In addition to the new curfew hours, clubs are prohibited from letting children practice indoors.
“We are waiting for the prefectural decree. But we already know that from tomorrow, at 6 pm, we will no longer receive anyone.” Contacted Friday afternoon, Marie Lætitia Bruneton had no illusions about the fate of the Le Toboggan swimming pool. “There will be no more school from Monday, no more association. We are waiting.”
At CVN badminton, it’s the “black-out”, according to Alex Bonnafoux, manager of the club. “Until now, we managed to make the children play on Wednesday afternoon; the town hall had given us permission to train at the Jean-Macé gymnasium. For those who play badminton in leisure, it is not very serious. But for the competitors, it’s a blank year! “
If you allow school, why are you forbidding extracurricular activities?
A situation which widens the gaps with the very best: “We have three children in the top 30 of their category who cannot exercise and, during that time, the France pole – which brings together the top eight or nine nationals – has the right to train. in September, if it picks up again, we risk seeing big differences between the players. “
Noting that there is “no case of Covid at the club”, Alex Bonnafoux asks: “The kids aren’t risking anything, or very much. If you allow school, why are you banning extracurricular activities?”
“Our students are languishing”
Forbidden to use their room, Sébastien Roux and Alexia Agot, from Boulevard du Rock, had reacted from the confinement in October. “We have set up a video course system. Every evening, we have a live Youtube with private access and we communicate during the course, via the Telegram application, to maintain interaction with the students.”
An initiative that required the purchase of a server, so that the students have access to the old live. A palliative that can only have a short time, according to Sébastien Roux: “The overflow is starting to be there, our students are languishing. For children, we have an awakening from 4 years old and lessons from 7. Fortunately we had opened the week before the school holidays, because that if it had not been for this recovery, we would have lost a lot more. The fact that there was this temporary recovery, it made everyone come back. “
Reschedule slots
And then there are the sports that do not require a room, but whose curfew, at 6 p.m., requires you to reschedule the slots. “The small sections, at the start of Wednesday afternoon, were not a problem, says Vincent Boucena-Badon, from the Alès Agglo athletics club. But from the cadets, we will offer sessions, from noon to 4 or 5 p.m., on Saturdays, on the stadium of the JBD high school. We will also encourage our members to go running at the Pujazon stadium, between noon and 2 pm. “ Advantage: if they run, they can refrain from wearing a mask …
