbow to cough or sneeze.

Don’t spit or clear nasal passages. Don’t share food, such as fruit and lollies

Feeling unwellIf you’re unwell or have been in contact with a person who’s unwell, don’t attend training sessions or matches and stay at homeIf you develop a fever or respiratory symptoms, get tested for COVID-19 and notify your coach, team manager or our COVID Safety OfficerIf you test positive for COVID-19, you must immediately notify our COVID Safety Officer

Feeling unwell

If you’re unwell or have been in contact with a person who’s unwell, don’t attend training sessions or matches and stay at home

If you develop a fever or respiratory symptoms, get tested for COVID-19

Avoid close contact with people who are sick

Players

  • Don’t give high fives or handshakes and minimise other physical contact, including excessive bumping behind play

  • Avoid removing mouthguards, except if necessary - if necessary, ensure no contact is made with another person and disinfect mouthguards after each training session or match and store appropriately

  • Don’t share personal items, such as footy jumpers, water bottles, helmets, food or towels and clearly label personal items and keep separate from other players’ personal items

  • After a match, don’t shake hands – instead offer three cheers to the umpires and sing the club song, provided it is sung as soon as possible after the match and off the field

  • If in the upstairs clubrooms, scan in using the club QR code

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Officials

The club will provide you with sanitizing products. Can you please ensure you:

  • Make available hand sanitizer to players at training sessions and matches and encourage players to regularly use the hand sanitizer during training sessions and matches

  • Thoroughly clean and disinfect any shared equipment, such as balls, cones, bibs, pens, flags and whistles between each use

  • Send home any player or official who attends a training session or match with a fever or respiratory symptoms

To assist you in meeting these requirements, get a parent or caregiver to help you. If you need further sanitizing products, please contact our secretary.

Club

Facilities

The club will open the facilities on match day, and ensure the facilities are only accessed by players and officials if required. If used by players and officials, there must be only one individual for every 2 square metres.

The club will thoroughly clean and disinfect the facilities after use on match days and ensure frequently touched surfaces and objects are regularly cleaned when in use, such as tables, countertops, light switches, doorknobs and hand rails.

Sanitizing products

The club will make available sanitizing products (wipe or paper towels and disinfectant spray) to officials to clean and disinfect equipment before and after training sessions and matches. The club will make available sanitizing products (hand sanitizer) to officials for participants to use at training sessions and matches.

Social distancing

The club will carefully monitor strict observance by participants of 1.5m social distancing requirements.

Communications

The club will communicate the protocol requirements to all participants through its communications channels and reinforce general hygiene practices and the protocols through its communications channels.

Positive COVID-19 case

If notified of a positive case of COVID-19 from a participant (or close contact), the club will notify the league.