Funding secured

[Rich 23]

It's quiet around here 

 

Funding for the next cycle has been announced and, in a pleasant surprise to me, there's been a 10% uplift.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/cy87xr28jj7o

[Grassmarket 3,449]

9 hours ago, Rich said:

It's quiet around here 

 

Funding for the next cycle has been announced and, in a pleasant surprise to me, there's been a 10% uplift.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/cy87xr28jj7o

Contrary to predictions........

[Rich 23]

Reeves clearly spent too much time watching Keely etc and not enough time watching hockey and other relative disappointments.

[Rafa Maciel 1,594]

Expecting to have funding announcement for individual sports from UK Sport this week.

 

The Times already reporting that UK Athletics has had a £2mln cut with significant changes to salaries and bonuses paid to athlete coaches.

[Rafa Maciel 1,594]

Funding for LA has been confirmed by UK Sport. With the exception of athletics and canoeing, pretty much every sport has seen their funding increase - with some unusual decisions.

 

Greatest investment to date will power success and inspire impact on journey to LA 2028 | UK Sport

 

[Rafa Maciel 1,594]

On top of the established sports, all of the development sports saw an uplift in their funding although I am struggling to see why wrestling warranted an extra £130k

 

[Rafa Maciel 1,594]

Last up - the new sports for LA. For the most part these awards are unlikely to be game changing for them so hopefully the already have established programs in place.

[Epic Failure 355]

My entirely snap judgment is that Judo and Badminton are *extremely* lucky to receive uplifts considering their recent record, and also that UK Sport clearly has little support for UKA right now.

[Rich 23]

Not quite sure why hockey has been given an extra million but will let it go on the basis that we need to encourage team sports.