Objective: Approximately 4.5 million Australians are involved in community sports clubs. A
high level of alcohol consumption tends to be commonplace in this setting. The only …

Background Involvement in community sports clubs is often associated with high levels of
risky alcohol consumption; however, developing prevention-focused interventions in these …

Objective: Community sports clubs provide an important contribution to the health and
wellbeing of individuals and the community; however, they have also been associated with …

Issue addressed: Whether improved alcohol management delivers additional benefits to
clubs in the form of financial viability, expanded membership, increased spectators and …

Objective: The Good Sports program uses a systematic accreditation process to implement
gradual alcohol-related harm-reduction strategies in Australian community sports clubs that …

Background An increased prevalence of risky alcohol consumption and alcohol-related
harm has been reported for members of sporting groups and at sporting venues compared …

Issue addressed: The extent to which amateur rural sporting clubs are settings in which
harmful and hazardous levels of alcohol are consumed by players, supporters and officials …

Introduction Excessive alcohol consumption is responsible for considerable harm from
chronic disease and injury. Within most developed countries, members of sporting clubs …

Abstract Introduction and Aims Alcohol misuse and harm are more prevalent amongst sports
people than non‐sports people. Few studies have trialled interventions to address alcohol …

Community-based sporting clubs in Australia are often sites of unregulated, problematic and
unsafe drinking. The Good Sports program, initiated in Victoria in 2001, offers such clubs a …