WSA Policy

The Welsh Sports Association (WSA) was founded in 1972, initially as a sub committee of the Sports Council of Wales, but is now an independent body that represents and supports all of the National Governing Bodies (NGBs) of sport and physical recreation in Wales.

The WSA has effectively been the 'umbrella' organisation for the NGBs of sport in Wales. Its members are primarily drawn from those governing bodies which, in the main, have traditionally been managed by volunteers. Moreover, the governing bodies have been the backbone of Welsh sport, discharging responsibility for administration, membership services, coach development, training of officials and domestic competition programmes up to national level.

The governing bodies aim, through enhanced corporate governance, is to increase membership levels in their sport and to produce elite performers through an organised and robust sports development model. However, they are becoming increasingly sidetracked by a raft of legislation, good practice guidelines and even inappropriate and unintended legislation and regulation.