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Wednesday, 10 March 2010 21:44

I am slightly bewildered by current targeted results funded sports.  So if a sport does not acheive a level of succes, decided by people in High Office, then the sport gets funding reduced. So the British Winter Sports Team missed the 3 medals expcted, so despite a wonderful Gold by a brave young woman, funding might be cut. That makes sense only to the accountants who must now populate Sport admin, running a slide ruler (for the younger of you the thing we used before calculators were invented). Performance required success is irrational, as a society we either beleive sport is relevant to the Nation and invest funds, or we let the administrators target the sports that they think will bring glory to their managing of finances.

Investmet of cash does not mean sporting success in the short term-look at the dismal England Rugby team, though I rather liked the formr England coach saying "Martin Johnson knows everything from a second row perspective". My neighbour who played 2nd row said when asked what went on in a game,  he would say "what do I know, my head is up some-ones arse most of the time, and my arse was up in the air".Realism.

So coming back to the plot of this blog, if we are going to only fund success, then we might as will give up now. Success in Number one, but in Athletics they have already said 4 would be good at London Olymics. But to-day they want 10 medals at Euro Champs, else funding might be cut as I read it. That makes sense.

Having wasted Milions on the London bid, and I do feel it would be better if Paris had won, let the French take the pain, we need to know use this opportunity to develop gass root sport- the opportunity that the slide-rulers seems to have missed.

This is the biggest opportunity to get the minority sports going in the UK- (Olympic sports are minor sports compared to football,cricket and rugby). Most of what I read is going to have the reverse effect.

Some of the comments made by National Coaches are not helpful. Sport is about individuals, not a coaching regime that smacks of bullying. Encouragementand development is the way forward, and lets get rid of the accountants.

My fav athletics comment this week is by a talented young Welshman , who training with a rather cocky, young but talented male athlete who was boasting about his expensive blocks and spikes said along these lines "Its not what you have it's what you have in your f****g body".

 

 

 
Patti Smith PDF Print E-mail
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Saturday, 06 March 2010 23:26

Patti Smith is my all tiime fav singer/poet. Check out BBC4 for her book of week readings. Love her, and meeting her 2 years ago in Laugharne was a highlight of my life.

Last Updated on Sunday, 07 March 2010 22:35
 
Drugs at al PDF Print E-mail
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Saturday, 06 March 2010 22:49

3 UK suspened due to suspcted Doping failures. 2 refused a dope test, and 1 hurdler failed a dope test out of season in SA. Bad news, are some athletes must be stupid, good news caught. I am sort of comforted that athletes are being tested overseas. But they have not be found guilty yet.

 
Olympics in GB so train away PDF Print E-mail
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Saturday, 06 March 2010 22:59

Van Commenee seems to think UK athletes should train overseas for 2012-but- but every other country else is booking to train in the UK. This is obviously a cunning plan, so cunning even Black Adder would bemuddled. I am so confused by the plan, and the expense. Has Van Commenne lost the plot, most sports train in the enviroment they will compete in-called the Home Advantage. But hey ho-lets go to overseas .

I am furious about this. We, the tax payer has funded the bid for the Games, and will be paying for the Games for the rest of our lives. So a foreigner decides the that the UK Athletics team will train abroad- hopefully not in Holland !. Is he saying we have poor facilities- if so why are the Jamacians and USA team training in Birmingham.This is bad news- KA should spend the cash on training facilities in the UK.

He may not have realised that we have a recession going on, the British public have funded the bid for the Games and the cost of holding. UKA should at least have the decency to spend money on training in the UK.

I personally will be emailing my MP about this- suggest you all do the same.

 

 

 

Last Updated on Sunday, 07 March 2010 22:33
 
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Saturday, 27 February 2010 23:55

Finally adding a list of Athletes Twitters-see link on the menu. If you know of any please email me the link-thanks.

 
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