Being in the Varese area overnight i decided to head down to the lake this morning to check on the Ozzie Rowing Squad . It was a delight to discover the AIS Centre that has been built there . Even more to my surprise was that there were members of the Australian Paralympic Cycling Team in residence and i found them in the training area , hard at work even though they had been in Piacenza at the weekend .
Greeted by Mark Jamieson as i arrived , whom i have encountered over the years , i was soon brough up todate with a lot of the news . Since the equipment in use was relatively new , i was unable to take photos , so you will all have to await the next Para events to see what " Cutting edge equipment will be rolled out for the London 2012 Paralympics .
On hand apart from Mark who is Pilot for Bryce Lindores , were Stewart and Nigel Barley and coach Jenny Banks who was doing some personal training . Mechanics Tom & Tom were hard at work attending to adjustments on a team Tandem . The folks were kind enough to answer all the questions asked of them .
Certainly made my day to find that these guys were getting great support as they set out to compete with the best that will challenge them on the road to London 2012 !
Good luck to ALL !
YOU TOO CAN ASSIST " ADAPTIVE / PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED SPORT"!!..... THIS BLOG REMINISING ON PLACES AND PEOPLE VISITED OVER 24 YEARS OF PEDALING "PRO TOUR " RACE ROUTES". SIT BACK AND ENJOY THE VISIT . Note that i ride alone and unassisted ! I represent NOBODY and my views in relation to " Para Sport " are personal BUT what others do is their OWN affair ! I encourage ALL to help their National Paralympic Org. assisting those living in their area with dreams of Sporting Achievement .
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