Important Sports Procedures – Absences and Wet Weather
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Absences from Sport
What to Do When You Are Not Able to Make Training or a Game
On the rare occasions that it may be necessary for a player to miss training or a competition, please follow these instructions.
- If the inability to attend is known in advance – a written explanation (email) from the player’s parent/carer is to be given to the coach and Sports department in advance. This notice should be given as early as possible.
- If the player is absent from school on the day of training or on competition day – the player’s parent/carer is asked to advise the coach and Sports department of their daughter’s absence from training or the game.
- Do not ask your friends or teammates to give your coach the message.
- Do give as much notice as possible.
- If there is a clash with another sport or school event, please speak with the Sports department to determine which game/event you should attend.
Please note: Continued failure to attend training or competitions without a timely written explanation is unacceptable and may jeopardise the player’s continued involvement in sport.
A member of the Sports department will contact parents/carers of students whose non-attendance at training or games is not notified in the correct manner.
Pockets are only awarded to students who have attended at least 80% of training and games.
Wet Weather
What do I do if it is wet weather?
While on most occasions we would not cancel training for wet weather, cancellations may occur if rain is too heavy to train in or weather conditions deem it unsafe. Additionally, due to safe distancing measures and government guidelines, we may be required to cancel training when we cannot accommodate students safely in an indoor space.
- Morning Training – The decision to cancel any morning training sessions will be made by 8pm the night before training.
- After School Training – The decision to cancel any after school training sessions will be made by 1pm on the day of training.
Wet weather cancellations will be posted on the MLC School Sport Facebook Page, followed by an email. No Facebook post or email means that activities will still go ahead.
Saturday Sport
If you are playing an IPSHA Sport, please visit the IPSHA Wet Weather site here. Once on the site, select your venue and there will be a notification if your venue is closed. IPSHA normally make a decision by 7am.
If you are playing an IGSA Sport, visit https://igsasport.spawtz.com/Leagues/VenueStatus. The IGSA website will let you know if your venue is closed or open.
When possible, we will also post the cancellations on our Sport Facebook page.
On all occasions, it is the individuals’ responsibility to check the wet weather information. The Sports department, coaches and managers are not always in a position to relay any game cancellations.
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– Lisa Filby
Director of Sport