 Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Someone on the Honours board is clearly a skiing fan.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Good choice.
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| achilles wrote: |
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Well off, plenty of free time? Then have an MBE then for doing your hobby.
Load of bollox when honours are lobbed about like this.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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PJSki, Sour grapes by any chance? What have you done to promote the positive aspects of our sport, especially amongst young people? You are a really miserable old git at times aren't you (rhetorical question by the way, in case you don't recognise it as such).
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| Samerberg Sue wrote: |
| PJSki, Sour grapes by any chance? What have you done to promote the positive aspects of our sport, especially amongst young people? You are a really miserable old git at times aren't you (rhetorical question by the way, in case you don't recognise it as such). |
Rather be a sceptical old git than an opportunistic @rselicker.
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Samerberg Sue,
What PJSki, says does have a large element of truth to it. Whilst not denigrating any one individuals input, there are many volunteers within the sport who cannot afford to put the amount of time in that several (mainly ladies of a certain age) people are able to. There are many people working to promote and benefit the sport and, god forbid, some of us actually make a lying out of doing this which means that we have to go about this in as professional manner as possible because our livelihood depends on it. This is not true of many of the volunteers involved.
It means nothing to me that anyone gets an honour, the telling thing is how they go about what they do. There are quite a few volunteers within our sport who do not seem to be doing things for either the right reason or they have their own agenda. I am not pointing the finger at anyone in particular here, for the sake of diplomacy, but many of us within the sport know of at least one of these individuals.
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Philbo, It has always been like that, in fact it used to be much worse. It is still a way of raising the profile of our sport, in particular here, the junior development. Any recognition is not just the individual's, it is also the organisation and ALL the people who have worked to bring it on.
The internal back-biting politics in the English Ski set up is exactly why I turned my back on it, having tried to open up the opportunities for all young and talented racers regardless of background. Selection should be based on talent, not on how much influence, money or both that ones parents &/or relatives had within the English set up. I walked away after I had to listen to some of the so-called selectors rejecting youngsters, not because they weren't good enough, but because "they don't have the right background". Frequently heard comments such "tidy enou but the pedigree is wrong" or "we don't know them at DHO so they ...." and so on. Sickening snobbery and self promotion back in the 70s and 80s. I walked away at the end of the 1980s totally fed up to the back teeth with the rampant cronyism.
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For me honours are about rewarding people who do good works for the benefit of the less advantaged or for the greater good of society as a whole. Explain to me why some well off doctor should get a reward for her involvement at the elite end of minority sport, mainly participated in by the well off?
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PJSki, In that case have a look at Paddy Dempsey - MD of Premier Travel Inn. OBE for services to the Hotel Industry.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| boredsurfin wrote: |
| PJSki, In that case have a look at Paddy Dempsey - MD of Premier travel Inn. OBE for servces to the Hotel Industry. |
Created jobs and helped improve an industry?
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