Hockey
Message posted by Amy Spalding (via 193.129.76.138) on June 4, 2001 at 8:57 AM (ET)

can anyone tell me what the levels of participation are, including some statistics, for hockey in England. i need information about participation at recreational, club, national and international levels.

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Re: Hockey
Message posted by Allen Weinstock (via 152.163.201.52) on June 4, 2001 at 2:52 PM (ET)

Here is what I found.

GREAT BRITAIN

President of the British Ice Hockey Association Frederick Meredith

Total number of ice hockey players: 7000
Number of registered ice hockey players: 7000
Number of senior players: 2500
Number of junior players: 4500
Number of transfer to the Federation: 189
Number of transfer from the Federation: 25
Number of female players: 500
Total number of referees: 250
Total number of indoor ice rinks: 55
Total number of artificial outdoor ice rinks: 0

National championship results of the club participating in the 1998/99 EHL:

from http://www.iihf.com/news/press2298.htm

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Manchester Arena set a then European attendance record for an ice hockey fixture played indoors with the closing ISL fixture of the 1996/97 season between Manchester Storm and Sheffield Steelers. The game, which was shown live on SKY Television attracted a crowd of 17,245 with over 1500 fans unable to end obtain tickets.

from http://www.bihwa.co.uk/its_a_fact.htm

The sites these statistics come from appear reputable. I have not done additional checking(I will leave that to you). I hope this helped.

Allen