The Boat Race 2024

[Hettonlass]

Saturday 30th March BBC One HD 2pm

The 78th Women's Boat Race 2.46pm

The 169th Men's Boat Race 3.46pm

Men's Current Champions - Cambridge

Women's Current Champions - Cambridge

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www.theboatrace.org

Boat Race rowers told not to enter Thames due to high levels of E. coli

Crews have also been warned to cover blisters and wear footwear due to high levels of E. coli.

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Haway The Puns

 

[Butcher's Coat]

Haway The Puns

Like the winners dipping their Cox in the water??

 

[Hettonlass]

Every year Oxford and Cambridge get to the final

I don't know how they keep doing it

 

[Lord Potts]

I say you chaps .. posh people in boats. What's not to like about that?

Of course its all a bit of fun "may the best man win" and all that. That's why at least one of the crews always contains a seven foot muscle bound American who is only in the boat because he just happens be over here reading for a degree in Jurisprudence at St Cheats College Oxbridge.

 

[Hettonlass]

Strange having it on a Saturday when footy is on, weren't they normally on a Sunday?

 

[Snugster]

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[BiG]

Won’t watch. It’s always the same two teams in the final anyway.

 

[Stormo]

Bunch of toffs.

 

[zwartekat]

Strange having it on a Saturday when footy is on, weren't they normally on a Sunday?

I thought it was always on a Saturday?

Probably the least anticipated sporting event of the year, irrespective of much the BBC try to hype it up.

 

[Butcher's Coat]

I thought it was always on a Saturday?

Probably the least anticipated sporting event of the year, irrespective of much the BBC try to hype it up.

It was always a big event for ordinary London folk years ago.
My great grandparents, and grandparents who were from Camberwell/New Cross - always enjoyed their day out for the boat race.

 

[Hettonlass]

@Big Jeff who are you cheeering on this year?

 

[Lord Potts]

Strange having it on a Saturday when footy is on, weren't they normally on a Sunday?

It was always on a Saturday back in the olden days as we couldn't have sport on a Sunday. It often coincided with the Grand National. These days I think that it all depends upon the time of the tides and television schedules.

I presume that if they held it on Sunday this year the races would have to start two hours later than the would on Saturday because of tide being 1 hour further on plus another hour as the clocks are going foward an hour this weekend.

 

[Paddy O'Dors]

I thought it was always on a Saturday?

Probably the least anticipated sporting event of the year, irrespective of much the BBC try to hype it up.

They don't have much sport to hype up nowadays tbf.

Was always on Saturday but the times varied with the tides.

 

[Big Jeff]

@Big Jeff who are you cheeering on this year?

I like supporting the favourites so I can cheer my team to victory.

Ra ra ra and all that

 

[Ned Land]

Like the winners dipping their Cox in the water??

They’d probably die to death if they fell into the Thames sewer

 

[Big Jeff]

They’d probably die to death if they fell into the Thames sewer

They should go under the bridge then hang a 180 and go all the way back.

 

[LeicesterMackem]

As far as I know it is no big deal in the boat racing calendar, it is just literally posh blokes racing against each other, and the coverage it gets is because the BBC producers and reporters are all Oxbridge graduates.

 

[Hettonlass]

As far as I know it is no big deal in the boat racing calendar, it is just literally posh blokes racing against each other, and the coverage it gets is because the BBC producers and reporters are all Oxbridge graduates.

One of the Cambridge v Oxford sports events through the year

 

[Shandy drinker]

In the shit this year
With all the sewage floating in the Thames

 

[Hettonlass]

They should go under the bridge then hang a 180 and go all the way back.

The should swap seats too