Head of the River today - reportage really ...

[tertius]

Any rowers among you will know that the Tideway Head of the River race was cancelled in appalling conditions today, before it was called off a number of crews sank, including this one, Leander V ...

























Note the abandoned boat in the background ... it wasn't the only one ...

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scooby_snax said:

you should send some of these into the Metro news desk

How would I do that then?

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Busamav said:

A great sight is the Head of the River , and a better one to see a Leander boat sinking

Brings back some great memories from my early teenage years , I steared a Quintin eight to finish 6th back in 71 . We had a bad start number , 35 , and iirc caught 12 boats .

Whilst I understand the sentiment, as a Leander member I can't really endorse it ...

When it goes well the Tideway is a fantastic row, but when it goes badly its pretty miserable.

My favourite memory was as a new entry starting 415th, and finishing 14th.

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EmmaP said:

tertius said:

scooby_snax said:

you should send some of these into the Metro news desk

How would I do that then?

Speak with their Picture Editor:

Picture Editor: Alan Sparrow
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

It might be old news now though.

Thanks Emma, I did send a few papers emails with example pics/links but got no response. Guess they weren't that interested and I didn't see it reported in the print news anywhere.