| ‘BEAR’ BOAT WINS THE OXFORD TRIAL EIGHTS |
2008-12-12 |
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The Oxford Trial Eights race, featuring six former internationals and two Olympic medallists from Beijing, saw the ‘Bear’ boat triumph over the ‘Bull’ boat by 1½ lengths in a time of 18 mins 37 sec...
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| Trial Eights Dates |
2008-10-15 |
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We would like to confirm that the Trial Eights dates are as follows:
Thursday 11 December at 11:10 for OUBC
Tuesday 16 December at 15:00 for CUBC
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| STORY OF THE LAST AMATEURS PUBLISHED |
2008-09-01 |
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Having been given unprecedented access to a University rowing squad as it prepares to meet the challenge of the Boat Race, Oxford-educated ethnographer and Cambridge Don Mark de Rond has written a ...
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| BLUES HELP BRITAIN TOP THE OLYMPIC ROWING MEDAL TABLE |
2008-08-18 |
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Seven British Blues helped Team GB top the Olympic medal table at the Beijing Games and record the country’s best results in the sport since 1908.
The British rowers topped the table with six me...
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| EIGHT BLUES COMPETE FOR GB IN THE BEIJING OLYMPICS |
2008-08-08 |
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No less than eight Blues, almost half of the Great Britain men’s heavyweight rowing squad, are facing the ultimate sporting challenge at the Beijing Olympics, where the rowing events get under way ...
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| OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE COMPETING AT HENLEY |
2008-07-01 |
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The Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Clubs will be competing at Henley Royal Regatta this week in The Steward’s Challenge Cup and The Prince Albert Challenge Cup.
The Steward’s Challenge Cup...
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| BOAT RACE PRESIDENTS ANNOUNCED FOR 2009 |
2008-06-17 |
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Press release 17 June 2008
Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Clubs have named two British Old Blues - Colin Smith and Henry Pelly - as their respective Presidents for the 2009 Boat Race...
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| Chief Coach to leave Cambridge University Boat Club |
2008-05-27 |
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Duncan Holland, Chief Coach of Cambridge University Boat Club, will be leaving CUBC on 31 May 2008 at the end of a three-year contract.
Robin Waterer, Senior Treasurer of the CUBC, said, “The CU...
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| Boat Race 2009 |
2008-04-17 |
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The 2009 Boat Race will be held on Sunday 29 March at 1540
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| 2008 Video Footage |
2008-04-02 |
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The footage of the 2008 Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race sponsored by Xchanging is now available on The Boat Race Website.
Footage can be viewed on the site Home Page or via the following Link:
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| 7.6 million tune in for the Boat Race |
2008-03-31 |
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A peak of 7.6 million viewers watched Oxford win the 154th Boat Race, sponsored by Xchanging, live on ITV1 last Saturday. The figure makes it the most watched Race since ITV began broadcasting the...
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| Official Race Report |
2008-03-29 |
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After an epic battle over the first half of the course, with Cambridge
stealing a brief lead after Hammersmith, Oxford regained the initiative and
moved steadily away to their third boat race vic...
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| Oxford win The 2008 Boat Race |
2008-03-29 |
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Oxford Blue Boat crossed the finish line with a time of 20.53, six lengths ahead of the Cambridge Blue Boat, which crossed the line in the time of 21.15. Normally this distance between boats would...
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| Isis win |
2008-03-29 |
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Isis win the Isis Goldie Race in 20 minutes 43 seconds. Goldie crossed the finish line at 20.54.
Isis/Goldie:
One Mile: 4.10/4.09
Hammersmith Bridge: 7.32/7.33
Chiswick Steps: 12.12/12...
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| Cambridge win the 2008 Boat Race Toss |
2008-03-29 |
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Cambride won the toss for the 2008 Boat Race, and chose to row on the Surrey station. Oxford will row on the Middlesex station.
Isis won the toss for the Isis Goldie Race, and chose the Surrey s...
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| Statement by Duncan Holland |
2008-03-27 |
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Statement by Duncan Holland, the Cambridge Head Coach, on the withdrawal of Shane O’Mara from the Blue boat:
Following extensive testing and treatment at Adambrooks Hospital in Cambridge, I can ...
