British Columbia Legislature 42nd Parliament, 3rd Session (2022) Statements, 3 Mar 2022

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From YouTube: MARCH 3 2022 Statements Jinny Sims

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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
3rd Session
42nd Parliament

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Anniversary panorama: thank you, mr speaker. The lifting of the restrictions means that families, coaches and athletes can meet and play at one of their happiest spots, be that the rink, a turf or a gym like every other aspect of our lives.

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This pandemic interrupted recreational sports clubs, associations and gym owners had to adapt to closures and evolving provincial health orders gyms, like dreams and splits, managed to engage their gymnasts and keep them involved and active until they could return to the gyms to train guildford, athletic bc, tigers, surrey, united and countless other soccer clubs around the province spent months running drills, practicing kicks and passes surrey miner hockey and other clubs focused their energies on skill, development and endurance, training, athlete and drive basketball clubs had their players practicing shots and dribbling teams, then moved from practices and drills to games within their league with no spectators and no traveling.

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Today, teams are wrapping up their seasons and playing their playoff games. Basketball, soccer, baseball and hockey are holding tryouts for upcoming seasons and team placement year-end banquets can be held in person. Covet has been challenging to sports today. I would like to thank all the coaches who were able to keep the athletes engaged active and who somehow made the activity fun regardless of the restrictions.

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Thank you to parents for supporting the gyms and the clubs through their closures. Thank you to parents for supporting our young athletes, getting them to practices and games at all hours when you had to be a cheerleader from a distance and couldn't watch in person.

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We know, mr speaker, that sports is much more than the game sports and the lack thereof during the covid time had a huge impact on our kids. So, let's all of us in this house thank all those who keep our kids active and healthy.