COVID-19: Updates for NSW and QLD
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This update contains new restrictions advice for QLD based on recent government changes, as well as advice for NSW regarding a proposed relaxation of restrictions and bubble training plan.
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Welcome to QA today, the news portion of our website. Scroll down to see updates on Quadball Australia’s activities and read articles by members of our community.
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Quidditch in 2020: What We're Doing Right and What We Can Be Doing
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Cameron Walker is one of the co-coaches for new club, Eastern Sydney Universities (previously UTS and UNSW). In this article, he questions whether quidditch is doing enough to be returning to sport under the pandemic conditions, as many other community sports in NSW have done. He also expresses concerns over the impacts of the pandemic and lack of gameplay on recruitment, suggests solutions, and goes on to describe the successes ESU have had over the last several months in keeping trainings going, keeping players motivated, and continuing to prepare for potential games in the future, with the hope that other clubs, similarly impacted by the pandemic, may be able to learn from what has worked for ESU.
Read MoreQUAFL 2020 Cancelled due to Covid-19 Uncertainty
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Quidditch Australia regrets to announce that this year, for the first time, the Quidditch Australia National Championships, QUAFL 2020, will not be held due to uncertainty around the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreCOVID-19: Updates for NSW and ACT Restrictions
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In response to the rapidly increasing community spread of COVID-19 across different hotspots around Sydney, Quidditch Australia and Quidditch NSW have decided to proactively move NSW back to Step 2 restrictions. The ACT, meanwhile, has been moved up to Step 4 restrictions. NSW teams who are continuing to train are encouraged to fill out a Covid Safety Plan and send this to Quidditch Australia.
Read MoreCOVID-19: Update for NSW
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Quidditch Australia and Quidditch NSW have been monitoring the outbreak situation in Casula, particularly affecting the Liverpool and Cambletown areas in South Western Sydney.
At this stage, we are still looking at how the situation is developing and whether it remains localised or continues to spread, and we encourage teams to take precautions that make sense for where they are.
Read MoreThe Binary Debunked Part 1: Breaking Down Sex Binaries
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Zoe Cheong seeks to explain to the lay-quidditch person what it is like to be outside of the gender binary. In this article, they examine the common perception of biological sex as a binary, and how this breaks down upon closer examination. This is the first in a series of four articles by Zoe exploring sex, gender, identity, expression, and all of the complexities of being a minority in a minority sport, aiming to help more people understand non-binary perspectives and how more people how they can make themselves and the broader quidditch community more inclusive.
Read MoreWAQA's WAQA (We Aren't Quarantined Anymore) Fantasy - A Recap
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The Western Australia Quidditch Association recaps their WAQA (We Aren’t Quarantined Anymore) fantasy event - the first Australian tournament back in 2020 since shut downs began in March!
Read MoreCOVID-19: Play Suspended in Victoria
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A total suspension of play has been reenacted in Victoria in response to the government returning to lockdown to curb the second wave of Covid-19 infections.
Read MoreCOVID-19: Progression Updates and Further Advice for Teams
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Progression updates are available for all states, as well as important advice regarding return to contact and competitions. Covid Safety Plans are also a government mandated requirement in several states.
Read MoreState Shield Cancelled for 2020
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We regret to announce that there will be no State Shield in 2020, primarily due to uncertainty around the COVID-19 situation in Australia. We here outline reasons for this decision and ideas for what might happen with State Shield in 2021.
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