Activity APS1 (2005/6)
APS2 (2007/8)
APS3 (2008/9) Number % Number % Number %
Swimming 3,273,800 8.04 3,244,300 7.83 3,162,400 7.57 -81,900 Football 2,021,700 4.97 2,144,700 5.18 2,122,700 5.08 -22,000 Athletics 1,353,800 3.33 1,612,100 3.89 1,739,700 4.16 127,600 Cycling 1,634,800 4.02 1,767,100 4.26 1,880,000 4.50 112,900 Golf
889,100 2.18 948,300 2.29
Top 5 Sports: For the first time, there’s been a change in the top five sports ranking, with athletics overtaking cycling to become the third most popular activity in the UK (results based on KPI1)
+/- participants APS4 (2009/10) APS3 vs APS2
+/- participants +/- participants APS4 vs APS2 APS4 vs APS3
897,600 2.15 - 50,700
Number % Number % 3,156,300 7.50 2,090,000 4.96 1,875,500 4.45 866,300 4.43 860,900 2.04
-88,000 -54,700 263,400 99,200 -87,400
-6,100
-32,700 135,800 -13,700 -36,700
Athletics has emerged as the biggest
growth sport from ASP3 to APS4 and there are now 1.9 million participants in England. The trend over the surveys has been one of increase – 127,600 from APS2 to APS3 and a similar number, 135,800, between APS3 and APS4. In the space of just two years, more than a quarter of a million people (263,400) have become athletics participants and in excess of 500,000 since APS1. The number of cycling participants
grew at a similar rate between APS2 and APS3 (112,900) however, this has not been sustained into APS4 and participation has fallen by 13,700 in the latest survey. While this is still an increase of nearly 100,000 since the APS2 baseline and 231,500 on APS1, it’s not enough to see athletics leapfrog over it into third place. Swimming continues to be the sport
with most participants for a fourth sur- vey in a row, however, the trend is one of decline. Nearly 82,000 fewer people participated in swimming from APS2 to APS3. Although there is still a decrease in the APS4 results, it is of only 6,100. So while there is still a decline, the speed of it is slowing. This may be as a result of various free-swimming initiatives over the course of the last 12 months or so. The other two sports in the top five –
football and golf, both showed increases from APS1 to APS2, but have since shown a decline. The APS4 data sees them both register a statistical decline from APS2, and in the case of golf in APS3 verses APS4 as well. ●
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