UK Sport funding cuts
David Biddulph
April 2013 the funding for rowing has been cut to �26,927,200 from
�27,470,000.
Other successful sports like cycling are suffering similar 2% cuts, but a
few of the other sports are getting 100% increases, giving a total increase
of about 1.8%.
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David Biddulph
Rowing web pages at
http://www.biddulph.org.uk/
Walter Martindale
wrote:
boo hoo. In the 4 year period between Beijing and London Rowing NZ's
High Performance grant from government is about $12millionNZ and
they're happy to have that. Work that out in your exchange rate
calculator.
Mike De Petris
and you Walter work out what's the founding in Italy
Christopher Anton
"Walter Martindale" <wmar...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1d0dc2f2-56d6-48df...@f20g2000prn.googlegroups.com...
Well thank God for that. You mean you want to dominate the big boat events
as well :)
Walter Martindale
<c.an...@NOSPAM.blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> "Walter Martindale" <wmart...@gmail.com> wrote in message
$3,000,000NZ/year, when the $NZ purchases about 0.48 euro, doesn't go
as far as you'd think when you take a team to europe for 12 weeks...
I coach at a high school, our budget is MUCH smaller.
W
carolinetu
sponsorhship) doesn't need as much money. Other sports, where we are
lagging behind, should be given a helping hand.
Caroline
pdb
Agreed in principle but I hope it doesn't mean that the rest of the
British Rowing (Domestic) budget isn't adjusted to maintain the
International budget at the same level.
fatsculler
We must remember to add in the Seimens sponsorship of 3.2million, so
on the whole we're not doing too badly.
Willi
them.
After April 2013 and more significantly London 2012, slash and burn is
my guess.
Walter Martindale
In 1992 the Canadian rowing team returned from Barcelona with bronze
in W1X, and gold medals in W2-, W4-, W8+, and M8+. The government of
the day in a cost-cutting frenzy merely cut their budget
proportionally less than they cut all other sports...
Do well, and it seems you don't really need the money. Do poorly, and
you don't deserve it, so you're hooped either way. Kinda depends on
the importance placed on sport by the people, sponsors, and ultimately
the bureaucrats who draw up budgets for the politicians to vote into
law...
W
Kit
As you say it is a vicious circle that, to reverse its direction,
needs performers who can achieve without funding. This is why GB
international rowing is (or at least should be) eternally grateful to
Steve Redgrave & Matt Pinsent.
Kit
Carl Douglas
Remember the old adage from boxing: "Hungry fighters fight harder"?
I'm not advocating any reduction in sport funding, but my concern grows
over the disparity between, on the one hand, our handsome investment
into a tiny number of top-class athletes &, on the other, the
progressive decline not just in sport but in basic levels of daily
exercise among the young.
Please consider this report:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8425161.stm
This study found that, even at similar levels of body mass index or
individual obesity, today's kids are strikingly less fit than those of
only 10 years ago. And obesity levels rise inexorably each year. This
will prove a dreadful legacy for the rising generations.
What's the point in so much investment in elite levels of sport while
our kids live ever more sedentary existences? Being closely involved in
a most strenuous sport, we on RSR know full well that exercise creates
its own highs which foster the desire for yet more of the same, this
being how, for their own good, all animals are programmed to respond.
Since the young can now watch wonderful sports performances without ever
leaving the comfort of their own bedrooms, & are frequently inhibited by
the pressures of parents, peer-groups & the small screens from ever
undertaking vigorous (& especially so-called "dangerous") exercise, &
even from walking anywhere, it is no wonder many will never adopt the
exercise habit. And since they can get excellent-seeming kicks from
less healthy activities & substances, no wonder we have growing concerns
about apparently indolent & under-motivated young people.
By its slow evolution, it is easy to ignore how this creeping fitness
deficit grows among the young. It takes studies such as this to open
our eyes although, since it conflicts strongly with the naive claims of
our not very athletic policy makers, I doubt it will open many eyes.
Perhaps we could consider, for a start, making it compulsory for _all_
school children to walk 3 miles to school - even those who live near
their schools? This would get a lot of large cars & buses off the roads
at school start & finish times, making it safer for everyone including
those who already walk to school. It would provide a core of exercise
that would have a lasting benefit for all. And, by creating an appetite
for exercise, it would be great for sport.
Cheers -
Carl
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