As representatives of IL Vindbjart, we would like to express our concern regarding Vennesla municipality’s recent decision to build a new hall at Moseidmoen which we consider to be too small, especially considering the growing interest in handball in our sports community and lack of hall capacity too many sports.
Handball is a sport that is constantly growing in popularity among children and young people in Vennesla. It is therefore crucial for us to have access to enough facilities that can meet the needs of our handball players. Unfortunately, we believe that the planned hall will not be sufficient to support the growing interest in handball in the local community.
The new double hall in Skolevegen will not be ready until late 2027 and for a construction period of up to 1.5 years, Vennesla will be without Venneslahallen, as this will be demolished before the new one is built. A large enough hall at Moseidmoen would help greatly during the construction period and afterwards to relieve capacity for all sports in lower Vennesla. We also point out that Kvarsteinhallen/Samkomhallen was once built for small children, now we think Vennesla municipality is doing it again.
We recognize the importance of investing in sports facilities, but it is equally important to ensure that these facilities are adequately sized to meet the needs of athletes at all levels, especially for a growing sport such as handball. A hall that is too small will limit the opportunities for training and matches, and may possibly hinder the development of handball and other sports in Vennesla. We are also very concerned about children and young people dropping out.
Vennesla struggles with poor living standards and the proportion of children/young people in organized activity is lower than the national average. We believe this has a clear connection, as we all know that physical activity and social community are very preventive. Physical activity, mastery and social community are perhaps the very best medicine for both physical and mental health.
If children/young people are to engage in organized activity, the physical conditions must be present and good enough! For a long time, both schools and sports have had too narrow a relationship. Running gym classes and sports/training with very limited space is not very inspiring and, as I said, provides poor conditions for development compared to many other municipalities.
We therefore encourage Vennesla municipality to reconsider the decision on the size of the hall and reassess the needs of the sports environment in the municipality. It would be foolish to build something that is already too small. Yes, we will have better space when everything is finished, but still not enough. We also know how expensive it is to expand or change things over time.
By collaborating with sports clubs such as IL Vindbjart and listening to their concerns, we can together ensure that sports facilities are planned and built in a way that best supports handball players, other sports and the local community as a whole.
We hope that our concerns are taken seriously, and that the necessary adjustments are made to ensure that the planned hall at Moseidmoen will be a resource that can support and promote the growth of handball and sports in general in Vennesla in the years to come.
Investing in sport is investing in children and young people! It is preventive and health-promoting (and saves society enormous sums in other areas).
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