This week saw the announcement of a landmark long term commitment from British Gas to support British Swimming to the tune of £15m. It’s reported that the money will be invested across all forms of the aquatic sport and at every level from grass roots to elite. Whilst it may come as a sucker punch to [...]
There was a great quote over the weekend from Steve Williams, the double Olympic champion and Leander Rowing Club captain that grabbed my attention: “You can’t buy gold medals but you do have to pay for them.” Linking that quote in with the last blog post, an article in the Times by Matthew Syed caught [...]
UK Sport is to indicate how they intend to use the 2012 budgets prior to the official announcement due this December. This has led to an interesting discussion about where this funding should go? Do we focus on medal prospects or should we invest across the board in ensuring that Great Britain fields a full [...]
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