Water polo added £20million value in 2014 - December 31, 2017

Something to chew over with your cold turkey…UK Sport has recently published a report from Sheffield Hallam University which examines the impact of Olympic sports on the UK economy, including figures for the impact of UK water polo.

According to the report; in 2014 we had 15,733 adult water polo participants (no mention of any polo-playing U16s in the report) and, directly & indirectly, the sport contributed £20million to the UK economy on a total sport turnover of £49million.

Although, according to the report, water polo’s impact is dwarfed by other well-funded sports, one wonders how much more of a contribution the sport could make in the future with some funding…

Extracts are attached, and the full report is available to read here > http://www.uksport.gov.uk/~/media/files/full-economic-impact-report.pdf?la=en

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