HERNE HILL work begins !

Those that read my blog of 7th dec 2010 , link here , will recall my frustration that such an Iconic Site was in such sad disrepair and having difficulty in being saved for posterity !

Today i found an article on what is now the beginning of the future for this important piece of Cycling History : http://road.cc/content/news/39959-work-begins-resurface-herne-hill-velodrome-track

Important lessons can i hope be learned from the series of misadventures that led up to the final "Go Ahead" ! Many other fine Sporting Arenas also are being disregarded and it will take a lot more action to safeguard their futures also . When will " Pollies " take the time to preserve and refurbish existing structures rather than trying to claim credit for building new structures that may be redundant almost as soon as they are opened ? As yet i am not aware of the outcome of the London 2012 Olympic Stadium that will serve no purpose after the Games are concluded . Are they remodelling OR are they knocking it down to rebuild in a slightly different way THAT could have been built initially ?

Winning the Olympics 7 years before the event takes place should have allowed the " Planners " the time to decide what was needed to serve future generations ! So much money has now been thrown away and the Government is depriving whole communities of a variety of resources to balance their " books " . Planning is just that ! Whoever was responsible for depriving Paris of the 2012 Olympic Games should hang their heads in shame ! They have squandered money that could be used in a far better way and have added to the "Debt Burden " that the Tax Payers will have to shoulder long after the memory of these Games has faded .

SBS CENSORSHIP ONCE AGAIN !

CENSORSHIP of abuse is warranted but judge for yourself IF the following is " unworthy " or off the subject !

 

http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/sophie-smith/blog/124575/cadel-is-aussie-cycling-s-great-white-shark

My Comment :

" Wonder if "M outh F irst "saw an Op to promote her book and self ? Look at ALL the Pollies hopping on the "bandwagon " as mentioned in my blog earlier in the week ( jumping on too ! ) about Cadel !

Long overdue that Cycling Pros' were recognised on the Front Pages of the National Press since they ENDURE hardship AWAY from home and family to PROMOTE Australia and their sport .

As we build to the London Olympics there will be a need for "role models" who have endured disapointment BUT continue!"

There was more to this comment but for some reason there was a "Word/character limit" on the comment content !

 

 

http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/31947/mckay-leaves-greenedge-cycling

My comment :

"Gerry Ryan" may think he is another "Alan Bond" but this is a NEW Century and things are done differently these days !

GreenEdge has a long hard road to plough before it has ANY sort of license so it has to be a TEAM EFFORT to get to the STARTING POST !

Met Mike Mc Kay briefly at the Giro and talked to him about "Disabled Sport" ! He was kind enough to listen even though he may not have known who i was or why i was talking to him . Shows that he was an open minded person and willing to hear out people . More in my blogs about that and the team .

"Pro Tour Status" is not a " DONE DEAL " , huge amounts of work will be needed to get the team proposition to the starting post AND THEN more work will be needed to convince the UCI that the team deserves the "Highest Grade " in the team structures !

Shane Bannon has several assistants that will help him do the grunt work but be under no illusions that " GreenEdge " will sail through the preliminaries’ . If there are not several "Fall Back " plans then there will be a repeat of last years debacle !

Would hope that the presentation when it is made is successful BUT don't count on that happening ."

 

STILL TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS WITH " BLOGGER" AS I CANNOT EVEN "EDIT " THESE DAYS LET ALONE POST

 DIRECT !

ANYONE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM PLEASE ADVISE !