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                   How has the pandemic impacted your sports life this year?





                                    Innes Chatterton                                                                Samson Girgis

                                 The pandemic has impacted my sports life                                      The pandemic made it  impossible
                                  this year in positive and negative ways. The                                  for  me  to  participate  in  my  regular
                                   positive ways that the pandemic has impacted
                                   my sports life is because we weren’t doing                                    sports. I usually play basketball and
                                    tournaments or travelling for hockey games                                   indoor/outdoor soccer and because
                                    this year so me and my family had more time                                  of COVID-19 all of my sports were
                                   to ski this winter.  The pandemic also gave                                   cancelled.  I  was  very  sad  because  I
                                   me the opportunity to try two new sports. One
                                  new sport I tried was BMX. Last summer, I                                     always look forward to joining a new
                                 spent most of my time at the track in Cornwall                                team every year. My dad is my coach for
                               practicing and racing. I was also able to go to                               soccer and basketball and I love that  we
                           Kingston to race. I also tried x-country skiing with my      we we            get to do that together. I still play basketball
           mom. I enjoyed going to Guindon Park and the Summertown Trails. The          and soccer at home with my parents and my brother so that
           pandemic impacted my sports life in negative ways because I missed
           playing games and tournaments in hockey. I was also looking forward to       is better than nothing but I really miss playing on a team and
           trying trampolining, but the program didn’t run because of the pandemic.     playing against other kids my age. I hope we can get back to
           Although the pandemic impacted my sports life in negative ways, I am         playing sports on a team again soon.
           happy that it gave me the opportunity to try new sports.




                                      Avery Osborne                                                                  Isla Langevin

                                  The  pandemic  has  changed my  sports                                        The pandemic  has impacted
                                   life this year because I miss going to                                        my sports life  this year for a
                                    my dance classes, instead I have to do                                       lot  of different  reasons. It  has
                                    it on the screen and not see anybody                                         impacted me at school for cross

                                    in person. I like doing online because                                       country.  When I heard it was not
                                   I don’t need to go to the dance studio. I
                                                                                                                happening I was so sad. It has also
                                  can just get ready then go to class online
                                                                                                               impacted me in sports that are not
                                and  it gives me  more time  to  play with
                                                                                                            in school, like  hockey and martial
                            friends at home.  I know that you need online
                                                                                        a rts.        arts. They still went on, but for hockey we
           classes because we don’t want to get sick. It is very hard not to
                                                                                        couldn’t play any games and for martial arts we had to
           see friends, travel to places for competitions, and play sports
                                                                                        wear masks.  That’s how the pandemic has impacted
           like we use to do.  After all I am very grateful that I still get
                                                                                        my sports life this year.
           to do dance!


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