New government ruling puts tennis clubs with a hall in financial difficulties
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- Current new development in the wake of the corona pandemic: Due to a change in the Bavarian Infection Protection Measures Ordinance, almost all indoor sports facilities must remain closed since yesterday, only professional and school sports are allowed indoors in November - another setback for sports and one off Local functionaries view an incomprehensible measure.
Until Thursday, 11 p.m., the world was still reasonably fine for the tennis clubs in the district.
As individual sports, tennis and badminton could also be practiced in the lockdown light.
Clubs and departments had come to terms with it, but overnight everything burst like a soap bubble.
First fitness studios successfully sued for equal treatment with the clubs, then the Bavarian state government reacted and decided to close all sports facilities - with the exception of school and professional sports.
At the Freising tennis club TC Rot-Weiß Freising, club boss Rainer Großkopf had made it clear in advance that a month-long sports ban could become difficult for the club with the elimination of indoor subscriptions.
At first he was relieved to continue the tennis business with the stipulation that only singles may be played.
The hall was busy all day, but now the board of directors is facing another crisis meeting.
Großkopf anticipates a long-term closure of the club's own hall, which has been completely renovated in recent years.
Without the hall subscription fees, the club gets into financial difficulties.
A first decision yesterday: The places that have already been winterized will not be opened even at short notice.
The individual sport of tennis will continue to be possible outdoors even after the change in law.
The club boss criticizes the state government for the much too short-term change in the law, to which one could no longer adapt.
“The older men just like to play doubles”, says the chairman of the TC Moosburg, Susi Weinhöpl, “and the previous regulation was better than nothing.” And then everything changed again yesterday.
“Anger and incomprehension” was the reaction of the functionary, who now expects the hall to be closed for a longer period of time.
Canceled subscriptions are becoming a financial factor in increasingly declining income.
A return to the outdoor courts is no longer an issue for them.
The spontaneous reaction of SpVgg Zolling is completely different.
"Six of our ten outdoor seats are ready to play," says department head Marcus Lehner.
In the past few years, Zolling had played outside until winter really came.
The sport is still possible, but the mood is still in the basement.
"All of this is no longer fun," says Lehner, "the immediate closure of the hall is an absolute cheek." The tennis department of the SpVgg must expect financial losses in the five-digit range if it closes over the next few months, while loans for the company were renovated last year Continue to run the tennis hall.
The division has to make a difficult decision.
What happens to the three kings tournament.
“We are completely suspended in the air,” says Lehner.
The decision has to be made four weeks in advance; the Zollinger team has currently registered the competition.
"If it is possible, then we will organize the tournament," says Lehner.
Kurt Hauer, trainer and sports director of TSV Allershausen, was really angry yesterday.
"This is just a defiant reaction by the state government," said Hauer.
"We won't play this year," is his forecast.
The trainers at his tennis school are financially secure until the end of the year.
If the sports ban lasts for several months, one or the other will face difficulties.
Hauer had already changed the team training for the youngsters in recent weeks, so that individual training of 30 minutes was possible.
"That would be a general consideration," says Hauer with regard to the added sporting value for the children.
Now he is frustrated to find that this training concept, which was created with enormous effort, only lasted a few weeks.
So far, he has always fully understood the state government's corona measures, but yesterday it was different.
The badminton department at TSV Neufahrn also had a hygiene concept.
It was trained twice a week, and by lowering the partition walls, two people could play in three parts of the club's own TSV hall.
Twelve players came in two shifts.
Since yesterday, department head Martin Mayer and his players have again locked down with no ifs or buts.
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Another shock: the Bavarian tennis clubs are no longer allowed to open their halls.
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