Head of the River today - reportage really ...
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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 .
Do you mean Quintin Boat Club or Quintin School? Brings back some great memories from my early teenage years , I steared a Quintin eight to finish 6th back in 71 .
I Stroked the school first eight in the mid to late 60s
and seem to remember always coming about 250th
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 .
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.
I think Leander is a slightly differen5t club from when i was competing against them in the early 70's
They were normally our closest rivals.
One year we met them in the Thames Cup eights final at Marlow , along with Hampton Grammar in the middle station. Within 30 strokes we both had clear water on Hampton and battled for their water .
It ended with me having the tucked tight to the bank and "washing them down" all along the enclosure , with literally hundreds of supporters chearing to see the sight .
The umpires launch was stuck behind the Hampton crew a long way back and it was just a no rules battle to the end .
The guy who stroked the Leander eight that year always reminded me of it whenever he saw me.
I loved thos days , such fond competitive memories , I am sure it was those years that made me so competitive in anything else I do .
Its great to see how well our crews do now nowadays at international level , one very good thing from lottery money
They were normally our closest rivals.
One year we met them in the Thames Cup eights final at Marlow , along with Hampton Grammar in the middle station. Within 30 strokes we both had clear water on Hampton and battled for their water .
It ended with me having the tucked tight to the bank and "washing them down" all along the enclosure , with literally hundreds of supporters chearing to see the sight .
The umpires launch was stuck behind the Hampton crew a long way back and it was just a no rules battle to the end .
The guy who stroked the Leander eight that year always reminded me of it whenever he saw me.
I loved thos days , such fond competitive memories , I am sure it was those years that made me so competitive in anything else I do .
Its great to see how well our crews do now nowadays at international level , one very good thing from lottery money
Edited by Busamav on Tuesday 3rd April 08:27
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: 020 7651 5238
Fax: 020 7651 5342
E-mail: pictures@ukmetro.co.uk
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.
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