Sport England
recently announced their latest ‘once a week participation figures for each
funded sport’.
Please note these figures from the Active People Survey (APS)
are usually run on a twelve month rolling basis from October to October. As we
are only part way through 2013, the APS7 figures represent a twelve month
period from April’12 to April’13.
Here are the ‘once a week participation’ figures for
Badminton.
APS1 (Oct 05–Oct 06) – 516,000
APS2 (Oct 07-Oct 08) – 535,000
APS3 (Oct 08-Oct 09) – 539,400
APS4 (Oct 09–Oct 10) – 520,900
APS5 (Oct 10-Oct 11) – 510,300
APS6 (Oct 11-Oct 12) – 544,200
APS7 (Apr 12-Apr 13) – 499.000
From these figures you can see that fewer people now play
badminton once a week in 2012/13 compared with 2005/06.
There has been a substantial reduction during the last and
first quarter of 2012-13.
Out of 29 funded sports Badminton’s results were 26 th out
of 29. Meaning there were only three other sports who recorded worse results
for ‘once a week participation’ for the period April 2012 – April 2013.
The main funding bodies of Sport England and UK Sport base
their allocation on performance at major championships and increased
participation.
Badminton England may believe in their own spin as success but a large reduction in funding of £950,000 per year for the next four years from Sport England & UK Sport coupled with a substantial reduction of once a week participation figures for badminton in 2012/13 paints a different picture.
Badminton England may believe in their own spin as success but a large reduction in funding of £950,000 per year for the next four years from Sport England & UK Sport coupled with a substantial reduction of once a week participation figures for badminton in 2012/13 paints a different picture.
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