The Department of Health has provided an exemption for Outdoor community sport and vaccinations levels. Community Sport, defined as organised competitive sports with a membership, does not need patrons participating or facilitating community sport (e.g. players, coaches, volunteers) to be fully vaccinated to access the outdoor facility.

This exemption recognises that mixed-aged groups participate in community sport, and teams with players unable to be vaccinated should not be at a disadvantage if they aren’t old enough to be fully vaccinated.

Physical recreation workers and volunteers - still need to be fully vaccinated, the attached template has been provided to help you keep a record of volunteers and workers vaccinations. As stated previously you do not need to keep a record of their vaccination certificate but need to record you have sighted it.

https://www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au/sport-and-exercise#am-i-required-to-be-vaccinated-to-play-community-sport

https://www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au/sport-and-exercise-regional-victoria

Covid Check-in Marshalls

A COVID Check-in Marshal is an employee/volunteer responsible for ensuring each person who enters a venue that uses the Service Victoria QR code to check in on arrival (or an alternative record keeping method, where relevant). A covid check-in marshall can serve two roles at once, e.g. the instructor for the training program can also be responsible that everyone has checked in on arrival.

A Covid Check-in Marshell is required at all physical recreation facilities.

Metro Melbourne

• No restriction on travel within Metro Melbourne
• Members of metro Melbourne clubs are allowed to access toilets. Change rooms are to remain closed.
• Training Courses can resume (learn to sail programs, e.g. Tackers, OutThere, Discover Sailing programs)
• Training courses
  • Limited to the number required to participate (one parent/guardian may stay to supervise)
  • Training should only be open to members of your club (no come and try programs)
  • Must only use outdoor facilities (no indoor training allowed)

• Members can access equipment from the sheds. In and out, only therequired people to get the equipment may enter
• Outdoor only, DQ4, 50 cap
• Club Racing Not Permitted

Regional Victoria

• Outdoors DQ2 and 100 cap (non – vaccinated people can participate)
• Indoors DQ4
  1. Fully Vaccinated 30 Cap per space
  2. Vaccine Status unknown 10 cap per space
• Community sport: indoors and outdoors, training only—the minimum number required for the sport.
• Club Racing Not Permitted

The Department of Health has created a page with posters to display at your club and guidelines to support business. https://www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au/signs-posters-and-templates

We are expecting to reach 80% double vaccinated by the 31st of October.

Further queries - Contact Australian Sailing's Victorian Regional Manager Meaghan Densley via meaghan.densley@sailing.org.au