By David
It is amazing what you find tolling through the overseas swimming websites. Here is a gem discovered today from the very good Spanish website “Nataccion”. Excuse the joint efforts of google and myself at translating the story.
No wonder Swimming New Zealand have treated David Lyles so badly. No wonder Lyles has felt the need to spend most of last week in the NZ Employment Court defending himself against some pretty vicious mistreatment. One can only hope the Employment Court sees it the same way and punishes Swimming New Zealand accordingly. Anyway here is what “Nataccion” has to say.
“THE NEW ZEALAND FEDERATION IS SET TO BURY THEIR CRISIS VERGNOUX”
Natacción. March 15, 2015
The New Zealand Federation is keen to hire Fred Vergnoux, the current coach of Mireia Belmonte. The French coach, currently a member of the coaching staff of the Spanish federation, is the main option that New Zealand swimming leaders, including the Spanish Luis Villanueva, want to use to right the ship after a hectic stage.
The signing of Vergnoux would be critical to convince the principal figure in the local swimming, Lauren Boyle, to return to their federation. Boyle, 27, pulled out of last year’s World Short Course Swimming Championships (Doha) in the midst of a profound crisis of the New Zealand swimming that swept away the coaches of the two main training centers, David Lyles and David Hurring. The New Zealand swimmer, bronze in the 800 and 1,500 free World Championships in Barcelona 2013, has already trained on occasion with Vergnoux, who, according to information gathered by Natacción would not look badly at a New Zealand change of scenery. The interest of the New Zealand Federation in the Frenchman is the most talked rumour these days in the Auckland Open Championships.
Vergnoux reached the Spanish federation from the CN Sabadell. The French coach signed a Euro 77,000 per year salary; higher than the High Performance Director, José Antonio del Castillo salary, and the President, Fernando Carpena.”
OH WANT A TANGLED WEB, IT SEEMS, WE WEAVE WHEN FIRST WE PRACTICE TO DECEIVE.
