Sport activities

I would  love to play more competitive sport such as rugby, hockey. Being a single parent and caring for 2 children with special needs severly affects me being able ot take part due to lack of childcare at sporting events/competitions or even the availability of childcare at weekends. Also the lack of female clubs in local area. 

Basketball. But access is so limited to club level. Individual practice courts i.e to practice shooting or play one on one are not available you have to hire whole court .this is discriminatory as badminton players can hire the same space for fraction of costs. All it needs is for sports hall to have ability to separate badminton sized spaces by full length nets and put hoops/options on the wall. Simple solution to a simple problem

I do a lot of swimming as I'm in a swim club. I also do a lot of cycling around London as it's cheaper, healthier and faster than the underground. I'd love to do cultural routes on bicycles. I think they are fun and you get to meet new people with similar interests.

I like to take part in cycling, badminton, swimming and walking. Swimming and badminton are not regular because facilities are not nearby and often booked up/ crowded. Walking is also possible, but constrained by poor air quality.

Cycling is discriminated against in my borough, Brent. I tried to get a cycle hoop on my street over two years ago. A year after my request, Brent Council’s Highways and Infrastructure Service finally responded to promise that my 'enquiry has been passed to an officer to deal with and you will hear from us shortly'. More than 6 months later, Debbie Huckle, Team Leader Safety & Travel Planning, Highways and Infrastructure, Brent Council, informed me that this proposal 'received several objections including ones from Brondesbury Resident and Tenant Association (BRAT) and one of the local councillors' although she refused to name which councillor she was referring to. When I asked for details about the nature of these objections, she replied that 'residents felt there was not enough parking spaces in the area and to lose one more for cycle parking was not ideal'. I pointed out that if I had bought a car and parked it in one of these parking spaces, it would take up the same space, but no one would be entitled to 'object' to my doing so -- although arguably they should since this would mean worsening already atrocious congestion, pollution and road safety, in contrast to choosing to cycle. I also pointed out that there are in fact always extra spaces available for parking on the street, so this objection is baseless - but to no avail. In short, the priorities are all wrong, and if residents should get to veto their neighbors' choices, it should be the choice to buy and park a car (or a second or third or fourth car), not to prevent the storage of half a dozen bicycles that take up the same space as one car, do not pollute or add to congestion, and improve public health.

I started playing tennis again but this time in my local league (Lewisham). I play in a mixed group and am the only female, which I don't mind. I love the competition, I used to compete in many sports as a teenager. I also run and do yoga, but this summer I've not run much due to the heat. I walk as much as I can and would love to do more track & field events for adults.

this is a very strange 'survey'.  i am well served - i can go to the gym and pool as  often as i want for £23 pcm and run and cycle for free along the canal and into victoria park.  and I play a bit of tennis for £5 for a 2 hour session.  great.

I swim, cycle, aqua Zumba, tai chi.  I have a probLem with people walking in cycle lanes where I live as they are green and they think they are nice to walk in. Also people on mobile phones don’t even look and of course we don’t make a noise like a car engine so they just walk and then shout at you when you tell them to get out of the cycle lane. Also cars park in th lanes on the roads so they are a waste of time. Cycling is good but in the suburbs you take you life in your hands when you dare to use the roads and get abuse from motorists to get up on the pavement, which is illegal for an adult sized bike. My moan over.

I like Martial Arts.  I've won medals for Judo in London, both on the mat as a competitor and off the mat as a captain and for sport dev in general.  

The thing I like about martial arts is that it's all on you.  Your own performance is everything, and you win or lose on that alone.  You can be a blinding forward in rugby, but if Terry could just get up the flippin' wing...  

I also love the discipline of it, the respect.  If I spoke to a ref in Judo the way you see them carrying on in footy, I'd never be welcome back!  It teaches you where to hold firm, where to apply strength, and where to give way; and that last one is the most important.  Took me three broken toes to figure that one out!  

I'd love to do more of it, but outside of uni there's no cheap way.  It'd be great if municipal leisure centres got instructors in and started affordable clubs.  Judo's bigger on the continent than in the UK (France has it on the telly!), so if we raised the profile here then we'd already have plenty of competition to play with.  I'm sure the BJA would be up for collaborating on an initiative.