Season 2020

[5yearplan]

Here is a good one.

Dean Lee Formerly Sydney AFL now general manager UTS

His old boss and former Sydney AFL boss Sam Chadwick now his assistant manager at UTS

How things change.

[Pekay]

3 x Milton Medallists this year, another first

[Pekay]

Magic forfeit last game of the year.

[Blinkers28]

Magic forfeit last game of the year.

Will be interesting to see if they remain in Platinum next year. If not, do a Campbelltown go up or UTS drop?

Hopefully head office employ a decent administrator to run the competition to fill the small shoes Lee left behind.

[saviour01]

Anyone know what the plan is for spectators for finals?

I know the rugby league in the shire is giving out 17 wrist bands to each team, 1 per player to ensure minimal spectators.

[andreww1]

Anyone know what the plan is for spectators for finals?

I know the rugby league in the shire is giving out 17 wrist bands to each team, 1 per player to ensure minimal spectators.

Maximum 100 per team. Ticked entry only.


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[saviour01]

Perfect. Decent number.

[tara]

Maximum 100 per team. Ticked entry only.


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100 per club 500 maximum is the numbers we are working on. I believe that the venues holding the finals can accomodate 1000 however the AFL is playing it very safe.

[Tom Wills]

Will be interesting to see if they remain in Platinum next year. If not, do a Campbelltown go up or UTS drop?
Hopefully head office employ a decent administrator to run the competition to fill the small shoes Lee left behind.

The real question is if the platinum competition should continue. My understanding was that the platinum clubs wanted their own competition as they felt it would help them recruit players and grow as clubs. The opposite has occurred. With the exception of, arguably, Southern Power all of the platinum teams are significantly weaker in player quality and team numbers than they were 5 years ago. Remember Manly and UTS moved to the Premier Division by dominating the reserves competition (Old Div 1). If we need ban some of teh power clubs ie North Shore from having a team in the lower division so platinum reserves and some of weaker lower level teams have a good division.

[justabaraker]

100 per club 500 maximum is the numbers we are working on. I believe that the venues holding the finals can accomodate 1000 however the AFL is playing it very safe.

Thursday morning and nothing from the League yet. Apparently this only applies to the grand finals.
But, hey, how good would it be if 500 spectators came to the final !!

[Tim Freedman]

Thursday morning and nothing from the League yet. Apparently this only applies to the grand finals.
But, hey, how good would it be if 500 spectators came to the final !!

What a surprise that the league are failing to update their media accounts..........

[The Student]

Here you go:

2020 AFL SYDNEY FINALS SERIES – COVID 19 REQUIREMENTS

Please ensure that all players/coaches/officials/Club members and spectators are aware of the following COVID-19 related requirements for the 2020 Finals Series. For further information on return to competition COVID protocols please refer to the AFL NSW/ACT website Return to Contact Training & Competition - AFL NSW / ACT

1. Crowd Management

o To minimise crowds, clubs should not be broadly promoting attending finals games. The message remains get in, play, get out as per the home and away season
o Lead up finals crowd numbers will have a limit of 500 at any time (including players/officials)
o There will be paid gate staff who will be counting the number of people entering and exiting the venue and they will be encouraging anyone that enters the venue to fill out their details via a QR code so we have a record or attendances
o Due to historical attendance levels, Premier Division Preliminary finals day and all Grand Finals days will be ticketed to ensure we keep our crowd numbers at or under 500 at any time (likely around 100 tickets per competing team which will include the allocation for players/officials). Whilst not confirmed yet, this appropriate ticket number has been set at level because during the crossover period of games this number of ticketing per team will result in 400+ people at the venue, not including umpires/coaches, league staff, host Club volunteers, paid support staff, etc.
o More information on how the ticketing process will work and the final number of tickets that will be allocated per club will be communicated in due course. It is likely that the competing teams will be given a unique code which they can pass on to the appropriate players/officials/clubs members to then access tickets within the Clubs allocation
o Grand Finals will be live streamed so that people that cannot be issued a ticket as part of the Clubs allocation can still watch the game
o Spectators should not be entering the ground during quarter breaks or before/after games, however competing teams can use the ground during breaks for warm
o Spectators should not be entering change rooms
o All spectators must adhere to social distancing rules and alcohol must be consumed whilst seated – there will be security at grounds monitoring this and providing instructions to spectators where required based on these requirements
o As this year there is no entry fee Clubs will not need to supply a gate entry list. Whilst we don’t anticipate reaching the limit of 500 people in a venue during lead up finals, if worst case scenario the numbers start to get close to this level we will shut off the gate to ensure that we can still cater for players/officials needing to enter the venue
o Players/officials should not arrive more than 1.5 hours prior to their game and should leave the venue within half an hour of the game finishing
o Although there will be no strict arrival times for spectators, please encourage spectators where possible to only arrive half an hour prior to the game and leave within half an hour of the game finishing
o No team bus or car pooling is permitted when travelling to and from finals venues

