Perhaps this can be turned into a positive view: How many sports offer deep challenges to provide a lifetime of entertainment and honing of skills; that allow talented and intuitive young competitors to win yet do not exclude those out of their physical prime?
I see this as one of the most wonderful aspects of gliding as a sport. The only problem I see with the ageing population profile of glider pilots is that there are apparently not enough youngsters to replace them when they retire from the sport. Adam, to paraphrase JFK, ask not what your sport can do for you but what you can do for your sport. There are plenty of ways you could help improve the sport's image in Australia if that is what you want to do. Have you made the most of the opportunity you were given to fly in the junior world comp? Have you fully exploited the resulting publicity opportunities to encourage others of your generation into the sport? Perhaps if you sold your left n*t you might make enough dollars to go to the World Championships! ... But then you would be Adam "One Team, One Aim, One Nut" Woolley ;-) Johnny _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
