COVID SAFE

If you need to inform the Club of a COVID19 related issue, please contact us at kangascovidsafety@gmail.com 

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Nunawading Kangas Basketball Club continues to follow the COVIDsafe protocols of Basketball Victoria and our Association, Melbourne East Basketball Association.

Basketball Victoria COVID-Safe Protocols

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In line with the easing of restrictions, Basketball Victoria confirms that basketball can resume under the following COVIDsafe settings;

NOTE: Moving forward, the colour code of Basketball Victoria’s COVIDsafe settings will reflect the activity allowed. RED (no activity), ORANGE (training only) and GREEN (competition and training permissible).

With these guidelines in place, Basketball Victoria is able to set the current Return to Sport Reactivation Level to GREEN-50 for indoor competition and training effective immediately.  

GREEN-50

• Training and competition can resume with the minimum number of people required
• Vaccination requirements don’t apply to community sport, however this is subject to the venue user policy. Terms of entry are dictated by the venue operator including schools, councils and third-party entities who may choose to enforce vaccination requirements
• A limit of 1 spectator per participant is recommended, up to a Density Quotient (DQ) 1:4m2 and group limits of 30
• Masks are mandatory for all patrons over 12 years of age at all times unless medically exempt. Players, coaches and referees are exempt while on court participating in an exertive role        

Staying COVIDSafe

It’s important that your business is COVIDSafe and follows the COVIDSafe principles.   

You and your workers/volunteers must wear a face mask indoors, and it is highly recommended that face masks are worn outdoors where physical distancing cannot be maintained– unless you have a lawful exception. This includes people who are fully vaccinated.

MEBA Club Training COVID-Safe Protocols

Good Afternoon All,

As we know, further easing of restrictions is expected on Sunday 22nd November, however, we have not yet received confirmation from DHHS/Basketball Victoria regarding the venue’s capacity.

The below schedule is provided for your club and members outlining the COVID-Safe protocols at Nunawading Stadium as we make our way back to basketball.

COVID-Safe Protocols

Nunawading Basketball is fully committed to providing a safe environment for all members and all patrons will play a vital role in reducing the spread of COVID-19 through the promotion and practicing of good hygiene while ensuring adherence to Government requirements. As we reactivate basketball we all must ensure that we are doing the right thing at all times to protect the safety of staff, volunteers, players, officials and the wider community. It is important for Basketball Associations and Clubs to lead and promote a strong culture of COVID-19 safety for the health and wellbeing of participants and the broader community as any breaches could have ramifications for members of the community and the continuation of community sport.  Nunawading Basketball will have 2 BioSafety Officers (wearing Hi-Vis vest) on duty whilst the Nunawading Basketball Centre is open. We ask that all patrons remain polite, listen to and obey BioSafety Officers when utilising the facility.

In addition to the guidelines provided by the Victorian Government, DHHS, Whitehorse Council and Basketball Victoria, we ask all staff, volunteers, participants, coaches, officials and spectators to abide by the following protocols:

Stay home if you are required to quarantine due to exposure to a COVID positive case.  Do not return to basketball training or games until you have received a negative test at the END of your quarantine period.  

Stay home if you are unwell. Especially if you have a fever, are coughing, feeling fatigued, have shortness of breath or a sore throat.

Arrival/Departure:

• Do not arrive more than 5 minutes before your scheduled time and if you do, please stay in your car

• All patrons must enter and exit via the correct doors only to limit crossover of groups/sessions

• Entry Doors will be closed for the session from 5 minutes after the start time of the session

• Entry will not be permitted until all patrons have left the stadium and sanitising has been completed

• All attendees must ‘sign-in’ using the QR code and you will need to show the BSO that you have ‘checked-in’

• All patrons must make their way directly to their allocated court and not linger in walkways etc.

• Teams have an allocated 40 minute session with 20 minute changeover for sanitising

• All patrons must leave the venue within 5 minutes of their session concluding

Personal Hygiene:

• All patrons must sanitise their hands when they enter the venue

  • Sanitiser will also be provided throughout the venue and on score benches

• All patrons must wear a face mask at all times whilst in the venue

  • Players are permitted to remove their mask as they take the court and must put it back on as soon as their session ends

  • Children under 12 will not be required to wear a mask as per Government advice

• All players must bring their own basketball and sanitise it with a wipe when they enter the venue

• All patrons are asked to limit the touching of surfaces unnecessarily

Social Distancing:

• All patrons must stay 1.5m apart (except players when on court)

• High-Fives, Shaking of hands etc. is not permitted

• Patrons are not to congregate in groups within the venue

Venue & Capacity

• Nunawading Basketball shall adhere to the venue capacity restrictions as advised by the Government and BV as updated from time to time

• Players are advised to bring their own drink bottles as the canteen will not be open and water fountains have been removed

• The toilets at the end of Court 1 and Court 4 are open for public use

• No other rooms within the venue will be accessible to the public

Venue Cleaning:

• Score benches will be sanitised in between each session

• Vending machines will be sanitised in between each session

• Patrons are asked not to bring food into the venue until further notice

• Players are to bring their own drink bottles as the water fountains have been removed

• High touch surfaces will be sanitised in between each session

• In addition to the cleaning by BSO’s, the entire venue will be cleaned thoroughly each day

Finally, if you or someone close to you are suspected or confirmed as a positive case you must notify Nunawading Basketball immediately. 

Kind Regards,

MARK HALLETT CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER