Basketball Victoria acknowledges the Basketball Australia – Return to Basketball Guidelines that were released today. As each State and Territory are currently under different restrictions and protocols, we are reviewing the document(s) for jurisdictional consistencies with our previously distributed – Basketball Victoria – Return to Sport Guidelines and with the Victorian Government. We will be amending and distributing a finalised version of the document by Friday, May 22.
The BV document refers to risk management strategies to enable a return to basketball at various levels of restriction including, the flow of traffic in and out of venues, time restrictions, compulsory cleaning, sanitisation and restrictions on players, officials and parents per court.
Basketball Victoria is hoping that the next phase in the easing of restrictions, from the beginning of June, will allow a return to indoor stadiums with an allowance for a reasonable level of individuals per court, as we have detailed in our guidelines. We believe our sport has the ability to provide a safe and controlled environment for the return to participation.
We are striving for a greater understanding of the proposed next stages of a return to sport, which will assist with advanced planning for us all. We continue to liaise with all levels of government and will provide an update as soon as information comes to hand. In addition, we are working on a preferred supplier solution to assist associations and clubs purchase sanitisation products and equipment which we will release details of next week
The basketball community has shown great strength and understanding during this unprecedented time for our sport, and we’re confident this will continue through the recovery that lies ahead.
We will continue to update you as soon as we have information available.