Information from the first county development day

As this is our second year of county rugby, it is possible to compare this year with last and get an idea about how well we are doing, and how healthy the game is in the county.

Of course - as any students of statistics out there would point out - its not a perfect match as this year the day was a week or so earlier than last year (which will have made a difference for the U14s), and at a different location - but taking that into account there are some interesting results.

	2006	2005
	First day	First day	(All days)
Number of girls attending:
U14s:	17	19	(25)
U17s:	51	52	(66)
Number of clubs:
U14s	4	6	(6)
U17s	6	8	(8)
By age (at 1st September):
11	2	5	(8)
12	9	5	(5)
13	6	9	(12)
14	13	19	(21)
15	21	15	(23)
16	15	18	(22)
17	2	-	(-)

Also, looking at girls who have been to a development day in 2005 who came again in 2006...

Girls who were U14s (in 2005) returning in 2006: 76%
Girls who were U17s (in 2005) eligible to return in 2006: 59%*
(*ie. not including those who are now too old)

By age...
11 year-olds (in 2005) returning (as 12 year-olds) in 2006: 87%
12 year-olds (in 2005) returning (as 13 year-olds) in 2006: 60 %
13 year-olds (in 2005) returning (as 14 year-olds) in 2006: 75%
14 year-olds (in 2005) returning (as 15 year-olds) in 2006: 76%
15 year-olds (in 2005) returning (as 16 year-olds) in 2006: 39%

Whether any of this means anything, and if so what, I leave to you to decide.