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| ESPNU to televise the Boat Race |
2008-03-27 |
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ESPNU, the 24-hour college sports network, will once again be screening the Oxford vs. Cambridge Boat Race across America.
The Race will be shown live on Saturday 29 March at 12:45 p.m. Eastern ...
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| Light Blues forced to change crew line-up |
2008-03-26 |
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Cambridge have been forced into changing their crew with just three days to go before this Saturday’s Boat Race after illness hit stroke Shane O’Mara overnight.
He is replaced in the Blue boat b...
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| Henley Boat Races DVD |
2008-03-26 |
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The official Henley Boat Races DVD, to include coverage of all of the rowing action from the 2008 races including the Challenge and Prize Giving and some featured interviews is now available via th...
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| Boat Race 2008 Mobile competition winner |
2008-03-26 |
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This year's Boat Race Mobile competition winner is Malcolm Finn from North London.
Congratulations to Malcolm who wins a place on-board a launch boat following the Race in 2008.
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| HEAVYWEIGHT OXFORD FAVOURITES FOR THE BIG RACE |
2008-03-25 |
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Oxford go into this Saturday’s Boat Race as the heavier of the two crews and clear favourites with the bookmakers to make it three wins in the last four years.
Ladbrokes are quoting Oxford at 1/...
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| Weigh-In 2008 Results |
2008-03-25 |
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At the official Weigh-In today at The Hurlingham Club in Fulham, the Oxford Blue boat crew weighed in at 786.6 kilograms, excluding the cox – some 43.2 kilograms heavier than their Light Blue rival...
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| Boat Race crews weigh up against England's rugby pack |
2008-03-25 |
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25 March 2008
This week’s Oxford and Cambridge crews for the Boat Race sponsored by Xchanging each come up just one England forward short of the combined weight of the fearsome England Rugby Uni...
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| The Boat Race goes mobile |
2008-03-12 |
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The Boat Race mobile competition!
Text race to 80880 for news and race day information, and for a chance to win the experience of a lifetime:
Watch the 2009 Boat Race from a following laun...
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| Oxford v USVIII |
2008-03-08 |
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8 March 2008
Oxford University’s 2008 Boat Race crew took on a strong US national VIII on the River Thames’s Tideway course today, only three weeks prior to the Boat Race sponsored by Xchanging....
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| Cambridge v Molesey fixture |
2008-03-07 |
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CAMBRIDGE v MOLESEY FIXTURE
A Cambridge University ‘selection’ crew took on a Molesey Boat on the Tideway course today, 22 days before the 154th Boat Race.
Tobias Garnett was in the number fo...
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| Boat Race Crews announced at National Junior Indoor Rowing Championships |
2008-03-05 |
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The Oxford and Cambridge crews for the 2008 Boat Race will be unveiled this week ahead of the 154th Race that takes place on The Thames on 29 March.
In traditional fashion on Wednesday (5 March)...
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| 2008 Boat Race Crews Announced |
2008-03-04 |
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Oxford and Cambridge today unveiled their line-ups to contest this year’s Boat Race, sponsored by Xchanging, which will take place on 29 March at 17:15.
The announcement came at the 2008 Nation...
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| Cambridge Fixture v Canadian VIII |
2008-03-03 |
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A Cambridge selection crew was beaten by 2½ lengths on the Tideway course today by a strong Canadian eight that included world champion David Calder and four U23 Gold medalists from 2006.
Boat ...
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| Cambridge selection list for Canadian VIII fixture |
2008-02-22 |
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Duncan Holland has named the following Cambridge selection list for the Canadian VIII fixture:
Name(College)
Colin Scott (Trinity Hall)
Ryan Monaghan (St. Edmund’s)
Henry Pelly (St....
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| Trial Eights Coverage |
2008-01-07 |
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To view the coverage from the Trial 8's, click the external link on the right, and type "Boat Race Trials", in the MSN Find Video Search Field.
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| CUBC APPOINTS NEW CHIEF COACH |
2008-09-19 |
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Chris Nilsson has been appointed Chief Coach of the Cambridge University Boat Club.
Chris joins the Club from his previous position as Olympic coach with Rowing New Zealand. He will start next M...
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