Dear Bullants Community,
We are returning to training this week. Below is the covid-safe guidance for players and parents. We will be emailing specific guidance to coaches.
We are still looking for help to manage the entry and exit points at the courts – please email bullantsnetball@gmail.com if you can help. We need a few helpers for each session. The club is run by volunteers and there is extra administration required to implement these mandatory regulations.
Uniform orders have arrived, but they will not be distributed this week. Given the change to our training routine we plan to distribute uniforms at a later time. Orders can still be made via the webstore.
Arrival & Departure
Entry and exit to the SCNA courts will only be via the Makin Place gates. The King Street carpark and the small gate on Makin Place will remain locked with no accessibility. The carpark gate will be split into an entry and exit point using high visibility cones to ensure participants flow into the facility through the hand sanitiser stations.
The Bullants Committee and volunteers will control the entry/exit points ensuring all participants follow correct protocol i.e. correct entry/exit, use of hand sanitiser, know which court to go to and players go directly there etc. The SCNA carpark will not be used.
Parents are to remain outside the court fence unless they are the entry/exit gate supervisors or team manager. This is due to the social distancing requirements.
Training
All training will be staggered by 20 minutes to allow for teams to depart and arrive without interaction between other teams and to allow for equipment cleaning as necessary.
All participants are required to arrive no earlier than 10 minutes prior to their training session and depart the venue no later than 10 minutes at the end of the training session. Warmups are to be kept to a minimum and there is to be no cool downs.
No contact training will occur at this stage, the focus will be on fitness and skills.
Training times for each team (unless otherwise specified) are:
5.00 until 5.40pm – Net Set Go (Year 2 and 3) and Juniors Go (Year 4).
6.00 until 6.40pm – Juniors (Year 5 and 6)
7.00 until 7.40pm – Intermediates (Years 7, 8 and 9)
8.00 until 8.45pm – Seniors
Teams will be allocated a single, consistent court to train on each week. Only one team will be allowed on each court for training purposes.
Social distancing should always be practised. Participants should be aware that there is no sharing of towels, water bottles, whistles etc. All personal equipment is to be labelled by all participants. Any personal equipment left at SCNA will be immediately thrown out. Participants are to bring one bottle to cover the training session.
Equipment
Please do not bring along any personal netball equipment to netball training such as netballs or bibs.
Each team will be allocated a clearly labelled kit bag. This kit bag is for their team only. There is to be no sharing or touching of equipment between teams. Inside these kit bags will be all equipment necessary for training. These kit bags will be kept in the possession of each coach and brought along to each training session. Bullants will provide each team with a pack of antibacterial wipes.
Cleanliness
A hand sanitiser will be positioned at the Makin Place entrance. This hand sanitiser will be prominently marked with signage and all participants will be required to use it when they enter and exit. There will also be hand sanitiser pump packs located on a table outside the SCNA pavilion.
There is to be no spitting or nasal secretions from participants.
There will be no access to any communal facilities including toilets, showers, change rooms, umpire room, canteen or SCNA office. This is an ACT Government stipulation. These facilities will be roped off and appropriate signage erected to notify and remind participants.
Please ensure all netballers have been to the bathroom immediately before attending training.
Health
Any unwell participants are not to attend or leave immediately if they begin to feel unwell. An unwell participant is required to inform the coach.
Coaches/managers are to keep a record of each participants that is in attendance for all training sessions including any participant absences. The need for this is should there be an outbreak all participants will be advised and contact tracing can occur. Attendance records will be provided to the Bullants committee each week and stored in case they are needed for tracing purposes.
If someone (participant or coach) tests positive for COVID-19, ACT Health will perform contact tracing to determine where the infected person has been and who they have been in contact with.
The individual must not attend any training until they have been cleared by a health authority. Any person who has been in close contact with the individual may be asked not to attend training for a period or until a COVID-19 test comes back negative.
All Bullants club participants including coaches, managers, participants and volunteers will assist ACT Health in contact tracing should it be required.
Updates
Bullants will update information vis the Bullants blog (https://bullantsnetball.wordpress.com/) as it changes in response to ACT Government and Netball ACT guidance.
Thank-you for your support during this time.
Bullants Committee
Bullants Netball Club Inc. 