16/09/2016 00:00
If you go to any town or village in Majorca you will find first class sporting facilities. I suspect it is a similar state of affairs on the mainland. Over the years the local authorities have invested heavily in building sports centres across the island. But if you look back at the Rio Olympics you will see that Spain was way down the medal table. The other big European nations, led by Britain, were well ahead.
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UK's Olympic success is entirely due to the use of huge sums of money, largely from the lottery, being used on a targeted relatively small group of sports players. The UK's general sports structure at a village and town level is woeful. Facilities are poor and costs are high for the great majority of sports players. In the end what counts is the quality of sporting provision for the great majority of the population. Mallorca's sporting facilities puts the UK to shame Don't worry about a clutch of gold medals every four years even though it is a nagnificent achievement by the people concerned, worry more for what happens at grass roots
Absolute rubbish the EU has paid for the most amazing sporting facilities. Sport is cheap in Spain. It is England who suffers as we do not have enough sporting facilities. However our GB Team is fabulous due to British Grit
Addendum to my comment.PERHAPS "THE ONE EURO LOTTERY"---could be operated on very similar lines to THE IRISH LOTTERY ?.
Perhaps a simple Lottery to support the Spanish Olympians. THE ONE EURO Lottery. With many small regular prizes, to a maximum of €50 .It can be played every day, and should be available to play, in every retailing local, and Supermarket. Not just in tobacconist locals. It needs a slick name as well. Although THE ONE EURO LOTTERY may be slick enough?.