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Doubt it's anything to do with covid - she signed with the Melbourne Aces as a development player and seems to have a pretty solid resume for a 17 yr old, being called one of the most promising baseball players in Vic

Beacom first made history when she became the first woman to pitch in a VSBL Division 1 Firsts game. The 17-year-old impressed many by recording a 0.00 ERA for the U16 State level at Sandringham.

The left-handed starting pitcher advanced to pitch at the Division 1 level with Baseball Victoria Summer League, becoming the first female to pitch in a Division 1 game. This follows many other firsts for Beacom as she was also the first female athlete to be named in the Baseball Victoria U16 squad to represent Victoria in 2018. She competed in the 2019 Australian Youth Championships in Sydney.

Melbourne Aces Head Coach Pete Moylan says he is thrilled to have Genevieve as part of the Aces Pitching Roster, “ I have watched this young lady develop as a baseballer from her junior days, including playing for Victoria and Australia, and doing more than holding her own against the top baseballers in the Country and from around the world. If anyone thinks this is just a token selection, then they need to think again because she has 100% earned her spot on the development list with the Melbourne Aces.”
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cats_09 said:
Doubt it's anything to do with covid - she signed with the Melbourne Aces as a development player and seems to have a pretty solid resume for a 17 yr old, being called one of the most promising baseball players in Vic




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At U13 and U15 local level, female pitchers (and catchers) very often outperform the boys; they seem to be more physically advanced at that age.
 

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winty said:
What a surprise - looks like yet another f**k up from the Morrison Government....

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Have just a few more things and now I'm getting really cultures confused on this whole situation

In a submission filed late on Saturday, his lawyers claimed that he was granted a visa to enter Australia on November 18, and on December 30, Tennis Australia granted him a "medical exemption from COVID vaccination" on the grounds that he had recently recovered from COVID-19.

The "exemption certificate" said the date of Djokovic’s positive COVID-19 PCR test was December 16, 2021, but that he had not had a fever or respiratory symptoms in the past 72 hours.

It also recorded that the conditions of the exemption were "consistent with the recommendations of the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI)".

The submission said Djokovic then received a document from the Department of Home Affairs on January 1, saying "[his] Australia Travel Declaration [had] been assessed", and that "[his] responses indicate[d] that [he met] the requirements for a quarantine-free arrival into Australia where permitted by the jurisdiction of your arrival".

However, the defending Australian Open champion was detained by Border Force officials after arriving on a plane from Dubai and was taken to an immigration detention hotel.

"Entry with a visa requires double vaccination [against COVID-19] or a medical exemption," Prime Minister Scott Morrison said in a press conference on Thursday.

"I am advised that such an exemption was not in place, and as such, he is subject to the same rules as anyone else.

"People are welcome in Australia, but if you're not double-vaccinated and you're not a resident or citizen, then you can't come."
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This seems to be what we know in terms of a timeline from reported/suggested dates

- Djokovic or someone in his team applied for a visa back November. At that stage he would have known he was unvaccinated, wouldn't be double vaccinated before arriving in Aus & as such would require a medical exemption for entry

- Tennis Australia's deadline for exemption applications closure date is December 10

- The "exemption certificate" lists the date of Djokovic's positive PCR result as being 16 Dec

- 4th January Djokovic makes public statement that he's been granted an exemption

- 6th January, after arriving in Australia in, Djokovic is denied entry as he failed to meet the requirements for an exemption to COVID-19 vaccination rules


I'm curious, did he apply for an exemption on his visa application back in November and if so, on what grounds did he apply for an exemption?

If he didn't apply for an exemption with his visa application back in Nov, did he just assume getting a medical exemption to enter the Aus Open would be sufficient to gain entry when he didn't meet entry requirements?

Or did he apply based on the idea of having caught covid within 6 months of arriving in Aus, and then he went about trying to test positive which he reportedly did on Dec 16, unless that has also been exaggerated considering his social engagements in the immediate days which followed?


It just seems that the more info which comes out about this situation, that there's less which actually makes sense and things not really adding up
 

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