Does anyone know the proper rules re Covid and Level 2 and club sport?
Went to watch the Wainui v Upper Hutt game last Saturday. Good crowd there, certainly well in advance of 100, i would have thought maybe double that. Club rooms open and i was able to buy hot chips and a cold coke at half time.
Yet a work colleague tells me that she had to watch a Premier club rugby game at Evans Bay through the fence from the footpath because of Covid restrictions. Players, coaches etc and referees were counted in the 100 so they only let a handful of spectators through the gate all of whom had to sign in.
Community sports are limited to groups of 100 in a defined space. 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.
Groups should be prevented from intermingling or sharing common facilities at the same time.
For example, a game of rugby can occur so long as there are no more than 100 people on the field. If that field has a stand on either side, up to 100 people can gather in each stand if they are kept separate from those from the other stand and from players and umpires on the field.
Organisers and the person in control of the premises are responsible for collecting contact tracing information.
Guidelines from Sport New Zealand(external link)
So multiple groups of up to 100 can watch sport if each group separates by 2 metres. Clubrooms open but 1 metre seperation.