22-04-2013, 10:29 PM
Andy
I feel for you after all the hard work put in. My feeling after all the money put into Sport Scotland and the money put into football is to promote Chess as a sport. As someone who has seen money put into various sports over the years ( and dont think it culminated at the Olympics grants have been put into many sports for many years) I think the money we asked for is nothing compared to the money for e.g snowsports Scotland et al. And dont even start me on football grants. I think when you look at any records for this you will do a backwards flip. My understanding is that all the different organisations within Sport Scotland have to appear to raise some money themselves and run as a type of business. There is also I believe different grants used for development. If the likes of individuals who spend time developing chess in schools (you know who you are) could approach schools for support then we may get somewhere I like to reiterate my support and thanks for everyone who worked on the grant submission We may be down but we're not out
I feel for you after all the hard work put in. My feeling after all the money put into Sport Scotland and the money put into football is to promote Chess as a sport. As someone who has seen money put into various sports over the years ( and dont think it culminated at the Olympics grants have been put into many sports for many years) I think the money we asked for is nothing compared to the money for e.g snowsports Scotland et al. And dont even start me on football grants. I think when you look at any records for this you will do a backwards flip. My understanding is that all the different organisations within Sport Scotland have to appear to raise some money themselves and run as a type of business. There is also I believe different grants used for development. If the likes of individuals who spend time developing chess in schools (you know who you are) could approach schools for support then we may get somewhere I like to reiterate my support and thanks for everyone who worked on the grant submission We may be down but we're not out