That's the way to do it

In light of Sport England's inability to contemplate supporting English sport it's interesting to note how things could be done:

The quest for Scottish Commonwealth Games medal winners has received a timely million-pound boost.

A sportscotland grant of £1.4m has been unveiled to improve the chances of success at the 2006 event.

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"This funding will provide vital support to our top Commonwealth athletes, and along with additional medal enhancement funding it will help to maximise Scotland's medal winning potential for the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne next year."

Note the lack of commentary regarding the chances of success. Sports Scotland seem to actually want to support grass roots sport in their country. Unlike Sports England who make statements like the following about some of our sportsmen and women:

I am not sure how you would justify putting a team into the event which would not be competitive either individually or collectively.

Yeah, nice one. "Success for the successful". I can hear them chanting it on the sidelines as the British cycling team flies by. Somehow, if the same team were called the English cycling team they would all fall off their bikes, do a funny walk and drink too much tea.

Posted by John at August 15, 2005 03:02 PM | TrackBack