Kia ora everyone,
With the move last night in Auckland to Alert Level 3 and the rest of the county to Alert Level 2, we need to move immediately as a swimming community to adjust to these new levels for the next 72 hours. In Auckland, all pools will be closed so no club training will be possible. Everyone in Auckland should follow the Governments rules relating to level 3, which can be found below.
For those in the rest of the country, you will need to make contact with your facility operator as we found last time we were at Level 2, each operator had their own way of operating under L2. In summary, L2 requires:
Alert Level 2 (Rest of New Zeland):
Community sports are limited to groups of 100 in a defined space. The 100-person limit includes all players, officials and spectators. A sports field can have multiple defined spaces by keeping:
- people in groups of up to 100
- groups separate either through consistent 2-metre physical distancing when outdoors or barriers.
These groups are prevented from intermingling or sharing common facilities at the same time. Hopefully, most clubs will have L2 operating procedures in place that have been approved by your facility operator from the last time we were at this level so can quickly adjust to operating in this manner. For those that don’t please do not hesitate to contact us at info@swimming.org.nz and we will happily provide advice.
Alert Level 3 (Auckland):
- stay at home and work remotely if possible
- schools and daycare only open to children of essential workers
- travel restrictions with borders around Auckland
- public venues such pools and playgrounds CLOSED
For those in the South Island, we will be following developments over the next 48hrs to assess whether the Mako’s Junior Festival can proceed this weekend. If Dunedin is still at Alert Level 2 come Saturday morning, the event will be postponed. We will provide an update on this event tomorrow afternoon by which time, we may have the additional information from the Government about the likelihood or not of the current alert levels continuing past Wednesday.
Nga mihi and Kia kaha,
Steve Johns
CEO
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