CB, your view appeared to be that of an armchair critic who knows nothing about what some of our 'national'
windsurfers had gone through jus to represent SIN in races. try giving up your job, get passed over for promotions,
sacrificed social life & your life savings for the sake of training. many think it's the fault of the windsurfers who cannot achieve results, they are not good enough, no guts, not talented. however, if u have any faint idea of how they are treated by Singapore sailing, you'll be sorry for saying all that. by the way, in ssf's eyes, there are no national windsurfers here. no one is getting a cent out of the kitty. it's easy to be armchair critic, as cowards are. if not for the 'national' windsurfers, the competition scene will be even more pathetic. to them, nothing is more honourable than representing the country. the under-18s? they have a long way to learn about hunger, hard training and sacrifice. would it help the youths if they all retire now and sail alone, or will it help them better to have some seniors to spar with? it's not for self-glory, it's for the love of the sport and the nation. it's your problem if you think they are out to self-glorify.
fyi...those 2 guys were not trying to bring the girl in for dubious reasons, as some of you have said (hormones raging etc...)it's just a matter of a sleuth journalist sniffing the news and blowing it out of proportion. let's not discredit andrew...
who among you was there to give him water in between races in that cold weather while other windsurfers had coach boats dedicated to that race course. no...not for 6 days! our SIN coachboat was of cos in the dinghy courses. some of u try training alone everyday...if it's not discipline and sportsmanship, what is? we are as disintegrated as we are, no wonder we are not making progress in local windsurfing.
