Boat Race

As for the spare pair, in the week before the main event they race each other from the mile post to university stone i. In the final week, there is also an official weigh in and the average crew weights are announced. The perceived slight advantage of being the heavier crew leads to the practice of drinking large volumes of water directly before the weigh in order to artificially increase weight for a short period of time.

Boat race became such a popular phrase that it was incorporated into Cockney rhyming slang , for "face". In the stories of P. Wodehouse , several characters allude to Boat Race night as a time of riotous celebration presumably after the victory of the character's alma mater.

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This frequently sees the participants in trouble with the authorities. Bertie Wooster mentions he is "rather apt to let myself go a bit on Boat Race night" [81] and several times describes being fined five pounds at "Bosher Street" possibly a reference to Bow Street Magistrates' Court for stealing a policeman's helmet one year; the beginning of the first episode of the television series Jeeves and Wooster shows his court appearance on this occasion.

The detailed nature of the record-keeping over the event's history has many record statistics being carefully monitored. A selection of the more frequently cited statistics includes:. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This article is about the Oxbridge annual rowing race.

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The Start at Putney Bridge. The race starts from two stake boats moored so that the competitors' bows are in line with the first University Stone. The winner of the toss has the choice of station. The Surrey station won 10 out of the 15 races — [55] — though this is not statistically significant. Coxes raise their arms while their VIIIs are getting into position. When both crews are ready, the Umpire starts the race by waving a red flag.

In the straight section after the start the Middlesex crew tries to hold the fastest water on the centre line of the river. Roughly marks the end of the Putney Boat Houses. The Black Buoy has been painted yellow to avoid collisions. The 'post' is in fact a stone monument to rowing coach Steve Fairbairn. Exactly a mile from the Boat Race start, it is a traditional timing point. The Middlesex bank water continues to be shallow and slack all the way to Hammersmith Bridge. This section is called the "Crabtree Reach" after the Crabtree Tavern pub on the Middlesex bank just to the right of the camera.

Previously the warehouse for the famous shop, now flats. The deepest water now is closer to the Surrey bank. Coxes aim for the second lamp-post from the left which marks the deepest part of the river and therefore the fastest line. In a year when Oxford struggled to muster more than 14 oarswomen to select from at key points of the winter, the Dark Blues managed to improve out of all recognition between their postponed trial eights in January and their races, and had nothing to be ashamed of.

But the defending champions always had the upper hand, and were not to be denied. C ambridge never gave their opponents a sniff in either race today, dominating from the outset. The light blues had only won six men's races since the turn of the millennium before today. Make that seven now.

W hat a day for the Cambridge rowing set-up. Four races two of them reserve races and four victories. The crew are jumping their way out of the boat as they come ashore.

The margin of victory is around four lengths. A shame that both of today's races have been little more than a procession. Past Barnes Bridge they go and Cambridge move closer to victory. The lead is somewhere around four lengths. T hey will be partying long past the clocks go forward tonight in Cambridge. But the deficit must be four to five lengths.

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Too little, too late. T his is surely all done and dusted with the gap between the two boats only growing. A clean sweep of four wins beckons. T he light blue lead is around two to three lengths. A nd there is clear water between the boats. Cambridge have blitzed these first five minutes. Barring disaster you have to think so.

C ambridge are almost a length up on their rivals but are being repeatedly warned by the umpire for entering water that is not theirs to take. A more even start to the men's race than we saw with the women but Cambridge have already built a slight advantage in these early stages. I n very gloomy conditions, the race has begun. T he boats are in position on the startline. Let's get this show on the C an Cambridge do the Boat Race double? We will find out in five minutes. T he Oxford men's crew have been through all sorts of upheaval and late personnel changes in recent weeks.

R ight then, we are less than 20 minutes away from the men's Boat Race where Cambridge are firm favourites to match the victory of their women's crew. U nderstandably, the Oxford crew do not look like they want to be there. The Cambridge women on the other hand P lenty of tears in the Oxford camp as they huddle together, arms linked. C ambridge are very happy with their win. That was one-sided from the moment umpire Matthew Pinsent set them on their way. I'm going to level with you: Cambridge have absolutely destroyed the Oxford boat.

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I can't imagine how demoralising this must be for the Oxford crew. G ets a bit dull when it's not a true contest doesn't it? Cambridge lead is up to five lengths. A lready the commentary team have turned their attention to next year's race and are discussing which members of the soon-to-be victorious Cambridge boat are graduating this summer. Cambridge's lead must now be three to four lengths. The advantage has extended to two lengths now A nything can happen But something rather dramatic will have to occur if Cambridge are to lose this.

The light blues are extending their lead with every stroke and it is already beyond one length. GO," bellows Matthew Pinsent. And with that the race gets under way. J ust 1min into the race and favourites Cambridge have already built a half-length lead O n the men's side, Sam Dean has spoken to 6' 10" James Letten , the man who goes by the nickname 'Godzilla' and is the tallest person ever to row in the Boat Race.

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Years ago, as they watched their boy compete in swimming races and football matches, the parents of James Letten would often receive a tap on the shoulder. It would be the mother or father of one of the other kids, and they would have a question. The reason for the unusual requests was that young James was big. So big, in fact, that these onlookers simply could not believe what they were seeing.

To put a figure on it, Letten was more than six feet tall by the time he was He developed early, and just kept growing. T here is around half an hour until the women kick off today's proceedings so let me point you in the direction of this piece by Sam Dean on Alice Roberts. A former state-school student, Roberts is the youngest person in the Oxford crew and is studying for a degree in philosophy and linguistics.

Here is a snippet from that interview:. Roberts is no foreign import to these shores, no hired gun drafted by the university to do little more than eat, sleep and win the Boat Race. She is a bona fide student, the youngest in her crew, who spends much of her year trying to juggle six hours of daily training with working towards a degree in philosophy and linguistics. Rather than joining her fellow undergrads on the traditional cycle of hangovers and deadlines, Roberts studies and rows, rows and studies.

It is a balancing act, and it can be a battle. T hese are the two main timings you need to remember:. I can bring you right up to speed with events so far down on the Thames where the coin tosses took place a short while ago. However, Oxford will have the early and late advantage on the Fulham and Barnes corners. T he important business of today Studied at Leeds Met? Dropped out of school aged 16?

Still in primary school? The first race took place in in Henley on Thames following a challenge between old school friends. The race is on Saturday, 24 March. The women's race begins at 4.