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sully

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Mar 18, 2010, 2:16:22 PM3/18/10

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When is the "boat race guff" scheduled to start? The lineups were
just
announced, right?

Robert Treharne Jones

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Mar 19, 2010, 3:59:22 AM3/19/10

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Depends what you mean by 'guff' - the line-ups (or should that really
be lines-up?) for the Blue Boats were announced some weeks ago
www.theboatrace.org, but let's not forget the women and lightweights
www.henleyboatraces.com

Oxford and Isis have a fixture against two Leander eights on Saturday
20 March
Cambridge will race a Czech eight on 24 March

Robert

fatsculler

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Mar 24, 2010, 9:24:06 AM3/24/10

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On 19 Mar, 07:59, Robert Treharne Jones <tjwiz...@tiscali.co.uk>
wrote:

> Depends what you mean by 'guff' - the line-ups (or should that really

> be lines-up?) for the Blue Boats were announced some weeks agowww.theboatrace.org, but let's not forget the women and lightweightswww.henleyboatraces.com

>
> Oxford and Isis have a fixture against two Leander eights on Saturday
> 20 March
> Cambridge will race a Czech eight on 24 March
>
> Robert
>
> On Mar 18, 6:16 pm, sully <s...@slac.stanford.edu> wrote:
>
>
>
> > When is the "boat race guff" scheduled to start? The lineups were
> > just

> > announced, right?- Hide quoted text -
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> - Show quoted text -

So....Oxford beat Leander (just)
Cambridge got beaten (heavily) by Molesey but beat the Czech's (a crew
made up of the silver medal coxless 4 from the Europeans, some recent
Junior internationals, Synek and Dolecek)
I don't think it's any surprise that the bookies are making the Dark
Blues overwhelming favourites.

James Peters

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Mar 25, 2010, 12:29:26 PM3/25/10

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Where do the press and towpath pundits stand now the Dark Blues have
been mauled by Molesey? The Head could be a close run thing.

fatsculler

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Mar 26, 2010, 5:14:43 AM3/26/10

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On 25 Mar, 16:29, James Peters <jamespeter...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Where do the press and towpath pundits stand now the Dark Blues have
> been mauled by Molesey? The Head could be a close run thing.

I still predict the BR will be close to Chiswick Steps but then Oxford
will pull away and win by 2-3 lengths. As for the Head....Leander v
Molesey is a mouthwatering prospect. I feel a bit sorry for TSS going
off Head with these 2 hammering up behind them!

fatsculler

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Mar 26, 2010, 5:20:06 AM3/26/10

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Would Leander II be tempted to try and hold up Molesey and therefore
help their own heavyweights? ;)

Richard du P

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Mar 26, 2010, 5:54:36 AM3/26/10

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On Mar 26, 9:20 am, fatsculler <dspringinnoc...@googlemail.com> wrote:
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> Would Leander II be tempted to try and hold up Molesey and therefore
> help their own heavyweights? ;)

Oh come now! Not that I've any allegiance to that club, at least while
they flaunt the necktie of the Cheltenham College XXII, but
a] I'm sure they are much too good sports; and
b] they've probably read English/Welsh/"British" Rules of Racing
2-7-4, 2-7-5 [hope I have the numbers right]

Richard du P

fatsculler

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Mar 26, 2010, 6:01:34 AM3/26/10

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I'm being devil's advocate, and in no way am I suggesting they will
break any rules, but it would be tempting for them to take it to the
edge before yeilding (if Molesey get close enough to overtake) a
couple of seconds delay may be all that is needed to allow the
Heavyweights victory.