TASK 5 – GROWTH IN SPORT RESEARCH

You should look to use the table below to structure your sources of information/statistics on growth in
each of your chosen sport. You can copy and paste in relevant website links or extracts from text that will
give you easy access to them in future, as well as an overall picture of what is happening in each sport,
from which you can start to develop a position to write in your newspaper article
 MAJOR SPORT DEVELOPING SPORT MINORITY SPORT
Chosen Sport; Football Darts Ten-Pin Bowling
International FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football WDF (Worlds Darts Federation) WTBA (World Tenpin Bowling
Governing Body Association) http://www.dartswdf.com/ Association)
& website http://www.fifa.com/ http://www.worldtenpinbowling.com/
National FA (Football Association) BDO (British Darts Organisation) BTBA (British Tenpin Bowling
Governing Body http://www.thefa.com/default.aspx http://www.bdodarts.com/ Association)
& website http://www.btba.org.uk/
Participation 7 million adult participants People born in the UK are more likely 1.1% of people born in Britain take part
Once a week participation in Football has to play darts, compared to other in ten-pin bowling compared to Aussie’s,
dropped slightly over the last 6 months. countries. The participation rate is who have 83.4% of people taking part.
Football is currently missing its Sport England 0.7% (which is just over 9,000 people). Around 13,000 people in the UK, Ireland
growth target. It is most popular with adults of the and New Zealand together out of the
2,117,000 once a week- 3,150,200 once a ages 45 and over. Altogether, there 152,391 people worldwide. 30% of
month are just over 50,000 people who play participants paid. A range of £15,774-
1,972,500 males a week- 144,500 females a darts worldwide (around 32,000 men £23,973 a year. The older the
week and around 19,000 women). Darts participants, the more females: males
players usually play different sports there are. Altogether, more females.
with darts, and Lawn Bowls being the
most popular with them. 4th most
popular sport in UK.
Provision To play football, first off you will need a ball You only need a darts board and darts Bowling shoes and bowling balls are the
and a pitch, which can be anywhere, made or to play it. You can buy these or go to a essential to playing. Also, you will have
already made-up. You will also need shin pads, pub where one will be and pay a to go to a local bowling alley. It can be
long socks, boots, and your teams kit, which deposit for the darts. Individual sport. played as a team or individual.
are all easy to access. Either from your team or You do not need a pitch for darts.
any sport shops (JJB, Sports Direct etc.).
 Football is one of the only sports that doesn’t
use video technology, but some teams do use
artificial pitches, like QPR, Luton, Preston and
Oldham, although they have changed back to
normal grass as it was ‘a joke’ to watch it being
played on artificial pitches.
Spectatorship For every game, you will have a stadium full of Viewing figures have increased over Viewing in the sport has increased in the
fans watching the game, and for the ones on the past years. On the opening day of last year. You will have to pay
T.V, you will also get spectators in the houses, the season last year, the sky viewings subscriptions for Sky Sports to watch it
or at pubs watching as well. The game is for the weekend were at around on T.V or a small amount to go to the
promoted as ‘The Greatest Show on Earth’ and 379,000 spectators (armchair event.
shown to over 600million people in over 200 spectators), compared to the 932,000
countries. Fans have to pay for tickets to get ITV watchers. It would cost between
into the stadium, and fans that watch from £10 and £50 to go to a darts game.
home will have to pay subscriptions to the You can watch darts on T.V live or
channel they are watching it on. People can through highlights.
watch it live or highlights.
Media Coverage You can gain information about the sport from You can watch darts live on T.V (Sky You can watch Ten Pin bowling on Sky
going on your clubs website, the FA’s website Sports & BBC), or go to the event. You Sports 4 during the week. It has a small
or FIFA’s website. Or, you can see information can also read about it in papers or go viewing figure.
and news in newspapers. You can also watch onto the darts official website.
your team on T.V. Football is one a lot of
channels, Sky Sports 1,2,3,4, ESPN, BBC1,
ITV1,4, Channel 5, on their own specific
channel (for example Man Utd on MUTV). The
coverage is large in the UK as its Britain’s main
sport.
http://www.sportengland.org/research/sport_facts/sport_facts_2010-11.aspx?sortBy=alpha&pageNum=2
http://fulltext.ausport.gov.au/fulltext/2000/ascpub/pdf/tenpin%20bowling%202.pdf
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4580000/newsid_4587500/4587538.stm