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Sport Austria President Hans Niessl had a good two and a half hours on Friday with umbrella association representatives at an appointment with Sports Minister Werner Kogler Discussed possibilities for a responsible restart of organized club sport.
Organized club sport – the health engine for around 2 million Austrians – has been at a standstill for six months due to the lockdowns. The republic is helping organized sport financially during the pandemic – so far, 5355 clubs, i.e. around a third of all Austrian sports clubs, have been promised or paid 56.55 million from the non-profit fund – since the club has stopped operating , associations are already reporting a noticeable decline in membership. Thousands of athletes, often children and adolescents, are in danger of being lost to the sport because there are no prospects for the resumption of sport.
Niessl after the meeting with the Minister of Sport: “We met with a lot of understanding, but we have not yet received any specific commitments. But we need to relax, because without prospects the damage to the Austrian sports culture – which is also so important for our health system – threatens to become slow, but definitely irreparable! “During the pandemic, sport had proven that it could implement prevention concepts very well. So far there have been no problematic sports clusters in Austria. Niessl: “On Monday we will present our new proposals for a responsible restart to the public. First of all: As soon as the infection process allows schools to open, organized club sport must also be possible again under very specific framework conditions! “
Sport Austria-PK on Monday, February 1st
How and when the urgently needed restart could take place will be explained next Monday (ORF Sport + will broadcast live from 10 a.m.) – a week before the possible end of the lockdown – Sport Austria President Hans Niessl, as a representative of the professional associations Sport Austria Vice President Michael Eschlböck, public health expert Prof. Hans-Peter Hutter and Nina Burger. The ÖFB record national team player is the sporting director of the women’s section of First Vienna FC 1894 and will shed light on the tense situation of organized club sports, especially youth sports, from the perspective of a club.
Sport Austria President Niessl dismayed by the death of Gerhard Hofbauer
Sport Austria President Hans Niessl was deeply affected by the death of Gerhard Hofbauer. The long-term president of the Austrian Handball Federation passed away at the age of 82. He was once also a member of the executive committee of the federal sports organization Sport Austria. Niessl: “Gerhard Hofbauer has successfully campaigned for handball in particular and Austrian sport in general for decades! It leaves a gap that is difficult to fill. On behalf of Austrian sport, I would like to express my deepest condolences and condolences to his wife and relatives as well as the entire red-white-red handball family. “
Presseinfo Sport Austria
29.01.2021
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