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Club Membership Part 2

The figures below provide club membership numbers provided by the respective NSOs back to 1985.

National Sporting Organisations - Club Membership (Page two)

NOTES:

  • Membership figures are provided to SPARC (and the former Hillary Commission) by the NSOs and therefore are not generated by SPARC. Membership numbers have not been provided to SPARC/the Hillary Commission in some years for some sports.
  • Membership figures for rugby union were not provided in 2001 and 2002 which effects the total national club membership figures for those years. Membership information is available directly form the New Zealand Rugby Football Union.
  • Remember some keen people may be members of more than one club!

Please note: This table has been split over 3 pages: Page 1 ('85-'91) | Page 3 ('97-'03)

Organisation Name 1991/92 1992/93 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97
Archery New Zealand Inc. 745 1084 514 508 375 360
Athletics New Zealand 21548 20075 20097 20746 20655 24235
Basketball New Zealand 0 37650 37955 38175 42630 50300
Blind Sport New Zealand - - - - 906 900
Bowls New Zealand 55450 0 51495 49583 - 68223
Boxing New Zealand Inc 481 517 552 550 600 840
Cycling New Zealand 1575 2403 1396 1717 2070 1797
Deaf Sports Federation of New Zealand 0 560 584 600 550 499
Gliding New Zealand Incorporated 1115 1084 1154 1206 1128 1085
Ice Speed Skating New Zealand Inc 57 76 0 83 83 425
Karate New Zealand 9980 0 5500 0 5500 5770
Marching New Zealand 3552 3486 3414 3027 2010 4051
Motorcycling NZ 4708 8273 17416 20796 26539 27108
Motorsport NZ (Inc) 10610 11370 10657 11637 12309 11971
Netball NZ 95940 109730 107990 107830 107830 118760
Nga Kaihoe o Aotearoa Inc - - - - - -
NZ AFL Inc - - - - - -
NZ Amateur Fencing Association 408 523 465 543 453 362
NZ Axemens' Association Inc - - - - - 450
NZ Badminton Federation Inc. 13839 12000 28738 10444 13985 9984
NZ Billiards and Snooker Association 0 1750 1194 1668 2042 2280
NZ BMX Association 0 1400 1230 1230 890 1000
NZ Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association - - - - - -
NZ Canoeing Federation 1353 0 1759 1759 1760 5300
NZ Cricket 59823 75924 83004 87489 85762 85057
NZ Croquet Council 4300 4217 4300 4279 4265 4204
NZ Curling Association - - - - - 543
NZ Darts Council Inc. 6658 6498 7034 7002 6939 5853
NZ Dragon Boat Association Inc. - - - - - 875
NZ Equestrian Federation 5309 5303 6012 6416 5538 5841
NZ Federation of Bodybuilders - - - - - -
NZ Golf Association 69162 69489 67206 76794 81762 83692
NZ Gymnastic Association 11972 11972 10500 11489 10611 10726
NZ Handball Association - - - - - -
NZ Hang Gliding and Para Gliding Association 0 0 0 638 638 638
NZ Hockey Federation 34518 33830 34366 33475 35126 35516
NZ Ice Hockey Association 700 0 680 885 0 879
NZ Ice Skating Association 1387 1494 1541 1678 1681 2181
NZ Indoor Bowls Incorporated 37140 36318 36296 34595 32485 30343
NZ Indoor Sports Incorporated - - - - - -
NZ Judo Federation 3100 2976 3067 3084 3104 3233
NZ Kart Federation 1092 1123 1200 1210 1230 1332
NZ Olympic Luge Association 74 81 68 64 85 35
NZ Olympic Wrestling Union 977 880 545 592 592 675
NZ Orienteering Federation 1241 1714 1340 1281 1349 1106
NZ Parachute Federation 0 320 450 450 370 420
NZ Petanque Association - - - - - -
NZ Polo Association 450 400 2000 2074 2191 2892
NZ Polocrosse Council 607 621 582 593 486 445
NZ Pony Clubs Association 12606 12227 12160 11527 11361 10396
NZ Power Boat Federation 2500 2500 3216 3852 3892 3892
NZ Power Pulling Association Inc - - - - - -
NZ Powerlifting Federation 0 169 172 141 156 181
NZ Riding for the Disabled Assn 4000 2754 2858 2689 2606 3726
NZ Rodeo Cowboys Association 0 800 243 0 453 1101
NZ Rugby Football Union 207000 148397 148397 155552 155000 149000
NZ Rugby League 29479 33417 33707 37492 39803 40899
NZ Sheep Dog Trial Association - - - - - -
NZ Shooting Federation 0 0 11602 11400 10088 9958
NZ Snow Sports Council 0 16500 19621 19421 19800 19800
NZ Soccer Inc (mens) 75000 82600 70000 56000 55000 50500
Soccer (womens) 7969 14800 8132 8556 8126 8000
NZ Taekwondo Federation 2730 0 0 3403 3639 3745
NZ Tennis 55600 53674 55257 52750 52104 49000
NZ Tenpin Bowling Congress 3750 2722 0 1607 0 2124
NZ Water Polo Association Inc 0 1111 7025 7239 7321 7467
NZ Water Ski Association 0 1800 2100 2100 2100 654
Olympic Weightlifting New Zealand - - - - - -
Recreational Aircraft Association of New Zealand 520 510 0 0 632 600
Rowing New Zealand 5096 5404 5868 7006 7224 4736
Royal New Zealand Aero Club (Inc) 6250 5800 5635 6000 5800 5800
Shearing Sports New Zealand (Inc) - - - - - -
Skate New Zealand 1184 1271 1456 1470 1395 1110
Softball New Zealand 29582 22040 25256 23546 22538 21764
Special Olympics New Zealand 3000 3200 3105 3104 3290 3412
Squash New Zealand 36998 43751 38574 36740 33253 26362
Surf Life Saving New Zealand 5386 6462 10412 10342 9677 9686
Surfing New Zealand 934 1150 316 2365 970 2200
Swimming New Zealand 25849 21834 23662 23518 23749 22059
Table Tennis New Zealand 0 6190 11100 10263 10618 7847
Touch New Zealand 43620 70284 85256 82872 79412 75000
Trampoline New Zealand 206 176 191 216 253 290
Triathlon New Zealand 1367 1717 3789 2018 1239 968
Volleyball NZ Inc 34800 32924 47455 49939 52571 45550
Windsurfing NZ 1200 1500 304 585 745 430
Womens Golf NZ 34824 34800 33500 33709 32700 342300
Yachting New Zealand 21000 18831 28414 17730 18528 17996
Total 1,113,967 1,104,366 1,246,480 1,233,695 1,200,218 1,258,717

Updated | 30 Mar 2006.

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