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There are
1600 more people, aged 16 and over, practising judo at least three
times a week than in 2005-2006, according to new Sport England
research recently released.
The results
of the Active People 2 survey show that more than 6.8 million
people aged 16 and over are now taking part in sport. This figure
contributes to a total of 11.73 million people choosing to participate
in physical activity.
The first
Active People survey (2005-2006) found that 17,200 adults, aged
16 and over, were taking part in judo at least three times a week,
for a minimum of 30 minutes at moderate intensity. The 2007-2008
survey has found that there are now 18,800.
Commenting
Scott McCarthy, British Judo CEO said, “Although this represents
a small statistical change in terms of the size of the general
population, it is still a positive move forward for the sport
and demonstrates the good work we are doing to improve our participation
figures.
“This increase
is particularly promising as those over 16 are historically the
group we struggle to attract into the sport. That said, these
figures are significantly higher than our adult membership take
up and highlight that there is a lot more judo activity around
the country, which we could potentially bring under the BJA umbrella”.
The results
of survey also show that the number of men regularly playing sport
has risen by 311,000 to 4.04 million, while the number of women
completing three sessions of sport each week has increased by
240,000 to 2.81 million.
The fastest
growth in sports participation has been among people in their
twenties. The number of adults with a limiting disability doing
sport at least three times a week has increased by 48,000 to 435,000.
Participation
has grown fastest in the Yorkshire region, where the regular sports
participation rate is 17.3%. There have been significant increases
in all English regions except London and the West Midlands, which
has the lowest sports participation rate of 14.6%.
191,000 people
were interviewed for the survey, which was commissioned by Sport
England following the success of the first Active People Survey,
two years ago. The large sample size enables Sport England to
identify how participation varies from place to place, between
sports and between different groups in the population.
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