GCCC Adult Road Training

Gold Coast Cycling Club Senior Training will be run in accordance with AusCycling and City of the Gold Coast (Council) guidelines, as follows:

• You must be a financial member of AusCycling to attend the session.
• All payments must be made electronically.
• Get In, Train and Get Out
• Participants should only attend the activity as close as practical to the start of any training and leave as soon as possible after the end of the session.
• Participants should only handle their equipment (bikes, bidons, nutrition and towels) and not touch the equipment of others
• Participants should bring their own filled bidons (no use of water taps, fill up from home)
• The Club will provide hand sanitiser, however, all participants are also asked to bring their own.
• The use of change rooms should be minimised (e.g. for toilets not for showering) (Toilets will be open but don’t go in the change rooms)
• Parents will be responsible for their child(ren)’s use of toilet facilities and are asked to wipe down all used surfaces after use
• Avoid the use of non-essential surfaces including benches, fences and gates (e.g. avoid touching the fence when lining up on the velodrome. Spread out down the track with one foot on the ground.
• Participants and deliverers (coaches and assistants) must ensure physical distancing requirements are adhered to (as above)
• No post-training social activities are to be conducted (quick roll around, then lights out and go home)
• Determine which activities are non-essential (e.g. recovery sessions or meetings) are to be done remotely (e.g. at home or online)
• No participants and deliverers are to attend (or must leave immediately) if they have any illness or symptoms of COVID-19
• Participants and deliverers must not attend if in the last 14 days they have been unwell or had close contact with a known or suspected case of COVID-19, even if mild.

GOLD COAST CITY COUNCIL COVID-19 restrictions and related information for hirers:
- Hire must not exceed booked times.
- Hirer must record contact details for all participants.
- Spectators are not permitted in venue and must remain in vehicle at all times.
- Sanitisation of sporting equipment is required prior to entering the venue.
- Patrons must arrive no earlier than 15 minutes prior to the commencement and wait outside.
- Patrons must exit the venue immediately upon completion of hire.
- Patrons must comply with all signage within the venue including entry and exit points.
- All lost property will be disposed of on completion of hire.
- Patrons that do not comply with current legislation will be removed from the venue.

The Club has decided on Buncheur as the most appropriate way to process registration for training sessions. To view the Buncheur privacy policy, please click here.

All participants must be financial members of AusCycling, and holders of a valid Lifestyle or All Discipline Race licence. As such, participants will be insured through AusCycling. All participants take part at their own risk. The Club is covered by public liability insurance. 

In registering for this training session, athletes agree to adhere to the following Codes of Conduct:

Gold Coast Cycling Club Code of Conduct

- Train and race by the rules
- Never argue with an official
- Be a good sport
- Show respect to and acknowledge opponents and officials
- Cooperate with our coaches, club members and opponents
- Participate for your own enjoyment and benefit
- Play Fair: no verbal abuse of officials, sledging, threatening or bullying other participants (including vilification) or deliberately distracting or provoking an opponent. This is not limited to verbal communication and includes social media, text messaging and email
- Respect the rights, dignity and worth of all participants regardless of their gender, ability, cultural background or religion
- Do not expect or accept “special” favours from a coach or person involved in team or club management
- Speak to a member of the club's management committee (or another adult present who you trust) if you have an issue, feel unsafe or are concerned about someone else
- Adhering to the AusCycling Code of Conduct: AusCycling | Governance, Rules & Policies