2010 Press Releases
Do Children participate in Sport & Physical Recreation?
28.10.2010
The Irish Sports Council has published a major research study which provides a national database of physical activity, physical education and sport participation levels of children and youth in Ireland.
28.10.2010
The Irish Sports Council has published a major research study which provides a national database of physical activity, physical education and sport participation levels of children and youth in Ireland.
Dr Julia Walsh, Director of Sports Studies and Physical Education at UCC is one of the three authors of “The Children’s Sport Participation and Physical Education Study”.
The study found high engagement with sport and physical activity in 2009 as follows:
- 83% of primary school students engage in sport outside school, up 2% on 2004
- 63% of primary school students participate in Extra Curricular Sport, up 1% on 2004
- 31% of primary school students walked or cycled to school, up 5% on 2004
- 64% of post primary students participate outside of school, down 6% on 2004
- 73% of post primary pupils participate in Extra Curricular Sport, up 3% on 2004
- 40% of post primary children are cycling or walking to school, up 10% on 2004
The report was launched by Ms Mary Hanafin, TD, Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport. Visit: http://bit.ly/9DKwCB
Picture: Mary Hanafin TD, Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport, with the authors of the Children's Sport Participation And Physical Activity Study, from left, Catherine Woods, Niall Moyna, Deborah Tannehill and Dr Julia Walsh, during the launch of an Irish Sports Council research publication.
Picture: courtesy of Sportsfile