Here we are again, that old chestnut. One that fuels either a massive for or a massive against.
Now, I personally do not have anything against the rowing. Indeed I know many local rowers and trainers and what a great job they do. However in terms of the event itself it is nothing but a corporate get together. There is nothing there really now for the majority of the town folk and its businesses. In some cases it even gets in the way of some local routine, i.e. closing the right of way. This should never have been allowed. I am not sure who has the ruling over that. My guess is Wokingham but please correct me.
No fair, no fireworks, no local interest other than the genuine people who have an active roll in the event itself. So short-sighted.
Now, no one wants to put down the value of the sport of rowing itself which is fantastic and requires the highest level of fitness that few sports could reach. The clever part I feel is those boffins who decided the sports that funding should be issued into. They saw the potential of rowing and other, dare I say it, minority sports like cycling in noting that the reality is GB as a nation could no longer compete in the Olympics and Athletics World Championships. So they worked out a plan to put in massive amounts of money into sports such as cycling and sailing as it was an area where many other countries could not compete. A great bit of strategy. So we will a few years on beat the third world countries on this playing field and have a chance to win some more medals.
Now, I personally do not have anything against the rowing. Indeed I know many local rowers and trainers and what a great job they do. However in terms of the event itself it is nothing but a corporate get together. There is nothing there really now for the majority of the town folk and its businesses. In some cases it even gets in the way of some local routine, i.e. closing the right of way. This should never have been allowed. I am not sure who has the ruling over that. My guess is Wokingham but please correct me.
No fair, no fireworks, no local interest other than the genuine people who have an active roll in the event itself. So short-sighted.
Now, no one wants to put down the value of the sport of rowing itself which is fantastic and requires the highest level of fitness that few sports could reach. The clever part I feel is those boffins who decided the sports that funding should be issued into. They saw the potential of rowing and other, dare I say it, minority sports like cycling in noting that the reality is GB as a nation could no longer compete in the Olympics and Athletics World Championships. So they worked out a plan to put in massive amounts of money into sports such as cycling and sailing as it was an area where many other countries could not compete. A great bit of strategy. So we will a few years on beat the third world countries on this playing field and have a chance to win some more medals.
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