curling<\/a>.<\/p>\nFor the committee, the indoor sports and recreation centre is a safe space, but under the current State COVID-19 restrictions, it can\u2019t operate.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re allowing non-contact sport like cricket to play, but we\u2019re not allowed to have badminton players and curlers on court. It\u2019s annoying,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to know why we can\u2019t open up? We have to have one-and-a-half metres between people, and even if we play doubles on our courts, we\u2019ve got 78 square metres and 18 courts, so we can spread people out.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sport returned to Ken Kay for six weeks between the first and second COVID waves.<\/p>\n
Mr Henderson said regular sanitising practices and mask-wearing worked well in that period, and they have thorough pandemic procedures to put in place this time around.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s important for people\u2019s health and wellbeing to have us back open again,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Since their initial shut down in March, the association has had their 45-year-old changeroom and rest room facilities updated, with two new disabled toilets. This was paid for by the City of Ballarat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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