Ok,

Cambridge..

Mens or Womens race?

Having zero knowledge I will guess Oxford for the men and Cambridge for the ladies.

Dark blue.

😉

How come it’s always Oxford and Cambridge in the final?

^ yer buttttt

Whats your bet ?? 😆

All you need to know here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p02mwfcg/matt-berry-does-1-the-boat-race

Oxford by a nose.

Each way bet?

Ford FTW

Oxford in the women’s if the reserve race is an indicator, they romped home today.

Oxford in the men’s, they are firm favorites.

Oxford’s women will crush Cambridge (thanks to some particularly fine recruitment work!) – unless Cambridge get lucky in an early clash and Oxford lose an oar, or somesuch.

Oxford for the men’s too, more than likely.

if the reserve race is an indicator

It isn’t.

i remember when i was a a kid this was such a big thing, can’t say i’ve watched it now for over 15 years….i always wanted oxford to win for some reason? so Oxford!

It isn’t.

Well they 6/1 on as well! But the reserve race was crushing 4 lengths by hammersmith.

Keele? We were bloody good at the dragon boat.

Closest I got to the boat race at Keele was a rubber dinghy on the lakes one hot summer afternoon! 🙂

I like it when they both sink, so, that.

Oxford. Saw the ladies out training a few times, quite a setup for a bunch of students 😉

We could make it more interesting.

yep i know nothing about rowing but was watching the womens reserve race yesterday and oxford crushed cambridge by about 1/4 mile. Everyone around me said it was a strong indicator for what would happen today.

@LHS, on indicators I not so sure. There is so much recruitment that goes on its very possible a Uni has good strength in depth but that the recruitment for the first 8 isn’t somstrong. The senior boats are almost always international rowers brought in on specific post-grads it’s to row.

To add, light Blues in both teams for me. I have an (old) vested interest in the Flat Land City and have always pinned my colours to the colour of the sky there.

Always confuses me the import of athletes for this event, minimum criteria is a single term PHD at either one of the collages, hardly seems fair on local talent 😐

It’s a great day out. If you like riverside pubs crammed with posh young ladies, that is.

^^ Annnnd who doesn’t 😆

Well Cambridge, that’s a year of your lives wasted. Feeling good?

It’s a demonstration that budget rules.

slowoldman – I’ve not kept abreast of what the budgets, what’s the difference between them? I had a quick watch on YouTube and it looked like Oxford started moving away quickly once the water got choppy, i.e. Better technique 🙂

You are right Oxford won the race when they hit the headwind when they came round the apex of the Surrey bend at St Paul’s. The gap just opened in a matter of strokes despite Cambridge being on the Surrey side.