New Posts For Thread: Winners and losers in lottery fundinghttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29270465/winners-and-losers-in-lottery-fundingCan see cycling and rowing taking a larger slice of the lottery pie, swimming taking cut- a poor games as far as GB are concerened. Any other winners in losers in your opinion.its a bloody conspiracy, as soon as there is a sport which we are good at they cut the number of events or restrict the number from each team , they will be doing it to rowing nexthttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29270465/winners-and-losers-in-lottery-funding?post_id=522614887#522614887its a bloody conspiracy, as soon as there is a sport which we are good at they cut the number of events or restrict the number from each team , they will be doing it to rowing nextSat, 04 Aug 2012 14:29:06 -0500Too many events in the swimming pool......Imagine if there were more Gold Medals at cycling and rowing.....Cycling for example has lost many of its main events and how many more Golds would GB have if you were able to enter more than one person in eahttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29270465/winners-and-losers-in-lottery-funding?post_id=522614717#522614717Too many events in the swimming pool......Imagine if there were more Gold Medals at cycling and rowing.....Cycling for example has lost many of its main events and how many more Golds would GB have if you were able to enter more than one person in eaSat, 04 Aug 2012 14:24:22 -0500To be fair it's all relative.https://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29270465/winners-and-losers-in-lottery-funding?post_id=522614709#522614709To be fair it's all relative.Sat, 04 Aug 2012 14:24:02 -0500I don't doubt our swimmers have trained hard, but when I see the likes of Alan Campbell, Mark Hunter and George Nash puking their rings out after burying themselves in their rowing finals, then comparing them with our swimmers telling Sharron Davieshttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29270465/winners-and-losers-in-lottery-funding?post_id=522614577#522614577I don't doubt our swimmers have trained hard, but when I see the likes of Alan Campbell, Mark Hunter and George Nash puking their rings out after burying themselves in their rowing finals, then comparing them with our swimmers telling Sharron DaviesSat, 04 Aug 2012 14:20:10 -0500Also Ennis winning will do athletics no harm with extra funding.https://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29270465/winners-and-losers-in-lottery-funding?post_id=522614505#522614505Also Ennis winning will do athletics no harm with extra funding.Sat, 04 Aug 2012 14:18:11 -0500As regards swimming, i was rather shocked by Australia's performance in the pool, one of the world powerhouses. A lot of silvers but only 1 gold, it seems the USA have got their act together, and i have a sneaking suspicion the Chinese will in futurehttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29270465/winners-and-losers-in-lottery-funding?post_id=522614421#522614421As regards swimming, i was rather shocked by Australia's performance in the pool, one of the world powerhouses. A lot of silvers but only 1 gold, it seems the USA have got their act together, and i have a sneaking suspicion the Chinese will in futureSat, 04 Aug 2012 14:16:16 -0500you have to take the number of competitors and competitions entered into accountsome swimmers can compete in 5 or more events, judo players, boxers etc get one chanceit's far too early to be doing post mortemhttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29270465/winners-and-losers-in-lottery-funding?post_id=522612541#522612541you have to take the number of competitors and competitions entered into accountsome swimmers can compete in 5 or more events, judo players, boxers etc get one chanceit's far too early to be doing post mortemSat, 04 Aug 2012 13:33:43 -0500Allocate 10 points for a gold,7 for a silver and three for a bronze medal won in every state funded olympic sport and then divide the answer into the amount of allocated funding and then compare the sportseg if swimming has received say £52 milliohttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29270465/winners-and-losers-in-lottery-funding?post_id=522611317#522611317Allocate 10 points for a gold,7 for a silver and three for a bronze medal won in every state funded olympic sport and then divide the answer into the amount of allocated funding and then compare the sportseg if swimming has received say £52 millioSat, 04 Aug 2012 13:05:17 -0500the two shock golds in beijing were a false dawn and a bit of a smokescreen for the swimming team - millions pumped in for very little returnwe are either rubbish and weak minded or the other teams are doing something we are nothttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29270465/winners-and-losers-in-lottery-funding?post_id=522609965#522609965the two shock golds in beijing were a false dawn and a bit of a smokescreen for the swimming team - millions pumped in for very little returnwe are either rubbish and weak minded or the other teams are doing something we are notSat, 04 Aug 2012 12:25:25 -0500yeah, useless swimmers....surely if you bung someone a few quid they'll train hard enough to beat Michael Phelpshttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29270465/winners-and-losers-in-lottery-funding?post_id=522609925#522609925yeah, useless swimmers....surely if you bung someone a few quid they'll train hard enough to beat Michael PhelpsSat, 04 Aug 2012 12:23:53 -0500