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Lord’s Taverners net some dosh
By Will 2 years ago, at the start of June, No Comments; be the first!
This must have passed me by.
I am very pleased that the National Sports Foundation has made its first award. This was to the Lords Taverners for £177,500, to support their excellent work to promote the growth of grass roots cricket through the provision of cricket equipment bags to junior cricketers. This funding, which will help ensure that we capitalise on the explosion of interest in cricket among our young people following last summer’s Ashes series, was matched by a donation from the England and Wales Cricket Trust.
I understand that the Foundation is in continuing discussions with potential sponsors as well as sporting organisations and they are hopeful that further awards will be announced shortly.
So said Richard Caborn in the commons.
No Comments »Grass roots funding
By Will 2 years ago, mid-February, No Comments; be the first!
I confess to being mildly ignorant to the figures afforded (if that’s the appropriate word) to English cricket, and sport’s governing bodies worldwide, so these published from the government made interesting reading.
Kate Hoey questioned Richard Caborn:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much each sports national governing body (NGB) has received from the community club development programme in each of the last three years; and how much NGBs have allocated to
grass-roots sports development under the terms of the compact with her
Department on income from broadcasting in each year.
And he replied:
There is a "community club development programme" which provides funding for sport in Britain, and here are the figures since 2003:
| £ | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| NGB | Year 1 (2003–04) | Year 2 (2004–05) | Year 3 (to date) (2005–06) |
| All England Netball Association | 436,500 | 222,665 | 781,547 |
| Amateur Rowing Association | 1,657,056 | 199,445 | 436,510 |
| Amateur Swimming Association | 0 | 6,720 | 763,502 |
| Badminton England | 134,227 | 666,644 | 448,389 |
| British Canoe Union | 519,500 | 635,431 | 645,985 |
| British Cycling | 588,136 | 216,389 | 598,630 |
| British Gymnastics Association | 60,076 | 690,000 | 645,110 |
| British Judo Association | 45,625 | 329,694 | 1,236,712 |
| England Basketball | 205,809 | 110,000 | 597,442 |
| English Cricket Board | 2,996,330 | 1,592,513 | 2,233,388 |
| England Hockey | 185,000 | 248,800 | 623,308 |
| English Table Tennis Association | 14,777 | 31,485 | 1,446,738 |
| Football Association | 6,706,197 | 2,236,017 | 678,816 |
| Lawn Tennis Association | 4,413,234 | 2,394,918 | 1,610,800 |
| Rugby Football League | 38,188 | 260,591 | 994,598 |
| Rugby Football Union | 7,442,027 | 1,772,009 | 1,141,316 |
I don’t quite understand why or how the figures plummet for some sports, notably the Football Association (FA). Over £6m in year one, down to £678,816 in the third year. If anyone can offer an explanation, please do…
No Comments »The implications of London winning the Olympics
By Will 3 years ago, mid-July, 4 Comments »
An interesting debate raised in Parliament by Michael Foster on the funding provided by London’s winning bid for the 2012 Olympics, and its’ possible implications to non-Olympic sports such as cricket:
Sport will have a major boost over the next few years with the Olympic games coming to London, but may I ask my right hon. Friend to do what he can to ensure that non-Olympic sports such as cricket are not excluded from the increased resources and increased participation in which, I hope, this development will result? With that in mind, will he arrange for a debate on the future of state school cricket, so that we can look at ways of making it far more competitive, and put it on an equal footing with the cricket played in the independent sector?
Leader of the House of Commons, and former Secretary of State for Defence, Geoff Hoon, replied:
I once tried to demonstrate how cricket is played to my American family, with conspicuous lack of success. It is certainly important that, in providing the extra funding that goes to sport, such funding is associated not only with the Olympic bid, but with the Government’s overall programme for supporting sporting excellence in this country and that we do not neglect sports such as cricket, which are clearly hugely important to the people of the United Kingdom.
Although cricket in the UK has received better support and funding in recent years, it is still a minority sport compared even to Rugby (and, inevitably / especially, football). With the Olympics “due” in just seven years, it is encouraging to hear of a debate in Parliament surrounding the games funding in this country. In fact - it’s rare to hear the sport ever mentioned in Parliament; on the rare occasions they have, corruption and Zimbabwe have been the topics of debate.
We’ll have to watch this closely in the coming years. Lord’s is hosting archery - what a spectacle that should be! - but otherwise, cricket could be “hidden away” in 2012. If England’s national side continues to improve, they could well be world champions by then - so let’s hope their profile in this country can improve to compete with the Olympics.
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