CSA Officials in the limelight again

[Chrispy]

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So now the Editor breaks all the rules he set out? Something fishy is going on here.

What's the story behind the story???

[FanieFiets]

Ek verstaan nie heeltemal waaroor hy kla nie.

[gianni]

You and me  both.

[Willehond]

Oh, boy, it all sounds so sad...

 

Is it just me or does everything around CSA just seem disorganised and confused?  All sounds very unprofessional.

[gianni]

if it's any consolation it's just as bad this side of the pond.....politics rule wherever you are.

[Chrispy]

This story still baffles me. Now that the other Hubbers are back on-line - what's going on here?

[dirtrider]

Nothing to worry about , still just CSA trying to rule the world !

[bikemonster]

CSA trying to rule the world, now there's a thought to conjure with!

 

World, sleep safe in your beds.

 

CSA could not rule a broom cupboard.

[FanieFiets]

Nothing to worry about ' date=' still just CSA trying to rule the world ![/quote']

 

Moet hulle dan nie hulle hulle naam na CWP (cycling world power of so iets verander nie. Anders moet hulle hulle by hulle job bepaal en net Suid-Afrika probeer rule.

[dirtrider]

That is all true but who will tell them this ?

[Francois]

I just find this so called letter to the editor very interesting. Was this letter seriously written by Colin Hoffman?

 

 

 

If it was, then I question why was somebody with such a limited use of English entrusted with the running of the national body's website. Sure the person running the website doesn't have to right all the articles but they must be able to express themselves properly.

 

 

 

The reason I question as to whether Colin Hoffman actually wrote this letter, is that he runs a golfing newsletter and ran the Clubhouse cycling newsletter which used to be published on a weekly basis one or two years ago. Surely somebody who runs, or has run, two newsletters can express themselves better than this, even if English is not their mother tongue?

 

 

 

For example: - To say somebody is a "highly expected person involved with a highly expected company...", please are we expecting a baby sometime? Respected is the word people.

 

 

 

If this is the standard of letter this person writes, I can only feel that Cycling SA would do well to get rid of him and replace him with somebody who has better command of their languages.

 

 

 

To end it all, the letter ends, "Kind regards, Boys,..." Sarcasm, maybe, but then it is said sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.

 

 

 

Just my 2c worth

[Hype]

Why does he say that he had a meeting in their offices and then follow it on two occassions with the phrase "if I am not mistaken" ?

 

Can't he be sure where he had the meeting ?

 

 

 

As for the grammar, it's so bad that in places I can't understand exactly what he's trying to say.

[Brakkies Sport Fotos]

Ja, en ek het gedog my inglish is not so delicious.

 

 

 

Hierrie ou moet weer matriek in Pofadder gaan doen. Ek weet waarvan ek praat. Ek het die 3 jaar na mekaar gedoen.

[widget]

There appears to be a much bigger issue than grammar and language here.!

 

Perhaps it is a hoax, but if it isnt, (and I for one have no reason to suspect it is) it alledges to a fair amount of "in-fighting" going on which can never bode well for the people (read cyclists) this organisation is supposed to be representing.    

[dirtrider]

Widget I agree fully with you , the bad use of the english language should not be the debating point here , but whether this is for real or not . Sound very like the CSA to me !

[butafly]

its a letter to the editor, if colin hoffman runs the csa sight, why did he write to "technically" himself. if he runs the sight and its a hoax , why did he put it on the sight. wierd.