KEILOR LITTLE ATHLETICS COVID-19 PROTOCOLS

Updated 3 Nov 2021

As per the Little Athletics Victoria Metropolitan Melbourne COVID-19 protocols, the following guidelines must be adhered to by all attendees to the Keilor Little Athletics Centre venue:

Attendance:

• Only those required to conduct competition & training may be in attendance: athletes, officials, coaches, committee members, volunteers, COVID-Safe Officials (CSOs) and supervising parents/guardians.

  • Due to the attendee limits, spectators are not permitted to attend any Little Athletics activity.

• If a parent/guardian or athlete feels unwell, they are not to attend competition or training until they feel well and have no symptoms.

• If the COVID Safe Official, coach or committee member observes a parent/guardian or athlete is unwell, the parent/guardian and athlete will be required to return home immediately.

Attendance Records and Managed Access

• Prior to the commencement of sanctioned Centre competition & training activities, all attendees must register their attendance via the Victorian State Government QR Code system. (A manual register must also be available in the event the attendee is unable to use the QR Code system; details must be kept for 28 days).

• COVID-Safe Officials must be present at all times to ensure all attendees register their attendance.

Venue:

• Access to change rooms and toilets is permitted.

• Access to clubrooms and pavilions is permitted with a maximum of 20 patrons at one time.

• Face masks are to be worn by all attendees 12 years of age and older in large indoor spaces or when you cannot physically social distance.

• Canteens are permitted to operate in accordance with ‘Accommodation and food services sector guidelines’.

• A regular and thorough cleaning schedule to disinfect all common areas and high touch surfaces will be maintained.

• The toilets must be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected after each competition and training session.

Cleaning/disinfecting/sanitising shared equipment:

• Athletes are encouraged to bring their own water bottles, towels, and other personal items to avoid sharing where possible.

  • Athlete’s clothing items, such as tops, hoodies, etc, are to be separated when not worn to avoid contact with other athletes’ items.

  • Uniform items are not to be shared.

  • Athletes will be required to only use the equipment allocated to them, unless they supply their own (training only).

  • Throwing implements (shot put, discus, javelins) are to be cleaned with disinfectant wipes after every attempt.

  • Starting blocks must be cleaned/disinfected prior to each use.

  • Athletes will be required to sanitise their hands after using shared equipment.

  • In training and competition, all shared equipment, such as rakes, brooms, tape measures etc, must be cleaned/disinfected after each use.

  • High jump: all forms of high jump are permissible, with the following provisos:

  o that all equipment is thoroughly cleaned after the session;

  o each athlete sanitises their hands after each jump.

  • Long & triple jump: when athletes are leaving the pit, athletes must clean their hands and sanitise.

  • For all strength & conditioning training, all shared equipment (such as gym mats, skipping ropes, medicine ball, kettle bells etc)must cleaned/disinfected after each use.

  • Centres are required to allocate the responsibility for accessing the equipment shed and handling equipment. Access to the equipment shed can be accessed by authorised people only. To assist with this, the equipment shed should be secured at all times.

Cleaning/disinfecting/sanitising shared equipment

• Athletes are encouraged to bring their own water bottles, towels, and other personal items to avoid sharing where possible.

• Athlete’s clothing items, such as tops, hoodies, etc, are to be separated when not worn to avoid contact with other athletes’ items.

• Uniform items are not to be shared.

• Athletes will be required to only use the equipment allocated to them, unless they supply their own (training only).

• Throwing implements (shot put, discus, javelins) are to be cleaned with disinfectant wipes after every attempt.

• Starting blocks must be cleaned/disinfected prior to each use.

• Athletes will be required to sanitise their hands after using shared equipment.

• In training and competition, all shared equipment, such as rakes, brooms, tape measures etc, must be cleaned/disinfected after each use.

• High jump: all forms of high jump are permissible, with the following provisos:

o that all equipment is thoroughly cleaned after the session;

o each athlete sanitises their hands after each jump.

• Long & triple jump: when athletes are leaving the pit, athletes must clean their hands and sanitise.

• For all strength & conditioning training, all shared equipment (such as gym mats, skipping ropes, medicine ball, kettle bells etc)must cleaned/disinfected after each use.

• Centres are required to allocate the responsibility for accessing the equipment shed and handling equipment. Access to the equipment shed can be accessed by authorised people only. To assist with this, the equipment shed should be secured at all times.

Save favourite location on the Service Victoria app

To save a favourite location:

1. Open the Service Victoria app on your phone.

2. Tap the ‘Check-in’ button at the bottom of the screen.

3. Point your phone’s camera at the QR code on the poster until you see it on your camera screen and wait for the prompts.

4. Tap ‘check-in to this location’.

5. You’ll see a confirmation screen with a green tick. At the bottom of the confirmation screen, you’ll see ‘save as a favourite check-in’. Toggle the button to the right.

6. Press ‘done’.

7. This will save the location to your favourite list.

Further information can be found on the Little Athletics Victoria website here —> https://lavic.com.au/covid-19/