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Auckland, December 10, 2021
The College Sport Auckland has informed Principals of participating schools that from January 10, 2022, students and staff who want to be involved with Auckland secondary school-sanctioned sporting competitions, need to be fully vaccinated.
Chief Executive Mark Barlow said, “Before making this decision, the CSA had consulted with Principals and received overwhelming support for such a step. While this follows School Sport New Zealand’s approach, the CSA Board wanted to provide early assurance and direction to students and schools in Auckland.”
Mr Barlow said that the health and safety of anyone involved with a sanctioned secondary school sport in Auckland is a primary obligation that CSA takes seriously.
Board Chairman Tim O’Connor said that Covid-19 poses an ongoing risk to the health and wellbeing of individuals in the community.
“These include students, coaches and managers involved with secondary school sport. The addition of the new Bylaw pertaining to Covid-19 vaccinations gives all our schools clarification and certainty before the start of 2022 sporting competitions,” he said.
