Current Bowls Victoria Return To Play Guidelines
UPDATE: Monday 23rd August, 2021.
The Victorian Government announced that Regional Victoria will enter lockdown from 1pm, Saturday 21st August.
Clubs in both Metro Melbourne and Regional Victoria are to remain closed until further notice. This includes clubhouses and greens. No bowls of any type permitted.
Revised Return to Play Guidelines will be published when lockdown/s conclude.
Summary of current restrictions:
- There are only five reasons to leave home: to get the food and the supplies you need, to exercise for up to two hours (no more than 5km from your home), for care or caregiving, authorised work or education if you can’t do it from home, or to get vaccinated at the nearest possible location.
- Face masks will still be mandatory outdoors and indoors (not at home) unless an exception applies – this includes all workplaces.
- Workforce permits will be required to leave the house for authorised work from 11.59pm Monday 23 August.
- Workforce limits apply to the construction industry from 1pm Saturday 21st August, however industry will be engaged about safely reducing staff numbers as they secure sites.
- Playgrounds, basketball hoops, skate parks and outdoor exercise equipment will be closed.
- Masks will also not be able to be removed to drink alcoholic beverages.
- Exercise will be limited to just one other person, plus dependants if they can’t be left at home.
- People cannot have visitors to the home