SG chairman Torsten Schildwächter and his team hope for the green light for the handball camp.
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Running. Tennis too. Not soccer, gymnastics, dancing and judo just as little. “In spring we worked out a hygiene concept with the city,” reports Torsten Schildwächter, chairman of the handball community (SG) Dietesheim-Mühlheim. After that, groups of five were allowed to train outdoors. But since November the players have not been able to meet at all. But the SG board hopes that the restrictions will be relaxed and is planning a children’s and youth camp for Easter.
Mühlheim – In June they were allowed to enter the area at the fire station via a one-way system, with a mask and hand disinfection. For the exercises on the lawn, the leaders followed the guidelines of the German Handball Federation (DHB). “It is difficult for the players to prepare precisely in order to be fit for a game,” says Schildwächter, explaining the situation. But the possibilities in summer were of course “better than nothing”.
When the incidence figures rose in Offenbach and the sport was stopped, the region showed solidarity and also refrained from encounters, the spokesman reports and underlines a “responsible community”. This currently pays a high price, since November handball players have not been allowed to move in any form with the ball.
The merger of the departments at the Sportgemeinschaft Dietesheim and the DJK Mühlheim currently includes around 160 young people in eleven teams and 60 active people in three men’s and one women’s teams. The women and a men formation play in the regional league. “So far we have not had more resignations to complain about than usual,” the chairman registered. But because the round does not take place and there is also no working group at the schools, the association cannot win new members.
A young person who completes a voluntary social year (FSJ) at the club otherwise leads handball courses in schools. “They’ll all come back to training,” says Torsten Schildwächter, looking optimistically into the future. But at the moment “everyone is very disappointed”.
Social media activities on the Internet “others can do better,” he admits. So the Mühlenstädter used instructions for training at home from the professional comrades from Alba Berlin.
The board also discussed the World Cup in Egypt in video conferences. “The national team is our figurehead,” agrees the management committee. “Such competitions and appearances in the Bundesliga always give us a temporary boost,” explains Schildwächter.
They want to keep the agreement on the monitor if the situation changes again, he sums up. And hopes that she will be able to start a season “under normal conditions” in September. He only sees difficulties in the adults of the third team: “Without training, the physical and mental team spirit”, some will no longer compete. The “social component”, the exchange, the beer after the sport, is simply missing.
However, the family community does not cause high costs, and the sponsors also stick with their perimeter advertising, posters, jerseys and prizes. The handball camp could rise in the Easter holidays. With the support of trainers from THW Kiel, a sporty holiday program for children between six and 14 years is planned. Schildwächter emphasized the very good cooperation with Klaus Schäfer from the Sports and Culture Office. (By Michael Prochnow)
