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Who watched the Oxford-Cambridge boat race fiasco yesterday?
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What an utter nightmare! First the "swimmer" in the water, then the re-start, then the oar coming off the Oxford boats oar, then their rower collapses at end of race. As soon as they spotted the guy in the water I said that they should have abandoned the whole race and had it another day. Now it was a hollow victory for Cambridge and nobody felt good about it.And after all those months of training as well.
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It's easy to pontificate after the event, Snowball, from the comfort of your armchair with the benefit of a few hours to mull over all the alternatives. The race umpire John Garrett had no such luxury and had to make a decision immediately, bearing in mind the rules governing the event.
The situation arose because of the utter stupidity of Mr Trenton Oldfield who was lucky enough (thanks to the diligence of the assistant umpire) to escape serious injury or death. The rules provide for a restart, which umpire Garrett decided should take place. Then, far from an oar “coming off” the Oxford boat, it was broken in a collision caused (as decided by the umpire and confirmed by the TV replays) by the aggressive steering on the part of the Oxford coxswain, Ms Zoe de Toledo. Finally, the Oxford bow man almost certainly suffered exhaustion due to the break in activity (again down to Mr Oldfield).
So yes, not a very satisfactory end to a popular event, but all credit to Oxford for their sportsmanship in completing the race. But that’s what happens when people behave with less sense than they were born with.
The situation arose because of the utter stupidity of Mr Trenton Oldfield who was lucky enough (thanks to the diligence of the assistant umpire) to escape serious injury or death. The rules provide for a restart, which umpire Garrett decided should take place. Then, far from an oar “coming off” the Oxford boat, it was broken in a collision caused (as decided by the umpire and confirmed by the TV replays) by the aggressive steering on the part of the Oxford coxswain, Ms Zoe de Toledo. Finally, the Oxford bow man almost certainly suffered exhaustion due to the break in activity (again down to Mr Oldfield).
So yes, not a very satisfactory end to a popular event, but all credit to Oxford for their sportsmanship in completing the race. But that’s what happens when people behave with less sense than they were born with.
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Yes, imagine the effects of the lactic acid build up, sitting in that boat, hardly going anywhere for 30 mins as your muscles chill down and knowing that you have to re-start - I'm surprised that more didn't suffer.
Credit to Oxford for completing the race, credit to Cambridge for their sporting behaviour and remarks to the Bow (the Dutch Dr, I think).
At least there are some signs of the honour of amateur sport still in existence; it would be nice to see in the Olympics. To be fair to football the Bolton and A-Villa incidents give some heart and rugby/cricket have always been supportive to those suffering in their sport.
Yes, imagine the effects of the lactic acid build up, sitting in that boat, hardly going anywhere for 30 mins as your muscles chill down and knowing that you have to re-start - I'm surprised that more didn't suffer.
Credit to Oxford for completing the race, credit to Cambridge for their sporting behaviour and remarks to the Bow (the Dutch Dr, I think).
At least there are some signs of the honour of amateur sport still in existence; it would be nice to see in the Olympics. To be fair to football the Bolton and A-Villa incidents give some heart and rugby/cricket have always been supportive to those suffering in their sport.
Mr Oldfield! A complete and utter Salads Chef. I have the feeling that this will be the first of many similar incidents. Or maybe not. The police could easily control this sort of thing by patrolling the banks in launches but then that might cause problems by creating a wash.
Just a grate pity that he was not chopped up by the "flotilla" following! That would be the end of it!!
Just a grate pity that he was not chopped up by the "flotilla" following! That would be the end of it!!
Not sure I follow you weecalf - or am I pizzed....could be.
Could you imagine the newspaper photos of red water and bits of mince floating around in the Thames, grandpajoe? The Beeb would have freaked out, certainly, and warned everone of graphic shots. Probably not much different to everything else in the water of the lower Thames though.
Could you imagine the newspaper photos of red water and bits of mince floating around in the Thames, grandpajoe? The Beeb would have freaked out, certainly, and warned everone of graphic shots. Probably not much different to everything else in the water of the lower Thames though.
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