IN 2010, €49.6 MILLION OF IRISH TAX PAYERS MONEY WAS PUT INTO IRISH SPORT...

...SO WHAT RETURN DID SPORT GIVE ON THAT INVESTMENT...

• The Camogie Association established 25 new clubs in 2010 adding to the existing
  540 nationwide
• Swim Ireland has delivered aquatic qualifications to over 500 people during the course of 2010 with over 22,000 teaching hours provided
• The Irish Ice Hockey Association ran a recreational ice hockey play-off weekend in which 100 people partook to introduce people to the sport
• Mountaineering Ireland saw a 10% increase in both club and individual membership during 2010 and now has 145 clubs and over 10,300 members
• Triathlon Ireland membership increased by 46% over 2010
• Horse Sport Ireland in conjunction with the Association of Irish Riding Establishments launched an Affordable Introduction to Riding Programme in September with 60 schools involved in the pilot programme to date
• The Irish Wheelchair Association launched a Best Star Schools Inclusion Programme Resource Pack to facilitate the inclusion of students with a disability in school sports activities
• The Local Sports Partnership Network have provided 11,023 sports clubs with information and advice in the area of funding with a further 3,598 clubs assisted in the delivery of their activities
• Cricket Ireland established a Connacht branch due to the growth of the sport in the West of Ireland
• The Irish Underwater Council held 130 training courses during 2010 whilst 96 of their Search & Rescue Unit who voluntarily assist in the recovery of missing persons were awarded with Long Service Medals
• The first ever women’s team qualified for the Bobsleigh at the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver
• Karol Doherty finished 8th in Adaptive Rowing at the World Rowing Championships despite
  only taking up the sport 18 months ago – he discovered the sport through a programme run by Donegal Local Sports Partnership
  
• Athletics Ireland have reached 80 “Fit4Life clubs” with approximately 5,000 recreational runners affiliating with the association whilst they have worked with 180 “Little Athletics Club” ensuring that 8,000 young people between the ages of 5 and 10 got a fun introduction to the sport
• The IRFU ran programmes in 1,152 primary schools and now have 61,000 players involved in underage rugby
• The FAI oversaw the participation of 25,000 primary school children in small sided games in May & November with a further 20,000 children taking part in Summer Soccer Schools during July and August
• The GAA have a relationship with 2,190 primary schools facilitating the roll-out of their County Games Programmes, Camp Programmes and Academy Programmes
• The Pitch and Putt Union of Ireland delivered an introductory programme to over 1,000 children in 35 schools establishing links between those school and 25 pitch and putt clubs
• Gymnastics Ireland are growing their membership by 1,000 – 1,500 each year and now have 1,000 accredited coaches nationwide

...A RETURN TO EVERYONE

• 10,000 children involved in Swim Ireland’s Child Learn to Swim Programme launched in June 2010
• 3,000 players partake in the FAI’s Football for All Programme across 13 different disability groups
• 25,000 girls took part in GAA summer camps
• 300 children in 9 schools took part in the Irish American Football’s inaugural Flag Football competition
  
• 1,500 took advantage of South County Dublin’s Link2BActive programme which provides access to sporting facilities at reduced rates for people who are unemployed
  
• 2,000 boys and girls school teams take part in Basketball Ireland’s Secondary Schools Competition
  
• 15 coaches going through Tennis Ireland’s Level 3 Coach Qualification – the first programme of its type ever run in Ireland
  
• 600 girls in 30 different schools introduced to golf through Junior Golf Ireland’s Girls Golf Programme
• 1,189 primary school teachers and 1,536 childcare practitioners provided with Introduction to Sport Training as part of Buntús training programme
• 112,056 people took part in 744 sports development programmes delivered by Local Sports Partnerships nationwide
• 12,000 young people and adults took part in sailing, jet skiing and powerboating courses run by the Irish Sailing Association
  
• 500 participants representing 24 countries in 12 different sports took part in the European Transplant & Dialysis Games held in Dublin in August 2010
• 80 male job seekers signed up to a “Pens and Perspiration Programme” run by Waterford Local Sports Partnership which provided them with opportunities to access and try out local physical activity opportunities whilst providing them with job seeking skills
• 1,825 athletes, 806 coaches, 2,796 volunteers and 9,000 families and supporters took part
  in the 2010 Special Olympic Ireland Games