Still sick

Man, this 'flu is an absolute bitch. The last 4 days have been hell, and it gets even better as stepson has had 3 days off school with it, and now wifey is in bed with it. This household is sure a fun place to be ... NOT.

But before I crawl back to bed I have to remark on Hanny Allston. Now non-orienteers will not know who the hell I am talking about, but Hanny is a 20 year-old girl from Tasmania who shocked the Orienteering world by winning the sprint distance at this week's World Championships. An amazing feat for many reasons - the first non-European ever to win a gold medal, the first junior to ever win a gold medal, and to do so she had to beat someone who is generally regarded as the best female orienteer ever (with 9 individual world championship wins).

But what made me smile was remembering Orienteering Australia had their government funding cut by 40% last year. Yep, I just love to see sports who get their funding cut turning around and basically giving the bird back. Now, if only NZ could produce a shooting world champion ...