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For instance full or part expense sharing at away-from-home competitions, like fuel, freight and accommodation.
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- In the old days of the stiff pole a pole vaulter would use probably no more than a couple of poles during his career.
- Not so nowadays. Flexible poles have increased the world record by more than 1.35m since the 1960's. But at a cost:
- These days each pole vaulter will need at least three poles in the first season or two. If a vaulter holds promise, that number will increase to between 6 poles in the first three years to more than 12 in a full 10 year career.
- True, each pole can be shared by several pole vaulters... and they are, whenever possible. But more clubs than we can poke a stick at, have disappeared owed to increasing costs (My first coach, a world class vaulter in the 50's, for instance). That used to happen because no provision was made... and it caught them by surprise.
- We, like all modern Pole Vault clubs in Australia and the world, gratefully accept sponsorships and memberships.
- If you need to re-assure yourself, please have a look at the price of today's vaulting poles... Plus pits, mats, stands and so on, poles are the least expensive of the equipment our boys and girls use.
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