Adam In all your correspondence, I don't recall seeing the name or URL for the Yahoo! Group specifically mentioned.
Can you please advise so we can pass it on to the juniors in our neck of the woods. I've also got to say that, for whatever reason the 26 year old limit is the way it is, I still feel that, at 35, I'm a "junior by circumstance" in one way too. As my club's membership secretary, I'd love to be a part of a discussion concerning how we might boost junior numbers and keep them active in our sport, so please don't discriminate against us oldies. Like it or not, we're almost always the ones running the clubs you young lads and lasses are a part of. We need to be able to "keep a finger on the pulse" of this issue too ! By the time most people finish school, go to university (and live the life of a pauper for up to 6 or 7 years if doing it part time), then get married and settle down, bring up a couple of kids, remain broke all the while, it isn't until around the age of 30+ when you get back on your feet enough to be able to afford the time and costs associated with gliding again. OK, if you were born with a golden spoon in your mouth, become a DINK or are happy to live a carefree single lifestyle, then maybe that's different again and you CAN carry on gliding through your 20s without too much hassle. Most people I know of in gliding don't fit into that mould though. Cheers Jason > G'day All, > > Please find the article I wrote on the 23/07/03 [Aus-Soaring] The > Junior Movement and Goals! > > I wrote this e-mail to to let you all know what the juniors are up > to in Australia, and to show you all what were doing to try and > improve the junior movement and to increase the members! > > I also forgot to write down that we have now got our own unique > webgroup, open to all under twenty-six year olds to discuss anything > and everything about junior soaring and the way we want to see it > run! We have now got a total of 35 known juniors from all states and > the list is growing! > > I looked at how our training has been done at a number of clubs and > it seems that the students are bought up to "just go solo", and > there then left to find out what else there is in our magnificent > sport! I heard someone say that "When I went solo, I used to just > hang around the airfied saying to myself "there must be more to this > sport than just this" and then stumbled into the XC side of things" - > Can we have a club mentor @ each club to show the different paths > students can take? > > I can remember when I was doing my training, a couple of instructors > used to take me on short XC's, one going over 100km in a Blanik! I > always had intentions of going XC because of my background! but why > not cover some XC as a part of the students training, and bring them > up to get their to Silver C , then try and let them make up their > own mind whether to continue or head off! > > Safe Landings > Adam Woolley, 19 > CQGC > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hot chart ringtones and polyphonics. Go to > http://ninemsn.com.au/share/redir/adTrack.asp? mode=click&clientID=174&referral=Hotmail_taglines_plain&URL=http://ninemsn.com .au/mobilemania/default.asp > > -- > * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. > * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message > * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information. -- * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information.
