Robert Hart wrote:
I think the population of people like that is understated. Terry Cubley
is promoting the sports side of gliding quite a bit, but only about 2% of
GFA members seem to front-up to competitions, so I reckon his priorities
are a tad misguided there. I think the other 98% of GFA members are
more interested in the social and recreational aspects of gliding than
its sporting side.
I'm sorry but that statistic is simply innaccurate. 2% of 3000 (rounding
the membership numbers) gives us 60 competition pilots.
Even if your 15% estimate is accurate, that still means that the
intense focus on sports (to the exclusion of "recreation") is misguided.
Furthermore, "sports" does not just mean competitions. Badge flights are
also part of the sport scene and there are a fair few pilots involved
there.
Yup - Pilots in their first few years of gliding. The ones we have
trouble retaining. Chasing after the elusive silver or gold badge clearly
isn't a significant drawcard for those folks.
I see promoting the competition side of gliding as an important part of
promoting the sport.
Sure -- But at the moment there's precious little focus on anything *except*
the competition side.
Look at Terry's article from three months ago in Soaring Australia to see
what I mean.
- mark
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