FRUSTRATION continues to grow for many with the chance of junior basketball resuming in the region dwindling by the day.

The Hamilton Basketball Association (HBA) was planning for a return to the court for junior players just prior to the second lockdown in August, but the current roadmap to reopening criteria means it is now a tougher threshold to meet before junior indoor sport can resume.

Under both the regional Victoria and the metropolitan Melbourne roadmaps, indoor physical recreation facilities are scheduled to reopen in the last step, which requires no new cases statewide for 14 days.

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