On Sunday 31^st May the Queensland State Government declared that the timeline to move to Stage 2 on their Roadmap to Recovery from COVID-19 would be bought forward by a couple of weeks to noon today. Because of this decision we have been frantically working today and will continue to do so tomorrow to allow for people to begin returning from Wednesday.

 

As there is still a heavy restriction on use, with the current guidelines only allowing for 20 people in the facility at once, we need to tightly manage the use of the courts. As has been constantly the case throughout these times things may change quickly and if it does we will also adjust our plans accordingly. Due to these guidelines we have planned a three step return to the courts from Wednesday under the following model;

 

Step 1 – Return to Casual Shooting – Starting Wednesday 3^rd June

 

Between the hours of 8am to 4pm we will be able to take groups of a maximum of 6 people per court for a casual shooting booking. These sessions are for a maximum of 40 minutes and they will be in session times starting on the hour (eg. 8am, 9am, etc.) All sessions must be booked with the Townsville Basketball office on 4778 3400 and whilst we are under these restrictions a charge of $5 per session will be applied to all individuals to pay for the electricity costs only. All participants must sign in and out at the Townsville Basketball office when they arrive and also when they depart. All participants must also provide their own ball which will be cleaned by the staff at Townsville Basketball before taking the court. These sessions are strictly shooting only and no play is allowed.

 

Step 2 – Return to Junior Representative Training – Starting Saturday 6^th June

 

All Junior Representative team Coaches and Managers are today being issued with a training time for this weekend to resume training.  These sessions are for a maximum of 40 minutes and they will be in session times starting on the hour (eg. 8am, 9am, etc.). Teams will be permitted access 10 minutes before their session and must leave within 10 minutes of the end of their session to enable the next team to come in. All participants must also provide their own ball which will be cleaned by the staff at Townsville Basketball before taking the court. These sessions will be restricted to non-contact activities based around shooting, fitness, passing and ball handling only.

 

Step 3 – Return to Club Use – Starting Monday 8^th June

 

Townsville Basketball will be holding meetings with the clubs this week to discuss how they may be able to get an allocation of court space. Once this is decided each club will be responsible for communication with its players but the conditions explained above in the Rep Training section around length of time for sessions, players providing their own balls, permissible activities etc. will be the same.

 

Throughout this period the staff of Townsville Basketball will act as Biosecurity officers and will be responsible for the control of the access and activity within the venue. There will be a strict no tolerance policy enforced around any dispute with the staff during this time under the current conditions of use and should we experience any issues in this way the stadium will be closed again to any use until the next Stage of the Queensland State Governments plan.

 

We can’t wait to see your happy faces back around the stadium soon and if anybody requires any further information around any of the above please don’t hesitate to contact us at the stadium.