Many clubs have experienced falling membership subscriptions and increased costs during lockdown.
Basketball Northern Ireland is keen to retain the participation of young people in the sport
"We understand that facilities needed to be repurposed for other activities [during the pandemic] - some were vaccine centres," said Ciaran Kearney, the forum's executive manager. "Covid has had a large impact on every sector including sport and the impact on indoor sport is still significant."that indicated 69% of respondents from about 240 sports organisations had experienced severe disruption due to Covid-19, with 60% reporting decreases in their membership.
But lockdown had also brought renewed interest from women and girls in netball, she said, with some clubs having "waiting lists of players keen to join" if there were more available venues.
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