Football Victoria (FV) welcomes the Victorian Government update from Monday 26 November, paving the way for a return to play for metropolitan players aged 18 and under, and non-contact training for 18+.
Sport & Recreation Victoria (SRV) will be releasing detailed guidance for community sport following these government announcements. Once received, FV will update and release Return to Play conditions and support around COVIDSafe plans for junior & adult participants. We anticipate this will be in the week commencing November 2.
As part of any return to football, Councils must also grant access to facilities and we anticipate this may take a few days to work through for each Club.
Please note that the current training/play restrictions remain in place for Clubs, until FV publishes an updated set of Return To Train/Return To Play Conditions and Councils advise of their required processes.
We are actively working with Clubs on spring/summer football programs to enable participants across the state to play football in 2020.
We will update our football community once we have further detail from SRV.
Until then, please take care, as we look forward to all Victorians being able to return to the pitch.