2. Change Room Usage

o AFL Sydney is strongly discouraging the use of showers due to the reduced capacity of change rooms under COVID requirements and the fact that we want players and spectators to leave the venue soon after their game is finished – players should be showering at home
o The number of people that will be allowed in the change rooms at each finals venue will be based on the requirement of 1 person per 4sqm rule
? Kanebridge – 18 people
? Rosedale – 8 people
? Henson – TBC
o Strapping/pre-match physio requirements should be set up and completed outside of the team’s allocated change rooms (all clubs are to bring their own massage tables and other relevant medical equipment)
o We encourage Clubs to remain on the ground during half time, noting that the change room restrictions won’t allow for all players to be in the change room at once
o Teams will get access to their change rooms from the beginning of the 3rd quarter of the previous game. As per normal, please ensure prior to entering the field for the start of your game that all of your team’s personal belongings are kept together in the change rooms given you will be sharing change rooms with other teams
o When your game concludes, players should not be entering the change rooms until all participants for the next game have entered the field. The winning team is permitted to sing their song post match, but this must be done on the field (not in the change rooms) and players should be 1.5m apart

3. Grand Final Presentations

o No spectators will be allowed on the ground for presentations
o There will be no speeches made by captains/coaches
o Winning teams will be acknowledged via the venue’s PA system and then players will be able to collect their medal and the premiership cup from a table that will be placed on the ground
o Clubs are not permitted to arrange with catering Clubs the provision of post-match drinks for their teams (this is the case across the entire finals series, not just grand final day). As per above the philosophy of get in, play get out remains in place and therefore teams/spectators will be expected to leave the venue ASAP at the conclusion of their match
o AFL Sydney will have photographer at GF’s and will share photo’s
o There will be an opportunity for winning teams to have group photo taken
o Further detail on how the presentations will be executed will be advised to participating teams in the week of the grand final

[Norris Lurker]

They're not ticketing games this weekend. Probably one for the too-hard basket.
They were never going to get 500 people at a time for any game this weekend anyway. People will come and go for their team's games and then leave when people for the next game are coming in.

[justabaraker]

{from the Student.....
Here you go:

2020 AFL SYDNEY FINALS SERIES – COVID 19 REQUIREMENTS}

Great to hear from you Student after all this time...
1.because it has been so long and
2. because you are doing what we wish the League would do.

I'm think that you're finding a voice seeing as your Club is going to feature prominently in the finals - I bought a Uni membership at the start of the NEAFL year....did my dough there !

Good luck to them, and to all the other teams.

[The Student]

Cheers - I have no intention of posting regularly, you guys don’t need to hear from me. Just dropped in and thought I could share some info as you guys were asking after it and I happened to have it. Should be a great finals series, best of luck to all who have teams in the race.

Apologies on the lack of NEAFL action, maybe next year we will discount those VFL memberships.

{from the Student.....
Here you go:

2020 AFL SYDNEY FINALS SERIES – COVID 19 REQUIREMENTS}

Great to hear from you Student after all this time...
1.because it has been so long and
2. because you are doing what we wish the League would do.

I'm think that you're finding a voice seeing as your Club is going to feature prominently in the finals - I bought a Uni membership at the start of the NEAFL year....did my dough there !

Good luck to them, and to all the other teams.