Sailing isn't a Sport

[Guest]

It's official. The NZ Herald, from the City of Sails, put out their winter sports supplement today with no mention of Yachting. Bit sad really.

[Murky 1]

Haven't seen it/read it but here is a fun game you could play if you want:

- Go through the supplement and note down every sport/organisation that is mentioned

- Now go through it again and put a mark beside every sport/organisation that has coincidentally chipped in to take an ad.

 

The bonus category is to keep track of each time someone you know makes a comment that proves they read and paid attention to something that was said in the supplement.

 

I will say no more but will be interested in any revelations that come out.

 

I would have thought there was only one winter sport in NZ at the moment anyway! And that one would be more likely to be found on the front page than in a supplement.

[Guest]

Got up for the second half. We're bloody good, no doubt about it. FIFA said no haka which was a shame. It might have shut up the vuvuzuelas for 2 minutes.

[Guest]

Yeap I watched closely. World Champs 3 years in a row.... GO NZ

[smithy09 50]

Yeap I watched closely. World Champs 3 years in a row.... GO NZ

 

Haha. Nice one. (Did everyone else miss your joke KM?) Good to see that talent coming through. Soccer was good effort though.

[Guest Dry Reach]

Sailing is a activity

 

Yacht racing is a sport / art

 

 

Sports have a score and time involved and more than one team (typically)

 

Sailing in NZ is as big as any other activity except golf and fishing.

 

Yacht racing is mediocre in terms of international results other than a few olympic sailors aspirations every 4 years.

[Guest Rocket]

Racing yachts is a sport

 

Sailing for no apparent reason is an activity

 

Sailing point to point is transport/lifestyle

[El Toro 97]

Dry Reach

Post subject: Re: Sailing isn't a Sport

 

Sailing is a activity

 

Yacht racing is a sport / art

 

 

Sports have a score and time involved and more than one team (typically)

 

Sailing in NZ is as big as any other activity except golf and fishing.

 

Yacht racing is mediocre in terms of international results other than a few olympic sailors aspirations every 4 years.

Sailing is a activity

 

Yacht racing is a sport / art

 

 

Sports have a score and time involved and more than one team (typically)

 

Sailing in NZ is as big as any other activity except golf and fishing.

 

Yacht racing is mediocre in terms of international results other than a few olympic sailors aspirations every 4 years.

 

 

 

Yawn

[wheels 543]

Sailing in NZ is as big as any other activity except golf and fishing.

Rugby in NZ attracts 6% of the population to the Sport. Yachting attracts 5%. So it is not far behind one of the biggest sporting attractions of NZ.

[Guest]

Yeap I watched closely. World Champs 3 years in a row.... GO NZ

 

Haha. Nice one. (Did everyone else miss your joke KM?) Good to see that talent coming through. Soccer was good effort though.

 

Sadly the joke was it made bugger all news.

 

Big marks for the soccer lads. Coming home unbeaten is a great effort considering we aren't or weren't rated by anyone. You know for sure when a NZ team has done good, it suddenly becomes 'our' team in all Aussie media

 

 

Sailing can be whatever you like it to be, from a Sport thru a relaxing pastime to big business.

[Guest Dry Reach]

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Yawn

 

 

You should get some sleep!