From britdisc-owner@csv.warwick.ac.uk Tue Jun 22 20:51:53 1999 Received: by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.9.3/8.9.3) id UAA23516 for britdisc-outgoing; Tue, 22 Jun 1999 20:51:03 +0100 (BST) Received: from daffodil.csv.warwick.ac.uk (daffodil [137.205.192.30]) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id UAA23508 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Tue, 22 Jun 1999 20:51:02 +0100 (BST) Received: from mail-gw1.webleicester.net (mailgate.webleicester.co.uk [195.146.160.12]) by daffodil.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id UAA27481 for <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Tue, 22 Jun 1999 20:51:01 +0100 (BST) Received: from pii266 (pool-pri1-029.webleicester.co.uk [195.146.164.29]) by mail-gw1.webleicester.net (8.9.1/8.9.0) with SMTP id UAA00146; Tue, 22 Jun 1999 20:49:01 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <00c301bebce8$ddcbad20$1da492c3@pii266> From: "British Ultimate Federation" <buf@ultimateweb.co.uk> To: <RGarton@LoweHoward-Spink.co.uk>, "BRITDISC" <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk> Subject: Re: Ultimate popularity Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 19:44:13 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Sender: owner-britdisc@warwick.ac.uk Precedence: bulk 'Bin' (Robin?) I can give you somewhat innaccurate figures from this years BUF subscription forms: >From the 51 out of 115 teams who bothered to fill in the form(!), we counted 974 men and 347 women. That gives around 2200 men and 800 women in total if you extrapolate (dodgy). **HOWEVER** I would take these numbers with a considerable pinch of salt because:- 1. Many of the university teams reported how many *recruits* they got not how many people actually play on a regular basis. 2. Many teams were putting down vague numbers (eg 30 men and 10 women) and, amazingly, Catch 22 have 22 players (who'd a thought it?!) 3. I would think the teams who didn't fill in the form are generally less well organised and therefore might not have as many players as the rest. I would say that more realistic figures might be something like 1200 men and 400 women. In general, its very hard to say exactly how many players there are (What contitutes a player? Someone who attends one or more tournamnents? Someone who joined a club?) Until such time as we have individual membership of a national association we can't really answer your question accurately. Is this for a research project or are you offering to do a proper census for me? ;-) Ben BUF Secretary -----Original Message----- From: RGarton@LoweHoward-Spink.co.uk <RGarton@LoweHoward-Spink.co.uk> To: BRITDISC <britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk> Date: 18 June 1999 11:20 Subject: Ultimate popularity >I need to get some figures on the growth/popularity of Ultimate in the UK. >If anyone knows any, can you let me know. > >Specifically, I'm after: > > The total number of players > The total number of players, 5, 10, 15 years ago - any amount that > anyone has info for. > The number of student players > The number of student players 5, 10 etc... > The number of women players > The number of women players 5,10 etc.. > >I could also do with knowing all this on a team level. > >Any other 'useful trivia' on how Ultimate is growing would also be >appreciated. > >Thanks, > >Bin. > > >CONFIDENTIALITY >The information in this e-mail and any attachments is confidential. It is >intended only for the named recipient(s). If you are not the named >recipient please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the >contents to another person or take copies. > >http://www.lhs.co.uk/ > >