P-05-1039 Allow amateur athletes within a lockdown area to continue to train and be coached outside of the area

P-05-1039 Allow amateur athletes within a lockdown area to continue to train and be coached outside of the area

This petition was submitted by Kelly Brookin having collected a total of 176 signatures.

Text of Petition:                     

Deeside ice rink is currently being used as a field hospital resulting in our skaters having to travel to Widnes ice rink as it’s our nearest rink. Local lockdown rules now prevent them from training as they can’t travel out of the area. For the majority of sports, facilities are still available within the lockdown area but for Ice Skating this is not the case. Not allowing these skaters to train can have a detrimental impact on their physical and mental well being.

Additional Information:

There is also a negative impact for the ice skating coaches as they can travel for work purposes but will have a loss of income due to their pupils not being able to travel for lessons.

Please let not having a facility to train be a reasonable excuse for them to travel for sports

Status

This petition was considered completed by the Petitions Committee at its meeting on 17/11/2020.

The Committee considered the petition for the first time and agreed to note the correspondence received. In light of the fact that a national set of restrictions have been implemented since the petition was submitted, with no local travel restrictions applying within Wales, and because the specific facility referred to by the petition is covered by rules made by the UK Government. The Committee agreed to thank the petitioner and close the petition.

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It was first considered by the Petitions Committee on 17/11/2020.

Senedd Constituency and Region

• Alyn and Deeside
• North Wales

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