Heat-related documents published on the websites of sports organisations in Victoria
| Sport | Document title | Type of document | Year | Reference to SMA* |
| Athletics | – | – | – | – |
| Australian football | 1. Junior football match guide 2. Country heat and cold policy 3. National extreme weather policy |
| – 2007 2013 | SMA website/guidelines – – |
| Baseball | 4. Heat policy |
| 2007 | – |
| Basketball | 5. Climate policy 6. Country heat policy 7. By-laws/participant protection |
| 2009 2007 2009 | – – – |
| Bowls | 8. Rules for competition 2016/2017 9. 2015–2016 Metropolitan Saturday pennant conditions of play |
| 2016 2015 | – – |
| Cricket | 10. Club assist well played 11. Cricket Australia junior cricket policy 12. Extreme heat guidelines |
| 2016 2004 – | SMA website SMA website/local guidelines Smartplay, SMA (VIC) |
| Cycling | 13. Extreme weather policy and guidelines |
| – | – |
| Football | 14. Extreme weather policy 15. Indoor hot weather policy |
| 2009 2011 | SMA website/‘Beat the heat’ SMA ‘Hot weather guidelines’ |
| Golf | 16. Hot weather guidelines |
| 2010 | SMA ‘Beat the heat’, ‘Hot weather guidelines’, ‘UV exposure & heat illness guide’ |
| Hockey | 17. Heat advice |
| 2015 | SMA ‘Beat the heat’ and ‘Hot weather guidelines’ |
| Indoor sports | 18. Extreme heat guidelines |
| – | Smartplay, SMA (VIC) |
| Life-saving | 19. Hot weather guidelines |
| 2011 | SMA website |
| Little Athletics | 20. Extreme weather policy |
| 2015 | – |
| Netball†‡ | – | – | – | – |
| Rugby league | 21. Heat guidelines (attachment to competition rules and regulations) |
| 2017 | SMA (SA) |
| Rugby union | – | – | – | – |
| Softball | 22. Inclement weather policy 23. Hot weather guidelines |
| 2009 2011 | SMA website SMA (SA) |
| Surfing† | – | – | – | – |
| Swimming†‡ | – | – | – | – |
| Tennis | 24. Extreme weather policy |
| 2014 | – |
| Triathlon†‡ | – | – | – | |
| Volleyball | 25. Extreme heat policy |
| 2014 | – |
Online supplementary file 2 provides information related to internet links of the documents.
Sports Medicine Australia (SMA) is a national body but previously operated as a federation of state-based branches. Where documents referred specifically to documents published by those earlier state-based SMA branches, this is indicated as Victoria (VIC); South Australia (SA); ultraviolet (UV). Cells marked as ‘–’ where documents were not found.
*Referred to or provided links to SMA heat guidelines, resources and their website.
†Links identified within sports websites to SMA hot weather guidelines, Smartplay, SunSmart UV and heat guidelines.
‡No documents found. Secondary search undertaken to confirm no documents could be located.