Skiing Funding Crisis

Photo by George Althaus www.georgegamedia.com

Two weeks 'til I'm back on snow, training for the Europa Cup Races in December! Can't wait although almost all funding for skiing has been cut and the funding I was hoping for hasn't materialised. I have enough money to last until Christmas but if I'm to continue ski racing I need to raise another £10,000 in the next 2 months.

At the highly informative DKH Negotiating Skills workshop last week, I learned lots of skills which should come in useful for negotiating sponsorship deals but it isn't easy.

At the beginning of the week the team met up at Bath University for our pre-season camp. It was good to catch up with the British Disabled Ski Team and Development Squad. Great training as always with Nick Ward and Team Bath coaches, as well as fitness, strength and body composition testing.

Now I just need to find the money to get out there, put in the training on snow and win more medals! Please let me know if you have any suggestions or can help.

Sporting Champions Training for Sportivate

I had another great training day last week with lots of 'Sporting Champions' for 'Sportivate', a Sport England funded programme designed to fulfil the London 2012 Legacy to inspire and motivate young people (14 to 24 year olds) to enjoy competitive sport. The ultimate goal is to encourage people to join local clubs.

Sportivate provides the opportunity for young people to try new sports and come face to face with Sporting Champions through coaching sessions. I am looking forward to working with Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire Sports Partnership on Sportivate.

The training was lively and educational - everytime I go to a Sporting Champions training day I come out with heaps of educational games to store up my sleeve, you never know when you might need them! The trainers are brilliant and apparently we were a great group to train too!

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