I’m not entirely au fait with the intricacies of the rule book for regattas but I’m sure that in order to win a race you have to be in the lead when you cross the finish line.
Unfortunately UWE appeared to be unaware of this technicality and decided to finish their race with Bristol Uni. 10m before the actual finish, claiming they heard someone sound a horn on the bank. Somehow they managed to get a re-row and raced the full 1300m to beat Bristol Uni by 1.5 lengths.
This cunning tactic can be adopted by CBRC’s crews this summer in the following manner:
1. If in the last 100m of the race it looks like the other crew might come through to win, stop rowing 10-20m from the line.
2. Bow four should immediately raise their hands in the air and shout joyfully
3. Stroke should collapse forward and the cox should stand up in their seat while punching the air.
4. When told that you haven’t actually finished let alone won, look puzzled, then annoyed, then puzzled again and finally angry.
5. Claim a re-row on the basis that you heard a bicycle bell/ car horn/ mobile telephone/ seagull and thought that it signalled the finish.
I recommend that you practice this before your next regatta.
Monday, May 08, 2006
Bristol Boat Race Debacle
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UWE website has the story - says they finished a dead heat due to the confusion therefore a re-row...
"UWE's men clawed back a self inflicted deficit with a blistering second half to take a half a length shortly before the finish, shockingly however several of the crew stopped rowing before the line thinking they had heard the horn and had finished! They ended up crossing the line at exactly the same time as UBBC and a dead heat was called, this meant that there would be a re-row. "
UBBC website is silent about anything Varsity...
For "self inflicted deficit" read boat stopping crab!
It was the UWE girls that had a case of crabs.
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