Knox Council have this afternoon formally advised that the track can be opened and will therefore be available for public exercise from Saturday morning 2 October 2021.
The council have placed restrictions on its use in line with the Restricted Activity Direction 18 (RAD) for permitted operations of outdoor physical recreation facilities and the COVID 19 Vaccinated Activity Direction (VAD) for personal trainers.
These include:
Public gathering limits
Exercise for up to four hours, with one other person. The other person can be from another household.
Up to a maximum of five persons for the purposes for personal training from two households if all persons aged 18 or older have received two vaccine doses. (The personal trainer must keep records of vaccinations)
All indoor spaces, including toilets at the facility are closed to members of the public at all times; and
All members of the public and any personal trainer comply with the COVID 19 Vaccinated Activities Direction for personal training.
Sport and exercise coaching is permitted as a form of personal training. Full Time Coaches are subject to the same restrictions as personal trainers.
Coaching / Personal Training must:
– be for exercise purposes
– adhere to class size caps relevant to personal trainers
– adhere to face mask wearing and physical distancing restrictions
– adhere to cleaning requirements in relation to shared equipment
LAVic have also contacted councils and advised them of their position and have confirmed the following in a memo to centres:
While community sport is not permitted in metro Melbourne (this includes Centre sanctioned coaching, training and competition), the current Restricted Activity Directions permit some personal training and coaching for members of the public.
The coaching/personal training arrangements for members of the public that are currently permitted in metro Melbourne:– Are not sanctioned Little Athletics activities;
– Do not provide Little Athletics Australia insurance cover for athletes, regardless of the registration status of the athlete;
– Do not provide Little Athletics Australia insurance cover for the personal trainer/coach, regardless of the accreditations/approvals held.Any claims arising from independent personal training/coaching will not be accepted under the Little Athletics insurance policy.
Clubrooms, change rooms, storage rooms, toilets, facility rooms, first aid rooms and Centre equipment cannot be accessed. Metro Melbourne Centres cannot legally organise or sanction any coaching, training, competition activities, onsite meetings or access to the equipment at the venue until restrictions allow.
Therefore any personal training conducted at the track is not sanctioned by Knox Little Athletics and is conducted at your own risk. There will be no access to toilets or any other facilities inline with the current restricted activity directions.
If you propose to use the track for exercise, please do so in a safe manner.
Dates to remember
26 October – Proposed date that training for community sport can resume
6 November – Proposed date for our Season Start
The Executive Committee is waiting for further information on protocols for the return to training and competition from LAVic. Once these have been finalised we will provide an update on the training and upcoming season.
Reminder the registration portal is open and you can register for the upcoming season.
You can register by clicking here https://memberdesq.sportstg.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=login&OrgID=1370
