AFL Football community sets new participation record in 2024 

Participation in Australian Rules Football has exceeded more than 528,000 in 2024, breaking the AFL’s all-time registered participation record of 526,000 set last year. The 2024 total figure includes registered participants across community football (junior, youth and senior levels), AFL Nines, NAB AFL Auskick and the newly introduced, NAB AFL Superkick. Excitingly the 2024 record…

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Netball Australia reports another surplus in 2023

Netball Australia has announced strong game attendance and new commercial partnerships delivered an operating surplus in 2023.  It was the second consecutive surplus recorded by Netball Australia as it continues to strengthen its financial position and grow the game.  The 2023 financial results were presented to Member Organisation Presidents and CEOs at tonight’s Annual General…

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State of the Game 2023: AFL Attendance, Social Media, Support, Participation, Memberships and TV Ratings

After a record breaking season and a huge grand final, its time to wrap up the season with a nice big bow, with new records set in Membership, Attendance and tv ratings. Social Media Collingwood leads all comers in the social media stakes with 390,000 followers on facebook, 368,000 followers on instagram, 157,000 on twitter…

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2021-22 Ausplay Report Released

Ausplay has released its latest survey results for 2021-22. For organised sport, Soccer, Golf, Australian Football come up top 3. Total Adult and Child Particpation. This is for team sports we cover here most. Children under 15 Organised Sport Particpation for persons 15+ Ausplay Note: Ausplay doesnt combine League and Touch, ive done that for…

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Cricket Australia announces 5.5m loss for 2021-2022

Cricket Australia have reported a deficit of 5.5m for 2021-2022, and a comprehensive loss of 10.655m on revenue of $391.004m. Notably there was a $51m drop in the media, broadcasting and marketing sector, while match income rose 25m. Sponsorship was up slightly to 69m. The BBL averaged 500,000 viewers per fixture, streaming not included. 44…

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Tuesday, May 5th | News Wrap | 2019 Ausplay survey released, Storm relocate to Albury, A-league prepares for August restart, New Rugby CEO? and much more

Its a massive day for sports news of all varieties. The 2019 Ausplay survey has been released, The Storm relocate to Albury, while the A-league prepares for August restart and theres some Rugby CEO speculation thrown in to a big news mix, 2019 Ausplay Survey The latest Ausplay Survey data has been released by Sport…

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Sports Industry News – Tuesday, February 5th, 2019

Attendance on February 4th (thanks to @au_sport) 2nd Test: Australia d Sri Lanka (d4). Crowd: 2,004 @ Manuka Oval NBL: Illawarra Hawks d Cairns Taipans. Crowd: 2,273 @ WIN Entertainment Centre AFL OPTUS has boosted its support for the WA Football League, adding league naming rights, volunteers and the new WAFL Women’s competition for 2019….

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2017 AFL Participation Figures released

WA   QLD http://www.aflq.com.au/queensland-participation-tops-250000/ NSW/ACT http://aflnswact.com.au/participation-numbers-2017/ The popularity of AFL in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory continues to rise with AFL NSW/ACT today announcing Club participation grew 8.2%. This comes off the back of a phenomenal 78% increase in the number of female participants playing in registered Club football competitions across the…

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ASC releases Ausplay survey

The Australian Sports Commission today released the first findings of the most comprehensive national population tracking survey into sport and physical activity in Australia. ASC Chair John Wylie said AusPlay collected adults’ and children’s sport and physical recreation participation data together for the first time. “The Australian Government’s investment in AusPlay means we will now…

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2015 FFA Partipipation Audit

Participation in organised football has jumped 20% in 2015, a Football Federation Australia (FFA) national audit has found. Community football clubs saw an increase of 7% in the past year to reach 499,361 players in 2,155 clubs in every state and territory. The total number of participants in community clubs, school, indoor, social and introductory…

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2015 AFL participation figures

Country Wide – http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-10-13/womens-participation-in-afl-soars-in-2015 Total Participation grew by 8.0 per cent to reach 1,247,610· 597,538 played in structured competitions (up 3.5 per cent) 650,072 participated in introductory programs (up 13 per cent) Community Club participation grew by 1.4 per cent to 336,108· Strong growth in junior (4 per cent) and youth girls (33 per cent)…

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