The Virtual Pub
Come Inside... => The Sports Bar => Topic started by: Nick on March 29, 2008, 03:58:15 PM
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As an erstwhile rower myself I always used to go and watch this.NOw I have to make do with TV coverage (this year interweb coverage evil:).
The betting is, I gather, on which crew will sink first!
SHould be fun!
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You can still get odds on both boats sinking ...... seems that 40mph crosswinds are expected.
Start is at 17.15 I understand.
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It is. I know that stretch of river (tideway).It is going to be choppy!! eveilgrin:
The boat club they pull into at the end is where Mrs Nick and I had our wedding do.
noooo:
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And did she kiss the cox of the Cambridge Crew?
Harry Carpenter commentating on the boat race: " Ahh, isn't that nice? The wife of the Cambridge president is kissing the cox of the Oxford crew."
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And did she kiss the cox of the Cambridge Crew?
drumroll:
Anyhoo... do you remember when people gave a flying over the boat race... used to dress in light or dark blue on the day? whistle:
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And did she kiss the cox of the Cambridge Crew?
drumroll:
Anyhoo... do you remember when people gave a flying over the boat race... used to dress in light or dark blue on the day? whistle:
'Deed I do BM. Used to be a good day out to go down to the river, sink a few pints and watch the punts go by .... then there was the race itself of course. Ripping good fun.
Times have, sadly, changed.
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Why is this thread in the Sports bar? rubschin:
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Why is this thread in the Sports bar? rubschin:
There is no room in the Saloon 'cos of all those visitors... whistle:
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Well rowing is a sport still ~ isn't it?
I recall a local rowing club when I lived in Southampton. Their president was getting married and the club members formed an arch for the bride and groom to walk through as they left the church. There they all stood with their blades aloft forming the archway.
I said to my Mum "Are they oars Mum?"
"No dear" she said "They are the bridesmaids"
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Well rowing is a sport still ~ isn't it?
I recall a local rowing club when I lived in Southampton. Their president was getting married and the club members formed an arch for the bride and groom to walk through as they left the church. There they all stood with their blades aloft forming the archway.
I said to my Mum "Are they oars Mum?"
"No dear" she said "They are the bridesmaids"
Boom-tish! drumroll:
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Also... that bird that won a silver in rowing has just won eighty-five gold medals in the cycling... whistle:
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Oxford won by a mile. Nobody sank evil:
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We watched it on the interweb, which means that The Boy now realises it is possible to watch TV on the PC.
I am buying a steel door for my office evil:
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noooo: Oh Dear, Oh Dear!
Sometimes you are your own worst enemy.
You should have gone to the pub to watch it.
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I rowed that course once in the Head of the River. I was a lastminute substitute and no one had warned me it was 4.5miles!! evil:
And we had to row back. evil:
Against the tide evil:
I thought I was going to die evil:
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I rowed that course once in the Head of the River. I was a lastminute substitute and no one had warned me it was 4.5miles!! evil:
And we had to row back. evil:
Against the tide evil:
I thought I was going to die evil:
Did you? rubschin:
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Die?
NO eveilgrin:
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Die?
NO eveilgrin:
Oh good... we'd be short of numbers with TG away... whistle:
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It was a long while ago. evil:
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It was a long while ago. evil:
When TG left... no, it was just today... noooo:
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Am I mis-remembering that the Grand National used to be the same day as the Boat Race?
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National is on 5th April this year.
I think they coincide (Boat Race and National) when the tides (which are governed by the phases of the moon ~ as is Easter) happen to fall right with the racing calendar but I don't think it has ever been a permanent arrangement.
I could be wrong ~ I often am .... Uncle Mort will soon tell us.
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Sounds plausible to me. rubschin:
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National is on 5th April this year.
I think they coincide (Boat Race and National) when the tides (which are governed by the phases of the moon ~ as is Easter) happen to fall right with the racing calendar but I don't think it has ever been a permanent arrangement.
I could be wrong ~ I often am .... Uncle Mort will soon tell us.
Phases of the moon? rubschin:
Are the horses all mares then?
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A Google check reveals that the "Aintree week" is traditionally the week leading up to the first Saturday in April. Other race meetings happen at fixed times throughout the year at various venues. This constitutes the "Racing Calendar" which is the name for the "major" meetings. Given that individual horses race frequently during any given year but some are "prepared" for specific races it follows that a "fixed" calendar would be necessary.
See: http://www.britishhorseracing.com/goracing/racing/fixtures/1.1.1.2.asp
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National is on 5th April this year.
I think they coincide (Boat Race and National) when the tides (which are governed by the phases of the moon ~ as is Easter) happen to fall right with the racing calendar but I don't think it has ever been a permanent arrangement.
I could be wrong ~ I often am .... Uncle Mort will soon tell us.
That is indeed correct.