A number of indoor non-contact sports are able to resume operations from 11.59pm October 27, after some COVID-19 restrictions ease.
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On Sunday, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced restrictions would be lifted to allow non-contact indoor sport for people 18 years and under in regional Victoria.
The announcement will see sports such as gymnastics, swimming and table tennis recommence.
Though welcomed, the rollback of restrictions hasn't given an immediate green light for all non-contact sports to resume.
Volleyball Horsham president David Berry said the association was still waiting for permission to use school grounds.
"We're waiting on directive to come from the Catholic Education Department to let us utilise the St Brigids College stadium. Then we'll be working towards getting something up for the kids late in the term," he said.
"Hopefully we can get together some sort of junior competition, even if it is just six weeks heading into Christmas."
It was also announced non-contact physical recreational activities such as dance classes would be permitted in regional Victoria from November 1.
As of Monday morning, there was no news on when adults would be allowed to return to indoor sport.
It's expected that indoor sport will look drastically different on its return, with limits on group numbers and social-distancing measures in place.
Horsham Table Tennis Association's Jeff Pekin said restrictions could be limiting.
"We haven't discussed it too much - if we did get 40 players say they want to play, it would be difficult to manage and it would be unfair for some to have to miss out," he said. "Hopefully we might be able to get something closer to Christmas if we get unlimited numbers - but I think getting something going this year might be very difficult.
"It might be a case of just leaving it until next year."
Mr Pekin said the association was also hoping to get their Keenagers program - a popular non-competitive option for older participants - back up and running,
"If we could get that back up and running, that would really be great," he said.
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The restrictions have delayed the Horsham Hornets' senior season, with the Country Basketball League competition hinging on the resumption of indoor sport for adults.
The Stawell Wildcats have already announced they will not enter a senior team - if the CBL was to go ahead - citing a preference to focus on junior pathways and uncertainty around restrictions.
However, the restrictions that have eased so far have allowed the Horsham Amateur Basketball Association to re-schedule its popular junior basketball tournament.
The tournament was postponed in September, but will now go ahead on the weekend of February 20.
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