The Boat Race Drama

[DTCwordfan]

(i) Protestor in the water stops the race when OX leading
(ii) OX break an oar on restart in the 1st 100m - deemed OX fault and they have to row with seven, therefore loss to Cambridge
(iii) OX bow collapses and no one notices for 3 to 4 minutes....

Some drama......

[DTCwordfan]

The ref was right to do what he did.....the rules are pretty explicit about the penalties of coming off-station and Oxford were deemed to be off-station.

Shame about the ijiut though as it was brewing up to be a good one.

However, he may have done the Olympic organisers a big favour as to alerting them to such idiots.

It's not the first time this form of 'political' protest has happened at a UK national event, go back to the Suffragettes and the Derby 1913, when Emily Davison threw herself in front of King George V's horse and killed herself.

[gness]

This Irishwoman loves the boat race. Sad about what happened but admirable behaviour from Cambridge. Love it when the English show their true sportsmanship.

[TWR]

Best thing that could have happened to that idiot is getting clouted by an oar, bloody clown.

[ladybirder]

Yes I thought all concerned behaved well although I must say Cambridge could afford to be magnanimous in victory.

[tamborine]

Oxford cox should have stopped the rowing. The race would then be null & void.

[johnk]

Does anyone understand the protestors statement? Can you explain in simple English!