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Bromsgrove Walking Sports Update
Bromsgrove Walking Sports Centre
“Fun, Friendship and Fitness” is a very apt motto for Bromsgrove’s Walking Sports Centre. Since it opened in January 2020 (before they had to suspend operations due to Covid-19) they had seen over 150 residents playing a variety of walking sports – football, hockey and netball.
Alan *ormley takes up the story ´Our participants have been in constant contact throughout the last four months asking when we can get going again.
After taking advice from the National *overning Bodies of the sports we restarted on 22 -uly with socially distanced versions of football and hockey. Our normal venues ² Bromsgrove +ockey Astro and the Ryland Centre cannot host us yet as they are going through phased reopening so we meet up in Sanders Park, the Whitford
Road end. We have had a great response. The football, following Football Association guidelines, is now virtually ¶normal· football, meaning we can play carefully controlled matches. Netball is not available yet though we hope to get guidance soon.
We had hoped to have walking versions of tennis, cricket, rounders, and rugby too, but they are now planned for 221.
Session times: Walking Football Wednesdays 7-8pm Walking Hockey Thursdays 7-8pm Sessions are £3.00 each. For more information contact Alan Gormley: Mobile: 07731369942 email: alan@sport-edge. co.uk
