Annual Report 12/13 - The English Table Tennis Association

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totalling over 300. Volunteers
received training on fun games,
how to engage people in table
tennis and how to run simple
quick competitions. In excess
of 390,000 people participated
in Ping! 2012 which far exceeds
initial targets and projections.
Approximate participation figures
are included below:
5.8.10 City 2012 approx. participation
(number of people)
London 90,000
Liverpool 40,000
Bristol 55,000
Sheffield 30,000
Birmingham 75,000
Leicester 58,000
Brighton 35,000
Hampshire 15,000
Total 398,000
5.8.11 Comments have been collected
from each Ping! city to show the
impact of Ping!
Sheffield:
“I met a wide range of people who
thought Ping! was a great idea
and very addictive in any weather,
fantastic idea”.
“It was nice to see people from
multiple backgrounds playing
against each other with no malice
or anger towards each other”.
Birmingham:
“I saw many examples of young
and older people playing together
and they would not have even
spoken to each other if there
hadn’t been a ping table there”.
Brighton:
“Brilliant, the council received so
many positive comments about
the project; this is one event
that really worked. I think this
was because there was no
formal commitment, no booking
required, no time you had to be
at a table by or take part (apart
from scheduled events). People
could play when they wanted to
and fit a game or two in around
their day – people returned
because it was so easy”.
5.8.12 Ping! has also been shortlisted
for Sports Participation Event
of the Year in the Sport
Industry Awards 2013. Ping!
embraces the growing market
for social table tennis and
has re-established it in the
public’s imagination as a fun,
sociable and desirable sport to
play. Those shortlisted for the
Awards will now go forward
for consideration by the main
judging panel, who will decide
the winners in each category.
The results will be announced at
the star-studded Sport Industry
Awards ceremony on Thursday,
2nd May 2013.
5.9 Active People Survey
5.9.1 The Active People Survey 6 was
completed on 14th October 2012
and the results were published
on 6th December 2012. The
survey provides the largest
sample size ever established for
a sport and recreation survey
and allows levels of detailed
analysis previously unavailable.
The survey identifies how
participation varies from place
to place and between different
groups in the population, and
measures the proportion of the
adult population that volunteer
in sport on a weekly basis, club
membership, involvement in
organised sport/competition,
receipt of tuition or coaching, and
overall satisfaction with levels
of sporting provision in the local
community.
5.9.2 Highlights from Active People
Survey 6
• During the period October 2011
to October 2012, 15.51 million
people participated in sport
at least once a week. This is
over 750,000 more people than
2010/11 (APS5) when 14.76
million adults played sport once
a week. The latest result also
represents a 1.6 million increase
on 2005/06 (APS1).
• During the period October 2011–
October 2012 (APS6), 8.639
million men (41.1%) participated
once a week which is 175,300
higher than APS5 (8.463 million,
40.8%).
• Participation among women
has increased by 578,500 from
6.296 million to 6.874 million
(29.0% to 31.1%).
• During October 2011–October
2012, 11.718 million adults aged
26 and over participated in sport
at least once a week (32.4%),
722,200 higher than APS5
(10.996 million, 31.1%).
5.10 Facilities
5.10.1 The ETTA Whole Sport Plan capital
grant aid from Sport England for
2012/13 was £490,000 and was
allocated to four projects:
• Knighton Park TTC £361,502 -
relocation of the club through