LAVic has released a memo yesterday afternoon and have advised all Victorian Centres of a change to the 500 patron cap definition. Anthony Macintosh, CEO of Little Athletics Victoria, provided the following:
Many of our Centres exceeding 200 members (and often many more Trial Athletes) have expressed concerns about how to keep patronage below 500 on competition/training days, as is required following State Government announcements last Sunday.
Sport & Recreation Victoria and Vicsport have provided further clarification about what parties are counted within, or are excluded, from the 500 patron venue cap.
In the Little Athletics context, ‘Those necessary to conduct the sport are excluded from the 500 cap and would include:
For competition: committee members, officials, first aid providers & volunteers undertaking a required task;
For training: committee members, officials, coaches, first aid providers and volunteers undertaking a required task.
This is good news in that we can now exclude certain roles from the 500 patron cap, and means that we can ease some of the restrictions for this weekend to allow more options for our families. We understand that this is short notice for this weekend, and families may have already made alternative arrangements.
The Executive Committee has decided that following can now apply this weekend in light of the above changes provided by LAVic:
- Only registered athletes, or athletes who are completing trialing sessions can attend. Siblings who are not registered should not attend unless alternative arrangements can’t be made. Please advise your club if your are bringing siblings if care arrangements can’t be made.
- All age groups – 1 Parent only, unless they are on duty, then a second Parent can attend to supervise athletes to events.
- Families with athletes that require additional support are permitted to have an additional parent attend. Please advise your Club.
- Trialing athletes – 1 Parent only.
- NO OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS ARE PERMITTED – To avoid disappointment please ensure you do not invite grandparents or other family members to spectate. No additional spectators will be permitted, and will be turned away at the entry gate.
Our priority remains that all athletes wanting to participate have the ability to do so, hence why the requirements above have eased for the weekend but remain in place. We thank everyone for their support and understanding in ensuring that we keep our venue numbers within limits.
