Hi Chris,
I would go for it, but how are you going to Lugg it to London?(sorry)
If beach volleyball why not coracles? I think you may have problems
getting the Millers Mile adopted, but coracle racing and extreme or
slalom coracleing could definately be in with a chance. We would
need set up a set of specifications and also a governing body to
oversee everything and make some rules, but without the Chinese etc
taking it up I think there is little chance it could happen at least
within my lifetime.
I would not mention the Coracle Society tho.
Dick



--- In coraclesociety@..., "chris"
<mortimersmiller@...> wrote:
>
> I am about to start a petition to have The Millers Mile Coracle
Race
> recognised as the official Coracle Race in the 2012 Olympics.Has
any
> reader got any objections? The petition will read as follows.
>
>
>
> We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Recommend The
> Millers Mile Coracle Race be competed in during the London
> Olympics 2012.
>
> Coracle Racing has been a popular sport since at least 1881.
(A
> London Illustrated News edition in that year has a story)
> Coracle Racing should be part of The Olympics.The Millers Mile
> Coracle Tournament is The Coracle Society`s most popular race
> and features a strenuous paddle up the Mortimers Cross Mill
> mill stream to a point where competitors leap out and carry
> their boat acoss an isthmus & relaunch into the River Lugg
> which they paddle down to the finish line,all against the stop
> watch. Current World Records: Hide covered 5.39.79 minutes
> Leintwardine Coracle Maker Peter Faulkner. Canvas covered
> 6.06.75 mins Dave Nicoll. Fibreglass covered 6.46.44 mins
Wendy
> Gee.
>