Youth sports registration rebounds after COVID disruptions – CBC

With pandemic restrictions lifted, families are eager to sign kids up for sports

May 25, 2022

After two seasons of cancelled and modified soccer seasons, Heidi Murphy is excited to see more than 900 children and teens ready to lace up to play with the Valley East Soccer Club in Sudbury this summer.

This will be the club’s first full season since 2019, and Murphy said interest in the sport is back in full force — particularly with young children.

“What I’m seeing is that it’s a lot of our younger age divisions where those divisions have filled up and we had to create a wait list and then create more teams so we could include them,” Murphy said.

For many, an end to COVID-19 restrictions will mean an active summer and a return to team sports.

Overall, registration at the Valley East club had more than doubled over last year, and is slightly higher than in 2019.

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