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Seniors urge North Boulder Rec Center to act after repeated injuries at lunchtime basketball
Summary
Senior players at a noon basketball session at North Boulder Recreation Center told the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board they have sustained repeated injuries they attribute to a single participant and asked staff to enforce rules on reckless conduct.
Seniors who regularly play a noon basketball session at North Boulder Recreation Center told the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board that repeated collisions and aggressive play by a single participant are causing injuries and driving longtime players away.
Bruce Schoenfeld, a longtime participant, told the board the player identified in testimony as “Pekka” had “an aggressive, reckless, unthinking, and destructive” style that had led to multiple injuries and a decline in attendance. “Several of us are here tonight to petition both administrators at NBRC to take action against Peker,” Schoenfeld told the board.
Other players described injuries they linked to the same individual. Dr. Rachel Yates, who…
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