What a shame. BUT WHAT A SHAME THAT MUMSNET WOULD NOT GIVE IT A HIGHER PROFILE!!!
We expect that organisations will bow to pressure from a few menz with vested interests shouting to shut such things down, but a website that is probably overwhelmingly contributed to by women ought to have made an exception for a petition like this and left it where it would have gained more support.
Ultimately though, it's going to take female athletes walking away on camera to make this stop, or see female sports die.