With the end of the Olympics came the release of how much money Sport NZ (aka the taxpayer) spent on High Performance Sport...in a word "heaps". Rowing got $19.2 million. Good on them...as a result we got gold medals...well done, well done indeed.
You may know that we glidering people received $16k (that's thousands...not millions) last year. Not that we should complain as we only number 800 odd (odd in every sense...silly white hats etc) but could we do better with more spent on high performance coaching and training?
Certainly rowing, athletics, swimming and others take this approach. Select a development team and put in the time, effort, enthusiasm and cash.
It's worth noting that the the World Juniors will be held in Australia (that big flat place nearby with snakes, spiders, sharks, croc's, and Pauline Hansen) in 2015. What a target.
The other world class competition is underway again in Uvalde after a rest day. A short task...400kms, and slower speeds...only 150kph. Piece of cake really...not.
It's still raining. We are upto 600mm's in the last 3 weeks...I may as well live in Greymouth or Westport...or even Reefton. But the good part is we now receive an extra hour of daylight than 2 months ago, and the days are getting longer by 2 minutes per day.
The Piako Club is having it's pre-season briefing in 3 weeks...so clearly pilots are awakening, looking outside, and dreaming of high bases, 10 knot climbs, and long cloud streets...and then they wake up.
However I've always thought a pre-season briefing is a great idea so I'll trundle over the hill on the day. I raised the idea locally but apparently we glide all winter and stay current, procedures never change, and we don't like learning things...yeah right. Oh well...change and new ideas are hard...
News is on...I'm off...seeya.
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