Pulling the plug: Another Gold Coast sport suspends season due to coronavirus concerns

Another Gold Coast sporting competition has pulled the plug on their season amid coronavirus concerns.

ANOTHER Gold Coast sporting competition has pulled the plug on their season amid coronavirus concerns.

Gold Coast Basketball on Monday opted to suspend their junior and senior competitions to fall into line with a growing list of local, national and international events.

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“We are in a very difficult position to understand what is the right or wrong thing to do at the moment,” general manager Joel McInnes wrote in a release.

“The simple thing is to take advice from local, state and federal government for what should be happening, as well as our state and national sporting bodies.

Junior basketball action on the Gold Coast. Picture: Jerad Williams

“As it stands ... Carrara facility is available for basketball activities under 500.

“BQJBC games suspended, meeting (Tuesday) to see what we are doing with junior state championships and NBL1 and QSL competitions.

“Association to make decisions on their local competitions, as long as adhering to safety precautions per govt.

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“Based on the above, we suspended our junior competition last Friday.

“As things are likely to get worse before they get better, one of the things we are looking at doing is restarting the season where we have currently left off.

“Junior rep and trainings have been cancelled due to the competition being suspended by Basketball Queensland.”

McInnes also addressed the senior competition.

“We’ve had a lot of people saying they still want to play and others saying they won’t,” he wrote.

“This provides a lot of issues, I have no doubt some of you will not want to increase your chances of infection, even though right now it is low-risk, per government advice.

“We have decided to suspend all senior competitions effectively immediately. Both at Gold Coast Sport & Leisure and Tallebudgera Recreation Centre.

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“Hopefully the suspension is not extensive. We plan to continue the current season’s as they stand once we return from this break.

“Be smart, be safe and be considerate of others. During times of great peril, great character is revealed.”

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