Ms Michelle Carpenter:

The Olympic class and world class athletes who won medals last year get two years of funding but there may be a change in a crew, such as in the women's four team, and Fintan McCarthy's team. They only came on the scene this year and some of them had been developmental athletes.

They would not have been on the carding criteria or were only on a small amount from the carding criteria. They will have to wait until next April to receive it, which adds to the stress and strain. When one should be focusing on one's boat and being the person in the mirror, one is instead focusing on how to pay one's rent.