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The Boat Race: Faster Than A Polka, Slower Than An Elephant
A graph showing how the winning times of Oxford – Cambridge Boat Race men’s crews racing the 6.8km Putney to Mortlake course have improved by 2-3% per decade (I will not state the obvious and explain...
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The Head of the River Race: Relieving Winter Boredom Since 1926
A poster for the thirteenth Head of the River Race in 1939. 28 March 2024By Tim Koch Tim Koch reports on Steve’s continuing bright idea. When in 1926 Steve Fairbairn, the influential and innovative...
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The Boat Race: Not For Hire Or Reward
An obligatory notice on one of Cambridge’s minibuses sums up an event in which the student-athletes have been called “The Last Amateurs”. Some Dark Blues may suggest that their esteemed opponents need...
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Tideway Week: Not For The Weak
Before the 1939-1945 War, Tideway Week was a big spectator event. The lower picture shows the crowds watching Oxford in practice in 1930. From the same year, a London Transport poster gives advice to...
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The Boat Race: Living History
The 2024 Boat Race poster pays homage to its 1924 predecessor. 30 March 2024By Tim Koch Tim Koch looks forwards and backwards at the same time. Today, Saturday 30 March, sees the 78th Women’s Boat...
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The Existential Surreal Man
Photo: Fabian Fernandez Andia 31 March 2024By Philip Kuepper Last seen joggingalong the beach,the rower was a motion pictureof health.The weather was sterling,the sky a cloudless, scalded blue.The sea...
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A Gut Feeling About The Boat Race?
A scene such as this from the 2022 Boat Race was not repeated this year.1 April 2024 By Tim Koch Tim Koch is up to his neck in it. It may seem odd that my first post following this year’s Boat Race...
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See It To Be It
On 31 March, Daphne Martschenko (CUWBC 2015, 2016) put this picture taken at the post-race Cambridge dinner on X. She wrote: “The first 2 Black people to ever row @theboatrace repping the @CUBCsquad...
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Great River, Great Race
3 April 2024 Entries are now open for the 2024 Great River Race which will take place on Saturday, 21 September, when over 200 crews and 1500 people will once again take part in this 21.6 mile...
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The 2024 Boat Race I: On The Waterfront
In a classic Boat Race Day, fans of the event enjoyed not only Putney but also Fulham, Barnes, Hammersmith, Chiswick and Mortlake. 4 April 2024By Tim Koch Tim Koch’s triptych of Boat Race Day 2024....
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The 2024 Boat Race II: Paper Meets Water
The Boat Race course as shown in an engraving inside the men’s race trophy. Picture: Michael Jones. 5 April 2024By Tim Koch Tim Koch is in the wake of a classic Boat Race. I have no doubt that most...
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The 2024 Boat Race III: The Underdogs Have Their Day
Oxford were happier at the end of the 1882 Boat Race – they won by seven lengths. 6 April 2024By Tim Koch Tim Koch reports from the Boat Race finish where emotions were higher than the tide. The...
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In the Beginning, the Rower
7 April 2024 By Philip Kuepper Sunbeams dancedwhere the bladesentered, and resurfaced,entered, and resurfacedthe water,an atomic bursting of sunbeams,as though motion, embodied,was trying to grab...
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Rhythm and Blues
Cambridge’s Tom Marsh and Jenna Armstrong Picture: The Boat Race Company/Row360. 8 April 2024By Chris Dodd Chris Dodd, veteran rowing journalist and author, views the 2024 Boat Race. As last year when...
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The Other Oxford – Cambridge Boat Races: The Spare, The Senior And The Slight
The Veteran Men battle it out. 9 April 2024By Tim Koch Tim Koch’s final piece on the 2024 Oxford – Cambridge Boat Races contains words and images that Oxonians may find upsetting. It is a good thing...
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The Drama of the Dead Heat
In the Women’s Veterans’ Boat Race on 29 March, Oxford won – and Cambridge too. On the left is the Cambridge crew and on the right the crew from Oxford, who were stroked by article writer, Lebby...
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The 2024 Boat Races Revisited
11 April 2024By Göran R BuckhornLooking back at the 2024 Boat Races, I believe we can all agree that this year’s races were exceptional and thrilling.Leading up to the races, whether it was the...
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Holmes and Watson Sleuth Around in Cambridge
King’s College, Cambridge. Photo credit: King Ming Lam/Wikipedia 12 April 2024By Göran R Buckhorn*No, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle never had Sherlock Holmes saying to his side-kick “Elementary, my dear...
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Henley Women’s Regatta Welcomes 11 New Ambassadors
Photo: Tim Koch 13 April 2024The other day Henley Women’s Regatta announced in a press release its line-up of ambassadors ahead of the 2024 event in June. The list includes 11 new ambassadors, all...
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Rowerspeak
14 April 2024 By Philip Kuepper To see a rowerat work with their oarsis like watchingsomeone speakingsign language with the water. (31 March 2024)
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