Women in sport funding

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I notice Triathlon Ireland received funding of 155,000 over 2 years for women in sport does anyone know how to find out how this is spent can get an answer from them or sports council?

tunney

X files wrote: »

I notice Triathlon Ireland received funding of 155,000 over 2 years for women in sport does anyone know how to find out how this is spent can get an answer from them or sports council?

Will all be documented and reported on.
The requirements for financial reporting are rather strict on them.
Could be covered in the annual financial reports that were released recently and on their website somewhere. Or be in specific documentation.

I have to admit given its your second post and the topic your first post is on I wondering what the agenda is here. Although I think I have an idea.

myflipflops

I wish they would give the AAI a load of money to pump into getting women and girls into the sport.

I can't be the only one who sees the untapped potential we have in the female population.

hunnymonster

There was something in the health section of the Irish times this week (I've kept it but not gotten around to reading it yet) that looks at keeping girls in sport after a certain age which might be worth reading for anyone interested in this area.

The general topic of women in sports is one I would love to see some cold hard data on. Anicdotically, I see three main reasons why more men keep sport up throughout their lives compared to women
1. women see diets as a way to stay "in shape" men prefer to run the beer off.
2. women still do the lions share of child rearing in Ireland - unfair, lots of families buck the trend but still overall women do most of it. Women of course do 100% of the physical part of making a child
3. there are more opportunities for team sports for men. loads of 5 aside amateur leagues and the like.

tunney

hunnymonster wrote: »

There was something in the health section of the Irish times this week (I've kept it but not gotten around to reading it yet) that looks at keeping girls in sport after a certain age which might be worth reading for anyone interested in this area.

The general topic of women in sports is one I would love to see some cold hard data on. Anicdotically, I see three main reasons why more men keep sport up throughout their lives compared to women
1. women see diets as a way to stay "in shape" men prefer to run the beer off.
2. women still do the lions share of child rearing in Ireland - unfair, lots of families buck the trend but still overall women do most of it. Women of course do 100% of the physical part of making a child
3. there are more opportunities for team sports for men. loads of 5 aside amateur leagues and the like.

The really interesting thing I read about women in sports is that if you get the mother into a sport, something like triathlon, swimming, running, you are much much more likely to get the kids rather than if the father is involved. Although I don't think I'd ever introduce the little one to triathlon. Bit of a crap sport to get started in imho. Running and swimming definitely though and then when older if she wanted to she could.

myflipflops

hunnymonster wrote: »

The general topic of women in sports is one I would love to see some cold hard data on. .

I would too, specifically on athletics. It still amazes me that we produce so many World and European standard athletes out of such a small competitor base. It has to stand that if you woden the competitor base then you find more talent like Derval O'Rourke et al.

cantswim

myflipflops wrote: »

I wish they would give the AAI a load of money to pump into getting women and girls into the sport.

apparently they do... http://www.womeninsport.ie/About_Us/Projects/Athletics_Ireland.html

details of all sport who got funding for 2010 here... http://www.womeninsport.ie/About_Us/The_Irish_Sports_Council/

hunnymonster

I would love to see some money spent on

1. moving PE to become an examined subject. It's been proposed, we trained a load of new PE teachers but it's still not examined so usually pushed to the bottom of the school curriculum

2. forcing PE teachers to look properly at notes from parent saying "Mary can't do PE today because she has her period". I know there are genuine examples of teenagers having trouble when they start menstruating but I it's a way overused excuse.

myflipflops

hunnymonster wrote: »

1. moving PE to become an examined subject. It's been proposed, we trained a load of new PE teachers but it's still not examined so usually pushed to the bottom of the school curriculum
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+1. I would loved to have done PE properly at school. I feel they are miles away from being in a postion to examine it though.

Personally i think the vast majority of funds need to be focused at school level, both primary and early secondary stages.

Initiatives like Fit4life are great but they are reactionary which is a very Irish answer. Get girls and young women at an early age and proactively develop good habits. Also make a big effort to lower the amount of young women taking up smoking. This is a major hindrance to partciaption in sport.

Pherekydes

hunnymonster wrote: »

Women of course do 100% of the physical part of making a child.

This is dreadful. It should, of course, be 50/50.

hunnymonster

My stepson is examined in sports at school (he is in a German secondary school). It's absolutely fantastic. They also learn to swim at school.

dna_leri

hunnymonster wrote: »

My stepson is examined in sports at school (he is in a German secondary school). It's absolutely fantastic. They also learn to swim at school.

The National Primary School Curriculum here also includes swimming (or aquatics) as part of the Physical Education, and also assessment of PE.

However the implementation of this is at best inconsistent.

hunnymonster

dna_leri wrote: »

However the implementation of this is at best inconsistent almost non-existent.

fyp :-)

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tunney wrote: »

Will all be documented and reported on.
The requirements for financial reporting are rather strict on them.
Could be covered in the annual financial reports that were released recently and on their website somewhere. Or be in specific documentation.

I have to admit given its your second post and the topic your first post is on I wondering what the agenda is here. Although I think I have an idea.

No agenda really, my niece competes after finishing another sport.
It seems a rather expensive sport, but can't seem to find were the money is being spent.
Nobody in her group had heard about it.

donothoponpop

dna_leri wrote: »

The National Primary School Curriculum here also includes swimming (or aquatics) as part of the Physical Education, and also assessment of PE.

However the implementation of this is at best inconsistent.

hunnymonster wrote: »

dna_leri wrote: »

However the implementation of this is at best inconsistent almost non-existent.

fyp :-)

Primary schools are set to open again in a couple of weeks. Parents Associations will be formed for each, with an election and AGM in September. Anyone who feels strongly that their primary-schooled children are being denied adequate swimming programs would be advised to join the PA, and push for it from there. Quite often it can be teachers who are against the swim programs, owing to the disruption to the school day. However, if the PA pushes, they are mandated to see that the curriculum is implemented. There is an abundance of pools around the country, who will be only too happy to work with the school, (for a small sub from each child, and money for bus transport, which is where the PA comes in).

This can be a great country, if more people get up off their arse and help organize (not directed at any of those quoted above!:o).

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