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City urging ball players to wear helmets, looking at making them mandatory

Campbell River city council is urging all ball players to wear helmets. This comes in the wake of the death of Chris Godfrey.

The 32-year-old from Comox Valley was hit in the back of the head while playing in a charity tournament in Courtenay about two weeks ago.

Council was responding to correspondence from Chad Braithwaite, the president of Campbell River Slo Pitch. On top of a letter urging players to wear helmets while on city fields council also asked staff to come up with a report on the issues surrounding enforcing mandatory helmet use.

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