You reap what you sow...

Had some good news this week, Anna Bentley, one of my friends who I've known for many a year (since she was 14 and fencing at school) has been selected for the World Class Development Programme as part of the Olympic Pathway launched by British Fencing. This is a tremendous and well deserved achievement as Anna has been training and competing hard for many years now with the dream of progressing to Olympic level. Now that dream has come a step closer as a result of her extraordinary dedication and application. It goes to show that if you have the drive, motivation and belief you can achieve many things in life and whilst Anna still has a lot of work to do to reach her dream of Olympic competition she is now becoming an acknowledged and established star in British Fencing. I have kept in touch with Anna through the last twelve years and I know that she has been through many highs and lows during her fencing career but throughout it all she has remained completely focussed on her objectives, something that we can all use as an example. No matter what your goal, if you believe in it, work at it and persevere you will very likely achieve it. At the least you will have learnt a lot about yourself and your potential and enriched your life along the way. What more can one aim for in life?

Well done Anna, thankfully you don't have to prove anything by beating me anymore!
If you want to read more about this programme follow this link http://www.britishfencing.com/British_Fencing.asp?PageID=495