Speeches by Rutland.

“Kate, how about cricket?”

“Do you feel well heard by the ECB?”

“Jon, what can be done to ensure that smaller national governing bodies with less funding have the capacity to deliver in schools and at a grassroots level?”

“Thank you. Some sports clubs are in financially precarious positions and are under pressure to generate revenue, as we have been discussing. How does that impact their ability to drive grassroots and community participation?”

“What did you mean when you talked about the impact of legislation on sports clubs? Is there a particular challenge?”

“In my experience, voluntary organisations sometimes have more politics in them than political parties. Kate and Jordan, is there anything that you want to add on the financial pressure to generate revenue and the ability to drive grassroots and community participation?”

“My questions follow on from previous ones around enhancing community provision of growth sports to under-represented groups. Scott and Paige, you both spoke about diversity and growth in your respective sports. There are cost barriers associated with padel and cheer. To what extent does that prevent those from lower so…”

“Do you think hiring costs are too high for the end user?”

“My questions follow on from previous ones around enhancing community provision of growth sports to under-represented groups. Scott and Paige, you both spoke about diversity and growth in your respective sports. There are cost barriers associated with padel and cheer. To what extent does that prevent those from lower so…”

“Does that result in a different income demographic participating in cheerleading in the south?”

“Briefly, to each of you and maybe to Stewart first, what changes need to happen to unleash the full potential of community provision of your sports, particularly for under-represented groups?”

“Can I ask you one more question? Earlier you said that padel has people playing it who would not consider tennis to be for them. Which demographic groups in particular are taking up padel?”

“Do you see people picking up padel and then moving on to play tennis as well, perhaps those who would never have considered playing tennis in the first instance?”

“I want to ask about the role of national governing bodies. Perhaps Jordan and Kate can answer first; I have a different question for you, Jon. Jordan, how can national governing bodies better support the growth of grassroots sport and initiatives like yours to deliver school and community programmes?”

“In my experience, voluntary organisations sometimes have more politics in them than political parties. Kate and Jordan, is there anything that you want to add on the financial pressure to generate revenue and the ability to drive grassroots and community participation?”

“What did you mean when you talked about the impact of legislation on sports clubs? Is there a particular challenge?”

“Thank you. Some sports clubs are in financially precarious positions and are under pressure to generate revenue, as we have been discussing. How does that impact their ability to drive grassroots and community participation?”

“Jon, what can be done to ensure that smaller national governing bodies with less funding have the capacity to deliver in schools and at a grassroots level?”

“Do you feel well heard by the ECB?”

“Does that result in a different income demographic participating in cheerleading in the south?”