Dear All,

It is with great pleasure we announce the commencement of the 2020 season for the Junior Magpies.

Non-contact training (fitness) can commence this week from Wednesday 17/06/2020 at the Berry Sporting complex. Please get in touch with your coach to confirm your start dates and times.

As you can appreciate there will be some changes to the way training is conducted. As of the 13th June 2020, the public health order in place is the following:

• Gatherings (training) are still restricted to
groups of no more than 20 people;
• Physical distancing rules still apply;
• No training involving contact allowed (no
footballs);
• Change rooms to remain closed – toilets
may be available for use. If a toilet is
accessed via a change room, the toilet
may be used, the change room may not.
• The basic rule is “arrive, play/train, leave”
• All participants should be strongly
encouraged to download the
Government’s CovidSafe app;
• No gathering as a group before or after
sport;
• No close contact or tackling is allowed as
it is within 1.5m;
• An area of 4m2 is required per person (i.e.
a minimum of 40m2 for 10 people);
• There may be more than one group of 10
people at the same time at the same
venue providing that clearly defined and
separated areas of more than 40m2 for
each group are allocated;
• No ‘mixing’ of people (including coaches)
between separate groups of 10 people;
• Coaches, referees and spectators are
included with participants in the total
number attending (i.e. a maximum total of
10 people);
• Spectators or people providing transport
should remain in their vehicle or leave the
venue where possible.

To minimise the risk of contracting or transmitting COVID-19, at all times:

• Do not attend any sport if you are unwell
and experiencing symptoms such as a
cough, sore throat, fever, fatigue or
shortness of breath;
• Do not attend sport if, in the last 14 days,
you have been unwell or had close contact
with a known or suspected case of
COVID-19;
• Anyone who is unwell should see a doctor
in accordance with NSW Public Health
Authority guidelines.

All players, trainers and coaches:

• Prepare or dress for sport at home;
• Shower at home before and after sport;
• Bring hand wash or sanitiser to wash /
sanitise your hands before and after sport;
• Bring your own drink bottle, towel etc;
• Avoid unnecessary contact (i.e. shaking
hands, ‘high fives’ etc);
• If required, changing or putting on gear
before and / or after sport should be done
in, or near to, your own vehicle – or
elsewhere away from the playing area;
• All equipment (particularly if touched by
hands) should be wiped clean afterwards
(e.g. balls, temporary goals etc);
• If there is a playing group of less than 10
and spectators are present, 1.5m
distancing must be observed by
spectators;
• Participants should gradually return to
training to reduce the risk of injury.

Further information: https://sport.nsw.gov.au/novel-coronavirus-covid-19

The club will have limited hand sanitiser available, please bring your own hand sanitiser.

Coaches and Trainers: Please see training field set-up configurations attached.

Location

Berry NSW