Basketball courts in UK leisure centres and clubs are increasingly empty in 2025, hit by a player shortage that’s crippling grassroots games and venue income.
Netball clubs across the UK are facing a mounting player shortage in 2025, with teams struggling to field full sides and matches increasingly forfeited. England
Pickleball’s meteoric rise in the UK is hiding a crippling partner shortage by 2025, leaving new courts underutilised and venues losing revenue. Pickleball England reports
Lawn bowls greens across the UK are fading into silence in 2025, hit hard by a partner shortage that’s leaving rinks underused and clubs short
Golf’s supposed boom in the UK masks a deepening crisis by 2025: the buddy shortage leaving tee times barren and courses hemorrhaging cash. Sport England’s
Badminton’s rising profile in the UK hides a growing partner shortage by 2025, turning halls into echo chambers and sapping venue finances. Sport England’s Active
