Towards the end of 2008, the team applied to Sport England for funding to employ a physio, sports psychologist, performance coach and ball tuner (all on a part-time basis). We were quietly confident that funding would be provided since it would help to meet one of Sport England's key objectives: 'a measurable increase in people's satisfaction with their experience of sport'.
In order to demonstrate our commitment we had taken the first steps towards establishing a Wii Skittles League which would have enabled pub landlords to increase their turnover per square metre and return on capital employed by eliminating the need for an alley and its associated maintenance costs. Our vision was to:
'Put the Wii into skittles - not take the Wii out of it.'
Sadly funding has not been forthcoming - amongst other things we were taken to task for having no policy on equality and diversity. We feel particularly aggrieved in view of South Gloucestershire's use of 2012 funding to throw a lifeline to third age swimmers in local pools. If they hadn't gone into the pools in the first place for goodness sake, they wouldn't have needed a lifeline.
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