A statement on International Events and Travel from the Snow Australia Park & Pipe Committee

February 2021

After careful consideration of the current COVID-19 pandemic situation in Europe and Australian government travel restrictions, the Snow Australia Park & Pipe Committee is announcing the following decisions regarding international travel and event entries for the 2020/2021 season:

Snow Australia will not enter a Junior Team in the 2021 World Junior Championships

These decisions take into account the current DFAT (https://www.dfat.gov.au/travel/Pages/travel) and Department of Home Affairs advice (https://covid19.homeaffairs.gov.au/leaving-australia), as well as the rising number of COVID-19 cases in Europe and the ongoing Australian returning passenger limitations and mandatory quarantine.

The decision not to enter athletes in the World Junior Championship has not been taken lightly. With the announcement of the Junior World Championships in Russia, the committee has decided to take the following approach:

Based on the current global pandemic and the DFAT travel warning in place and stipulates “do not travel at this time” Snow Australia will not enter any Australian athletes at the WJC regardless of whether they would be travelling from Australia or if resident overseas, as this may encourage junior athletes to ignore travel advice and seek to find other ways around the travel ban.

Further COVID-19 information and competing overseas advice for all Snow Australia disciplines is available on the Snow Australia website.