pav Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 BIGGEST FUNDING INCREASES Basketball £8.75m +136.9% Synchronised Swimming £3.46m +109.8% Taekwondo £4.49m +68.3% Boxing £8.02m +60.3% Archery £4.50m +58.7% Hockey £14.13m +43.0% "The big losers include shooting, table tennis, handball and fencing." http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympi...mes/7763067.stm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catamong Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Perhaps our sport is being punished for our abysmal performance at the recent Olympic Games..?? Cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Perhaps our sport is being punished for our abysmal performance at the recent Olympic Games..?? Cat. Spot on. People like to back winners and those other sports already have a good groundswell of support and medals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pav Posted December 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Perhaps our sport is being punished for our abysmal performance at the recent Olympic Games..?? Cat. Wouldn't have thought so, we didn't receive a medal in Basketball in Beijing which received the most funding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomleatel Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Because the Goverment have overspent so much they have to be seen to be getting in the Medals, and are clearly backing the sports we did well in... Why did we do so bad I see some excellent club shooters and can't imagine that there are too manty better than them. Why are they not shooting at the very top levels? Is it case of being bothered or is there alot of red tape? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasons gold Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Perhaps our sport is being punished for our abysmal performance at the recent Olympic Games..?? Cat. Precisely why we should increase funding for the sports we did'nt do so well in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavman Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 If they hand out Golds for trouser trumping I am on a winner today no funding required, however i suspect there may be an EU grant if I can prove I am a member of an ethnic minority Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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