Monday, May 19, 2008

ONTARIO FALLING BEHIND

An interesting story from the Hamilton Spectator on the weekend. This is why we have the full time program at the PTC, in addition to the camps and training days. We've got a long way to go, but we're working on it.

No Games to Play

Ontario's steady decline as a source of elite Canadian athletes has seemed in danger of becoming a free fall.

The province that is home to almost 40 per cent of Canadians once contributed half of our Winter Olympics athletes and more than a third of those at Summer Games.

With participation dropping to almost a fifth in recent Games, the alarm bells finally rang at the Canadian Olympic Committee.

Full article here.

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